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+{"answer":"where Wiles , then 26 , ran a branch of his family 's international aircraft maintenance business , National Flight Service , at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport . The FBI said Holt worked for Wiles at the time he disappeared . He was among several employees who told investigators they last saw Wiles on April 1 , 2008 , at the office and had no clue what happened to him . The FBI wo n't reveal the suspected motive or why agents believe it was Holt who left a uniquely signed ransom note demanding money two days after Wiles disappeared . At the time , agents said Wiles ' father tried to comply with the demand to get back his son , but heard nothing . Holt is described as an employee who , at least at one time , had a supervisory role at the company . Authorities say he now works as a contract employee doing similar flight maintenance work at Patrick Air Force base near Cape Canaveral in Florida . Wiles was single . When he vanished without a trace , fellow employees said they were stunned . `` All that he ever worked on was customer","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles , who was believed kidnapped and held for ransom 21 months ago , now is believed to be dead , and a former co-worker is in custody , accused of his death , the FBI said Friday . Authorities arrested Stobert `` Tobie '' Holt Jr. , 42 , Friday in Orlando , Florida , after he arrived from Colombia , where he was on a business trip , according to Tampa-based FBI spokesman David Couvertier . Holt faces state charges of first degree murder , kidnapping , extortion , and intent to inflict death or serious bodily harm , the spokesman said . The arrest was made by police from Lakeland , Florida , the Polk County Sheriff 's Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement , who were accompanied by FBI agents , he said . Though authorities now believe Wiles was killed , they do n't know where his body is , he said . The arrest was uneventful , Couvertier said : `` Holt was advised of his rights and said nothing . '' A four-count grand jury indictment was unsealed Friday in Polk County ,"}
+{"answer":"her death became a rallying point for justice , her name , `` Neda , '' in Farsi means `` the call\/calling '' or `` voice '' -- a voice many people say can not be muted . `` The saga is still going on in Iran , and all we can do is carry on and echo their voice , '' said Shoreh Aghdashloo , the Oscar-nominated actress from `` House of Sand and Fog '' who sang in the production . The video , much like the post-election protests , was a spontaneous response . From the studio to the street rallies in Los Angeles , California , the entire music video was filmed using a cell phone . `` With the big media ban and restrictions over there , we thought to commemorate and pay homage to what the protesters are doing over there , '' said Taylor . `` So we thought it would be appropriate to develop the video in the same kind of light . '' Watch the video and hear the song '' The song was recorded in both English and Farsi to reach Western and Iranian audiences . The English version of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spurred by the continuing political unrest in Iran , more than two dozen Iranian expatriate superstars are uniting to spread a musical message of non-violent resistance . Neda Agha-Soltan was gunned down on a Tehran street on June 20 . The entertainers , poets , thinkers and actors are harmonizing on the song `` United for Neda , '' a call to action against human rights violations by the Iranian government against Iranians protesting the disputed outcome of recent presidential elections . The song was inspired by the plight of Neda Agha-Soltan , the 26-year old Iranian woman who was fatally shot on the streets of Tehran on June 20 . The ordeal was recorded on cell phone video and received international attention when it hit the Internet . `` When I saw links to Neda being shot , it was so disturbing to me , '' said Iranian-British recording artist Mams Taylor , who wrote and produced the song . `` It hurt me , angered me and touched me at the same time , to think that these people are so courageous to go and seek their freedom , '' said Taylor . While"}
+{"answer":"affiliated with Google -RRB- made it available for free through Cydia . It 's difficult to get accurate data on how many customers have jailbroken their iPhones . But based on the number of unique device identifiers tracked on his server , Freeman claims that about 4 million , or 10 percent of the 40 million iPhone and iPod Touch owners to date , have installed Cydia . On a recent day , he said 470,000 people were connecting to the Cydia store , up from 350,000 per day just a few months ago . Among many free apps , there are also 15 paid apps in Cydia , and the store has earned $ 220,000 in overall sales in just five months . `` People are so annoyed by Apple and their s -- , and if you give them opportunity to go around it , then they 'll even pay for it , '' said Kim Streich , a developer whose app 3G Unrestrictor earned $ 19,000 in sales in just two weeks through Cydia . Though Cydia is relatively young , the underground `` Jailbreak '' community has existed since the first iPhone launched in 2007 .","question":"-LRB- WIRED -RRB- -- Apple is the exclusive gatekeeper to its iPhone App Store , able to reject apps at will -- as it did July 28 with Google Voice . Some would-be iPhone developers , rejected by Apple , are turning to an unauthorized app store called Cydia . But some developers are n't taking the rejection lying down : They 're turning instead to an unauthorized app store called Cydia , where forbidden wares continue to exist -- and even earn developers some money . That store is operated by Jay Freeman , more fondly known in the iPhone `` Jailbreak '' community as Saurik . Only five months old , his app store Cydia specializes in selling apps that Apple would reject or ban -LRB- or already has -RRB- . To use Cydia or the apps available through it , customers need to jailbreak their phones -- hack them to work around Apple-imposed restrictions -- a process that Apple claims is illegal . Indeed , you can even get a Google Voice app , GV Mobile , through Cydia . After Apple pulled the app from its App Store , developer Sean Kovacs -LRB- who is not"}
+{"answer":"be a very exclusive , quiet New Year 's celebration , '' said Janice Hough , an agent with All Horizons Travel in Los Altos , California . `` The service is incredible . It 's very much a get-away-from-it-all trip , although you 're still in the U.S. '' Rooms start at about $ 775 a night . The resort is offering a New Year 's Eve prix fixe dinner for $ 125 per person and will treat guests to a special fireworks show over Hulopo`e Bay . Luminous Santa Fe This adobe wonderland at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico draws art lovers , foodies and outdoor enthusiasts all year round . But Hough noted the destination is especially beautiful during the holidays with `` farolitos '' -- or lanterns -- placed along the Santa Fe Plaza and the city 's art gallery district . `` It 's very pretty and very easy to get to . ... You 're also not that far from skiing , '' she said . There are plenty of posh accommodations to ring in the New Year in style . Hough recommended staying at the Encantado for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hey , big spender . New Year 's Eve is coming up fast , but there 's still time to think about an unforgettable getaway to usher in 2012 . Maybe this is the year for the trip of a lifetime or perhaps you 're looking to be somewhere out of the ordinary when the clock strikes midnight . If so , here are six luxurious itineraries that require deep pockets , but will set the tone for an amazing New Year . Ca n't make it this time around ? Use the list as inspiration for New Year 's Eves to come . Secluded Hawaii Celebrate in your own -LRB- almost -RRB- private paradise , far away from any crowd . It takes a 45-minute ferry ride from Maui to get to tiny Lana'i , a former pineapple plantation that has earned the nickname `` Hawaii 's Most Enticing Island . '' You might not be able to rent the whole place for yourself , like Microsoft founder Bill Gates did for his wedding , but you can sip champagne at midnight at the Four Seasons Lana'i at Manele Bay resort . `` It would"}
+{"answer":"from being a first daughter . Her family moved into the White House in 1963 , following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy . Johnson was catapulted into the exclusive fraternity of White House families and embraced what she describes as a role she landed simply by chance . That fraternity has most recently expanded to include President Obama 's daughters , Sasha and Malia . `` I was an eyewitness to history , over and over , during my father 's five years in the White House . And I was n't elected to that option . I had no qualifications that provided me that privilege except an accident of birth , '' she said . See famous first kids who grew up in the White House '' Johnson speaks fondly of the opportunity she was afforded to dine with kings and queens , meet the movers and shakers of her time , engage with the body of America and hold a front-row seat to history . While most of her memories fall into two categories -- `` the fond personal memories '' and `` the fond memories of public privilege '' -- there 's one in particular","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father , President Johnson , with what she considered a reasonable request . Luci Baines Johnson , left , and her older sister , Lynda Bird , pose inside the White House in 1963 . `` I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House , '' she recalled . `` I was very excited about it . '' His response ? A decisive no , `` without even any moment of trying to soften the blow , '' Johnson said in a recent phone interview . The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving . His daughter , however , saw it as a chance to honor `` a great talent '' and strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britain -- not to mention a golden opportunity for her and her friends . `` I could see how different sets of folks could have either perspective . And I suspect my father could see that too , '' she said . Luci Baines Johnson learned quickly of the scrutiny that came"}
+{"answer":"'' In earlier testimony , one of Travolta 's lawyers , Allyson Maynard-Gibson , said Bridgewater approached her in the days after the January 2 death of Jett , saying she had a legal client who had a document Travolta might want . Bridgewater gave her copies of the papers , which included ambulance dispatch reports and a paper signed by Travolta releasing the ambulance company from legal liability , Maynard-Gibson testified . Watch In Session 's Ashleigh Banfield discuss case '' The paramedic expected Travolta would pay millions to prevent publication of the documents because `` he would not want his name tarnished in media , '' Maynard-Gibson said . Bridgewater told Travolta 's lawyer that her client believed the documents could suggest that Travolta was negligent by wanting to take his unresponsive son to his private jet for a flight to a Florida hospital , instead of going directly to a local hospital , she said . In testimony last week , Travolta said a nanny found Jett unresponsive at the home on the island of Grand Bahamas , where the family was spending their New Year 's holiday . Travolta said he initially told the ambulance driver","question":"NASSAU , Bahamas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- John Travolta testified Wednesday that would-be extortionists threatened to go the media with stories implying `` the death of my son was intentional and I was culpable somehow . '' John Travolta 's son died of a seizure in January at the age of 16 . Travolta testified for the second time in a case against paramedic Tarino Lightbourne and former Bahamian Sen. Pleasant Bridgewater . The defendants are on trial , accused of plotting to extort $ 25 million from Travolta after 16-year-old Jett Travolta died from a seizure in the Bahamas in January . Travolta and his wife , actress Kelly Preston , entered the downtown Nassau courthouse Wednesday morning surrounded by security personnel . The actor took the stand appearing nervous , and he took a long , deep breath before beginning his testimony . Travolta told the court a longtime employee of his became upset after learning someone was demanding money of the actor in the wake of his son 's death . The employee learned through the family attorney , Travolta said , that it was `` in regards to a paper I signed in the Bahamas ."}
+{"answer":"a doctor . '' They can also prescribe medications , according to the academy 's Web site . CNN could not independently verify whether Lee worked with Jackson . When asked about Lee 's account , Jackson family attorney Londell McMillan said : `` I wonder why someone would make a comment about drugs when they have n't seen him take the drug or anyone who administered it . '' The drug , known by its generic name Propofol , is administered intravenously as an anesthetic during surgeries . Watch nurse describe Jackson 's drug request '' An initial dose puts a person to sleep . An overdose can lead to cardiac arrest , doctors say . Jackson died June 25 at the age of 50 . Authorities are awaiting toxicology results to determine what killed him . Lee is licensed as a registered nurse , according to the California Board of Registered Nursing Web site . According to her Web site , she is a proponent of alternative medicine that uses a holistic approach . Lee said that four days before Jackson 's death , she received a call from a Jackson staff member who said the singer felt","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michael Jackson suffered from severe bouts of insomnia and pleaded for a powerful sedative despite knowing its harmful effects , a nutritionist who worked with the singer said Tuesday . Cherilyn Lee is a holisitic health practitioner and has been in healthcare for 23 years , her Web site states . Cherilyn Lee , a registered nurse and nurse practitioner who first met Jackson in January to treat his children for a common cold , said she rejected his requests for Diprivan and informed him of the side effects . `` I told him this medication is not safe , '' Lee said . `` He said , ' I just want to get some sleep . You do n't understand . I just want to be able to be knocked out and go to sleep . ' '' `` I told him -- and it is so painful that I actually felt it in my whole spirit -- ` If you take this you might not wake up . ' '' According to the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners , nurse practitioners `` provide high-quality healthcare services similar to those of"}
+{"answer":"had surgery a week before and had been on `` morphine around the clock . She 'd had kidney failure . She 'd had liver failure . '' She also had developed sepsis , or blood poisoning , he said . Burgess was being treated for advanced uterine cancer and kidney failure , according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune . Dr. Ewing Cook told the New York Times that he asked a nurse to increase Burgess ' morphine and give her `` enough until she goes . '' `` If you do n't think that by giving a person a lot of morphine , you 're not prematurely sending them to their grave , then you 're a very naive doctor , '' Cook told the Times . `` We kill 'em . '' On Burgess , he said , `` I gave her medicine so I could get rid of her faster , get the nurses off the floor . '' He added , `` There 's no question I hastened her demise . '' In response to a Times-Picayune report in September , Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro Jr. said he planned to look into the deaths","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After reviewing the case of a woman who died at New Orleans , Louisiana 's Memorial Hospital in the days after Hurricane Katrina , coroner Frank Minyard said Thursday that he can not classify her death as a homicide . Minyard said he hopes his findings on the death of Jannie Burgess , 79 , will mark `` the end of the Memorial Hospital hurricane situation . '' The review was initiated after an August 2009 New York Times article quoted a doctor as saying Memorial patients were given morphine and other drugs after Katrina struck in August 2005 , with hospital staff knowing that it could hasten some of the patients ' deaths . Burgess ' manner of death is unclassified , the coroner said , and the cause of her death undetermined . `` I do n't think -- and I could be wrong -- I do n't think the morphine contributed as much to her demise as her physical condition , '' said Minyard , who 's served as the coroner of Orleans Parish since 1974 . `` This patient was extremely sick , '' Minyard said of Burgess . The woman had"}
+{"answer":"the Iraqi general secretariat of the Council of Ministers . `` We deeply regret this outcome , which severely harms the Iraqi Olympic and Sports Movement and the Iraqi athletes , but which is unfortunately imposed by the circumstances , '' said the letter , signed by two IOC officials . Watch an official explain the decision \u00c2 '' The move stems from an Iraqi government decision in May to suspend the nation 's Olympic Committee and form a temporary committee to handle its duties . The Iraqi government thought the committee had not been operating properly and as a result undermined the sporting movement there . The government said the original committee held meetings without quorums and had officials serving in one-year posts for more than five years . Many of the officials also lived outside Iraq , the government said . iReport.com : See a cartoonist 's take on the decision Emmanuelle Moreau , a spokeswoman for the International Olympic Committee , said it suspended Iraq 's national Olympic Committee in June after the government removed elected officials and put in people the IOC did n't recognize . She said the IOC proposed to the Iraqi government that","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A few months ago , it seemed liked nothing could stop Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain from representing her country in the upcoming Summer Olympics . Iraqi sprinter Dana Hussain was devastated to learn she could not participate in the Beijing Summer Olympics . Then , the International Olympic Committee banned Iraq from competing because of what it says is the government 's political interference in sports . Hussain cried for hours after hearing the news , which arrived in the form of a letter to Iraqi officials . `` She has n't stopped . It 's like finding out that a close relative has died , '' said her coach , Yousif Abdul Rahman . Abdul Rahman attempted to console Hussain by assuring her that she could compete in the 2012 Olympics . Watch Hussain react to the news \u00c2 '' `` In this horrible situation , '' she said , `` who can say I 'll even be alive in 2012 ? '' CNN received a copy of the letter sent to Jassim Mohammed Jaffer , Iraqi minister of youth and sports , and Ali Mohsen Ismail , acting secretary general of"}
+{"answer":". `` This has not and will not change my commitment to the progress and recovery of our city . '' He said he pleaded not guilty , but said he will not speak further about the case . `` I am the mayor of Gulfport , and I will continue working to rebuild our city , '' Warr said . `` We have hundreds of dedicated employees , department heads and directors , and everything we have achieved thus far is a result of their hard work and love for this city . `` For Laura and me , personally , this is a difficult time , but I will continue the work as mayor . '' According to the indictment , the Warrs in 2005 applied for FEMA assistance regarding a Gulfport home , telling officials that home was their primary residence when it was not . In 2006 , the indictment says , the couple applied to the Mississippi Development Authority for a Homeowner 's Assistance Grant funded by HUD , again claiming they lived at the address . The indictment also alleges the Warrs made misrepresentations to Lexington Insurance Company regarding personal property in the insured","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The mayor of Gulfport , Mississippi , and his wife were arrested Wednesday on charges they defrauded the federal government and an insurance company of more than $ 220,000 in claims related to Hurricane Katrina , authorities said . Gulfport Mayor Gregory Brent Warr , shown in 2005 , says the charges `` will not change my commitment '' to the city . Gregory Brent Warr and Laura Jean Warr were named in a 16-count federal indictment handed up last week by a grand jury , the Department of Justice said in a news release . They are accused of conspiracy , Federal Emergency Management Agency fraud , Department of Housing and Urban Development home grant fraud and insurance fraud , all arising from claims after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast on August 29 , 2005 . If convicted on each count , the couple would face up to 210 years in prison and up to $ 4 million in fines , prosecutors said . `` Understand that what has been alleged toward my wife and me has no connection to me as mayor , '' Brent Warr said in a statement issued Wednesday"}
+{"answer":"zero for Clinton . '' But Clinton has pledged to fight to have the state 's delegates seated at the August convention in Denver , and has increasingly stressed the state 's importance since losing Saturday 's hotly contested primary in South Carolina to Obama . Though Democrats agreed to leave the state off their itineraries in a show of solidarity with the national party , Clinton attended permitted fund-raisers in Florida on Sunday and planned to appear with supporters there after polls closed . And turnout was high for the race even though no delegates were at stake . Nearly 400,000 people cast early or absentee ballots ahead of the primary , and Tuesday 's vote was expected to top the nearly 800,000 who turned out in 2004 . Donna Brazile , who managed former Vice President Al Gore 's presidential bid , said many Democrats were likely to turn out to vote on a state constitutional amendment that would limit property tax increases and expand homestead exemptions . `` People are very afraid this will cut public services , cut back education , '' said Brazile , a CNN analyst . `` So the Florida Education Association and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will win Florida 's Democratic presidential primary Tuesday , CNN projects , although party sanctions have stripped the state of its convention delegates and no Democrats campaigned there . Hillary Clinton addresses a crowd in Davie , Florida , after winning the state 's primary . Published polls showed the New York senator and former first lady was heavily favored in the state . Her leading rivals , South Carolina primary winner Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John Edwards , did not campaign in Florida . They opted to concentrate on next week 's `` Super Tuesday '' contests in states such as New York , California , Missouri and Georgia . CNN 's projection is based on precincts reporting results , entrance polls and other statistical models -- including the number of votes outstanding in areas where Clinton was expected to do well . The sanctions make Tuesday night 's results largely meaningless to the Democratic presidential race . Obama described the primary as a `` beauty contest '' Tuesday , and his campaign issued a statement declaring the race a tie in the delegate count : `` Zero for Obama ,"}
+{"answer":"Star Wars '' fans in the audience , especially those waving lightsabers and dressed as everything from sand people to Imperial stormtroopers , to cheer mightily , as they did the night I interviewed Lucas . iReporter praises the ` Force ' of the show George Lucas : I 've seen some presentations of , you know , live orchestras with `` Star Wars '' clips , and that sort of thing . But this is so much more than that -- it 's so much more emotional , because what they 've done is taken the emotional content of the score ... one is obviously the Imperial March , one is obviously romantic ... and then they 've cut all the pictures around that from all the movies , so that you get this really wide range of visuals going with the music , and it really is quite powerful when you see the depictions of all of the various Imperial shenanigans that were going on over the Imperial March . CNN : Obviously , when John Williams did the music for the original film , neither of you could have guessed your association would last so long ,","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- George Lucas did n't get to be a billionaire by delegating . George Lucas says he was `` completely surprised '' by `` Star Wars in Concert . '' Holding fast to his vision -- and his marketing rights -- for the `` Star Wars '' empire has made it the biggest franchise in history , and made Lucas one of the most powerful people in entertainment . But while he 's enthusiastic about the new touring show `` Star Wars In Concert , '' it was n't his idea , and when I talked with him before the first Los Angeles performance this week , he kept giving the credit to others . `` Star Wars In Concert '' is built around John Williams ' well-known scores from the films , performed by a symphony orchestra and choir , and accompanied by specially edited clips from all six movies , displayed on a mammoth LED screen . Anthony Daniels , who has played and voiced the golden protocol droid `` C3PO '' in every film and most of the spinoffs , provides live narration -- and another reason for the ``"}
+{"answer":"of Veterans Affairs , a professor and an official from the Disabled American Veterans . The GAO report said the number of initial claims the VA annually completes has increased from the 1999 to 2008 fiscal years . But it says the number of pending claims at year 's end has grown during the same time period . The review cites `` increases in disability claims received , growing complexity of claims , court decisions and changes in regulation . '' There have been mixed results for claims workloads at the appellate level . The number of resolved claims has increased from 2003 to 2008 , but it took an average 96 days longer to resolve appeals during that same time period . `` One factor that affects workloads at the appellate level is the submission of new evidence or claims that must be evaluated , '' the report said . The report said the VA has worked to improve the handling of claims but said the results of those efforts `` is not yet known . '' It mentions an increase in staff from 2005 to 2009 , `` which has helped to increase the total number of decisions","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Veterans Administration 's handling of disability claims has seen improvements and setbacks , a congressional watchdog said Wednesday . Sen. Daniel Akaka says , `` Our goal is to provide veterans with accurate and timely resolution to their cases . '' `` Over the past several years , VA disability claims workloads at both the initial and appellate levels have improved in some areas and worsened in others , '' the Government Accountability Office said in a report . The Senate Veterans ' Affairs Committee asked the GAO to present its preliminary findings on the processing of disability claims , which were under discussion at a committee hearing . `` Our goal is to provide veterans with accurate and timely resolution to their cases , '' said Sen. Daniel Akaka , D-Hawaii , the committee 's chairman . Ranking member Sen. Richard Burr , R-North Carolina , said , `` For the men and women who have served and sacrificed for our nation , they deserve a system that meets their needs without hassles or delays . '' Along with a GAO representative , the hearing invited testimony from the Pentagon and the Department"}
+{"answer":"at least eight lives , according to Iran 's government-funded Press TV . The eighth death was included in a report the Intelligence Ministry provided to parliament Wednesday , the network said . View a map of major rallies in Tehran '' The National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Majlis briefed lawmakers `` about the current situation in the country , '' Press TV reported . No details of the report have been made public . Iran is also investigating reports of violence at a Tehran University dormitory in the wake of rallies sparked by last week 's disputed election . Moussavi and former President Mohammad Khatami sent a joint letter asking Iran 's courts to quell post-election violence and release protesters who have been arrested . The letter , posted on Moussavi 's Web site , said , `` the use of violence against ordinary people , raiding people 's residences just because they chant the sacred phrase of Allh-o-akbar -LRB- Allah is great -RRB- , beating up women and men , destroying buildings '' is not in line with the standards of the Islamic Republic . For a second day Wednesday , pro-Moussavi marchers urged","question":"TEHRAN , Iran -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Marching in dramatic silence , many with tape over their mouths , hundreds of thousands of Iranians kept alive public support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi Wednesday even as the government stepped up efforts to thwart daily protests calling for a new presidential election . Supporters of defeated reformist candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi line the streets of Tehran Wednesday . Large crowds gathered in Haft-e-Tir Square in central Tehran Wednesday evening for a fifth day of protests , according to witnesses . The demonstrators are demanding that officials throw out the results of the balloting Friday that kept hardline incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power . More protests are expected Thursday after Moussavi , in a message on his Web site , called for an afternoon `` ceremony of mourning , '' which he planned to attend . Referring to those who have died or been wounded `` as a result of illegal and violent clashes '' with his opponents , Moussavi urged people to gather in mosques and holy sites and wear `` mourning symbols '' in a show of sympathy and support for the families . The protests have claimed"}
+{"answer":"19 , though considerable efforts remained to clean up area waters and revive wildlife affected by the spill . Earlier this month , NOAA reopened federal waters off the Louisiana coast to fishing . Thursday 's release marked another milestone in the area 's recovery , according to those involved . `` Returning this group of sea turtles to their home waters is ... a sign that Louisiana is on the path towards recovery , '' said Randy Pausina , an assistant secretary for Louisiana 's office of fisheries . The 33 turtles had been rescued more than three months ago by federal officials and state wildlife authorities from Louisiana , Florida and Georgia , as well as the Riverhead Foundation and the In-Water Research Group . They were rehabilitated at the Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans . They included green , Kemp 's ridley and hawksbill sea turtles , which are classified as endangered species . There also were loggerheads , which are a threatened species . With 270 turtles having been cleaned , nursed back to health and released , there are more than 200 still in rehabilitation sites around the area . Scientists did extensive aerial","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Months after rescuers found them struggling and covered in oil , 33 endangered and threatened young sea turtles are finally going home to the Gulf of Mexico . Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration , the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Audubon Nature Institute freed the turtles Thursday in waters about 40 miles southwest of Grand Isle , Louisiana . This marked the latest mass release of turtles since about 500 were rescued in the weeks and months after the massive months-long oil spill . `` We were able to release these turtles because they 're now healthy , and we 're seeing recovery in the surface habitats of the Gulf of Mexico , '' NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco said in a news release . The spill began after an April 20 explosion on the offshore drilling platform Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 men . Two days later , the platform sank and oil started gushing into the Gulf . In early August , owner BP used cement and mud to plug the damaged Gulf of Mexico well . Officials formally declared an end to the oil spill disaster on September"}
+{"answer":"crutches and canes are few . `` What I fear is that if I ca n't walk , I ca n't go to school and I ca n't go to church , '' said a boy who lost his foot in the earthquake . Without his foot , he said , he ca n't pedal the bike he normally takes to church and to school . `` It 's not an environment which is conducive to mobility for people who are not able to walk for a variety of reasons , '' Stephanie Stuart , director of Handicap International UK , told CNN . Amputees may have trouble getting to work , she said , and the problem is compounded if those people perform manual labor , which requires greater use of their limbs . `` Their circumstances are pretty dire , because an amputee in Haiti is highly disadvantaged in terms of being able to be mobile , have a job and look after family , '' said Eric Doubt , executive director of Healing Hands for Haiti International , which provides treatment and rehabilitation to people with disabilities . Young amputees face different issues , said Stuart .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Haiti 's earthquake is creating `` a generation of amputees , '' something that will pose a challenge for Haitian society for years to come , experts say . The 7.0 earthquake resulted in thousands having their limbs crushed as Haiti 's ramshackle buildings fell on top of them . The number of amputees created by the disaster is hard to measure , but Handicap International estimates it is at least 2,000 and growing . Dr. Mitra Roses of the Pan American Health Organization said some hospitals were performing between 30 and 100 amputations a day after the earthquake . At one small hospital in the capital that is now functioning under a tent , doctors say they are performing more and more amputations on children . `` We 're having a generation of amputees , '' said one medical worker . She had just discovered that a 2-year-old girl can not feel her left foot and may need an amputation . `` It 's heartbreaking . '' Amputations in Haiti are especially difficult for patients because so many people get around on foot or by bicycle . Sidewalks and roads are poor and wheelchairs ,"}
+{"answer":"talk to each other -- I was watching what was happening and that was the last time I saw him , '' said Shams , 26 , who flew to the UK via Doha in Qatar . Watch Shams speak about her husband 's detention '' Shams said she had n't heard directly from her husband since his arrest but believed he was being held in prison . `` It 's a very difficult mental situation for me to understand what is going on and I am deeply concerned about his health and safety , '' she told CNN . Both Jalaeipour and Shams were members of the organizing committee of the Third Wave campaign , a reformist youth movement formed last year to back former president Mohammad Khatami 's candidacy in this year 's election . Following Khatami 's withdrawal from contention , the Third Wave threw its support behind Mir Hossein Moussavi , who has disputed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 's re-election , claiming that voting was rigged . In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal Jalaeipour said he had advised Moussavi on using social-networking Web sites , such as Facebook , to reach young voters .","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wife of an Iranian pro-reformist activist detained as he tried to leave the country last week says she is `` deeply concerned '' for his safety . Fatemah Shams and Mohammadreza Jalaeipour are students together at the University of Oxford . Fatemeh Shams told CNN she had n't heard from her husband Mohammadreza Jalaeipour since she watched him being escorted away after he was prevented from boarding a flight to Dubai on June 17 . Both are students at the University of Oxford and had been returning to the UK from Iran after attending a family wedding , just as demonstrations escalated following presidential elections earlier this month which have plunged Iran into political chaos . Shams said she and her 27-year-old husband -- both activists for the pro-reformist Third Wave campaign -- planned to leave Iran on June 17 . At first , everything appeared fine with Jalaeipour having his passport stamped as he passed through immigration . But he was then approached by a plain clothes official who told him to turn off his cellphone before ordering Jalaeipour to follow him . `` We did n't get a chance to"}
+{"answer":"played the first `` Mass Effect '' game are being given the opportunity to import their characters into the new game along with all their rewards , romances and consequences . Hudson said his team tried to create a fictional universe that players could explore over long periods of time to `` have an epic experience . '' By carrying over the data from the original `` Mass Effect , '' Hudson 's team tried to show the consequences of characters ' choices . But by accounting for so many variables in the first games , Bioware was faced with a daunting task going forward . `` We used tech skills we developed going back to ` Baldur 's Gate ' -LSB- in 1998 -RSB- , '' Hudson explained . `` Writing for ` ME2 ' was the hardest thing we 've ever done . '' `` Mass Effect 2 '' has 15 to 20 percent more dialogue and 30 percent more key decisions -- choices that affect the game 's outcome -- than the first game , said Hudson , who believes the voice acting in the new game is more movie-like than the first one . `` It","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When you finish one video game in a series and begin the next , you 're basically forced to start from scratch without carrying over any of your accomplishments from the previous game . But the popular `` Mass Effect '' sci-fi action trilogy aims to change that -- by allowing players to complete one game and transfer their character to the next one in the series . It is an ambitious project that involves nearly 35,000 lines of dialogue . `` We wanted to create the biggest story we could tell , '' said Casey Hudson , BioWare 's project director for `` Mass Effect 2 '' and executive producer of the `` Mass Effect '' franchise . The just-released `` Mass Effect 2 '' picks up the story as the lead character , named Shepard , has been brought back to life after a devastating attack by an invading race of machines bent on eliminating organic life . The action takes place shortly after the events of the first `` Mass Effect , '' which was set in the year 2183 in the Milky Way galaxy . In a rare twist , players who"}
+{"answer":"where area law enforcement officers regularly gather to share information , he said . The attacker walked to the counter as if to order coffee before he pulled a gun out of his coat and fired , Troyer said . Two of the officers were `` executed '' as they sat at a table , another was shot when he stood up , and the fourth was shot after struggling with the gunman all the way out the door , Troyer said . `` After , we believe , some of the officers were shot , one of them managed to fight his way with the suspect ... all the way out the the doorway until he was shot and died of a gunshot wound , '' Troyer said . Sunday 's incident was the first time the Lakewood police department lost any officer to a shooting . Two employees of the coffee shop and other customers inside Forza Coffee Company were unharmed , Troyer said . One employee fled through the back door when she saw the shooter pull out his gun , he said . `` As you can imagine , they are traumatized , '' he said","question":"Lakewood , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Whoever fatally shot four police officers Sunday in a coffee shop outside Tacoma , Washington , may have been wounded by one of the victims , police said . Authorities are trying to determine who killed four Lakewood police officers in the shop in neighboring Parkland on Sunday morning . Investigators are checking with area hospitals to determine whether the gunman sought treatment after the shooting , Pierce County sheriff 's spokesman Ed Troyer said . `` There 's ... evidence that a Lakewood officer fired some shots , and we hope he hit him , '' Troyer said . Troyer said authorities are seeking Maurice Clemmons , 37 , of Pierce County as a `` person of interest . '' He did not identify Clemens as a suspect . Authorities identified the victims as Sgt. Mark Renninger , 39 ; Officer Ronald Owens , 37 ; Officer Tina Griswold , 40 ; and Officer Greg Richards , 42 . The officers were sitting in the coffee shop before the start of their shifts when a gunman shot them at about 8 a.m. PT , Troyer said . The shop is a place"}
+{"answer":"not that powerful , '' Rudd said in the Australian Parliament . He said that the apology was the start of a new approach towards Aborigines which included helping them find their lost families , closing pay gaps and a 17-year difference in life expectancy between Aborigines and white Australians . Watch Rudd make the apology '' He said new policies would be introduced to provide better healthcare and education to Aborigines . `` The mood of the nation is for reconciliation now , '' Rudd said . Watch why this apology is considered significant '' The policy was largely a secret until a decade ago , when a government inquiry and high-profile movie exposed it . That sparked a mass movement , supported by many white Australians , demanding an apology . Former Prime Minister John Howard refused to offer an apology , saying the current generation should not be held accountable for past misdeeds . He instead issued a statement of regret . Rudd , who defeated Howard last November , made an apology part of his election campaign . Howard 's successor as leader of the Liberal Party , Brendan Nelson , supported the apology Wednesday .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Australian government apologized Wednesday for years of `` mistreatment '' that inflicted `` profound grief , suffering and loss '' on the country 's Aboriginal people . Prime Minister Kevin Rudd makes the apology on Wednesday from inside Parliament . New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd read the apology Wednesday to Aborigines and the `` Stolen Generations '' of children who were taken from their families . `` To the mothers and fathers , to the brothers and sisters we say sorry . And for the indignity and degradation on a proud people and a proud culture we say sorry . '' For 60 years , until 1970 , the Australian government took mixed-race Aboriginal children from their families and put them in dormitories or industrial schools , claiming it was protecting them . As a result of the policy , `` stolen '' children lost contact with their families and heritage , received poor education , lived in harsh conditions , and often endured abuse . Watch one of these `` stolen '' children discuss this legacy '' `` There is nothing I can say today that will take away the pain ... Words are"}
+{"answer":"into the building , witness Bjorn Lockstrom told TV4 , and later hoisted bags of money to the waiting chopper . TV4 later reported that the blueprints of the building were public documents which anybody could request to see . G4S had never asked for the blueprints to be classified . The helicopter had been stolen earlier during the night , police said . The thieves had also placed a bag marked `` bomb '' outside the police heliport , meaning Swedish police could n't immediately pursue the thieves because they had to first deal with the bag . TV4 later reported that the bag never contained a bomb . The thieves had also blocked the roads around the cash depot with metal spikes , TV4 reported . No one was hurt during the heist , police said , even though several employees had been in the building when the robbers entered . Stockholm police said the heist had been elaborate . `` The robbery was very well planned . They brought a lot of firepower with them , among other things automatic weapons , '' Anders Bjargard from the Stockholm police , told TV4 . Two people have been","question":"The company that owns a cash depot targeted in a daring helicopter raid this week said Friday it is offering a reward of more than $ 1 million for information about the heist . A police Swat team enter a G4S cash depot in Vastberga , Stockholm . G4S said it is offering up to 7 million Swedish kronor -LRB- $ 1.01 million -RRB- for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of the offenders or the recovery of the stolen money . G4S also said the circulation of cash in Stockholm would not be adversely affected by the heist , which occurred just days before Sweden 's monthly payday , when the depot would have been rife with cash . The company did not disclose how much money had been lost , but the thieves could have gotten as much as the equivalent of several millions of U.S. dollars , according to CNN affiliate TV4 . A group of heavily-armed thieves used a helicopter early Wednesday to land on the roof of the cash depot in Vastbarga , Stockholm , which serves automatic teller machines all across the capital , TV4 reported . They used explosives to get"}
+{"answer":"fourth will kick off on June 11 in Johannesburg 's Soccer City stadium -- five Confederations Cups and the creation of the World Club Cup which has taken place annually since 2005 . The 74-year-old has been heavily involved with charitable programs during his presidency . These include UNICEF 's `` Say Yes for Children '' campaign , which aims to increase awareness of children 's rights , and the more recent `` 1Goal '' program , that seeks to increase education opportunities in Africa . Blatter was a key figure in securing Africa 's inaugural World Cup for 2010 after he introduced a system which saw each regional confederation take turns in hosting the tournament . The soccer chief has also courted controversy during his 12 years in charge , most recently by ruling out the introduction of goal line technology into the game . `` The application of modern technologies can be very costly , and therefore not applicable on a global level , '' Blatter told FIFA 's official Web site . `` Many matches , even at the highest level , are not even televised . The rules need to be the same for all association","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Why is goal line technology not used by football ? Is Africa 's hosting of the 2010 World Cup a step in the right direction ? Are the world 's best players being asked to compete in too many global competitions ? These are just some of the issues that may be puzzling you about the beautiful game . Well worry no more because here is your chance to quiz the man in charge of global soccer , Sepp Blatter , the head of world football 's governing body FIFA . CNN will speak to Blatter in an exclusive interview at FIFA 's headquarters in Zurich , Switzerland on Monday 29 March where we will ask him the questions you want answered -- just add your query to the bottom of the page . Are you a World Cup super fan ? Represent your team Joseph -LRB- Sepp -RRB- Blatter , a former Swiss amateur footballer , was voted in as the FIFA president in 1998 before securing a second term in office in 2002 , and a third in 2007 . His tenure has seen him lead world football through three World Cups -- the"}
+{"answer":"went through two layers of security . The only people present at the hearing besides the media were legal assistants . Most of the hearing revolved around evidence Hasan 's attorneys have asked for in the discovery process , the routine practice that is part of every criminal case , be it civilian or military . Hasan 's lead civilian attorney , John Galligan , a retired colonel with three decades of experience as an Army lawyer , has asked for everything from DNA test results to crime scene video to copies of investigations of the shooting ordered by President Barack Obama . Last week , the Army delivered 2,000 pages of documents to Galligan , but many of the items he requested are still not available to the defense team , Galligan said . For example , dozens of shots were fired that day on the sprawling Army base in central Texas . Galligan asked for `` records of the measured angle of each trajectory , showing the trajectory from each bullet hole to the shooter 's position . '' The Army said in a court document filed in response , `` There are no documents of files of","question":"Fort Hood , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A judge on Tuesday granted a defense request to delay the Article 32 hearing of Maj. Nidal Hasan , the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a November shooting spree at Fort Hood , Texas , until October . Hasan made his first courtroom appearance in connection with the case Tuesday . The hearing was the first part of an Article 32 hearing , the military procedure similar to a civilian grand jury , for the case being built against him by the Army . Hasan uses a wheelchair after gunshot wounds he sustained in the November 5 incident . He wheeled himself into the courtroom , wearing his Army fatigues . He wrapped himself in a blanket during the hearing . Hasan offered short answers to questions posed by the judge , Investigating Officer Col. James Pohl . Asked whom he wanted to represent him , he named his three attorneys . Hasan appeared calm throughout the proceeding , at one point cracking a smile while speaking with his attorney . Security for the hearing was tight , with nearby streets blocked off and bomb-sniffing dogs present . Reporters"}
+{"answer":"agreement `` pretty fast . '' The pilots ' union previously had said resuming a normal schedule would take time , because the union had to inform striking pilots of the agreement before they could return to work . In addition , passengers whose flights have been canceled will have to be rebooked . Hundreds of flights were canceled Monday . The walkout by more than 4,000 members of Vereinigung Cockpit , the pilots ' union , began at midnight Sunday after a last-ditch effort at negotiations over pay and job security failed , the company said . The strike threatened to disrupt travel on more than two dozen partner airlines , including United , US Airways and Continental . In 2008 , Lufthansa was the No. 2 international carrier , with 42.2 million passengers , according to the International Air Transport Association . The industrial action was the largest in German aviation history , Lufthansa said , and it signaled growing labor unrest across Europe . Hours after it started , the union representing most of British Airways cabin staff voted to strike , but did not set a date . On Wednesday in Greece , a mass public","question":"Frankfurt , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lufthansa airline will fly a bit over half of its normal flight schedule Tuesday , a day after pilots suspended their strike . `` It will obviously take a few days until we are back to normal , '' spokeswoman Claudia Lange said . The airline is planning to fly about 1,000 of its normal complement of 1,800 flights , `` plus , where we can , single , additional flights , '' she said . The airline is hoping to return to its full flight schedule by Friday . The announcement came shortly after both sides in a pilots strike against German-based Lufthansa , one of of the world 's largest airlines , agreed to suspend the standoff beginning at midnight -LRB- 6 p.m. ET -RRB- Monday . The suspension will expire March 8 , barring an agreement before then , both sides said in a Frankfurt labor court . `` The judge was very clear , '' Lufthansa spokesman Klaus Walther said . `` He recommended the union to stop the strike action and to return to the negotiation table . '' Walther predicted the two sides would reach a final"}
+{"answer":"Anne Bremner , a lawyer and former prosecutor working with the group Friends of Amanda , told CNN . The case could n't look more different depending on where you stand . Knox 's murder trial is entering its final stages , with closing arguments beginning November 20 . The jury will begin deliberating December 4 . But there is still no agreement on the key pieces of evidence that prosecutors say convict her and the defense says clear her . Behind the Scenes : How we examined the evidence In Knox 's corner : her friends and family from Seattle , Washington . For them , she is the victim - railroaded by an overzealous Italian prosecutor , who faces charges of prosecutorial misconduct in another case . Knox 's supporters say he 's tried to force the evidence to fit his theory of what happened . And with negative and often false details about the case appearing in the press - all for the jury to read - Knox supporters fear she could be convicted regardless of the facts . On the other side : Perugia 's prosecutor Giuliano Mignini . For him and his colleagues , the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Within weeks of British student Meredith Kercher 's death in the vibrant college town of Perugia , Italy , prosecutors and police declared the case closed . They 'd seized two knives in their search for the murder weapon . They took DNA from the room where Kercher was killed . And at least one suspect had confessed to being at the murder scene . Or so they said . Kercher had been stabbed in a sexual misadventure , officials said . And they knew the killers . American Amanda Knox , Kercher 's roommate ; Italian Raffaele Sollecito , Knox 's boyfriend ; and Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede , a drifter known in the area , had their pictures splattered across the world 's media . Knox 's photo was even hung in the police plaza alongside Italy 's most infamous mobsters and criminals . The prosecution case seemed a sensational slam-dunk , almost too good to be true . Knox 's supporters say that 's because it is . `` In the beginning , all of this supposed evidence was being leaked , showing what sounded like a pretty convincing case , ''"}
+{"answer":"a package '' of events Tuesday . His comments , however , did not answer questions about where or when Jackson would be buried . There is speculation that the burial will be at Forest Lawn 's Glendale location , but the media have been swarming around the Hollywood Hills memorial park , located right off the freeway behind Disney Studios . Tito Jackson 's ex-wife , Delores `` Dee Dee '' Jackson , is believed to be buried there . Forest Lawn Memorial is the first stop tourists make in search of the crypts of Hollywood greats . Numerous books and Web sites such as findagrave.com and seeing-stars . com claim to have insider knowledge about celebrity grave locations on the properties , but Forest Lawn is unrelentingly secretive about who , exactly , is entombed in its parks . `` We hold the privacy of our client families in very high regard , '' said Bill Martin , spokesman for the Glendale location , which is considered the `` mother lode '' for celebrity grave hunters . `` There are certain areas and property types that have limited access . '' The tombs of Sammy Davis Jr. ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As Michael Jackson fans and the media pour into Los Angeles , California , for what could be the most widely watched memorial of all time , an obvious question remains : Where will he be laid to rest ? Bette Davis is among the notables buried at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn park . Although the Jackson family has n't made an official statement , all signs seem to point toward Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries , the organization that has buried a vast number of Hollywood 's notables . On Monday , sources told CNN that Jackson 's relatives will hold a private gathering at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles Tuesday morning ahead of a massive public service . The gathering is scheduled for 8 a.m. -LRB- 11 a.m. ET -RRB- -- two hours before a memorial service at the Staples Center arena downtown . Cemetery officials have not commented on the matter . Sunday , Jim McDonnell , assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday , said Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans , which were part of ``"}
+{"answer":"funeral , '' William Heinze told CNN affiliate WJXT . William Heinze also said he doubted that his grandson , Guy Heinze Jr. , was responsible for the killings . `` We want to know what really happened , '' he said . `` The police may think they know what happened , but we want to really know the truth . '' Investigators obtained an arrest warrant Friday evening for Guy Heinze Jr. , 22 , just hours after he had been freed from jail on charges of tampering with evidence and making false statements to a police officer , Police Chief Matt Doering of Glynn County , Georgia said Friday . `` I can assure you that this person is responsible , '' Doering said at a news conference Friday evening . The bodies were discovered a week ago at New Hope Plantation mobile home park , north of the Atlantic coastal city of Brunswick . Seven died in the mobile home , and the eighth died a day later at a hospital . The chief refused to reveal how the victims were killed or the suspected motive . A 3-year-old who was injured was on life support","question":"BRUNSWICK , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Seven of eight people killed last week in a southeast Georgia mobile home were laid to rest Saturday . The caskets were laid side by side for graveside ceremonies Saturday in Eulonia , Georgia . The funerals at Youngs Island Church in Eulonia , Georgia , were held for Chrissy Toler , 22 ; Russell D. Toler Sr. , 44 ; Michelle Toler , 15 ; Michael Toler , 19 ; Russell D. Toler Jr. , 20 ; Guy Heinze Sr. , 45 ; and Brenda Gail Falagan , 49 . The funeral for the eighth victim , Joseph L. West , 30 , is to be held at mid-month . Police have arrested Guy Heinze Jr. , the son of Guy Heinze Sr. , on eight counts of first-degree murder . Seven caskets for the seven victims stood side by side for the burial under sunny skies at a nearby cemetery . More than 200 mourners attended the funeral , including William Heinze , father of one of the victims and grandfather of the man accused of the killings . `` I 've never seen so much love and support at a"}
+{"answer":"people 's ability to fight climate change . `` The challenge for national governments is that while they can sometimes reach agreement they do n't know how to act collectively , '' Miller continued . `` For cities , that 's easier . We all have climate strategies , but can make our actions work better and make the partnerships to do that . '' The Seoul summit is the third conference by cities held to discuss responses to climate change . The C40 group was established in London in 2005 . A second summit was held in New York in 2007 . Watch efforts to make New York 's Empire State Building more eco-friendly '' Much of the talk at this week 's conference was how major urban centers could work toward adhering to the Kyoto Protocol , the existing environmental treaty that sets targets for nations to reduce greenhouse gas concentrations . Adopted in December 1997 , the Kyoto Protocol entered into force in February 2005 . In countries that did not sign up to the Kyoto agreement , cities took it upon themselves to reduce their carbon footprint . While the United States did not sign Kyoto","question":"SEOUL , South Korea -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday urged urban leaders and policymakers they need to take the lead now in fighting climate change . Bill Clinton to urban leaders in Seoul : What will you do about climate change ? `` What are you going to do and how much are you going to spend ? '' Clinton asked leaders from the world 's biggest cities at a climate summit being held in South Korea 's capital , Seoul . Officials from the world 's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affiliate municipalities are attending the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit , which ends on Thursday . Waiting for nations to take the lead with a new climate protocol in Copenhagen in December is not an option , said David Miller , mayor of Toronto and chairman of the C40 Cities Leadership Group . `` If governments talk about reducing CO2 -LRB- carbon dioxide -RRB- , cities are the ones that show how it 's done , '' Miller said . `` The point is that cities act , and working together we have a scale and a size that we dramatically increase"}
+{"answer":"heavy casualties upon an unwitting civilian population all in the name of Islam , '' he said . `` These men were indifferent to the carnage that was likely to ensue if their plans were successful . To them the identities of their victims was an irrelevance by race , color , religion or creed . `` What these men intended to bring about together and with others was a violent and deadly statement of intent that would have a truly global impact . '' Wright said the bombs were to be carried onto flights to the United States by suicide bombers as part of a plot hatched in Britain and Pakistan , according to PA. . He said a computer memory stick seized at the time of the defendants ' arrests listed details of flights operated by three carriers -- American Airlines , United Airlines and Air Canada -- between August and October 2006 . `` If each of these flights were successfully blown up the potential for loss of life was considerable , '' Wright said . Ali , Sarwar and six others including Tanvir Hussain , 27 , Ibrahim Savant , 28 , Arafat Waheed Khan ,","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eight men plotted to use bombs disguised in drinks containers to blow up planes heading towards the United States in mid-flight in the name of Islam , a British court heard Tuesday . The eight men deny conspiracy to murder by plotting to blow up transatlantic aircraft . Prosecutors told London 's Woolwich Crown Court the men planned to make the explosives from household objects to resemble drinks bottles , batteries and other items to be carried onto aircraft in hand luggage , the UK 's Press Association reported . The foiling of the alleged plot in August 2006 triggered the imposition of strict new security measures at international airports around the world , restricting the quantity of liquids passengers can carry on to aircraft . The measures , which led to massive delays and scores of canceled flights when they were imposed overnight , remain in place at many airports . Prosecutor Peter Wright described two of the men , Abdulla Ahmed Ali , 28 , and Assad Sarwar , 28 , as ringleaders of an Islamic fundamentalist conspiracy , according to PA. . `` It was an interest that involved inflicting"}
+{"answer":"she might find . '' A judge approved the search warrant , which allowed investigators to comb the house and barred the family from returning home . The warrant was executed on Wednesday . Police took clothing , blankets , a toy , rolls of tape and a tape dispenser from the home , documents showed . The attorney for Lisa 's parents said the release of the affidavit Friday was `` unfortunate , '' as it could derail the search for the missing girl . Joe Tacopina described his clients as `` very shaken up and they refuse to believe anything except that she is out there and alive . '' He said Lisa 's parents are `` terrified , not for themselves , but for the welfare of their daughter . '' The attorney also stressed cadaver dogs are just meant to be an investigative tool , and can not be considered a basis for legal action against his clients . The family 's private investigator , Bill Stanton , called the information contained in the affidavit `` interesting . '' `` I 'm eager to get the facts -LRB- and -RRB- I hope it leads to finding","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A cadaver dog searching the home where a missing 11-month-old Missouri girl was reportedly last seen indicated a positive `` hit '' for the scent of a body , according to documents released Friday . The information was included in an affidavit , dated Tuesday , police filed to request a search warrant of Lisa Irwin 's Kansas City home . Baby Lisa was reported missing at 4 a.m. October 4 , after Lisa 's father , Jeremy Irwin , came home from work to find the door unlocked , the lights on and a window that had been tampered with . Lisa 's mother , Deborah Bradley , said she last saw Lisa at 6:40 p.m. the night before . `` The cadaver dog indicated a positive ` hit ' for the scent of a deceased human in the area of the floor of Bradley 's bedroom near the bed , '' the affidavit read . It also said that interviews with people involved in the case `` revealed conflicting information '' and that Bradley told police she did not initially look for her baby behind the house because she `` was afraid of what"}
+{"answer":"Richard Sharp told the Houston Chronicle . Watch what happens when a plane drops '' `` The second one was the devastating one . That 's when the plane really fell , '' Fabio Ottolini of Houston , who with his wife and daughter was returning from a visit with family in Brazil , told affiliate KTRK-TV in Houston . `` While it was doing that , I saw people being thrown to the roof as if they were dolls . '' Aloiso Dias thought the plane dropped more than twice . `` I felt like I was on a roller coaster , '' he told WSVN-TV . `` I could n't even see what happened with my wife . I was just holding onto the front of the seat and going with the flow . '' He could n't see because the cabin lights had gone out and `` it was pitch black outside , '' Frederick Bright told the Houston Chronicle . `` I went up , and it was like I was in the air for a minute . Then I came down and I hit my back on the armrest , then I fell into the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- People were `` thrown to the roof as if they were dolls '' and some feared for their lives when a Continental Airlines flight ran into turbulence , shaken passengers said . Oxygen masks hang from a damaged part of the plane Monday , in a photo by passenger Camila Machado . The turbulence struck without warning several hours into Monday 's Continental Flight 128 from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , to Houston , Texas . The pilot diverted the Boeing 767-200 to Miami , Florida , to get treatment for the injured . Continental said seven passengers were transported to hospitals , and about 28 other passengers were treated at the scene . Lt. Elkin Sierra of the Miami-Dade Fire Department said 26 passengers were injured , including four seriously . `` The airplane came down very sharply , and all of us bumped our heads against the ceiling -- twice , '' Brazilian passenger Celi Dfaria told CNN affiliate WSVN-TV at Miami-Dade International Airport . `` It dropped so hard that everything in the seat-back pockets just flew up in the air . I caught my phone in my lap , '' passenger"}
+{"answer":", but found he was struggling . `` On Wednesday I could n't get up anymore - and the next day I just was n't in shape at all , '' he said . `` It 's a lung infection -- it 's the first time I 've had it - breathing is difficult -- I feel I am not fine , I 'm still very tired and slow . `` The doctors say it 's too serious for me to try -- and that I should rest for at least two weeks -- obviously I ca n't take any more chances . '' Federer , who has a home in Dubai , was looking to regain his title from Novak Djokovic , who will now be top seed , with Murray also in the field for his first tournament since Australia . Czech Jan Hernych , who went out in the final round of qualifying , benefits from Federer 's withdrawal to go into the main draw . In men 's ATP action on Sunday , Sam Querrey beat fellow American John Isner in the final of the tournament in Memphis . Eighth seed Querrey , who had accounted","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- World number one Roger Federer is suffering from a lung infection and has pulled out of this week 's $ 2 million ATP tournament in Dubai . Australian Open champion Federer is set to be sidelined for up to six weeks and may not return to action until a big hard court event in the United States in March . Federer , who won his 16th grand slam when beating Britain 's Andy Murray in Melbourne , has been advised by a doctor not to play for at least a fortnight . He is set to play at the Masters Series event at Indian Wells which starts on March 11 , but may have to wait until the following tournament in Miami . `` There are no guarantees that I will play at Indian Wells -- this could be a maximum of six weeks , but if it 's treated properly everything should be fine and I should be back fairly quickly , '' he told the official ATP Tour Web site . Federer , who is a four-time Dubai Open champion , had traveled to the United Arab Emirates to practice ahead of the tournament"}
+{"answer":"than 4.2 million Iraqis have fled their homes , around 2 million to neighboring states , mostly Syria and Jordan , and another 2.2 million displaced inside Iraq . The flight was aggravated by the February 2006 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra , an attack that stoked pitched sectarian warfare . Many of the internally displaced live precarious lives amid conditions of squalor , crowded into camps and slums that often lack basic necessities , such as proper food , health care and shelter . `` How Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East , '' said Jolie . `` It 's in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and aggression . '' Read transcript of interview Jolie has been working to help draw attention to the problem and has called for governments to bolster their support of the U.N.H.C.R. . In August , Jolie first visited Iraq and Syria to get a sense of the problem . She heard stories from refugees about their plight . Watch as Jolie lunches with troops '' This visit","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie is visiting Iraq to boost what she sees as lagging efforts to deal with the problems of 2 million `` very very vulnerable '' internally displaced people in the wartorn country . Angelina Jolie has been working to focus attention on problem of refugees in Iraq . `` There does n't seem to be a real coherent plan to help them , '' said Jolie , speaking in an exclusive interview with CNN 's Arwa Damon Thursday . `` There 's lots of goodwill . Lots of discussion , but there seems to be a lot of talk at the moment , and a lot of pieces that need to be put together . I 'm trying to figure out what they are . '' A goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees , Jolie wants to find ways to help the agency be more active inside war-torn Iraq . Watch CNN 's exclusive interview with Jolie '' Sunni-Shiite sectarian violence in the country has sparked a displacement crisis that is considered the most significant in the Middle East since the 1948 creation of Israel . More"}
+{"answer":". Ethiopia invaded Somalia two years ago and successfully routed the Islamic militia that seized control of the capital . The HRW report states that the United States `` directly backed Ethiopia 's intervention . '' Since the 2006 overthrow of the Islamic Courts Union , Somalia has suffered from `` unconstrained warfare and violent rights abuses '' by all warring parties . `` All sides have used indiscriminate force as a matter of routine , and in 2008 violence has taken on a new dimension with the targeted murders of aid workers and civil society activists , '' the report states . `` The human rights and humanitarian catastrophe facing Somalia today threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of Somalis on a scale not witnessed since the early 1990s . '' Heavy fighting in Mogadishu and across Somalia has driven more than a million people from their homes . The lawlessness has also spilled onto the seas off the Horn of Africa , where international vessels are routinely hijacked by suspected Somali pirates who demand large ransoms . Human Rights Watch offers specific recommendations to the Somali and Ethiopian governments , the main militias , and the international","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The United States and other Western powers have `` exacerbated Somalia 's downward spiral '' and must revise their policies in the east African country , a Human Rights Watch report has warned . Recent image of Islamist fighters at a camp in the northern outskirts of Mogadishu The report , released Monday , blames the policies under President George W. Bush for `` breeding the very extremism that it is supposed to defeat . '' `` The new administration of U.S. President Barack Obama should urgently review U.S. policy in Somalia and the broader Horn of Africa and break with the failed approach of his predecessor , '' the report said . It also cites key European governments for failing `` to address the human rights dimensions of the crisis , with many officials hoping that somehow unfettered support to abusive TFG -LRB- Somali transitional government -RRB- forces will improve stability . '' Somalia 's weak transitional government , backed by Ethiopian forces , continues to battle Islamic militias with the fighting concentrated in the capital , Mogadishu . Ethiopian forces have not withdrawn from the country , as required under a recent cease-fire agreement"}
+{"answer":"a watch or earpiece . The system was tested at Premier League football club Fulham in 2006 and then at Reading 's training ground in 2007 . It was backed by the British Football Association and funded by the Premier League . Another goal-line technology , a microchipped football , was developed by Adidas and German firm Cairos Technologies . A microchip built into the football detects a magnetic field generated by underground cables in the penalty area . Like the Hawk-Eye system it uses a computer to send a signal to the referee 's watch when a goal is scored . The system was tested at the World Under-17 Championships in 2005 and the 2007 World Club Championship in Tokyo . The International Football Association Board -LRB- IFAB -RRB- , which decides the laws of the game , discusses new rules at an annual general meeting consisting of four representatives from FIFA and one each from England , Northern Ireland , Scotland and Wales . Explaining the IFAB 's decision , Blatter said the microchipped ball had failed in one of the seven World Club Championship matches because of interference to the signal sent to the referee and that","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The debate about using technology to help referees has been re-ignited following a number of controversial decisions in the Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona . The Hawk-Eye system is already widely used in tennis and has transformed the game . Sepp Blatter , president of FIFA , the game 's governing body , has consistently opposed the use of in-game video replays , but goal-line technology , to determine if the ball has crossed the goal line , has received more support . The Hawk-Eye system is extensively used in tennis , using cameras to calculate the trajectory of the ball . The system then uses the trajectory data to determine exactly where the ball has hit the ground , making it invaluable for marginal line calls . Using similar technology , Hawk-Eye Innovations , based in England , has developed a football system to determine if a goal has been scored . It again uses cameras to track the ball and computers to calculate its position . If the system detects that the ball has crossed the goal line a central computer transmits a signal to the referee via either"}
+{"answer":"late Wednesday statement . `` As production moves forward , it is entirely possible that the brothers ' paths will intersect with other members of the Jackson family , who may or may not be included in the finished series . However , we can not at this point definitively know who else may make an appearance in the series . '' Earlier Wednesday , however , the network had seemed to rule out their appearance , saying , `` They are not part of the series . '' Jackson went to great lengths for years to keep his children out of the public eye , including covering their faces with masks and scarves . It was only at the public memorial service for Jackson that the world got a close look at them -- and began learning about their personalities . The magazine 's source is quoted as saying that the oldest Jackson sister , Rebbie , `` feels Michael would spin in his grave if he knew his kids would be on this show . '' The public relations firm hired by the Jackson family soon after Michael Jackson 's death issued a short statement Wednesday morning that","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The A&E network quickly backed away from an earlier assurance that Michael Jackson 's three children `` are not part of '' a reality show it is taping with four of the pop star 's brothers . Before their father 's death , Michael Jackson 's children , Paris , Prince and `` Blanket '' were not often seen in public . The network said late Wednesday it was `` entirely possible '' that `` other members of the Jackson family '' could appear on the show , but it is too soon to know . US Weekly magazine quoted an unidentified source as saying that despite a sharp division in the Jackson family over the matter , Prince , 12 , Paris , 11 , and Blanket , 7 , would be included in the show . `` The Jacksons : A Family Dynasty , '' which focuses on the lives of four of the Jackson brothers -- Jackie , Jermaine , Tito and Marlon -- was in the works before the singer 's June 25 death . `` Filming is taking place right now , '' A&E said in the"}
+{"answer":"Monday into the Atlantic Ocean show there was an `` indicated inconsistency in measured air speeds , '' Airbus said . The company did not elaborate . Experts said that could mean the pilot 's and co-pilots ' sensors were showing different speeds . `` If they 're malfunctioning , it can give a false read that can be misinterpreted in the cockpit , and a disaster can follow , '' said Peter Goeltz , the former managing director of the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board . While the pilots themselves sent no distress calls , the aircraft 's computer system relayed about four minutes of automated messages indicating a loss of cabin pressure and an electrical failure , according to investigators . Airbus said it sent the Telex Thursday night after the action was recommended by the French investigating agency , which plans to hold a news conference Saturday morning in Paris , France . Watch as experts question whether recovery is possible '' Meanwhile , the hunt for debris continued Friday , a day after a Brazilian air force official said debris plucked from the ocean was not from the Air France jet . A U.S Navy P-3","question":"RIO DE JANEIRO , Brazil -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Automated messages sent from Air France Flight 447 just before it crashed Monday indicate the plane 's systems were providing contradictory information about its airspeed , the jet 's manufacturer said on Friday . Friends and relatives of the 228 people aboard Air France Flight 447 attend a memorial service Thursday in Brazil . That suggests the pilots may have been flying too fast or too slow through the violent weather they encountered before the crash , officials said . In addition , investigators have said the plane 's autopilot disengaged , cabin pressure was lost and there was an electrical failure before the disaster . Airbus confirmed on Friday that in the wake of the crash it sent a Telex to operators of all Airbus models reminding them what to do when speed indicators give conflicting readings . The spokesman said the notice does not mean there is any major flaw in the aircraft , but is simply a reminder to pilots about what to do in the cockpit if they get conflicting information about air speed . Message transmissions from the aircraft in the final moments before it crashed"}
+{"answer":"to young children and fetuses . According to the American Academy of Pediatrics , during the first several years of life , a child 's brain is still developing and absorbing nutrients . Prenatal and infant mercury exposure can cause poor mental development , cerebral palsy , deafness and blindness . Even in low doses , mercury may affect a child 's development , delaying walking and talking , shortening attention span and causing learning disabilities . Having mercury levels that are too high is n't someone else 's problem . In a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , one out of 17 women of childbearing age in the United States has mercury in her blood above the level that could pose a risk to a developing fetus -LRB- 5.8 micrograms per liter -RRB- . So the federal government advises pregnant women and those thinking of becoming pregnant to avoid certain fish , such as shark , swordfish and fresh tuna , usually found in fish markets and sushi . Canned tuna seems to be less of a threat , but the U.S. Department of Agriculture says consumption should be limited . Why avoid these","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Every week , Jackie Kaminer of Roswell , Georgia , buys fish for dinner at the local market . Although she knows it 's full of nutrients -- including good-for-your-heart omega-3 fatty acids -- she 's careful of the types of fish she brings home . Jackie Kaminer contemplates fish choices ; she buys only `` safe '' fish , like salmon , haddock and tilapia . Her concern ? Mercury and the dangers it poses to her children . So , she sticks to certain varieties : salmon , cod , tilapia and haddock are `` safe fish , '' but she stays away from swordfish , sea bass and tuna . As a mother of three , Kaminer should be concerned . Released into the atmosphere by industrial pollution , mercury contaminates water systems -LRB- and soil -RRB- when it rains . As fish feed on one another , the mercury stores up in their bodies . The toxic metal affects the nervous system . And although studies have shown large amounts of mercury can also affect fertility and blood pressure , and possibly cause memory loss in adults , it 's particularly dangerous"}
+{"answer":"other country . Potts , who married after being released from prison , is now divorced and lives on the outskirts of Havana with his two daughters , ages 4 and 7 . He makes some money letting his neighbors use his prized Internet connection . But the New Yorker is homesick and says his elderly parents need help . `` I committed a crime and paid for it , '' he says . `` Now what I want is to return home because I have to attend to my family . '' Watch Potts explain why he thinks he deserves a pardon '' He says the time is right . Potts wrote a letter to President Obama asking for a pardon that would let him return to the United States without fear of being jailed . There are thought to be 700 American fugitives hiding in Cuba . Members of the Black Panthers , Puerto Rican independence movement members and common criminals have sought sanctuary on the island . For the most part , they try to go unnoticed . Perhaps the most famous is black activist Assata Shakur , who was convicted for killing a police officer in","question":"HAVANA , Cuba -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- William Potts picks up his daughters from school every day . People consider him a generous neighbor and a good father . William Potts smuggled a firearm aboard a flight , hijacked the plane and forced the crew to fly to Cuba . But few know how this eccentric American ended up in Cuba . `` I came to Cuba 25 years ago . I hijacked an airplane , '' said Potts , who was convicted of air piracy . Potts says he was enthused by Fidel Castro and his revolution . He imagined a racial and social utopia that could be replicated in his own country . In 1984 , he smuggled a firearm aboard a commercial flight and forced the crew to fly to Havana , Cuba . No one was injured . `` In my revolutionary naivete , I came looking for military training , '' he says . Instead , he ended up in jail . He spent 13 years behind bars in Cuba . In 1971 , the United States and Cuba signed an agreement in which each government agreed to prosecute hijackers or return them to the"}
+{"answer":"control center in Alaska remotely launched the interceptor missile from California . The `` initial indications , '' according to the Defense Department , are that all components of Friday 's test performed as designed . Critics have long complained that the tests are not realistic because they do n't involve balloons or other simple decoys that , they argue , could easily fool the interceptor . Watch a report on the defense system \u00c2 '' In Friday 's test , however , the target was a mock warhead and was supposed to be accompanied by `` countermeasures similar to what Iran or North Korea could deploy , '' according to a missile defense agency official . The intention was for the interceptor 's kill vehicle to distinguish the target from the decoys . But the decoy that was supposed to deploy to test the system did not . The Pentagon blamed a 40-year-old target system . `` Countermeasures are very difficult to deploy . We have had trouble deploying them in the past , '' said Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O'Reilly , director for the Missile Defense Agency . But O'Reilly said that the interceptor did differentiate between the","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A missile shield test was a `` smashing success , '' Pentagon officials said Friday , despite the failure of the test to put to rest concerns that the interceptor might not be able to differentiate between real missiles and decoys . Eight of the United States ' 13 missile defense tests have been deemed a success . The ground-based interceptor missile , launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California , destroyed a long-range ballistic missile launched from Kodiak , Alaska , the Defense Department 's Missile Defense Agency said . But one key aspect of the test -- to see whether the system could tell the difference between a missile and a decoy aimed at confounding its `` seek '' systems -- failed because the decoy did not deploy . Officials told CNN on Thursday that Friday 's test would be the most realistic of 13 missile shield system tests conducted to date . Eight of the 13 tests have now been deemed a success by the Pentagon . Watch a Pentagon spokesman explain the Friday 's problem \u00c2 '' This was the first test in which a crew at an alternate fire"}
+{"answer":"it was a robust discussion but what it boiled down to was the motivation and professionalism of the applicants and their ` fit ' with the job and Tourism Queensland . '' The 50 hopefuls come from 22 countries including the U.S. , the UK , Russia , Canada , France , Greece , Ireland , India , China , Japan , Korea , Indonesia , Malaysia , Taiwan and Kenya as well as Australia itself . The shortlisted 50 will now be cut down to a final 11 -- 10 chosen by Tourism Queensland and an 11th by popular vote from videos submitted by the applicants . The videos show the 50 candidates employing a variety of attempts to woo their prospective employer , from wandering round a chilly city center in bikini with surfboard to making their application in the form of a street musical , complete with chorus singers . The successful applicant will also enjoy free return airfares from their nearest capital city , transport on the island , travel insurance , computer and camera gear and travel to other islands in the Great Barrier Reef . The appointment requires no academic qualifications -- the ``","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The long list for the job that has been described as `` the best in the world '' has been announced . The successful applicant will based on Hamilton Island , center , off Australia 's northeastern coast . A chef , a dance instructor and a scientist are among the final 50 applicants for the six-month post of `` caretaker '' on Hamilton Island , part of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia The successful candidate will enjoy a salary of $ 100,000 , free home and generous perks on the island . `` Key responsibilities '' will include sending weekly reports via blogs and video on what is happening on the island , as well as cleaning the pool -- which comes with the free home -- and feeding the fish . Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle revealed Tuesday that the authority had received 34,684 applications from around the world for the position . `` Yesterday , a team of Tourism Queensland marketing and international staff along with a professional recruitment company made the very tough decisions necessary to cut the short-list to the Top 50 , '' Boyle said . `` I understand"}
+{"answer":"this season after fullback Marcelo was allowed to surge into the box . Benzema made it safe in the 50th minute as the France forward controlled Xabi Alonso 's lofted diagonal pass and fired in a low shot for his 10th in La Liga and 16th overall . Ronaldo finally got on the scoresheet with a minute of regulation time remaining , as the world 's most expensive player -- who is on the shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d'Or award to be named on Monday -- fired in from the edge of the penalty area . That took the Portugal captain four goals clear of Barca 's Lionel Messi , who is hoping to win his third successive world player of the year title . Fourth-placed Levante face the prospect of losing ground on Valencia after being held to a 0-0 draw by visiting Real Mallorca . Valencia , who trail Barca by four points , can move six clear of their local rivals by winning at third-bottom Villarreal on Sunday . Levante did , however , stay four points clear of fifth-placed Osasuna , who also played out a stalemate at Real Sociedad as both those sides extended","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Real Madrid piled the pressure on Barcelona by moving six points clear at the top of Spain 's La Liga with a 5-1 thrashing of Granada on Saturday . Barcelona , seeking a fourth successive league title , now can not afford to slip up in Sunday 's trip to city rivals Espanyol . Jose Mourinho 's Real made the perfect start after the Spanish winter break as Karim Benzema netted twice and Cristiano Ronaldo extended his leading goal tally to 21 . It was Real 's 14th win in 17 league games for a total of 43 points from a possible 51 , with 61 goals for and 16 against . Benzema opened the scoring after 20 minutes after Ronaldo and Mesut Ozil combined well inside the box , but 14th-placed Granada surprisingly leveled soon after as Mikel Rico headed in a cross by Nigeria forward Ikechukwu Uche . Who will be January 's top transfer targets ? Spain defender Sergio Ramos restored the home side 's advantage as he powerfully nodded in Ozul 's 34th-minute corner , and Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain made it 3-1 straight after the break with his 13th league goal"}
+{"answer":"a TV . `` Then they changed their tune , '' he said . `` They were like ` That 's awesome . Are they any other vacancies ? ' '' Like many of the players in the independent Frontier League who do n't rake in the big bucks , Faiola is living with a host family . But his host family is a little different . Most of the players live with families with younger children . But in his case , Faiola is the young one -- about 55 years younger than the rest of his `` roommates . '' Eighty-four-year-old Meda Dennis , who has been living in the center for four years , said Faiola 's arrival is the most exciting thing to happen since a good Elvis impersonator showed up . `` It 's been quite exciting because he 's young and new and interesting and we 're old , '' she joked . Faiola made his way to the assisted living center in Westlake , Ohio , near Cleveland , with the help of Cindy Griffiths-Novak . She heard the new local baseball team was looking for host families for the players . But","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When pitcher Josh Faiola walks out of the dugout on opening day with the Lake Erie Crushers , he 'll already have a large group of fans in the stands -- his new roommates at the Belvedere of Westlake assisted living facility . Pitcher Josh Failoa stands as residents and friends of The Belvedere of Westlake welcome him Tuesday . The 25-year-old , who was drafted in 2006 by the Baltimore Orioles and is trying to work his way to the majors , admits he was caught a little off guard when he was told about his new housing situation . `` At first I was like , ` OK , that 's a little different , ' '' he said . `` I was taken aback at first . '' And he was also the butt of a couple jokes from his teammates . `` They were saying things like ` So what 's the deal ? Do you have to go to bed early ? ' '' Faiola said . But then he told them about his room -- a large suite , with his own kitchenette , washer and dryer , furniture and"}
+{"answer":"cuspers -LRB- born roughly 1954-1965 -RRB- , who arrived in style in 2008 with their first truly major figure , Barack Obama -LRB- born 1961 -RRB- . George W. Bush , born in 1946 at the start of the postwar baby boom for which his generation is named , will leave office with the lowest approval ratings since Richard Nixon was president . As Thomas Friedman has written , Bush epitomizes what 's now seen as `` The Greediest Generation . '' Who 's to blame for the economy going into serious decline ? The short and easy answer is greedy boomers . This is the generation that knew better than their cautious , fuddy-duddy parents , the generation that protested , that had ideals and marched to the beat of defiant music : `` Street Fighting Man , '' `` We Want the World and We Want It Now , '' `` Hope I Die Before I Get Old . '' It 's the generation that pursued pleasure , proclaimed `` I can have it all '' and refused to grow old -- `` 50 is the new 30 , '' etc. . And now , after years of","question":"Editor 's note : Marian Salzman is chief marketing officer and a partner at Porter Novelli Worldwide and is co-author of `` The Future of Men '' and `` Next Now . '' She was named among the `` top five trendspotters '' by VNU in 2004 and has been credited with popularizing the term `` metrosexuality . '' She blogs at www.pnintelligentdialogue.com . See Salzman on American Morning and CNN.com Live Monday , December 29 . Marian Salzman says `` cuspers '' are staking out a separate identity from the baby boomer generation . NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rarely has there been a year when so many things went out of style in such a short time : not just investment bankers , gas-guzzling vehicles , corporate jets , conspicuous consumption and political polarization , but also a whole generation . After strutting and tub-thumping and preening their way across the high ground of politics , media , culture and finance for 30 years , baby boomers have gone from top dogs to scapegoats in barely a year . As baby boomers lose their authority and appeal , generational power is shifting one notch down : to"}
+{"answer":"December 27 trial date . Chaney allegedly accessed nude photos of some of the celebrities during the hacking , and a recently circulated nude photo of Johansson is part of the federal investigation , prosecutors said . Chaney also allegedly used public sources to mine data about his victims , which included both males and females , all associated with the entertainment industry , authorities said . Authorities allege that once Chaney hacked into a celebrity 's e-mail account , he would use the contact lists to find other celebrities ' e-mail accounts . This allowed him to add new victims , authorities charge . Johansson told Vanity Fair magazine she is not ashamed of the photo . `` I know my best angles , '' she said in an article published Tuesday . `` They were sent to my husband . ... There 's nothing wrong with that . '' Johansson is now divorced from her husband at the time , Ryan Reynolds . Chaney has been indicted on nine counts of computer hacking for gain , eight counts of aggravated identify theft and nine counts of illegal wiretapping , prosecutors said . If convicted of the 26 counts","question":"Los Angeles -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 35-year-old Florida man accused of being a `` hackerazzi '' pleaded not guilty Tuesday in federal court to charges of hacking into celebrities ' e-mail accounts . Christopher Chaney of Jacksonville , Florida , is accused of hacking into e-mail accounts and devices belong to more than 50 people , including entertainers Scarlett Johansson , Christina Aguilera , Mila Kunis , Simone Harouche and Renee Olstead , prosecutors said . During Tuesday 's arraignment in Los Angeles , the federal judge increased Chaney 's bail to $ 110,000 from $ 10,000 in the wake of three new accusations of cyberstalking -- including one celebrity victim who was n't identified and was allegedly cyberstalked after authorities seized Chaney 's computer earlier this year . Two other victims , including a 13-year-old , have told authorities that they were cyberstalked before the computer seizure , prosecutors said . Chaney was expected to post bail after his mother indicated she would put up the family home as collateral . If he posts bail , Chaney will be subject to electronic monitoring and ca n't possess any computers , the judge said . The judge set a"}
+{"answer":"daughter , 7-year-old Somer Thompson , was found in a South Georgia landfill , Clay County , Florida , Sheriff Rick Beseler said Thursday . On Monday , Somer became separated from her siblings and schoolmates on her way home from school in Orange Park . She was seen in a fight at school before disappearing , according to a police report Thursday . Her 10-year-old sister told police that Somer had gotten into a fight with another girl at school earlier in the day . The sister said she brought up the fight while she and her brother walked Somer home from school , and that Somer ran off from them , apparently upset . The sister said she lost sight of Somer in a group of other kids leaving the school , according to the police report . A medical examiner in Savannah , Georgia , used dental records to identify the body positively as Somer 's , said Clay County Sheriff 's Office spokeswoman Mary Justino . The sheriff told the girl 's mother Wednesday night that her daughter had been identified . Thompson was devastated , he said . `` It was the hardest phone call","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The news was devastating , the aftermath surreal . Diena Thompson clutched a tissue in her right hand , frequently wiping her eyes as she told reporters that she could n't believe it was her daughter whose body was found in a Georgia landfill . Her visage revealed the weight of grief and a yearning for justice . Standing outside her home in Orange Park , Florida , Thompson looked into the camera and , with her voice cracking , sent out a stern warning to her daughter 's killer . `` I want you to know that I will not sleep until this person is found . I hope they get you , and I hope they make you pay for a long , long time . You do n't take from somebody . You did n't just take her from me . You took her from my family ; you took her from all these people . And you do n't do this to a little baby and put my baby in the trash like she 's nothing . That 's not OK , this is not OK . '' The body of her"}
+{"answer":", high-heeled and silver to match the dress . During the party , the high heels will be ceremoniously slipped onto her feet to replace her flat shoes -- a symbolic transition of her journey from childhood to womanhood . `` It makes her look like a princess , '' gushes Marlene Ferro . Quincea\u00f1eras are becoming increasingly popular in the United States . One reason for their popularity is a greater acceptance of Latin culture in America , according to Michele Salcedo , author of `` Quincea\u00f1era ! '' a comprehensive guide to the celebration . `` The 15th birthday , culturally , is a milestone . It does n't have to be celebrated with a party at all , but it is generally marked by something quite special , '' Salcedo says . Experts believe the quincea\u00f1era is rooted in Mayan , Aztec and European traditions . Today , many coming-of-age ceremonies resemble lavish `` Sweet 16 '' celebrations . Beyond the elaborate apparel , food and festivities , modern quincea\u00f1eras often feature a court of 15 people , typically consisting of family and friends . As the event continues to grow in popularity , the makeup of","question":"Miami , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- From the custom-made , hand-beaded white dress to silver-studded high-heeled shoes , diamond jewelry and tiara , Jenny Ferro is preparing for a day she 's dreamed about since she was 3 years old . `` I 'm really excited , '' says Jenny , eagerly nodding her head . `` Really , really , a lot ! '' She is n't getting married . The 15-year-old is preparing for her quincea\u00f1era , a coming-of-age ritual in Latin culture , marking a young girl 's entrance into womanhood . The centuries-old tradition began as a ceremony to introduce girls to society on their 15th birthday and signified that they were ready for marriage . Today , many quincea\u00f1eras have become much more elaborate . Jenny and her mother , Marlene Ferro , have worked out every detail of the party well in advance , from the rehearsal to the reception to the flower girl and the music . The theme of the party is bedazzled . First , there is the dress , which Marlene had designed specially for her daughter . It cost about $ 800 . Then there are the shoes"}
+{"answer":"as a bone-chilling wind whipped around him . `` It gives you a perspective on a lot of day to day things that do n't amount to much . '' Asked if the harsh weather reminded him of his home town , Chicago , he said , `` It does feel the same does n't it ? '' His day began with a series of short interviews with American television networks . Wednesday 's session with Wen follows Obama 's meeting a day earlier with Chinese President Hu Jintao , with the two speaking of a common vision of shared responsibilities and economic opportunities after their talks . Trade , nuclear proliferation and the sticky issue of human rights were part of their discussions . The two leaders `` talked about continuing to build a positive , cooperative and comprehensive relationship between our nations , '' according to Obama , who said he welcomes China 's desire for a greater role in world affairs . `` China and the United States share extensive common interests and broad prospects for cooperation on a series of major issues important to mankind 's peace and stability and development , '' Hu said ,","question":"Beijing , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- U.S. President Barack Obama huddled with the Chinese premier Wednesday on the final day of his visit to China . Obama 's meeting with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao took place at the Diaoyutai State Guest House , continuing a theme of cooperation between the two nations and development of mutual interests . The men greeted each other in public before meeting privately . The White House hailed this week 's meetings between Obama and Chinese leaders . `` President Obama 's visit to China has demonstrated the depth and breadth of the global and other challenges where US-China cooperation is critical , '' a White House statement said Wednesday . `` His discussions with President Hu have strengthened possibilities for future cooperation . `` In order to continue to develop this important relationship , President Obama has invited President Hu to visit the United States in 2010 . President Hu has accepted with pleasure . '' During his final hours in China , Obama visited the Great Wall before flying to South Korea , where he will meet with President Lee Myung-bak . Obama described the Great Wall as `` spectacular , ''"}
+{"answer":"Gunmen rampaged through a series of targets in the commercial capital of India , killing indiscriminately and taking hostages at two luxury hotels . Testolini said she and 200 others waited in the dark ballroom for several hours , listening to the intensifying sounds of gunfire and grenades . Eventually , the hotel staff began evacuating guests 10 at a time , women and children first , to the street . For a moment , she thought she was safe . But then , the gunfire returned . `` They were pursing us , and we ran , and we could hear them shooting at us , '' Testolini said . Testolini and her colleagues eventually found shelter in an undisclosed location , where they are keeping up with the news on their BlackBerrys , waiting for signs that it 's safe to move . `` We are far enough away to feel safe but close enough to feel what 's going on , '' said Testolini , who was scheduled to leave Mumbai on Thursday afternoon . `` We 'll lay low till at least the daylight . '' There 's no telling where Testolini would be had she","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Manuela Testolini and her colleagues had just sat down to dinner at the Oberoi hotel restaurant in Mumbai , India , on Wednesday when the sound of gunfire erupted outside . Manuela Testolini was in Mumbai on business when a series of brazen attacks broke out . At first , they did n't know what it was . Then , one of Testolini 's colleagues saw a man get shot to death outside the restaurant 's front door , and everyone started to run . `` We left everything behind , including purses and phones , '' said Testolini , the ex-wife of music icon Prince and founder of In A Perfect World children 's foundation . `` There was a lot of panic . '' Testolini said gunfire followed her as she and dozens more fled through the kitchen and down to the ballroom , where they found temporary refuge from the gunfire and grenades raining outside . Testolini , a Canadian in Mumbai for business , was at the center of a brazen series of coordinated attacks in the southern part of the city overnight Wednesday . Watch Testolini describe running from gunfire ''"}
+{"answer":"`` There were moments where he helped me in making mistakes , not forcing me to play long points . My service was working well and that made me feel much more comfortable , '' added the Spanish No. 1 . A despondent Gasquet added : `` Even a tired Nadal remains an exceptional player . I could n't find a way past him . It 's a defeat that really hurts . '' Spain are attempting to reach the final for the third time in four years , and are favorites to take the trophy with two of the world 's top five players amongst their ranks . They are also well on their way to avenging last year 's 5-0 whitewash quarterfinal defeat to France Spanish doubles specialists Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco can now finish the job on Saturday when they go up against Michael Llodra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga . Meanwhile , defending champions Serbia have a mountain to climb in order to retain their title after losing the opening two singles rubbers of their semifinal against Argentina in front of 15,000 partisan fans in Belgrade . David Nalbandian set Argentina on their way with a 6-4","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer have put Spain on the brink of reaching the Davis Cup final after winning their opening two singles rubbers against France in convincing fashion . With the red clay of Cordoba suiting the Spanish duo perfectly , world number two Nadal -- showing no ill effects from losing the final of the U.S. Open to Novak Djokovic earlier this week -- set the ball rolling with a crushing 6-3 6-0 6-1 success over Richard Gasquet . And Ferrer doubled Spain 's advantage , brushing aside Gilles Simon 6-1 6-4 6-1 , to leave the four-times champions needing just a win in Saturday 's doubles rubber to reach the final . The New Musketeers : France 's fantastic four bid for Davis Cup glory Despite searing heat , Nadal never allowed Gasquet time to get into their match , with the 10-time grand slam winner telling reporters he was delighted with his performance , considering he felt tired . `` That worked out well , I managed to play with a cool head and do what I had to do throughout without losing concentration for a minute , '' said Nadal ."}
+{"answer":"on my bed Last night as I lay on my pillow I dreamed that my Bonnie was dead . Mental Floss : 10 adult versions of children 's songs 4 . `` Oh My Darling Clementine '' I did n't know anything beyond the `` Oh my darling '' chorus , but there 's a whole little tale that goes along with the tragic Clementine . There are a few variations . One of them goes like this : In a cavern , in a canyon , Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty niner , And his daughter Clementine Light she was and like a fairy , And her shoes were number nine , Wearing boxes , without topses , Sandals were for Clementine . Drove she ducklings to the water Ev'ry morning just at nine , Hit her foot against a splinter , Fell into the foaming brine . Ruby lips above the water , Blowing bubbles , soft and fine , But , alas , I was no swimmer , So I lost my Clementine . How I missed her ! How I missed her , How I missed my Clementine , But I kissed her","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Either I had a really short attention span as a kid and never made it past the first verse of a song -- which is entirely possible -- or there are some obscure lyrics to the songs we all know and love . 1 . `` The Teapot Song '' goes on to further explain this little teapot character : I 'm a clever teapot , Yes it 's true Here let me show you What I can do I can change my handle And my spout Just tip me over and pour me out ! 2 . `` Do Your Ears Hang Low ? '' I 'm impressed that a children 's song contains the word `` semaphore . '' Do your ears hang high ? Do they reach up to the sky ? Do they droop when they are wet ? Do they stiffen when they 're dry ? Can you semaphore your neighbour with a minimum of labour ? Do your ears hang high ? 3 . `` My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean '' involves terrifying nightmares : Last night as I lay on my pillow Last night as I lay"}
+{"answer":"question . In addition to the studio albums , they 've written a musical , `` Closer to Heaven , '' and a soundtrack to Sergei Eisenstein 's 1925 silent film classic , `` The Battleship Potemkin . '' For `` Yes , '' the Pet Shop Boys worked with Xenomania , a production group known for collaborating with Cher and other pop stars . Xenomania co-wrote three of the tracks on `` Yes '' with Lowe and vocalist Neil Tennant , who write most of their own songs . Watch the official video for `` Love , etc. '' on YouTube The Pet Shop Boys , who recently won an award for outstanding contribution to music at the 2009 BRIT Awards , `` felt very much at home '' at the house outside London , England , that Xenomania has devoted entirely to music , Tennant said . Every bedroom has a studio , and bands hang around downstairs waiting to record amid the sounds of instruments , record mixing and talking . `` You can hear this cacophony of music all day long , '' he said . Like a vinyl record , `` Yes '' is divided","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Twenty-five years after the hit single `` West End Girls , '' can the Pet Shop Boys pull off songs that make you want to dance like it 's 1984 , but still reflect a social consciousness of 2009 ? Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe , shown at the BRIT Awards in February , are releasing their 10th studio album . The answer is the title of their latest album : `` Yes . '' The British duo will release their 10th studio album on April 21 in the United States through Astralwerks . `` Yes '' has been out in the United Kingdom through Parlophone\/EMI since March 23 , and entered the Billboard UK albums chart at No. 4 . `` We thought that ` Yes ' just kind of summed up the theme of the album . It 's a positive , upbeat , euphoric pop album , '' keyboardist Chris Lowe said . `` It 's almost an answer to the question , ` Is that the Pet Shop Boys ? ' ` Yes ! ' '' Given how many different projects the duo has been involved with , it 's a valid"}
+{"answer":"and two of them also were charged with kidnapping , Thomas said . All the suspects except for the 14-year-old live in the same apartment complex , according to Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill . The victim and the boys charged are all from refugee families that have come to the United States from the war-torn West African nation of Liberia , police said . Detectives said the girl was placed in the custody of Phoenix child protective services after the attack because of her parents ' attitude toward her . `` The parents felt that they had been shamed or embarrassed by their child , '' Phoenix police Sgt. Andy Hill said . The Phoenix Police Department has a community response unit that assists with such sensitive cases . `` They made some initial contacts with the refugee community . They acted as liaison and were present when the child protective services agency took the victim , '' Hill said . Protective services officers `` will determine what 's going to happen in the days ahead and they 'll look at the past history with that family , if there is one , '' he said . CNN affiliate","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With four Phoenix , Arizona , boys ages 9 to 14 charged with sexual assault on an 8-year-old girl , a prosecutor vowed Thursday his office will `` seek justice for the young victim in this heartrending situation . '' Police say a girl was lured to a storage shed at an apartment complex where she was sexually assaulted . `` This is a deeply disturbing case that has gripped our community , '' said Maricopa County attorney Andrew Thomas . According to Phoenix police , the girl was lured to a storage shed at an apartment complex on July 16 . The four boys , who had offered the girl chewing gum , allegedly restrained and sexually assaulted her . At a news conference about the case Wednesday , police did not release any information on the girl 's condition , but officers called the case one of the worst they have investigated in many years . The 14-year-old was charged as an adult and will face two counts of sexual assault and one count of kidnapping , Thomas said Thursday . The other three boys were charged in juvenile court with sexual assault ,"}
+{"answer":"`` the individual in question has returned to Washington and the U.S. government is looking into the matter , '' and referring reporters to the Justice Department . The women , who are Algerian citizens , brought their allegations to a U.S. government official , and federal authorities then launched an investigation . A search of the station chief 's residence in Algeria was approved by a U.S. District Court judge after a request from the Justice Department . The search found pills believed to be of a type commonly used in date rape , the source said . In that search , authorities also found about a dozen tapes that are thought to show the officer engaged in sexual acts , the source said , including some in which women are believed to be in a semiconscious state . CNN 's source had not seen the tapes but had been briefed on their content . Some of the tapes include date stamps indicating that the recordings happened when he would have been serving in Cairo , Egypt , before his tenure in Algeria . The investigation includes his time in both posts as well as other locations where he","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A former CIA station chief in Algeria is under investigation by the State and Justice departments after being accused of raping at least two women while he held the post , a source confirmed to CNN on Wednesday . Two Algerian women allege that the CIA 's former Algeria station chief raped them at his home , a source says . The women told investigators that they think date-rape drugs were used in the assaults , which are said to have occurred at the officer 's official residence , according to the source . The story was first reported by ABC News . The allegations were made in the fall , when the unidentified officer was still serving as station chief . In October , soon after the allegations were made , the man returned to the United States for a previously scheduled trip and was ordered not to return to his post , the source said . A senior U.S. official confirmed that the case is under investigation but refused to comment on the details . State Department spokesman Robert Wood issued a brief statement in response to a CNN inquiry , saying that"}
+{"answer":"legality of some kinds of abortions and whether there was a fundamental right to possess firearms and self-defense . Judges look at the facts of a case and apply the law based on those facts , she said . `` It 's not that we make a broad policy choice and say this is what we want , '' Sotomayor continued . Watch Face Off : Should Sotomayor be confirmed ? '' Her performance rankled Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter , the former Republican committee chairman who changed parties last April . Specter repeatedly cut off Sotomayor 's responses Wednesday , saying she was not answering his questions . Later , in praising Sotomayor 's record as a judge , Specter said : `` I 'm not commenting about your answers , but your record is exemplary . '' `` You 'll be judged on your record more than your answers , '' he said . If approved by the committee and confirmed by the full Senate , the 55-year-old Sotomayor would be the first Hispanic Supreme Court justice , the third female justice and the 111th person to sit on the nation 's highest court . Watch Sotomayor being questioned","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sonia Sotomayor strongly asserted her adherence to the law while dodging questions about her personal beliefs on the third day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee . Sonia Sotomayor answers questions from senators on Wednesday , the third day of her confirmation hearings . Asked repeatedly Wednesday by Republicans about her controversial statement that a `` wise Latina '' could reach a better decision than a white man , Sotomayor called it a poorly expressed but valid point about the value of differing perspectives in applying the law . Senators from both parties pressed her on her personal views on issues such as abortion , gun control and executive powers . But Sotomayor consistently answered she needed to know the specifics of a particular case , such as applicable state statutes and other facts . Sensing frustration over her responses , the federal appellate judge offered an explanation about how judges approach the law . `` What we do is different than the conversations citizens have about what they want the law to do , '' Sotomayor said Sen. Tom Coburn , R-Oklahoma , who sought her views on the"}
+{"answer":"double digits , the media will call it a major victory ; if above 40 , he will `` crush . '' Only if he goes below 30 , and that seems unlikely , will be he be seriously hurt . Follow developments on the CNN Political Ticker 's live blog The related question is how others will stack up behind him . If there has been real news so far in New Hampshire , it is the lackluster performance of Rick Santorum . Typically , a candidate who came out of nowhere in Iowa to nearly win -LRB- what a difference those eight votes have made -RRB- would have built on that momentum in the first primary state . But Santorum appears to have plateaued and may even be fading . That means the conservatives still do n't have a darling to rally behind in South Carolina , leaving Romney once again to divide and conquer . Meanwhile , the Jon Huntsman team hopes that he can break through to second in New Hampshire or at least be in a tight cluster with Ron Paul . That would give him a chance to compete elsewhere , especially in Florida","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Visiting New Hampshire , it appears that Mitt Romney is well poised to sweep through the Granite State , and probably South Carolina and Florida , on toward the nomination . But the campaign here suggests that , as he looks toward November , darkish clouds loom on the horizon . New Hampshire voters love to surprise , and perhaps they will again this time . Some 37 % remain undecided -LRB- according to a WMUR\/UNH poll released Friday -RRB- , and one can never be certain how many independents will vote nor whom they will support -- especially with Romney making several unforced errors in the past 48 hours . Still , he has been a steady front-runner for months : His Massachusetts background makes him nearly a favorite son for many New Hampshire Republicans , and far more than in Iowa , his message of job creation resonates in this hard-hit state . He is almost cruising to victory . So , the first question the press is asking is not whether he will win but by how much . If his vote total is in the mid-30s or better and he wins by"}
+{"answer":"short walk round Lugard Road is a more rewarding way to take in the city below and work up an appetite . Hong Kong is a restaurant city and dim sum , which refers to a variety of light dishes like dumplings , is a city staple that can be enjoyed at any time in this 24-hour city . It 's most commonly taken as a mid-morning meal . Image gallery : Hong Kong highlights '' Head back down towards Hong Kong 's Central district , center of the city 's finance and banking industry that funded the striking skyscrapers . The Luk Yu Tea House on Stanley Street is an oak-paneled gem that retains its charm despite its popularity : it 's a fine spot for tea and dim sum . For even more local flavor , pull up a plastic stool at a `` dai pai dong , '' or street restaurant , situated further along Stanley Street , for cheap , quick , tasty eats . If you 're in the city on Sunday , Maxim 's in Wan Chai is one of the few places where dim sum is still served by aging trolley dollies .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hong Kong is well suited to providing a quick hit of urban thrills and retail therapy , but time-pressed visitors can also get a glimpse of another side of the city away from the shopping malls and neon-lit streets . It 's not hard to find things to do or places to go at any time of day or night . A trip to The Peak is a good point from which to begin the day . Home to some of Hong Kong 's most expensive properties , it 's also the place for an unbeatable view , smog and weather permitting . Catch a tram there from next to the tranquil Hong Kong Park -- where early risers practice their tai chi -- or take a cheap taxi ride , which can whisk you there in a few minutes . A clear morning will reveal the city 's high-rise buildings and skyscrapers unfurled below , with Kowloon and the green and mountainous New Territories in the middle distance . The pay-to-enter Peak Tower will also give you a view of the southern side of Hong Kong Island and the South China Sea , although a"}
+{"answer":". The complaint was referred to the body 's Disciplinary Resolution Chamber -LRB- DRC -RRB- who decided to impose a ban on any further player recruitment by last season 's Champions League semifinalists . Have FIFA made the right decision ? Sound Off below . A statement on FIFA 's official Web site read : `` The DRC found that the player had indeed breached a contract signed with the French club . `` Equally , the DRC deemed it to be established that the English club induced the player to such a breach . As a result the player was condemned to pay compensation in the amount of $ 780,000 -LRB- $ 1.1 million -RRB- , for which the club , Chelsea , are jointly and severally liable , and sporting sanctions were imposed on both the player and Chelsea in accordance with art. 17 par . 3 and 4 of the Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players . '' Kakuta , who was voted the side 's academy player of the year in his first 12 months with Chelsea , received a personal suspension of four months as a result of the ruling . `` Chelsea","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- English Premier League side Chelsea have said they will mount the `` strongest appeal possible '' following the transfer ban placed on the club by world football 's governing body FIFA . English Premier League side Chelsea have been banned by FIFA from signing any new players until 2011 The punishment , which would prevent any new member joining the squad until 2011 , was dished out after the club were found to have `` induced '' Gael Kukuta to breach his contract in a transfer from French league side Lens in 2007 . In a statement on their official Web site , Chelsea announced their plan to : `` Mount the strongest appeal possible following the decision of FIFA 's Dispute Resolution Chamber over Ga\u00ebl Kakuta . `` The sanctions are without precedent to this level and totally disproportionate to the alleged offence and the financial penalty imposed . We can not comment further until we receive the full written rationale for this extraordinarily arbitrary decision , '' the statement concluded . The ruling came after Lens complained to FIFA that Chelsea had acted improperly over the transfer of 18-year-old left-winger Kakuta two years ago"}
+{"answer":"government has launched an inquiry . CNN 's investigation -- based on accounts from tourists , sources in Thailand and a Rohingya refugee who said he was on a boat towed back out to sea -- helps to piece together a picture of survival thwarted by an organized effort not just to repel arriving refugees , but to hold them prisoner on shore , drag them in flimsy boats far out to sea and then abandon them . Watch CNN 's investigation into reports of refugees being set adrift '' Three tourists recently voiced concern to CNN over what they had seen -- and in some cases photographed -- near Thailand 's tourist areas . One tourist provided CNN with photos last week of refugees detained by Thai authorities on a beach near a tourist site , with the refugees prone on the sun-bleached sand while guards stood nearby . `` Whenever someone raised their head or moved , they -LSB- guards -RSB- would strike them with a whip , '' said Australian tourist Andrew Catton . A CNN crew traveled to a remote stretch of the Thai coast four hours north of the tourist island of Phuket to investigate","question":"BANGKOK , Thailand -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Bedraggled , hungry and dazed , the refugees arrived on the shores of Thailand after fleeing one of the most repressive governments in the world -- the hard-line military regime in Myanmar , also known as Burma . This picture provided to CNN is said to show refugees being towed out to sea by the Thai army . But a CNN investigation has uncovered evidence that for hundreds of Rohingya refugees -- members of a Muslim minority group -- abuse and abandonment at sea were what awaited them in Thailand , at the hands of Thai authorities . Extraordinary photos obtained by CNN from someone directly involved in the Thai operation show refugees on their rickety boats being towed out to sea , cut loose and abandoned . One photo shows the Thai army towing a boatload of some 190 refugees far out to sea . Watch the backstory on the investigation '' For days , accusations have been carried in several regional papers that the Thai army has been systematically towing boat-loads of Rohingya refugees far out to sea and setting them adrift . The army denied it , and the Thai"}
+{"answer":"four times the size of California in the northwestern part of the country . Reports vary on the number of people killed , ranging from around 200 to many more . The problems began in late June , after two Uyghur migrant workers at a toy factory in Guangdong province were killed after a brawl between Uyghurs and ethnic Han Chinese -- the majority group in China . Uyghurs protested in Urumqi , the Xinjiang capital , hundreds of miles from the toy factory . Uyghurs and Han reportedly attacked each other . Nur Bekri , the Chinese government 's top official in Xinjiang , accused Kadeer and the World Uyghur Congress she leads of instigating the unrest via the Internet . `` The violence is premeditated , organized violent crime , '' Bekri said . `` It was instigated and directed from abroad and carried out by outlaws in the country . '' China 's constitution guarantees ethnic minorities equal rights and limited autonomy . And the Chinese government has implemented several programs designed to help ethnic minorities , but Kadeer says China still treats Uyghurs as second-class citizens -- and she blames China for most of the recent","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- She 's been compared to the Dalai Lama , the Chinese Tibetan Buddhist leader , but the name Rebiya Kadeer does n't ring a bell to many people outside of China . Rebiya Kadeer has been dubbed `` the Mother of All Uyghurs . '' Nevertheless , the world-famous man and the relatively obscure woman share similarities that chime with political relevance . A diminutive northern Virginia resident , Kadeer has emerged as the voice of the restive but relatively unknown Uyghur Muslims , a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in China , and the group 's far-flung diaspora . And like the Dalai Lama , she 's revered by supporters and reviled by the Chinese government . `` Even though one is a man , and the other is a woman , they have one thing in common , and that is they engage in activities to split the motherland and damage national unity , '' said Qin Gang , a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry . Kadeer , 62 , emerged in the world media spotlight after China blamed her for stoking July 's unrest in China 's remote Xinjiang Autonomous Region , an area"}
+{"answer":"from director Michael Mann , and also starring Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard . Mann is known for his sympathetic portrayal of criminals , and Dillinger -- whose acts on the wrong side of the law led him to become one of America 's first celebrities -- is the quintessential good hood . In the 1930s , the United States was in the grips of the worst financial disaster in history -- a time when many Americans watched their life savings disappear and became jobless and hungry . Members of the public blamed banks for losing their money and politicians for failing to stop them . For many , Dillinger 's exploits represented sticking it to the fat cats , and he was idolized as a modern-day Robin Hood . J. Edgar Hoover , FBI director at the time , may have made Dillinger America 's first Public Enemy No. 1 , but the bandit was careful not to alienate the public . There is a memorable moment where he drapes a coat over a female bank hostage during a raid to keep her warm . Also , it 's said he never swore in front of women . He","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He 's been a homicidal singing barber in `` Sweeney Todd : The Demon Barber of Fleet Street '' and a drunken swashbuckler in `` Pirates of the Caribbean : At World 's End . '' Depp is back as bank robber John Dillinger , revered in the Depression as a modern-day Robin Hood . Now , Hollywood shape-shifter Johnny Depp is back as another unexpectedly charismatic outlaw : Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger , a character he says he 's been drawn to since he was a boy . `` I sort of had a fascination with John Dillinger when I was about 10 , 11 years old , for some reason , '' Depp told CNN . `` I always kind of admired him , oddly . '' Oddly , perhaps , because for a short but intense period between September 1933 and July 1934 Dillinger and his gang rampaged through the American Midwest , staging jail breaks , robbing banks , and killing 10 men and wounding seven along the way . Dillinger 's violent spree is the focus of gangster drama `` Public Enemies , '' the latest offering"}
+{"answer":"recover and may need some sort of surgery , the report said . It added he is diabetic and suffers from `` acute heart failure . '' Treatment includes clearing of the arteries followed by either open heart surgery or stents in the arteries , but neither option is available at this time , the report said . Ali Hasan al-Majeed , who was a top Baathist official during the Saddam Hussein era , is awaiting execution after being convicted of genocide in connection with the killing of Kurds during the Anfal campaign in the late 1980s . Aziz , al-Majeed and six others are now facing trial for having a role in the execution of 42 Iraqi merchants in 1992 . A former deputy prime minister , Aziz was the first to be called into court , followed by six other defendants . Aziz appeared frail , walked slowly with a cane , and was coughing and blowing his nose . He was sitting in the seat Saddam Hussein used during his appearances in court and was represented by a private attorney . The court was sorting out which defendants did not have attorneys present . This is the","question":"BAGHDAD , Iraq -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Court proceedings in the trial against Tariq Aziz , one of the best-known faces of Saddam Hussein 's former regime in Iraq , and several co-defendants have ended after being in session only briefly Tuesday . The trial of Tariq Aziz , pictured here in a Baghdad courtroom in July 2004 , has begun . The trial , which is to resume May 20 , was delayed because one of the defendants , Ali Hassan al-Majeed , also known as `` Chemical Ali , '' was not present because he was ill . Iraqi procedural codes require that all defendants be in court for the first session . Chief Judge Raouf Abdul Rahman read a U.S. medical report signed by three doctors that said al-Majeed is in critical condition after suffering a heart attack two weeks ago . He has been released from the hospital but still requires daily treatment and doctor visits . The report said that traveling to court from his detention facility could worsen his health . He can not walk up stairs or sit in court for long hours , it said . He will need three weeks to"}
+{"answer":"of protests '' Students rallied Friday in response to the shooting of the 17-year-old . One of the rallies was planned for central Athens ; the other in the suburb where the student was shot . Later in the day , scores of artists are scheduled to gather in central Athens to stage a protest concert in response to the initial shooting of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos . Daily protests since the December 6 shooting , including riots , have thrown Greece into turmoil and have become a simmering anger about the conservative government 's handling of the economy , education , and jobs . A string of labor unions called on workers to march on Parliament Friday to protest the voting of the 2009 state budget , which calls for additional belt-tightening measures in response to the global financial crisis . Student unions were also gathering to across the country to determine their course of action for the next few weeks . At least 800 high schools and 200 universities remain shut as thousands of youths have seized the grounds and campuses in protest . The unrest is threatening the government 's hold on power , with some opposition groups","question":"ATHENS , Greece -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Thousands of youths demonstrated in central Athens Friday as anger flared in the Greek capital following the shooting of another teenager . High school students protest in front of their school in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri . A group of youths targeted the French Institute , a language and cultural institute , and police scrambled to the scene to contain the incident . The situation began heating up during a protest rally Thursday that followed the bizarre shooting of a high school student in an Athens suburb earlier this week . The 17-year-old was hit in the hand by an unknown assailant as he was talking to a group of schoolmates in the western suburb of Peristeri . Initial police reports showed the student -- the son of a leading trade unionist -- was hit with a .38 - caliber handgun . Police said no officers were patrolling the region at the time of the incident . The mysterious shooting has enflamed widespread student anger over the fatal police shooting of a 15-year-old boy December 6 , which sparked Greece 's worst riots in decades . Watch more about the flare-up"}
+{"answer":"was at the Veterans Administration hospital in Long Beach -LSB- California -RSB- , after they shipped him home , '' he said . The Marine was 32 . `` There are people that are worse off than I was , '' Tina Valdez recalled his father always saying . `` I enlisted , and I served . I knew what I was getting into . And if this is the worst that could happen to me , well then , so be it . '' When notification came weeks ago from the Defense Department that Valdez 's name would be added to the Wall , there was no explanation with it . Valdez 's family previously thought since he had n't been killed during war , Enrique Valdez could n't be on the wall . Comrades and others told the family that he could be added to `` The Wall `` as long as we could show that his death was a result of his -LSB- war -RSB- injuries , '' said daughter Tina Valdez . `` And when my father passed away , they put it on the death certificate , long before we even knew that this was","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Fifteen years after his death , and after his family fought a very long bureaucratic battle with the government , Enrique Valdez 's name was added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial . Rick Valdez looks at his father 's name on the Wall on Monday . Valdez was a Marine gunnery sergeant wounded by shrapnel in August 1969 , combat that left him a quadriplegic . Since his death in 1994 , his family has been waiting for the Defense Department to answer their requests that Valdez be included on `` The Wall . '' On Memorial Day , his family finally got their wish , as they watched his name officially added to `` The Wall . '' His name was added to the registry after the Department of Defense declared he was eligible because he died from his war injuries . Rick Valdez was 7 when his father was deployed to Vietnam . `` The night he had to go to the bus station for his second tour of duty , that was the last time I saw him walking , '' the son recalled . `` The next time we saw him"}
+{"answer":"seemed more natural , more compelling than being on the streets , calling for freedom , breathing the intoxicating , the dangerously euphoric Tehran air . I was 12 in 1978 , yet I was as undaunted as any adult . Nothing , least of all my pleading parents , could keep me away from the rooftops at 9 p.m. Amid the night 's dark , where the crowds were as indiscernible as ghosts , the shouts of `` Allah-o-akbar '' rose from every rooftop like smoke rising from an invisible bonfire . We were all victims of the flames and the very arsonists at once . We were burning in the fire of our own making . Thirty years hence that fire still burns in Iran , because moments before her death , Neda Agha Soltan cried : `` I 'm on fire ! '' I am entranced by her because she and I are the only two possibilities of the dictatorial narrative : Death or escape . She died . I escaped . I live . And because I live I can not escape her death -- the memory of her large eyes languidly drifting to one side","question":"Editor 's note : Roya Hakakian is the author of `` Journey from the Land of No : A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran . '' Her web site is http:\/\/www.royahakakian.com\/live\/ . Roya Hakakian says she lived through an earlier moment when Iranians thought freedom was at hand . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Since last Saturday , the images of Neda Agha Soltan , the young woman who died on the streets of Tehran , keep playing before my eyes . When I do n't look at the clip on my computer , it runs on its own in my mind 's eye . What has me so riveted is not entirely empathy , the intuitive human response the images are bound to stir in everyone . There is also something less noble at work in me , an obsession with seeing my own face upon hers . Each time I see her die , I die along with her . I , too , was born and raised in Iran . My coming-of-age years coincided with the Iranian revolution of 1979 . I , too , was on the streets , watching and rooting for the demonstrators . Nothing"}
+{"answer":"blasting Sen. Barack Obama for `` palling around with terrorists '' and demanding that the American people know exactly when he learned of the past of 1960s radical William Ayers . She has stoked the crowds by saying , `` This is not a man who sees America the way that you and I see America . '' We all know what that is designed to do : Portray Obama as a foreigner who is n't as American as she . Or you . Or Joe Six-pack , the hockey mom , soccer mom , Wal-Mart mom , NASCAR dad and the other coded words she uses regularly . But what is truly pathetic is that Palin talks tough , but is really scared of facing her own issues . Since she is good at proclaiming that the American people need to know who Barack Obama is -- an attempt to paint him as a shady figure who might occupy the White House -- the American people deserve to hear Palin answer if her husband , Todd , a former member of the Alaska Independence Party , agreed with its founder , who wanted to secede from the union .","question":"Editor 's note : Join Roland S. Martin for his weekly sound-off segment on CNN.com Live at 11:10 a.m. ET Thursday . If you 're passionate about politics , he wants to hear from you . A nationally syndicated columnist and Chicago-based radio host , Martin has said he will vote for Barack Obama in November . He is the author of `` Listening to the Spirit Within : 50 Perspectives on Faith '' and `` Speak , Brother ! A Black Man 's View of America . '' Visit his Web site for more information . Roland Martin says Gov. Sarah Palin talks tough but ducks a lot of difficult questions . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Do you know what was so great about Magic Johnson , Larry Bird and Michael Jordan ? They were three of the biggest trash talkers in the history of the NBA , but they had the game to back it up . Somebody should tell that to Gov. Sarah Palin . Sen. John McCain 's vice presidential running mate has been running around the country , firing up her -- yes , her , and not necessarily McCain 's -- loyal supporters by"}
+{"answer":"existence they 've chosen . The year is 1955 , and Frank has a New York job that bores him , marketing business machines . He takes solace in feeling superior to his work , and also in his midday martinis and occasional dip into the secretarial pool . April , meanwhile , wanted to be an actress , and still feels she 's meant for higher things . Watch DiCaprio and Winslet talk about their reunion '' Moved to reach for something more , April comes up with a plan : She and Frank will sell their home and move to Paris , where she 'll work as a government secretary and he will ... find himself . -LRB- It 's like a '60s fantasy a decade ahead of time . -RRB- `` Revolutionary Road '' was directed by Sam Mendes , who made the glibly scathing `` American Beauty , '' only here he wants us to share not just Frank and April 's misery but the frail reveries that hold them together . The escape-to-Paris idea is naive , impractical -- a pipe dream . Yet it 's fueled by something Mendes captures about the '50s ,","question":"-LRB- Entertainment Weekly -RRB- -- In the movies , `` the suburbs '' are never just a place . They 're a state of mind , a mythology we all know in our bones . Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio share a happy moment in `` Revolutionary Road . '' The myth goes something like this : The suburbs are comfortable , maybe even beautiful , but their serenity is rooted in a friendly American conformity , so that the people who live there have to repress their true selves , which will emerge when they drink too much and have affairs , or rage at each other for their dishonesty , which was all caused in the first place by ... the suburbs . The best thing about `` Revolutionary Road , '' a cool-blooded and disquieting adaptation of Richard Yates ' 1961 novel about a powerfully unhappy Connecticut couple , is that it does n't end with that rote vision of bourgeois anomie . It only begins there . Frank and April Wheeler -LRB- Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet -RRB- are about 30 , with two kids , and both believe they can evade the traps of the"}
+{"answer":"as humans , but other airlines are relaxing their pet policies by letting smaller cats and dogs come into the cabin area . About a year ago , Midwest began allowing certain `` celebrity '' dogs that appear in canine competitions , shows or advertisements to sit in seats . `` They are just passengers with four legs instead of two , '' said Susan Kerwin , who oversees the pet program at Midwest Airlines . The pet travel frenzy has spurred the creation of an airline catering exclusively to pets . This month , Pet Airways , the nation 's first pet-only airline , will begin flying in five major cities , including New York and Los Angeles , California . It 's an alternative to shipping larger pets in the cargo area of a plane , where there have been pet injuries and even deaths . Chart : Compare some of the common airline fees `` The owners can check a bag with them , '' explained Alyse Tognotti , a spokeswoman for Pet Airways . `` Or if they have a special blanket or toy , basically anything that will take stress out of traveling . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A few weeks ago , Tony Hoard , a 57-year-old manufacturing worker in Indiana , boarded a flight on Midwest Airlines to Las Vegas , Nevada , with his Australian Shepherd . The flight attendant smiled at the two and said , `` Welcome aboard . '' Midwest Airlines allows some of its canine customers to be seated in the cabin . Hoard has flown with Rory , his furry 40-pound companion , in coach more than 15 times on Midwest , the Wisconsin-based airline that boasts `` The Best Care in the Air . '' Each time they fly , Rory wears a harness and sits strapped into a seat . `` Rory gets the window seat , '' said Hoard , whose dog has won a series of Frisbee competitions . `` He likes to look out the window when the plane takes off and naps the rest of the way . '' Blame America 's pet obsession , but in recent years , more members of the airline industry are embracing dogs and cats on board . Midwest Airlines may be an extreme example , letting select dogs sit in the same seats"}
+{"answer":"abuse , '' the suit says . `` The case against the Holy See and its officials is completely without merit , '' Lena said . `` Most of the complaint rehashes old theories already rejected by U.S. courts . '' Lena added , `` With regard to Murphy himself , the Holy See and its officials knew nothing of his crimes until decades after the abuse occurred , and had no role whatsoever in causing plaintiff 's injuries . '' Benedict was named as a defendant because he has the ultimate authority to remove priests and because of his involvement in reviewing sex abuse cases when he was Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , the suit says . Peter Isely , Midwest director of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests , estimated the Vatican is investigating 4,000 cases of sex abuse by church employees . The lawsuit aims to change church policies and practices that conceal sex offenders , Isely said . `` It 's going to protect children , we hope , around the world , '' he said , `` This is a historic day and hopefully this is going to result in historic changes . ''","question":"Rome , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Vatican said a lawsuit accusing it and Pope Benedict XVI of covering up sexual abuse by a priest at a Catholic school in the United States has no merit . `` While legitimate lawsuits have been filed by abuse victims , this is not one of them , '' Vatican lawyer Jeffrey Lena said Friday . `` Instead , the lawsuit represents an attempt to use tragic events as a platform for a broader attack . '' The lawsuit by an unnamed Illinois man demands the Vatican release the names of thousands of Catholic priests that the suit says have `` credible allegations of sexual misconduct '' against them . The alleged victim , who is now an adult , says he was molested by the Rev. Lawrence Murphy while a student at St. John 's School for the Deaf , according to the complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . `` The defendant , -LSB- the -RSB- Holy See , has known about the widespread problem of childhood sexual abuse committed by its clergy for centuries , but has covered up that abuse and thereby perpetuated the"}
+{"answer":"control . We made the movie as fast as we could starting last May . If I could n't have completed it , it would have come out in January perhaps for the inauguration . It 's not about this election . It 's about the last eight years with one man , George W. Bush . It 's his story , how he became the man that he is , how we elected him -- basically , if you start to think about it , where we are now as a country . Watch Stone discuss why he finds Bush `` fascinating '' '' Chetry : Is it an anti-war movie ? Stone : Of course it 's an anti-war movie , because I happen to be an anti-war person . That 's not to say I 'm a pacifist . I believe you fight for the right reasons . This man has us in three wars right now -- Iraq , Afghanistan , and basically , the war on terror . We have a foreign policy which is a very preventive one , a pre-emptive one . It 's a Bush doctrine . It 's a very dangerous","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Bush is `` a disgrace , frankly , '' film director Oliver Stone said Wednesday , two days before the release of his biopic on the 43rd U.S. president . Director Oliver Stone says he believes the timing was right for his upcoming film , `` W . '' Stone , who has endorsed Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president , seems to thrive on controversy , and his latest foray into filmmaking , `` W. , '' will likely hold true to form . In an interview with CNN 's Kiran Chetry , Stone discussed the rationale behind the release date , his troubles securing financing for the film , and why he thinks President Bush 's relationship with his father , President George H.W. Bush , played a role in the decision to invade Iraq . Kiran Chetry : We had a chance to see the screening of this movie and I want to ask you a little bit about the timing . This is coming out three weeks before our 2008 presidential election . Why did you want to it come out now ? Oliver Stone : Those events are beyond my"}
+{"answer":"high , '' the president said of his opening pitch at the 2005 Chicago White Sox-Anaheim Angels game . Aiming high is a good strategy , says St. Louis Cardinals scout Matt Blood , but it takes more than on-point aim to make the perfect pitch . `` Throw it with some force , do n't lob it in there . Try to get a good downhill plane . Try to keep it in the strike zone , '' said Blood , who will be at the game Tuesday . HLN sports anchor Larry Smith , who has thrown out a few first pitches , says Obama has to be careful to `` not try to overpower it . '' `` There 's no speed gun on this . Just make it a nice solid throw to the catcher , '' Smith said . `` The one thing he does n't want to do is bounce it home . Mr. Obama is pretty athletic , so I think he 'll ace this . '' Overpowering it should n't be an issue for the president , who joked Tuesday that he 'd be surprised if his 2005 pitch exceeded 30 miles","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama is not shy about showing off his jump shot on the basketball court , but on Tuesday night , it was his baseball skills that were put to the test . President Obama throws out the first pitch at the 2009 All-Star Game onTuesday in St Louis , Missouri . Obama , clad in a Chicago White Sox jacket and blue jeans , threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in St. Louis , Missouri . His low pitch barely reached home plate and the mitt of St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols . Obama became the fifth president to throw out the first pitch at an All-Star Game , but the first in 33 years . He is following in the footsteps of Franklin D. Roosevelt , John F. Kennedy , Richard Nixon , and Gerald Ford . Asked about plans to practice before the game , Obama said Tuesday , `` I want to loosen up my arm a little bit . '' `` The last time I threw a pitch was at the American League championship series , and I just wanted to keep it"}
+{"answer":". He was on the surface the most uncomplicated of all boys -- beautiful , emotional , untouchable , ours . Michael has bruised my heart many times -- his antics and the accusations , his seeming desire not to be , at least physically , who he 'd been . Which is who I am . But as his funeral is prepared , I , like the Jackson brothers sang with optimistic melancholy in 1976 , think about the good times . There is no moonwalk down memory lane about Michael . The legends mix in with the rumors mix in with the ice-cold facts of 1960s black working-class Gary , Indiana . That mixes in with girls fainting at the sight of him when he was barely a teenager ; which mixes with the many sold-out tours , and with Michael collaborating with Quincy Jones on 1979 's `` Off the Wall '' and 1982 's `` Thriller . '' There is the alleged abuse inflicted on Jackson and his brothers by his father , Joe , along with the strong love and late rivalry with his superstar sister , Janet . There is the magic and melodrama","question":"Editor 's note : Danyel Smith is the chief content officer of Vibe Media Group and the editor-in-chief of Vibe . Danyel Smith says Michael Jackson sacrificed himself in the name of his art . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It falls to me to prepare a statement on behalf of Vibe magazine when someone is promoted , when there is trouble , or when something major happens in the world of pop . It occasionally falls to me to write an obituary or a tribute when an entertainer dies . It 's a part of my job . One has to do it quickly , and I 've never been prepared . Yet I 've been prepping for this one my whole life . Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50 . The sorrow at his passing is palpable , and wet , and illogical -- in my 20 years of being a critic and an editor , I 've never met him . But this is a death in the family . I 've known Jackson 's work since I was 5 years old and was given The Jackson 5 's `` ABC '' as a gift"}
+{"answer":"members on board at the time , according to Tyrrell . Watch rescuers search for victims '' Forty-five of the injured were in critical condition , with 40 flown to hospitals , Tyrrell said . Another 50 had minor injuries , and 40 others were treated at the crash site but transported to hospitals for evaluation . `` It was like running into a brick wall at 60 miles an hour , '' an injured passenger told CNN affiliate KABC . In the minutes after the crash , passers-by joined emergency personnel in an effort to free passengers from the wreckage . On Saturday afternoon , Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the search of the wreckage had finished . Earlier in the day , authorities were picking through the wreckage and freeing trapped bodies . Ed Winter , assistant chief of the Los Angeles County coroner 's office , told reporters two bodies -- both of females -- had yet to be identified . If the females had carried identification , it probably was lost in the crash , he said . As of 9 a.m. PT Saturday , authorities had been able to notify relatives of eight victims","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Friday 's two-train collision killed 25 people and injured more than 130 others near Los Angeles after an engineer failed to heed a traffic signal , a spokeswoman for Metrolink commuter trains said . A commuter rail car lies on its side after a collision Friday near Los Angeles , California . The engineer was guiding the Metrolink train that slammed head-on into a freight train and is not believed to have survived , Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said on Saturday . `` It was human error , '' Tyrrell said , adding this was Metrolink 's belief `` barring any new information '' from an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board . NTSB spokeswoman Kitty Higgins said the agency would `` look at everything before we rule anything in or out . '' Tyrrell said the engineer , whom she did n't identify , was a subcontractor employed by another company . She said she did not have details of his record . The crash occurred about 4:30 p.m. PT Friday in Chatsworth , a northwest Los Angeles suburb . The Metrolink train had about 220 passengers and two crew"}
+{"answer":"and the Beltway are infamous for gridlock . I 've spent three very nervous hours getting to Chicago 's O'Hare Airport from the city center -LRB- before missing my flight -RRB- . Traffic by definition is worst in major metropolitan areas -- if your farming community is gridlocked , you 'd better be grousing at your local council meetings -- but it is the increase in traffic that leads many to suggest it 's just going to get worse . Traffic levels are rising seemingly as fast as home foreclosures in Los Angeles and Miami . In these areas , it 's not only the rise in number of drivers , but the rising age of drivers . AAA points out that seniors are the fastest growing demographic in the U.S. . That suggests drivers should adjust their habits accordingly . AAA has launched its Lifelong Safe Mobility campaign to help seniors adjust to more crowded roads and perhaps more aggressive drivers . The facts and remedy When the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety studied more than 10,000 incidents of road rage and violent aggressive driving committed in the 1990s , it found that at least 218 people were killed","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Do you live in one of the nation 's worst cities for road rage ? If you live in a major metropolitan area on either coast , chances are you do . If you live in the Midwest or northwest , odds are that you do n't . Miami ranks as the worst city for most aggressive drivers for the second straight year in a nationwide study of driver habits followed by New York , Boston , Los Angeles and Washington . But if road rage is a `` cultural phenomenon '' as one of our experts suggests , how best do we go about combating driver frustration across the nation ? Traffic black spots The nation 's roads are peppered with traffic black spots , junctions where car snarls elicit road rage in even the most mild-mannered drivers . Southern California has the San Diego -LRB- I-405 -RRB- Freeway , and the nation 's busiest junction , where U.S. 101 meets it to the north of Los Angeles . Miami and the East Coast have I-95 , which snakes from the world 's busiest cruise port up to Maine . The District of Columbia"}
+{"answer":"of the regime stood solemnly on a viewing platform overlooking the square . During the ceremony , a string of top officials took to the microphone to praise Kim Jong Il 's life and reinforce Kim Jong Un 's leadership credentials . `` Kim Jong Un is the supreme leader who has inherited Kim Jong Il 's beliefs , leadership , courage and guts , '' said Kim Yong Nam , the president of the North Korean parliament . Read about the funeral for Kim Jong Il `` Kim Jong Il 's great achievements will shine forever , '' said Kim Ki Nam , a senior official in the powerful Worker 's Party . `` Following our party 's supreme leader , Kim Jong Un , we are converting our sadness to courage and we will achieve great things . '' Under Kim Jong Il , the country suffered a devastating famine even as it built up its million-strong army , expanded its arsenal of ballistic missiles and became the world 's eighth declared nuclear power . He died on December 17 , reportedly from a heart attack . News of his death , announced two days later , put","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Huge crowds assembled in Pyongyang on Thursday at a national memorial service for the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il , the second day of state-orchestrated ceremonies to mourn the dictator who died earlier this month . The authoritarian regime used a mixture of somber music , hyperbolic speeches , booming artillery fire and blaring horns to honor the man who oversaw 17 years of despotic rule in the secretive nation . The ceremony took place a day after a funeral procession for Kim spent three hours winding through the snow-laden streets of Pyongyang lined with thousands of wailing mourners . Once again , the regime placed Kim Jong Un , the son and chosen successor of Kim Jong Il , at the center of proceedings , proclaiming him the `` supreme leader '' of North Korea -- a fresh indication that the leadership transition is progressing smoothly . The footage broadcast Thursday by North Korean state television showed thick rectangular blocks of people gathered in the snowy expanse of Kim Il Sung Square -- named after Kim Jong Il 's father , the founder of North Korea . Kim Jong Un and other senior members"}
+{"answer":"devastation caused by , and the reasons for , the war that remade the union . In its successful efforts to fend off encroaching development , Gettysburg also reflects the struggles of many historic sites to preserve the sanctity of their land . nps.gov \/ gett . Yellowstone National Park Yes , other National Parks are stunning -LRB- Grand Canyon and Yosemite come to mind -RRB- , but Yellowstone , signed into being by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 , was the very first in the world -- and established an early precedent for land conservationists internationally . This majestic park , bordered by Wyoming , Montana , and Idaho , preserves an enormous natural bounty : It is home to 10,000 hot springs and 300 geysers , numerous lakes and rivers , and wildlife such as bighorn sheep , bison , grizzly bears , and more than 1,000 gray wolves . nps.gov \/ yell . New York Harbor It 's still easy to imagine the bay as millions of immigrants might have perceived it on their way to the United States : the promise of the Statue of Liberty , the judgment of Ellis Island , and the","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- No offense to the nation 's capital , but the landmarks of our heritage extend far beyond the District of Columbia . Yellowstone National Park preserves an enormous natural bounty , including 10,000 hot springs and 300 geysers . Sears Tower -LRB- Willis Tower -RRB- It 's fitting that the country 's tallest building , the Sears Tower -LRB- we have n't come to terms with the new name either -RRB- , is in the same city that built the first skyscraper , the Home Insurance Building , demolished in 1931 . Chicago 's innovation sparked a worldwide race that continues to redefine city skylines from London to Dubai to Taipei . There 's simply no better way to experience those early architects ' remarkable vision than to stand on The Ledge at Skydeck Chicago , a transparent observation box that suspends you 1,353 feet above street level , on a wisp of glass just one and a half inches thick . Gettysburg , Pennsylvania The site of the Civil War 's bloodiest battle and of one of Abraham Lincoln 's most famous speeches , Gettysburg National Military Park is a lasting memorial to the"}
+{"answer":", e-mail , Facebook or Twitter -- streams of incoming information that are now accessible to us anytime and anywhere we have a signal . According to a trade industry report by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association , the United States has 327 million cell phone subscribers , more than its 315 million people . Shlain believes her film presents technology as a next step in shaping society . `` These phones extend our desire for emotional connection . So these are all expanding human capacity because it 's us evolving . We continue to want to have more ways to exchange ideas and connect , '' she said . But Shlain also thinks there is a darker side to our always-on , always-connected society . `` People have gotten incredibly rude . When you are with a good friend you should not have your cell phone right here like a ticking bomb . I think there should be no texting in funerals . When you walk in to greet your husband or partner , you should not be talking on a cell phone . '' In the film , Shlain ponders what the lasting impact of this information explosion","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The news that America now has more cell phone subscribers than people does n't surprise documentary filmmaker Tiffany Shlain . `` There 's 5 billion cell phones on the planet , but only 2 billion people online , '' said the director , whose new film `` Connected '' explores our increasing dependence on the electronic devices we carry . Shlain seems to have a love-hate relationship with technology . In the film 's trailer she recounts a story of being at dinner with a friend and pretending to go the bathroom so she could check her e-mail on her smartphone . `` Everything is happening so fast . There does n't seem to be a lot of time to really talk about what it is doing to us , '' said Shlain , who is also a founder of the Webby Awards . `` What does it mean to be connected in the 21st century ? What 's the good ? What 's the bad ? What 's the hope ? '' Thanks to smartphones , people are n't just connecting through calls anymore . Increasingly , they 're messaging on their phones through texts"}
+{"answer":"west of Atlanta , including Douglas , Paulding and Cobb , were among the worst hit . The National Guard was poised to enter the area if necessary . See photo gallery of flooding '' Aerial video of Powder Springs , near the Paulding-Douglas county line , showed scores of homes swallowed by muddy waters as the rain refused to subside . In one Powder Springs neighborhood , a fire truck floated near a cluster of two-story homes , with the charred remnants of one house smoldering a few yards from the failed response . Watch home burn , surrounded by water '' Cars , trucks , buses and campers were flung into the currents , sinking near bent signs , fallen trees and downed power lines . Rescuers started rowing through affected areas in inflatable boats . After flying over the disastrous scenes in Paulding and Douglas counties , Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue declared a state of emergency in those and 15 other counties hit by floods . At least five flood-related deaths were reported across Atlanta-area counties -- three fatalities in Douglas , one in Gwinnett and one , a child , in Carrollton . A Douglas County","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The incessant banging on the door finally roused Ted Jackson from a deep sleep . Floodwaters roar across the highway in Paulding County , one of the hardest-hit in Georgia . He hustled out of bed and rushed to the door . There were his neighbors , surrounded by floodwaters the neighborhood is supposed to experience only once every 100 years . Jackson raced to his basement and the water level -- submerging nine of the 13 steps to the floor -- filled him with dread . His dog , a 2-year-old pomeranian , slept in a kennel down there . `` My first initial thought was my dog is dead ... he did n't have a chance , '' said Jackson of Powder Springs , Georgia , where he and the rest of the residents in the metro Atlantan subdivision spent Monday stranded by acres and acres of water . The dog , named J.J. , died in the flooded basement . Jackson is just one of thousands of Georgia residents trying to salvage their homes after days of rain rushed deadly flood waters to their part of the world . Counties"}
+{"answer":", ludicrous TSA-type of security , '' he told CNN . The pilot said he did n't think much about posting his videos online in late November , but that within a matter of days his chief pilot called him to ask him to remove them because they were `` stirring a commotion . '' In its statement Saturday , the airport defended its practices , stressing that there are variances in the security system based on various factors and that many layers of protection can not easily be seen . `` Proper and effective security requires multiple layers of systems , procedures and policies that are interlaced and constantly monitored , '' the airport said . `` The vast majority of the widespread layers of this security program are behind the scenes and transparent to casual observers . '' A few days after the pilot posted the videos , he said , the Transportation Security Administration told him he was being suspended from the Federal Flight Deck Officer program . As an officer in that program , the federal agency had deputized him , among others , to carry a handgun in the cockpit . The pilot said four","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The leadership of San Francisco 's airport fired back Saturday at critics who had rallied around a commercial pilot who had posted videos online showing what he described as shortcomings in security . The series of videos featured scenes from inside the San Francisco International Airport -LRB- SFO -RRB- and were narrated by the pilot , who pointed out the contrast between the passengers , who were heavily scrutinized , and airport employees who just passed through a single door . The footage was posted , and later removed , from the popular video-sharing website YouTube . `` A recent YouTube video , posted by a U.S. airline pilot , presents false and misleading information on SFO 's security program , '' the airport said in a statement . `` The video shows a door with a card swipe and suggests that access is gained to the airfield area through this door . In fact , the door shown in the video provides access only to an employee lunchroom . '' The pilot who posted the videos requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue . `` I was trying to bring up the obvious"}
+{"answer":"victim was killed in a collision of motorists who were trying to exit a freeway that was closed because of one of the wildfires , a fire official said . No identity or age was available for either victim . `` Winds are causing fire conditions to change by the hour , '' Schwarzenegger said in a statement released Monday . `` Several thousand acres have already burned with minimal containment and more acres are threatened . '' iReport.com : Are wildfires affecting you ? Residents downwind were warned to remain alert into the night . `` It can go from here to the ocean in a matter of two to three hours , '' said Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky , The Associated Press reported . Barry said investigators have not determined a cause for either blaze . Fire officials warned that strong winds , predicted to reach more than 60 mph after 11 p.m. , could send fire roaring south down the Pacific coast near Highway 101 . Officials have shut two freeways north of Los Angeles and authorities dispatched water-dropping helicopters and more than 200 fire engines as the blaze `` started to push toward the","question":"LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Los Angeles fire officials say they 're worried that nighttime winds could push two major wildfires , which already are blamed in two deaths , closer to pricey neighborhoods on the Pacific coast . Fire draws near homes in the Los Angeles-area community of Porter Ranch , California , on Monday . '' We are concerned about what will happen tonight when the winds pick up , '' Los Angeles Fire Chief Douglas Barry said Monday . California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Monday declared a state of emergency Monday in Los Angeles and Ventura counties because of the fires . Democratic Rep. Brad Sherman , whose district covers the area where the fire is burning , called on President Bush to issue a federal disaster declaration for the area . At least two people have died because of the blazes , which have burned 8,000 acres in the hills and mountains of Los Angeles and Ventura counties , fire and police officials said . One was identified as a man who died in a makeshift wood-and-cardboard shelter and appeared to be homeless . A dog 's body also was found . The other"}
+{"answer":"know which flight the man was booked on . Part of the airport was shut down after the suspect fled , but was later reopened . All planes in the area of Terminal 2 , where the incident took place , were evacuated and all luggage was removed , police said . The passengers had to leave the secure area and be rescreened , an airport representative told CNN , adding that the airport was otherwise operating normally . About 100 flights were affected by the security measures . Some were canceled and others were delayed , the airport said , adding that activity has slowly begun to return to normal . The airport Web site was still showing some delays to flights leaving Terminal 2 several hours after the incident . The incident took place as a United States Senate committee debated the foiled Christmas Day attack aboard a plane bound from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Detroit , Michigan . The committee chairman , Sen. Joseph Lieberman , I-Connecticut , said it is `` infuriating '' that the December 25 suspect , Nigerian Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab , was able to board the plane in the Netherlands with a","question":"Berlin , Germany -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A bomb scare that affected about 100 flights at Munich Airport in Germany on Wednesday may have been a false alarm , German police told CNN . Police launched a huge manhunt Wednesday after a passenger appeared to flee from security officers when his laptop computer bag tested positive for explosives , they said . Police originally said authorities wanted to take the man in for further testing after his bag set off suspicions , but he ran . They said a bomb squad was testing the bag to see if it really contained explosives . But authorities later said the man may simply have been in a hurry , grabbed his things and left the airport . They do not have the laptop case , they said . They are still trying to find the man , they said , but are no longer describing the search as a huge manhunt . Police earlier said they were reviewing airport security videos to try to figure out where the man went . It was not clear if that was what caused them to change their evaluation of the situation . Police did not"}
+{"answer":"expected to persist through this year . Italy -- hit with a two-notch downgrade -- is actually expected to structurally balance its 2012 budget . `` Excessive '' deficits are thus unlikely to be the root cause of the problem -LRB- at least apart from Greece -RRB- . The motivation for the downgrades given by Standard & Poor 's actually cites the excessive attention given to fiscal austerity as one principal reason for the downgrading of a whole swath of euroland . Greek debt talks to resume So why the downgrade ? Is there really such a lack of capital that the remaining deficits , which look modest in comparison to other developed countries , can not be financed ? The answer is surely no . There are enough savings within the monetary union area to finance all public deficits of the eurozone 's members . This is because euro area savers are usually loath to invest in foreign currency ; and most regulated intermediaries such as investment fund have little choice but to invest in government securities in euro . Further , Europe 's investment funds and insurance companies can not all put their money in a bank account","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It has now been certified officially : Germany is special , at least in the eyes of ratings agency Standard & Poor 's . According to Standard & Poor 's , Germany is the only country in the eurozone which still deserves the prized AAA rating with a stable outlook . Nine other countries , together accounting for more than half the euro area 's GDP , were downgraded at least one notch . Given that these countries also provide more than half of the financing of the eurozone bail out fund -LRB- the European Financial Stability Facility -RRB- it was only logical that this institution also lost its AAA rating . One could be tempted , following the downgrades , to conclude that most euro countries just can not get their fiscal houses in order . But the opposite is closer to reality . The average fiscal deficit for the euro area was only about 4 % of GDP in 2011 . This is projected to fall to about 3 % in 2012 . This is much lower than the double digit figures for the U.S. and UK fiscal deficits for 2011 , which are"}
+{"answer":"on the handle and Kercher 's DNA on the blade . The defense disputes that , but last Friday , the court denied the request for a review . Closing arguments in the trial are expected at the beginning of November , and Knox 's parents hope a verdict will finally vindicate their daughter . Watch Curt Knox say why he thinks his daughter was arrested '' Her father , Curt Knox , told CNN that he thinks Amanda Knox was targeted as a suspect from the beginning . Within days of Kercher 's murder , Knox and her then-boyfriend , Raffaele Sollecito , were questioned and portrayed in the media as the undisputed killers . `` I believe that there was a huge mistake made very , very early on by , you know , having a -- literally a ` case closed , ' you know , presentation by the police over there , '' he said . Prosecutors held news conferences weeks after the killing , declaring the case solved . Knox , Sollecito and bar owner Patrick Lumumba were believed to have killed Kercher during a sexual game gone horribly awry . Knox was criticized in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Amanda Knox 's parents are hopeful that an Italian court 's decision not to re-evaluate the evidence against their daughter means she will be found not guilty of killing her roommate . Edda Mellas and Curt Knox say they have never believed their daughter was guilty . `` We asked for the independent review because we were sure that anybody -LSB- who -RSB- independently looked at it would support our position , '' Edda Mellas , Knox 's mother , told CNN 's Larry King in an interview to air Friday night . `` Now , maybe the court decided that they do n't even need that support . That our arguments have already been good enough . '' Knox , of Seattle , Washington , has been in an Italian jail and on trial for nearly two years on charges that she helped murder her roommate , British student Meredith Kercher . Knox 's defense lawyers had asked the court for an independent review of the evidence , which can be requested if there is contested or contradicting evidence . Prosecutors say a kitchen knife , allegedly the murder weapon , has Knox 's DNA"}
+{"answer":", Hughes , who cares for ailing relatives and runs a day-care out of her home , said she felt so overwhelmed that she backed out . `` It was that hard , because he 's a very busy baby , '' Hughes told CNN affiliate WTOC in Savannah , Georgia . `` You have to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day . '' Hutchinson 's attorney , Rai Sue Sussman , said the soldier informed the Army that her family care plan had fallen through and that there was no one to take care of Kamani . Fort Stewart spokesman Kevin Larson said Hutchinson 's unit had known for months about its pending deployment and that it was n't until the last minute that Hutchinson notified the Army of her child-care woes . Like all soldiers who face similar circumstances , Hutchinson received a 30-day extension back in August and September , Larson said . That 's `` plenty of time , '' he said , `` to work out another care plan . '' On the eve of her unit 's departure , Hutchinson was ordered to be on the plane . `` That 's","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To hear Spc. Alexis Hutchinson tell it , the Army forced her to make an agonizing choice between serving her country and taking care of her son . The Army , however , takes issue with the soldier 's story and Hutchinson could now be facing serious charges for desertion . When her unit deployed to Afghanistan earlier in November , Hutchinson was missing from the plane . Her lawyer said she refused to go because there was no one to take care of her 10-month-old son , Kamani , and she feared he would be placed in foster care . The Army said the young mother had plenty of time to sort out family issues and has been confined to her post at Fort Stewart , Georgia , while an investigation unfolds . Before shipping overseas , every soldier must sign military Form D-A 53-05 , which states that failure to maintain a family care plan could result in disciplinary action . Hutchinson had agreed to such a plan and her mother , Angelique Hughes , took in Kamani in a month before Hutchinson 's deployment date . But after a week with the infant"}
+{"answer":"went to her neighborhood salon in Illinois to have the rose tattoo on her back removed , a decision she said that left her not only with physical scars but emotional ones as well . Pak said a laser was used to peel back layers of the tattooed skin . She said she knew the procedure would hurt , but was not prepared for what she experienced -- pain that was excruciating `` beyond words . '' Watch more on the dangers of illegal laser surgery `` I was in tears for I believe a week , but certainly while she was doing it I did n't have any anesthesia or anything . She literally had a laser pen and was zapping across my skin , '' she said . And she said the tattoo was only partially removed . The proliferation of medical spas and other clinics offering laser treatments worries the ASDS , which said botched laser skin procedures increased 41 percent from 2005 to 2006 . `` We see a definite increase in the number of people being damaged by untrained individuals using these lasers and we think that this is just going to be more of","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The laser surgery business is booming for treatments like hair , tattoo and wrinkle removal . Julie Pak gets laser treatment from a doctor , eight years after she says she was scarred by earlier treatment . In 2005 , the last year recorded , the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery said its members performed nearly 1 million such procedures , about 300,000 more than in 2003 . Board certified dermatologists , however , are not the only ones operating lasers on skin . Laser treatments are offered at local beauty salons , and are also a big part of the medical spa industry , which has grown by 160 percent in the last three years , according to the International Medical Spa Association . The association says a medical spa operates under the full-time , on-site supervision of a licensed health care professional . It offers traditional , complementary and alternative health practices and treatments in a spa-like setting . Some doctors are concerned that while these high-tech devices can produce amazing results , in the wrong hands , the outcome can be horrifying . Eight years ago , computer programmer Julie Pak"}
+{"answer":"member states from flying into or out of Syria . In addition , all assets belonging to the Syrian government and its officials would be frozen so they could n't be accessed , and Syrian officials would not be allowed to visit Arab League countries . Pictures on SANA 's website on Saturday showed people packed in the city of Lattakia , reportedly to decry `` the Arab League decisions and foreign interference in the Syrian internal affairs . '' Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Syria risked international isolation if it continued along its present path -- adding that the reported violent crackdown on pro-democracy protests could not be tolerated . `` Syria has to make a decision , '' he said in Istanbul alongside his Italian counterpart , Giulio Terzi . `` It will either continue this crackdown policy against its people and become isolated more and more , or it will say yes to this well-intentioned Arab League proposal , sign this protocol and observers will monitor the situation on the ground by going to all Syrian cities . '' Meanwhile , more violence was reported in Syria on Saturday , with the activist group Local","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Arab League finance ministers recommended Saturday that economic sanctions be levied against the Syrian government for its part in a bloody , months-long crackdown on civilian demonstrators , a senior Arab League official told CNN . State-run Syrian Arab News Agency -LRB- SANA -RRB- called the move an `` unprecedented procedure -LRB- that -RRB- contradicts the rules of the economic and trade cooperation among the Arab countries and targets the Syrian people . '' Arab League foreign ministers from the regional alliance will meet at 11 a.m. Sunday in Cairo -LRB- 4 a.m. ET -RRB- to consider whether to adopt the proposal , the league official said . Damascus had failed to respond to a Friday deadline for it to allow Arab League observers into the Middle Eastern country to monitor the government 's response to civil unrest . `` The Syrians responded with more requests to amendments to the protocol ; they did not reject or accept , '' a senior Arab League diplomat said . The slate of sanctions proposed Saturday in Cairo -- which were opposed by Algeria and Iraq -- include barring any private or commercial airlines from the league 's 22"}
+{"answer":"preachers are telling followers not to lose faith , that God remains with them regardless of what 's happened . Most Haitians do n't feel abandoned , Bailey said . `` People do n't blame Jesus for all these things , '' she said . `` They have faith . They believe that Jesus saved them and are thankful for that . '' Perhaps few personified that deep belief better than 11-year-old Anaika Saint Louis , who was pulled from the rubble Thursday night and later died . Her leg had been crushed , and doctors thought they might have to amputate her feet . She said she did n't care . `` Thank you , God , because he saved my life , '' she said . `` If I lose my feet , I always had my life . '' Jean Mackenle Verpre also suffered a crushing leg injury and was freed after 48 hours underground . Asked what kept him going , he answered without hesitation : He believes in Jesus Christ and put his life in God 's hands . Colonized by France , Haiti is a strongly Catholic country . Christian motifs are everywhere in","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The steeple clock at Port-au-Prince 's St. Pierre Catholic Church is stopped at 4:53 , the hour at which a devastating earthquake struck Haiti nearly one week ago . The church gates were closed Sunday . The doors shuttered . But it seems Tuesday 's quake has only strengthened the religious fervor many Haitians carry in their souls . `` A lot of people who never prayed or believed -- now they believe , '' said Cristina Bailey , a 24-year-old clerk . In parks and backyards , anywhere a group gathers , the prayers of the Haitians can be heard . Last week , the call-and-response chanting and clapping that accompany those prayers pierced the darkness of night and the pre-dawn hours -- sometimes as early as 4 a.m. . The singing and praying was particularly intense in Champs de Mars plaza , where hundreds of people have taken refuge . But the scene was repeated throughout the city , with preachers on megaphones exhorting the faithful , who responded with lyrics like `` O Lord , keep me close to you '' and `` Forgive me , Jesus . '' Many"}
+{"answer":"`` Now , that 's crazy ! '' When we were creating this survey , we imagined a giant pillow fight , with moms on one side of the bed yelling `` Safety ! '' and a posse on the other shouting `` Bonding ! '' And we did hear those battle cries : Nearly half of all crib-sleepers admitted that they think co-sleepers are `` irresponsible '' and that parents who share a family bed are `` putting their baby 's life at risk . '' Parenting.com : Guide to baby sleep Another 39 percent think that co-sleeping parents are spoiling their baby . `` I know people who still have a three-year-old in bed with them because the kid wo n't sleep alone . Now , that 's crazy ! '' exclaims Patty Queen , a mom of two in Marion , North Carolina . `` Come on , people , you are only making it hard on the kids by keeping them in the bed with you . '' Another crib proponent , Esther Tune of Henderson , Nevada , considers co-sleeping to be `` the easy option . '' `` I never brought my kids into","question":"The second most-dreaded question for new parents after `` Is your baby sleeping ? '' -LRB- Answer : `` Well , yes , for forty-five-minute stretches , but not during the night , and only after I conduct a two-hour-long routine including feeding , swaddling , singing , rocking , and an ancient tribal sleep dance '' -RRB- is `` Where does he sleep ? '' Some say a baby should never sleep in the same bed as you , while others say it 's the only way to go . That 's because the response is usually just as complicated and the people who ask are often ready to pass judgment on it . At least , that 's what more than 6,000 of you told us in our national survey about sleep habits , in which we set out to determine the differences between parents who put their babies down to sleep at night in a crib -LRB- for convenience 's sake , we 're calling them `` crib-sleepers '' -RRB- and those who share a family bed with their children -LRB- co-sleepers -RRB- . Here , an illuminating peek into the night lives of new families :"}
+{"answer":"thing , '' he said . From a census standpoint , being of Hispanic or Latino origin means a person identifies himself in one of four listed categories : Mexican , Puerto Rican , Cuban or `` other Spanish , Hispanic or Latino '' origin . In the latter more open-ended category , respondents can write in specific origins , such as Salvadoran , Argentinean or Dominican . According to a Pew Hispanic Center\/Kaiser Family Foundation survey in 2002 , that is how most Latinos choose to identify themselves . When asked which terms they would use first to describe themselves , 54 percent said they primarily identify themselves in terms of their or their parents ' country of origin . About one quarter choose `` Latino '' or `` Hispanic , '' and 21 percent chose `` American . '' But the broader terms -- Latino , Hispanic -- are the ones tossed about when the media want to discuss a `` trend among Latinos , '' or when a politician appeals to the `` Hispanic vote . '' The U.S. government came up with the term `` Hispanic '' in the 1970s to generally refer to people who","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hispanics are described as the largest minority group in the United States , as a burgeoning force in the electorate and as an untapped frontier of the business market . Yet these descriptions belie the complexity of the 44 million people to whom they refer . Susana Clar , with daughters Vanessa -LRB- left -RRB- and Virna -LRB- center -RRB- , says the labels `` Hispanic '' and `` Latino '' are limiting . Even the terms used to name them -- Hispanics , Hispanic-Americans , Latinos , Latino-Americans , the Spanish-surnamed -- too tightly package the people categorized by those definitions , some observers say . `` We are mixed and we are many things , '' said Phillip Rodriguez , a documentary filmmaker . Many of his films , such as `` Los Angeles Now '' and `` Brown is the New Green : George Lopez and the American Dream , '' explore the experience and identity of Latinos in the United States . Latinos `` very often do n't share language , do n't share class circumstances , do n't share education ; it 's very difficult to speak about them as one"}
+{"answer":"the Australian Open . While sounding somewhat fatalistic about her chances at the first Grand Slam of 2009 , it belies a determination that has propelled the upbeat 23-year-old Serbian from an early childhood in Belgrade to the top of women 's tennis and a jet-setting lifestyle . She moved from her native Serbia to Florida when she was just 12 years-old , training at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy -- the same tennis camp that honed the skills of Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters . Being away from her family from such a young age made her grow up quickly , she says : `` I think I matured much faster than some of the girls my age and made me much stronger as well . '' Life as an international tennis professional also means life on the road , and Jankovic admits that sometimes it can be tough . `` For me the most difficult thing is being away from my family and friends , away from my country . Sometimes I just wish I was a normal girl , just staying at home and living a normal life , '' she told CNN . But her","question":"Jelena Jankovic is making a reputation for herself as one of the hardest working women in tennis . Grin and bear it : Jelena Jankovic hopes 2009 will be the year she wins a Grand Slam tournament . Only a few others on the women 's tour competed in as many matches as her last year , and her consistency , blistering forehand and an improved all-round game saw her end 2008 as the world No. 1 . She prepared for the Australian Open -- under way in Melbourne -- in the punishing heat of Mexico and hopes that winning her first Grand Slam tournament under the harsh Melbourne sun will silence the critics who have questioned her right to the No. 1 spot without having won a Grand Slam title . `` I do n't understand why so many questions are being asked about that . I mean it 's not the end of the world . I just play my tennis and I enjoy every match . I go on the court with a smile and that 's all that matters to me . And if it will happen it will happen , '' she told CNN before"}
+{"answer":"Astor . Watch Marshall 's attorney vow to appeal '' `` These defendants , two morally depraved individuals , preyed on a physically and mentally ill 101-year-old woman to steal millions of dollars -- dollars that she had intended to go to help the lives of ordinary New Yorkers , '' Seidemann said , echoing his closing argument to the jury . Astor , who had Alzheimer 's disease , was 105 when she died in August 2007 . The prosecution called nearly 70 witnesses -- Henry Kissinger , Graydon Carter , Barbara Walters , Vartan Gregorian and Annette de la Renta among them . Prosecutor Seidemann called the case `` disturbing , '' and said the trial told the story of `` how a son , an only son , would stoop so low to steal from his own mother in the sunset years of her life in order to line his own pockets and the pockets of his wife . '' Marshall , who is free on $ 100,000 bail , faces a maximum 25 years in prison when he is sentenced on December 8 . Morrissey faces up to seven years in prison . Author Meryl Gordon","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A jury in Manhattan found the son of Brooke Astor and one of his lawyers guilty Thursday of scheming to bilk millions of dollars from the late philanthropist 's estate . Anthony Marshall was convicted of bilking millions of dollars from the estate of his mother , Brooke Astor . The verdict , returned on the 12th day of deliberation , ended a six-month trial that featured as witnesses a Who 's Who of New York 's social elite . Anthony Marshall showed no visible reaction as he was found guilty of 14 of the 16 counts against him . His wife , Charlene , who many believed fanned his greed and instigated his mistreatment of his elderly mother , also did not seem to react . Marshall was convicted of the most serious charges -- first-degree grand larceny and scheming to defraud . One of the most serious convictions involved Marshall giving himself a $ 1 million-a-year raise for handling his mother 's affairs , said Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann . Marshall 's former lawyer , Francis Morrissey , was convicted of all five counts against him , including forgery and scheming to defraud"}
+{"answer":"`` Boy came round the corner ; he was like , ` Get down , ' and he just started shooting , '' 16-year-old victim Andrew Jackson told WSVN . Watch as resident describes scene as `` war zone '' '' Six of the nine shot were current or former Northwestern Senior High School students , Alfonso said . `` It was like a war zone , '' resident Joan Rutherford told WSVN . `` I witnessed this guy laying there with his face , looked like it was completely tore off . His eyes was all I could see , and he had a grip on some money and gasping and trying to lift his head up to say something . '' Police Chief John Timoney said that at least one man with an AK-47 `` discharged numerous rounds , then ran around the corner . There were some more rounds discharged there from an AK-47 and another weapon . '' One of those wounded was in critical condition Saturday and undergoing surgery , Timoney said . `` We are convinced that because of the amount of people out here last night that there is somebody that knows the","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Miami police issued a plea for information Saturday after at least one person with an assault rifle opened fire on a crowd of people on a streetcorner Friday night , killing two teens and wounding seven other people . Evidence markers dot the Miami street where nine people were gunned down with an AK-47 Friday night . `` We need the community to come together , someone come forward and give us a tip , '' Miami Police Officer Kenia Alfonso told CNN . `` There are a lot of people in that area . Someone must have seen something , someone must know who could 've done this horrific crime . '' Alfonso said two teens , ages 16 and 18 , died in the attack , which broke up a game of craps in front of a grocery store about 9:50 p.m. Friday in the city 's Liberty City neighborhood . Five of the shooting victims were still in the hospital Saturday night , according to CNN affiliate WSVN . Others told WSVN that a masked man with an AK-47 burst onto the scene and ordered everyone to the ground ."}
+{"answer":"and spun off three hit singles , catapulting the group into that elite fraternity of bona fide rock bands that enjoy airplay on both pop and rock stations . These days , the Followill four -- brothers Caleb , Nathan and Jared , along with their cousin , Matthew -- are fulfilling the promise that so many critics predicted early in their career . Their majestic , tension-filled brand of Southern garage rock has its roots in , of all things , the church . The brothers ' dad , Ivan , was a traveling Pentecostal preacher who led raucous , revivalist-style congregations . Both he and his father went by the name Leon . His boys have carried on in his road warrior tradition . The stage is their pulpit , their congregation , 20,000-seat arenas . The following is an edited version of our interview . CNN : It 's been a great couple of years for you . Do you feel your lives have changed ? Caleb Followill : Absolutely . It 's just a strange thing for us , because we 've had success in the past , but a great majority of it has n't","question":"WEST HOLLYWOOD , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We halfway expect the four members of Kings of Leon to roll into Bar 1200 drunk and brawling , a burly tour manager leading them in by the scruff of their necks . Kings of Leon is a family affair , consisting of three brothers and their cousin . Instead , a uniformed valet ushers them in , one by one , offering each a flute of champagne -- which Caleb Followill , the singer , and Nathan Followill , the drummer , politely accept . `` We have a bunch of rooms at the hotel , and the valet came with the floor , '' they explain , shaking their heads in amazement . The hipster lounge we 've gathered in is in the lobby of the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood , California . A framed black-and-white photo of the Kings hangs in a spot of honor : closest to the bar . It 's autographed , with a inscription that reads , `` Scene of the crime ! '' Kings of Leon 's fourth album , `` Only by the Night , '' has sold 5 million copies worldwide"}
+{"answer":"features . AOL Autos : Safest cars It started with now-common features like anti-lock brakes -LRB- ABS -RRB- and electronic stability control systems -LRB- ESC -RRB- . But in recent years , engineers have taken safety technology to a new level . And these days , they spend more time and money researching and developing `` crash avoidance '' features and technologies . These computerized systems , instead of protecting you if a crash occurs , help you avoid accidents in the first place . Some of these systems are already in vehicles on the road today , while others are coming down the pipeline in the next few years . Mercedes uses radar , rear-view monitor Given that it 's a higher-priced luxury brand , it figures that Mercedes-Benz is one of the leaders when it comes to these kinds of high-tech crash-avoidance systems . Finely-tuned anti-lock brake and electronic-stability-control systems are standard equipment in all Mercedes cars . AOL Autos : Best and worst hybrids `` And presently , a number of our vehicles offer Distronic Plus , a crash-avoidance system that employs dual-band radar that measures the distance between you and the vehicle ahead of you ,","question":"-LRB- AOL Autos -RRB- -- Protecting drivers and passengers from injury has been a high priority for car makers for the last 40 years or more . A truck driver tests an anti-collison system . The red light goes on if the car in front of him is too close . Not just because it 's the right thing to do , but also because having a reputation for building safe vehicles helps automakers sell more cars . But in recent years , high-tech advancements have come along at such a fast and furious rate that auto-safety systems have entered a whole new universe . For most of the history of auto manufacturing , car makers ' efforts in the area of safety have been devoted to developing `` passive '' safety features -- seat belts , air bags , building a stronger frame for the cabin , side-impact door beams , etc. . All those things help you stay safe once you are involved in an accident . But just as advanced technology has changed almost every other industry , so too has it changed the automotive industry , leading to the design of more `` active '' safety"}
+{"answer":"'m here to see what Apple 's doing next , not how much weight Steve has lost . '' So what is Apple doing next ? Pre-Macworld rumors about an iPhone Nano and a preview of the Snow Leopard operating system proved unfounded . Instead , Schiller introduced upgrades to Apple 's iLife and iWork software suites , unveiled a 17-inch unibody MacBook Pro with a more powerful battery , and announced tweaks to iTunes ' 99 cents-per-song pricing model . The result earned Schiller consistent applause but not the wild cheering that greeted Jobs ' 2007 announcement of the iPhone , for example . Watch Schiller 's keynote address at Macworld '' `` It was a real solid presentation , '' said Mike McGuire , a media analyst with Gartner Market Research , citing Apple 's emphasis on revamping its core products amid a challenging economic climate . `` There 's not the frenzied hoopla -LSB- of past years -RSB- . But maybe this is n't the best time for that . '' From a consumer perspective , the day 's biggest news may have been the price changes at iTunes , Apple 's wildly successful online music store","question":"SAN FRANCISCO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Instead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs , celebrity-seekers at Tuesday 's Macworld keynote address had to settle for crooner Tony Bennett . And instead of blockbuster news from Apple Vice President Philip Schiller , attendees got changes in iTunes pricing , a series of software upgrades and a $ 2,800 17-inch notebook . Apple Vice President Philip Schiller delivers the MacWorld keynote address Tuesday in San Francisco . Among Mac users and industry observers , reaction to the 90-minute keynote , which Apple says will be its last at Macworld , was predictably mixed . `` Tony Bennett got a standing ovation . Apple , not so much , '' said Philip Elmer-DeWitt , who writes an Apple column for Fortune magazine . `` It was n't up to Steve Jobs ' standards . Phil is not the showman that Steve is , but he did n't have much material to work with . '' `` I think Phil did a great job , '' countered Chuck Freedman , an IT specialist from suburban Detroit , Michigan . `` Yes , we miss Steve , but Phil handled everything well . I"}
+{"answer":"to resuscitate the tabloid feeding frenzy , which has fostered headlines such as `` Bad heir day , '' `` Mrs. Astor 's disaster '' and `` DA 's kick in the Astor . '' It 's not the way those closest to Astor want to remember her . And the disclosures expected to spill forth from the witness stand are n't the type that Astor , who died in August 2007 at 105 , would want shared in public . `` She would have been mortified , '' said Vartan Gregorian , a longtime friend and president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York . `` She was very private . '' Through her late husband 's Vincent Astor Foundation , Astor was credited with giving New York , where the Astors made their fortune , about $ 200 million . And although she felt it was expected of her to be proper and elegant , Gregorian said , her wealth did n't define her . Talk of money , real estate and other people 's misfortunes were off-limits at her dinner parties , he said . `` She was not ostentatious . ... She was very funny ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- New Yorkers feasted on the stories when the news broke in 2006 : Brooke Astor , a socialite and megaphilanthropist with Alzheimer 's , had allegedly been swindled of millions and mistreated by her own son . Brooke Astor and grandson Philip Marshall outside her New York country estate , Holly Hill , in 2001 or 2002 . Anthony `` Tony '' Marshall , her only child , was indicted on criminal charges including grand larceny , possession of stolen property , forgery and conspiracy . Jury selection for the criminal trial was scheduled to begin Monday . But co-defendant Francis Morrissey 's attorney filed an 11th-hour motion to sever his client 's trial from Marshall 's . The motion was denied late Friday , and a new trial date has been set for March 2 . Morrissey , Marshall 's former lawyer , faces charges including forgery and scheming to defraud . A lawyer representing Marshall , Fred Hafetz , would say only that there would be `` no plea '' and that he hopes his client will `` be vindicated . '' Watch author Meryl Gordon discuss the case '' The trial is likely"}
+{"answer":"'s the body that turned up in a nearby room , a onetime chess prodigy who appears to have major connections with some big shots -- machers , in the local Yiddish lingo . There 's his ex-wife , now his boss -- at least until the department is disbanded -- and his partner , a half-Jewish , half-Tlingit named Berko who 's far more responsible than Landsman . And there are a host of old enemies with long memories , particularly when Landsman decides to root around the dead chess player 's case . Landsman 's world is fiction , of course , a product of Michael Chabon 's imagination . Chabon 's new book , `` The Yiddish Policeman 's Union '' -LRB- HarperCollins -RRB- , combines Landsman 's hard-boiled detective 's terrain with the landscape of alternate history , one in which world events take a startling turn . The story is rooted in fact , the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Chabon -LRB- `` The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay '' -RRB- observes . Chabon had written an article about the decline of Yiddish , and the reaction to the piece -- some of it very negative","question":"ATLANTA , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It was one of the greatest humanitarian acts in history . Pondering an imaginary Yiddish-speaking place produced `` The Yiddish Policemen 's Union , '' says Michael Chabon . At the beginning of World War II , as the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe , the U.S. government allowed millions of Jews to resettle from their homes in Poland and Russia to southeastern Alaska , along the panhandle . Two million Jews had died at the hands of the Nazi scourge , but millions more were saved as the Federal District of Sitka , Alaska , became the new Jewish homeland -- all the more important when the fledgling State of Israel went down to defeat in 1948 . However , 60 years later , Sitka is about to be returned to local jurisdiction , and the island 's Jews -- including a noted detective , Meyer Landsman -- are wondering where to go next . The Jewish people , forever rootless , will have to wander some more . Landsman 's got other problems , too . He 's rootless himself , biding his time in a seedy hotel . There"}
+{"answer":"anyone just getting the hang of online video sharing , no-frills Travelistic -- founded by veterans of Cond\u00e9 Nast , iFilm and MTV -- is a good start . Before you upload a video , Travelistic directs you through a simple registration process and asks you to write a short description of your clip . When the video is posted , you can e-mail friends to tell them to watch it . You can also create a profile page to list your videos , add links to other people 's clips and indicate on a world map where you 've been and where you 'd like to go . Cool : Similar to YouTube , Travelistic gives an embed code for most postings , allowing anyone on the Internet to add the clip to his or her own Web site or blog . Likewise , YouTube videos can be embedded into Travelistic . Not cool : No registration is required to leave comments on other people 's videos , leading to spam . Travelistic also does n't restrict who can post videos , so some material on the site comes from tourism promoters . Upload time : Painfully slow at","question":"-LRB- Budget Travel -RRB- -- Hard as it may be for anyone under 30 to imagine , there was a time when people used to shoot eight-millimeter films while on vacation and then show them to friends and family gathered around a projector in the living room . Nowadays , capturing video is far easier -LRB- whether you use a video camera , a digital still camera with video capability or even a cell phone -RRB- , as is the sharing : YouTube has proved that millions of folks have learned to upload video to a computer and instantly e-mail a link to family and friends . Whether you use a video camera , a digital still camera with video capability , or even a cell phone , capturing video has never been easier . While YouTube remains a popular venue for sharing vacation videos , Web sites specifically targeting travelers are also springing up . The quality of the applications and usefulness of the content , however , vary greatly . We tested four to see which are easiest , which have bugs to work out and which can even help you offset your travel costs . Travelistic For"}
+{"answer":"for others . There were no official details on voter turnout and it has been difficult to get an accurate count of how many Afghans voted in defiance of threats of violence from the Taliban . CNN 's Atia Abawi said election officials at one polling station in Kabul had already begun counting ballots after a low turnout when the order to extend voting reached them . Afghan voter turnout low as presidential election nears end '' When asked how many ballots had been counted , an election official said 1,000 -- which seemed high to the CNN crew that had been at the polling station all day . `` We were there all day and we did not see 1,000 people , '' CNN 's Kevin Flower said . Election workers in central Bamiyan province immediately began reopening the polls after the order to extend voting . `` Election workers had put up security tape barriers and even tied down the flaps to their voting tents shortly after 4 p.m. local time , '' CNN 's Ivan Watson reported from the province . `` The security tape has been removed and voters are straggling in again . '' Election","question":"KABUL , Afghanistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Afghanistan officials said 26 people across the country were killed in election day violence , although they hailed Thursday 's vote as a success . A woman dips her finger in ink to show she voted in Bamiyan , one of Afghanistan 's more peaceful provinces . Nearly 95 percent of the more than 6,000 polling stations across Afghanistan opened on Thursday , according to government and electoral officials . Counting is under way but initial results are not expected for another 36 to 48 hours , while final results will not be certified until mid-September . Officials extended voting until everyone waiting in line had a chance to cast their ballots . `` At some -LSB- polling stations -RSB- there is a very large line , '' said Azizullah Ludin of Afghanistan 's Independent Electoral Commission . `` We have to complete all these people that are coming here . '' It is the nation 's second presidential election since the 2001 fall of the Taliban . Ludin said the decision to add more time to vote was because of a large turnout at some stations and technical issues that delayed voting"}
+{"answer":"and volatile current issues were also part of the stand-up . The president noted that Arizona Sen. John McCain did not identify himself as a maverick this year -- a title he frequently touted when he was running for presidency against Obama . `` And we all know what happens in Arizona when you do n't have an ID . ... Adios amigos , '' Obama said . The president 's quip referred to a new immigration law requiring officers in the state to question people about their immigration status if they think they 're in the country illegally . Arizona is McCain 's home state . Leno also took a dig at the Arizona law . `` I got stuck behind the Arizona congressional delegation -- luckily all their papers were in order so I did n't have any trouble getting in , '' the comedian said while describing the event 's tight security . On the president , Leno said he 's not as antisocial as some critics accuse him of being . `` He loves to socialize ... health care , car companies , things of that nature , '' Leno said . The first White House","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- President Obama 's punch lines targeted a diverse group Saturday -- from teen sensations the Jonas Brothers to comedian Jay Leno , whom he described as the only person with worse ratings than his . `` Jonas Brothers are here tonight , '' the president said at the annual White House Correspondents ' dinner . Daughters `` Sasha and Malia are huge fans . But boys , do n't get any ideas . Two words : predator drones . '' Obama said he was happy to address the crowd before Leno , who headlined the annual event . `` Glad to see the only person whose ratings fell more than mine last year . ... I 'm also glad that I 'm speaking first , '' he said . `` We 've seen what happens when someone takes the time slot after Leno , '' the president added , referring to comedian Conan O'Brien leaving NBC after an unsuccessful stint hosting `` The Tonight Show . '' Members of the Obama administration , including Vice President Joe Biden and chief of staff Rahm Emanuel , were not safe from the zingers either . Former rivals"}
+{"answer":"complaints about dog chew toys in the likeness of suspended NFL star Michael Vick , who is serving a federal prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting operation . Consumers said they ordered and paid for merchandise from the company but did not receive the items , according to the lawsuit . The lawsuit also claims that Showbiz Promotions told consumers that a portion of the proceeds would go to local animal shelters , another promise Salcedo allegedly never made good on . `` Defendant Salcedo began cooperating with the Attorney General and made attempts to either make delivery on consumer orders for the Vick Dog Chew Toy or to provide refunds . However , numerous consumer complaints remain unresolved , '' the complaint alleges . But Salcedo claims the scope of the damage is less extensive . Of 200 complaints that he says the attorney general 's office received , all but 10 were resolved . `` Those people purchased on PayPal , so the only way I had to get in touch was going though e-mail . If they do n't respond , then I ca n't help them , '' he said in a telephone interview","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Consumers who bought `` Caylee Sunshine '' dolls and Michael Vick dog toys were misled into believing that a portion of their purchases would go to charity , according to a lawsuit filed this week . The `` Caylee Sunshine '' doll cost $ 29.99 before Showbiz Promotions halted its production . The Florida Attorney General 's Office filed a lawsuit Thursday against Showbiz Promotions and its owner , Jaime Salcedo , seeking $ 10,000 in penalties for each violation under the state 's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act . But Salcedo denies the allegations , saying he has been trying to resolve the disputes and compensate charitable organizations . The Jacksonville-based entrepreneur claims he has been working with the attorney general 's office for more than one year to settle the issue . The suit also asks that Salcedo stop running the Web site , www.cayleedoll.com , his short-lived vehicle for selling dolls that critics said were modeled after slain Florida toddler Caylee Anthony . Salcedo says the doll was not meant to be Caylee , but rather a tribute to her memory . The dispute began with the attorney general 's investigation into"}
+{"answer":"it did n't really seem to impact the girls in any way . Watch what Essence found inside the Obamas ' home '' Chetry : Much was made of an earlier televised interview they with their daughters and they said , looking back , they probably should n't have done that . There is so much interest about their family , and yet they want to protect their girls . How do they balance that ? Burt-Murray : They try to take a look at who is around the family and make sure they try to keep things as structured as possible . But also , you have instances where magazines like Essence show up to take photographs , but the girls are very relaxed because they 're in their home environment . And I think that 's the difference between our photo shoot and what you saw on television . Taking the girls outside of their home and putting them in the spotlight is probably a bit more challenging for them as parents . Chetry : They have to deal with completing stereotypes , if you will : They were parodied as these angry black radicals and as these","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The September issue of Essence magazine features an interview with Sen. Barack Obama and his family inside their Chicago home . Angela Burt-Murray is editor-in-chief of Essence magazine . Essence editor-in-chief Angela Burt-Murray said it took a year for the magazine to gain access to the Obama 's Illinois home for an intimate interview with the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee , his wife , Michelle , and their daughters , Sasha and Malia . Burt-Murray talked Thursday with CNN `` American Morning '' anchor Kiran Chetry about the interview and the Obama family . Chetry : You are the first African-American media outlet to get this inside look . Did your team get a chance to see the real Obamas ? Burt-Murray : I think we did . We went to their home on the South Side of Chicago and it was wonderful to see them as a family interacting with each other , and see the girls skipping around the house , just acting like it 's a normal , everyday occurrence to have a camera crew in their home and Secret Service at different points throughout the house and around the yard . But"}
+{"answer":"sworn in as the 44th president of the United States , administration officials unveiled a sleek interactive version of Whitehouse.gov , the official White House Web site . Recovery.gov , launched within hours of Obama 's signing of the stimulus bill Tuesday , continues the theme of offering information in a user-friendly format . Visitors are greeted by a brief video address from Obama . `` The American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan represents a strategic and significant investment in our country 's future , '' the president explains . `` The size and scale of this plan demand unprecedented efforts to root out waste , inefficiency and unnecessary spending . Recovery.gov will be the online portal for these efforts . '' The site will publish information on how the stimulus funds will be spent in a `` timely , targeted and transparent manner , '' Obama said . Edward Glaeser , a professor of economics at Harvard University , said transparency has `` been a watch word for good government types for years . '' `` There is sense that taxpayers will feel a lot better about this if they actually know where their money is going , '' Glaeser","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In keeping with President Obama 's pledge of an administration that is `` transparent and accountable , '' the White House has launched a site that promises to show taxpayers where their stimulus-package dollars are being spent . Visitors to Recovery.gov are greeted with a video message from President Obama . The site , Recovery.gov , allows visitors to track efforts to jump-start a teetering economy in the midst of a slumping housing market and massive job losses . It breaks down the $ 787 billion package by category : $ 288 billion for tax relief , $ 59 billion for health care , and so on . The site promises that more detailed spending information will be posted once federal agencies decide how they are going to allocate the money . Learn more about where the money is going '' Using graphs , charts and layman 's terminology , the online portal is an example of how the tech-savvy Obama administration is taking its message to the American people . While running for president , Obama harnessed the Web 's fundraising and social-networking capabilities to energize his grass-roots campaign . And the moment he was"}
+{"answer":"Bowls name and mission . To find an Empty Bowls event near your or learn how to host your own , visit the website . Dine What if fighting world hunger were as easy as eating lunch ? That 's the goal of the One World Everybody Eats Foundation -LRB- OWEE -RRB- . The foundation began with a single cafe in Salt Lake City where the menu has no prices . Customers who can afford it are asked to pay a little extra for their meals to help those who ca n't . Those in need can volunteer and earn a meal or enjoy the `` community dish '' free of charge . Dishes are prepared fresh daily and use many local , organic ingredients . `` I think we have to rethink how we feed people in their time of need , '' says OWEE founder Denise Cerreta . `` What sets this apart from other restaurants is that truly anyone can walk through the door and afford to eat here , and it 's good , organic , wholesome food . '' Through the foundation , Cerreta now mentors a network of these cafes around the country .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world produces enough food to meet the needs of its population , yet nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger according to the United Nations ' Committee on World Food Security . There are ways to change this statistic . Here are five creative ways to make an impact on hunger in your community and around the globe . Create The Empty Bowls Project , the brainchild of artists John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn , uses ceramic arts to fight hunger . At each event potters and other artisans donate handcrafted bowls . Guests select one of the bowls and are served a meal of soup and bread . They take home their bowl as a reminder of how many go empty around the world . Money raised is donated to organizations fighting hunger locally , like soup kitchens and food banks , or globally , like Oxfam and Feed the Children . Empty Bowls started as a classroom project , but the movement has spread across the United States and to at least 14 other countries . Events vary between locations because they are independently organized , but all share the Empty"}
+{"answer":"to today 's big rigs -- an action it says will allow higher load limits and lead to safer roads . Adding an axle would give big rigs 22 wheels , up from the current 18 . Without the change , `` more trucks will have to take to the road '' to handle rising cargo demand , said John Runyan , co-chairman of the truck cargo industry group . Runyan was at the back of the room during the other group 's news conference , where families gave tearful accounts of losing loved ones in truck wrecks . One of those couples , Mark and Tracy Quinichett , lost their 21-year-old daughter a few months ago when a truck 's wheel flew off and crashed through the windshield of her car on the Capital Beltway outside Washington . `` The larger the trucks -- it 's just so much more dangerous . And if they are allowed to make these trucks larger , it 's going to be a real , real problem , even more than it is right now , '' Mark Quinichett said . Runyan told CNN that going from 18 wheels to 22 wheels would","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Safety advocates are fighting efforts to allow tractor-trailers to carry heavier loads on highways , saying the trucks are already too dangerous . But at least one group says adding an axle would improve safety margins so such loads can be carried . Mark and Tracy Quinichett , whose daughter was killed in a wreck , speak Monday against raising trucks ' load limits . `` It is a public health crisis , '' policy activist Joan Claybrook said Monday , announcing a petition drive to fight larger loads that could be authorized as part of a transportation bill moving through Congress . At a Monday news conference , Claybrook -- who chaired the National Highway Transportation Administration during the Carter administration -- and her Truck Safety Coalition presented several families who have lost a loved one to a highway accident involving commercial trucks . A new Web site from the coalition , StopBiggerTrucks.org , provides statistics the group believes will persuade people to pressure lawmakers to leave truck limits as they stand . But an industry group , the Coalition for Transportation Productivity , hopes lawmakers will approve a proposal to add an axle"}
+{"answer":". The motorcade was not hit and there were no injuries , the Georgian Interior Ministry said . No other shooting was reported in the area . The shots were fired from Russian-controlled territory as the motorcade passed , the ministry said . Russia 's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin denied the gunfire came from its army positions . `` This is one more instance of wishful thinking on the part of Georgia , '' he told reporters . After the incident , Saakashvili told reporters he would not have taken his Polish counterpart into danger intentionally and that the incident showed `` you are dealing with unpredictable people '' in the disputed area . Kokoity , the South Ossetian president , countered that the Polish and Georgian presidents need to answer questions whether they informed European Union monitors of their trip . Tensions have remained high in the area since fighting between Russian and Georgian troops broke out in August . Georgia launched a campaign against South Ossetia , a Russian-backed separatist territory , on August 7 . The following day , Russian tanks , troops and armored vehicles poured into South Ossetia and another breakaway Georgian territory ,","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Russia and South Ossetia have strongly denied news reports that a motorcade carrying the presidents of Georgia and Poland came under fire , calling the claims `` a provocation '' meant to destabilize the region . Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili , said there were `` unpredictable people '' in the area . `` This is a real provocation , '' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Monday . `` It is not the first time that such things have happened : First they mastermind everything themselves and then accuse the Russian or the Ossetian side . '' Eduard Kokoity , president of the breakaway region of South Ossetia , added : `` Today 's event was a deliberate provocative act of the Georgian and Polish presidents targeted at regional destabilization . '' Kokoity made his comments to the Russian news agency , Interfax . The motorcade , carrying Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Polish President Lech Kaczynski , was passing a checkpoint near Georgia 's breakaway South Ossetia region -- site of intense conflict between Russian and Georgian troops in August -- when shots were fired Sunday , according to the Georgian Interior Ministry"}
+{"answer":"the work we do . '' That work happens in a simple one-story , brick building in Parkersburg , some 300 miles from Washington . The public debt offices landed there thanks to heavyweight home-state Sen. Robert Byrd . The bureau 's offices are tucked into a corner of town that 's easy to miss . A brown hill and train track sit on one side , parking lots for county offices on the other . The locale is still a surprise to some . `` Every now and then we get a comment , ` Where are you ? Parkersburg ? ' '' Saling says . The public debt building has become a number nerds ' paradise . Employees say they balance their checkbooks at least weekly , some daily . A big happy-face sign marks progress on a recent audit . A written goal is taped to a Nerf-sized football . And the security guards brag that someone brings in a cake about every other day . Inside , Saling 's office is pin-neat , but her computer screen is cramped . A full-screen photo of Saling 's 4 - and 5-year-old children is covered by dozens of","question":"Parkersburg , West Virginia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At nearly $ 12.1 trillion , the U.S. national debt has reached a size that is incomprehensible to most people and as intangible as the ' `` Big Bang '' or bipartisanship . But it is real in West Virginia , where a small , nearly anonymous group of government accountants calculate the public debt to the penny each day , living a mathematic nightmare and number cruncher 's dream . At a large desk in Parkersburg , Jaime Saling watches over roughly 6,500 pieces of data and trillions of dollars each day . Her title takes up a few characters itself : Saling is the debt accounting branch manager for the Bureau of Public Debt . She and a division of just 15 people quietly and relentlessly work to account for every penny of the national debt . It is tedious and potentially overwhelming work , but Saling acts as if she flies jet fighters . `` I get very excited , '' the petite and energetic Saling says , `` They call me a nerd , several times ; I think it 's because I get very excited about all"}
+{"answer":"Singapore , Malaysia and Vietnam . The airline plans to use the new fleet to both expand routes among the 6,000 inhabited islands in Indonesia as well as new routes to Japan , South Korea , China and Taiwan . While the developed world has been pummeled with recession , stagnant growth and rising debt burdens in the wake of the 2007-2008 Financial Crisis , developing powerhouses like Indonesia have continued to rise . Indonesia 's economic output was $ 706.6 billion in 2010 , up from just $ 95.4 billion in 1998 when the nation was embroiled in the Asian Financial Crisis , which led to the end of the longtime dictatorship of Indonesian President Suharto . His departure led the way for economic and political reform in the world 's fourth most populous nation . The soaring fortunes of Indonesia echoes the number of Indonesians taking to the skies -- this year , the numbers traveling by air within the country is expected to rise 15 % , the Indonesian Transportation Ministry said . `` As Indonesia 's middle class increases in number , more and more people will be traveling throughout the archipelago , '' said Indonesian","question":"Hong Kong -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The largest single aviation purchase in Boeing 's 94-year history was pulled off today by Lion Air . Lion who ? If you have never heard of Lion Air , you 're not alone . Unless you speak Bahasa Indonesia and have traveled around the vast array of islands that make up the world 's most populous Muslim nation , there is no reason why you should have . With U.S. President Barack Obama watching on the sidelines of the ASEAN -LRB- Association of Southeast Asian Nations -RRB- economic summit in Bali , Lion Air signed a deal for 230 Boeing planes totaling $ 21.7 billion , with the first delivery in 2017 -- part of the airline 's plan to buy 408 new planes at $ 37.7 billion , Lion Air CEO Rusdy Kirana told CNN . `` From east to west , Indonesia spans 5,000 miles and we have 230 million -LRB- people -RRB- and not enough aircraft to meet the growth of the number of passengers , '' Kirana said . Right now , the airline has only a few routes that take it out of Indonesia to Southeast Asian neighbors"}
+{"answer":"has it revealed the organization 's limitations in terms of resources and political will ? New day for Libya , but one fraught with challenges Within days of the U.N. Security Council 's authorization of Resolution 1973 , with the mandate of protecting Libya 's civilian population , NATO forces were engaged in action by air and sea . The operation relied on three main prongs -- implementing a no-fly zone , enforcing an arms embargo and taking action to protect civilians and civilian areas under threat of attack . Since March 31 , some 9,634 strike sorties , where targets are identified or hit , are among 26,000 sorties to have been conducted , NATO said Friday . Among the targets were Gadhafi 's military command centers , armored vehicles , munitions dumps and underground bunkers . NATO confirmed on Friday that 11 pro-Gadhafi military vehicles were hit by NATO aircraft outside his stronghold of Sirte Thursday morning , after they were seen leaving the city at high speed carrying large amounts of arms and ammunition . NATO did not know at the time of the strike that Gadhafi was in the convoy , which was targeted only because","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- NATO will begin to scale back operations in Libya following Moammar Gadhafi 's death , with the preliminary end date of October 31 , NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday . A formal decision on a definitive end date will be made early next week . `` We did what we said we would do and now is the time for the Libyan people to take their destiny into their own hands , '' Rasmussen said after meeting with officials in Brussels to determine what should happen next . NATO forces will be on standby until the end of the month to continue to provide assistance to civilians if needed , he said , adding that , if requested by the new Libyan leadership , the international body could also help in the transition with regards to reforms to the country 's defense and security sectors . Although Gadhafi was eventually captured by Libyan fighters and apparently killed by crossfire , the seven-month-long western intervention through NATO was a key factor in his downfall . One question is sure to come up : Has the Libya operation presented a model for future NATO missions or"}
+{"answer":", and this year 's attendance figure might be the third largest in the festival 's 10-year history . The three-day ticket price may have been steep -- roughly $ 300 , including service charges -- but when divided among the 131 acts on the bill , that breaks down to less than $ 2.50 per act . This was also the first year concert promoter Goldenvoice offered layaway , which is how 18 percent chose to pay . The strong showing is good news for Bonnaroo , All Points West , Lollapalooza and other festivals taking place this spring and summer . Coachella was also moved up one weekend , which allowed for more kids on spring break to attend . Although Coachella is one of several music festivals in the United States , it still carries a certain cachet that 's hard to match . Perhaps it 's the scenery -- listening to music on a grassy polo field surrounded by swaying palm trees and craggy desert mountains . Or maybe it 's the thrill of discovering new artists and rediscovering old ones standing shoulder-to-shoulder with friends , strangers and the random Hollywood celebrity . Or maybe it","question":"INDIO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Parents danced with their young children to the infectious hip-hop beat of Lupe Fiasco on the main stage . The Yeah Yeah Yeahs ' Karen O is immersed in the music at Coachella . Twentysomethings wearing feathers in their hair jumped up and down to Somali emcee K'naan in the Gobi tent . In the portable toilets , an impromptu discussion broke out about the `` awesomeness '' of Yeah Yeah Yeahs singer Karen O . The mercury may have hovered close to 100 degrees , and somewhere outside the desert oasis of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival there was a global recession , but you 'd never know it from the carefree crowd on Day 3 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio , California . Although exact figures have yet to be released , about 50,000 revelers turned out for the final day of the 2009 festival for an eclectic lineup that included former Jam front man Paul Weller , rap pioneers Public Enemy , a reunion of Irish indie darlings My Bloody Valentine and a nearly three-hour set from The Cure . Promoters say the turnout exceeded expectations"}
+{"answer":"There 's no one to stop the rapes , no one to turn to for justice for past or ongoing crimes , and little psycho-social support to address their prolonged and unimaginable traumas . '' Dr. Sondra Crosby , a Physicians for Human Rights consultant and expert in refugee trauma , said `` the atmosphere of intimidation was palpable as we listened to women describing their profound suffering and fear , and their yearning to return safely and with dignity to their former lives . '' Of those refugees interviewed , `` 32 reported instances of confirmed or highly probable rape '' -- 17 in Darfur and 15 in Chad , the group said . `` Among the instances of rape reported in Chad , the vast majority -LRB- 10 of 11 confirmed reports -RRB- occurred when women left the camps to gather firewood . '' And just over half of the 88 women interviewed -- 46 of them -- live in fear of sexual assaults around the refugee camp . The group supports the issuing of International Criminal Court warrants against the Sudanese perpetrators . The group also called for `` legal reforms in Chad to end impunity for","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for `` vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime . '' Sudanese women in a refugee camp in southern Chad in March . Physicians for Human Rights , based in Cambridge , Massachusetts , issued a report Sunday `` documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence '' experienced by women who fled the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and now live as refugees in neighboring Chad . The report -- titled `` Nowhere To Turn : Failure To Protect , Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women '' -- is based on interviews with 88 female refugees living in Chad 's Farchana refugee camp . The study was done with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative . `` Many Darfuri women refugees live in a nightmare of memories of past trauma compounded by the constant threat of sexual violence around the camps now , '' said Susannah Sirkin , the physician group 's deputy director . `` Women who report being raped are stigmatized , and remain trapped in places of perpetual insecurity ."}
+{"answer":"and heightened analytical thinking . Oprah.com : Tap into your right-brain thinking There may be a physiological explanation for these results . Feelings of romantic love can boost levels of dopamine , a neurochemical associated with creativity , while sexual desire can raise levels of testosterone , known to promote analytical skills . And these chemical links may have evolved for an important purpose : increasing the likelihood of sexual reproduction . In ancestral days , creative individuals may have used their inventiveness to attract future mates , while sex-focused individuals harnessed analytical clarity and short-term focus in order to bed a partner here and now . Thoughts of either love or sex could pay off in the form of children -- the ultimate measure of survival . While we no longer use cave drawings to attract our partners , you can still take advantage of this evolutionary link . Daydreaming about your sweetheart may boost inventiveness and help you come up with creative ideas , while sexual thoughts could help you solve an analytical puzzle . Oprah.com : How to fix whatever 's broken In addition , it may be that jilted lovers who want to get over an","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- `` My beloved . The delight of my eyes . '' So says a poem inscribed in cuneiform on a lump of clay approximately 4,000 years ago . Why does love inspire such works of art ? Recent science points to a possible answer -- and a difference between the way the brain reacts to love and lust . Last year psychologists in the Netherlands reported on a study where they asked a group of young men and women to imagine taking a long walk with their beloved -LRB- those without a partner imagined taking a walk with an `` ideal '' one -RRB- . A different set of volunteers were asked to imagine having casual sex with someone they found attractive but were not in love with . Before and after , both groups were given a battery of tests to examine their creative and analytical abilities . The results : Thinking about a romantic partner stimulated `` global processing '' mechanisms in the brain , which increased long-term focus and improved creativity . Thinking about sex , on the other hand , stimulated `` local processing , '' which increased focus on the present"}
+{"answer":"of silver rising from below . The fish were attracted to plankton , and the plankton were attracted to the light . They would begin to circle , a chain linked loosely , and over the next hour their numbers would grow . The black gaps between silver links would close until the fishermen could see , below , a solid mass of silver spinning . Abdulrahman Zeitoun was only thirteen when he began fishing for sardines this way , a method called lampara , borrowed from the Italians . He had waited years to join the men and teenagers on the night boats , and he 'd spent those years asking questions . Why only on moonless nights ? Because , his brother Ahmad said , on moon-filled nights the plankton would be visible everywhere , spread out all over the sea , and the sardines could see and eat the glowing organisms with ease . But without a moon the men could make their own , and could bring the sardines to the surface in stunning concentrations . You have to see it , Ahmad told his little brother . You 've never seen anything like this .","question":"Editor 's note : This is an excerpt from `` Zeitoun '' by Dave Eggers , a nonfiction account of a Syrian-American immigrant and his extraordinary experience during Hurricane Katrina . Eggers is the author of five other books , including `` What Is the What , '' a finalist for the 2006 National Book Critics Circle Award . Eggers is the founder and editor of McSweeney 's , an independent publishing house based in San Francisco . Dave Eggers writes that Abdulrahman Zeitoun dreamed of fishing on the Syrian coast as Katrina approached . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- FRIDAY , AUGUST 26 , 2005 On moonless nights the men and boys of Jableh , a dusty fishing town on the coast of Syria , would gather their lanterns and set out in their quietest boats . Five or six small craft , two or three fishermen in each . A mile out , they would arrange the boats in a circle on the black sea , drop their nets , and , holding their lanterns over the water , they would approximate the moon . The fish , sardines , would begin gathering soon after , a slow mass"}
+{"answer":"people are out of work , consumers -- like you and me -- are spending less money overall . And we do n't even need to mention gas prices . Now these factors add up to an economic forecast that 's not so good ; Your family may be feeling the pinch . And all this is lighting a fire under government officials to fight a possible recession . Brianna Keilar considers the options Congress has , to try to prevent America from slipping into the red . -LRB- BEGIN VIDEO CLIP -RRB- BRIANNA KEILAR , CNN REPORTER : With fears of a recession growing , Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was on Capitol Hill Thursday , urging Congress to act quickly on an economic stimulus package . BEN BERNANKE , FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN : Stimulus that comes too late will not help support economic activity in the near term and it could be actively destabilizing if it comes at a time when growth is already improving . KEILAR : The president had a conference call with Senate and House leaders from both parties , the White House characterizing it as a consultation rather than a negotiation . All sides are","question":"-LRB- CNN Student News -RRB- -- January 18 , 2008 Quick Guide Focus on : The Economy - Hear about the `` r '' word , and see how a possible recession could be fought . No Girls Allowed - Learn why a Florida family is balking at a statewide baseball rule . A Song for Spain - Consider what it would be like to have a national anthem without lyrics . Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT . THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED . CARL AZUZ , CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR : Fridays are awesome ! Thanks for spending part of yours with CNN Student News ! From the CNN Center , I 'm your host , Carl Azuz . First Up : Focus on : The Economy AZUZ : First up today : Technically , recession is n't a four-letter word . But it is one that Americans do n't like to use , because it describes a downturn in the economy over time . Why might this happen ? Well , many Americans ' home mortgages are going up . And they 're not able to pay . More"}
+{"answer":"to a dictatorship to a country like China ? '' said consumer advocate Ralph Nader . `` Where 's our self-respect as a nation ? '' Adds U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown , a Democrat from Ohio : `` That can not be a part of their restructuring of this company . Their business plan can not include more outsourcing of jobs while taking taxpayer money . '' Industry analysts say the decision is a simple matter of dollars and cents : GM is now the third-biggest car manufacturer in China , which has recently overtaken the U.S. as the world 's largest car market . `` Our business is run as separate joint-ventures here in China in partnership with SAIC ... so we 're profitable , we fund our own investment and we would be largely independent of any action that took place in the US , '' said Kevin Wale , president and managing director of GM China . `` It seems as though they have enough going on out here that they will remain insulated from the bankruptcy back home , '' adds Dunne . `` I see GM weathering the storm in Asia and holding on to","question":"HONG KONG , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- As General Motors heads toward insolvency , the company that was once the biggest on the planet is still riding high in the world 's most populous country . China is one bright spot in GM 's dismal fortunes , but U.S. consumer activists have raised concerns . As the storied American company prepares to financially dismantle its operations between good and poor performing assets , GM China is becoming the crown jewel in the company 's operations . `` If there 's a good GM and a bad GM , China is definitely going to be in the good GM side , '' said Michael Dunne , an auto analyst and managing director of J.D. Power and Associates China . But the company 's build-up in China is raising concern for U.S. consumer advocates and members of the U.S. Congress . Of particular concern are plans to build cars for the U.S. market in China after thousands of GM workers were laid off at U.S. plants . `` Do we really want the United States of America to export its auto industry paid for by the taxpayer , and un-employ workers"}
+{"answer":"survivor said , `` The flood washed away everything . I could n't save anything . They should just move this city . Floods always destroy it . '' Aid workers warned of a deepening humanitarian crisis as attempts to deliver aid were frustrated by logistical problems . The U.S. Navy 's USS Kearsarge arrived in the waters off Haiti on Monday to support the U.S. Agency for International Development 's efforts to assist after the devastation . The vessel will help move cargo and equipment between affected cities and will deliver relief supplies , said the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command . But Monday , the Kearsarge was n't able to deliver anything to Gonaives , because the ship 's scout helicopters could n't find a suitable place for supplies to be unloaded , according to The Associated Press . A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying 35 tons of relief supplies arrived Saturday in Gonaives . The U.S. cutter was preceded by a ship carrying U.N. relief supplies , including 19 tons of high-energy biscuits , 50,000 bottles of water and water purification tablets , which arrived Friday in Gonaives , said Myrta Kaulard of the United Nations '","question":"GONAIVES , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Four major storms have raked the desperately poor country of Haiti in the past month , leaving at least 341 people dead . A man carries drinking water through the flooded streets of Gonaives , Haiti , on Monday . Nine of the deaths were attributed to Fay , 79 to Gustav , 183 to Hanna and 70 to Ike , said Abel Nazaire , deputy head of Haiti 's Civil Protection Service . The country 's fragile infrastructure was overloaded after the storms and officials were concerned that the floodwaters could spread disease , Sophie Boutaud de la Combe , a spokeswoman for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti , said Tuesday . Gonaives , on the west coast , is one of the hardest-hit cities . This week , Gonaives was knee-deep in filthy water and reachable only by water or air , with many of Haiti 's bridges destroyed and roads flooded . `` My home is destroyed . I have no place to live with my kids . Everything I had just washed away , '' Roselene Josef told CNN . Watch desperate survivors in Gonaives '' Another"}
+{"answer":"Attorneys Joseph Cochett and Nancy Fineman filed the complaint based on an investigation , including a four-hour interview with Madoff in prison in July , that they conducted for former investors . They also allege that major financial institutions , including KPMG , the Bank of New York and JP Morgan Chase , were aware that Madoff was transferring stolen funds to his London office for personal purchases . According to the complaint , Madoff transferred funds to London to buy extravagant personal items . `` In 2006 Madoff thought the end was near because the -LSB- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission -RSB- investigated . He realized he had to change things up so his focus shifted to London , '' Fineman said . `` We know that KPMG were the auditors for the London branch and that money was used to buy yachts and Bentleys , they are supposed to look at related-party transactions . KPMG should have noticed these as a red flag . '' Officials of KPMG and the Bank of New York did not immediately respond to calls from CNN Wednesday evening for comment on the lawsuit . JP Morgan Chase spokesman Tom Kelly said ,","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A new lawsuit alleges that convicted swindler Bernie Madoff financed a cocaine-fueled work environment and a `` culture of sexual deviance , '' and he diverted money to his London , England , office when he believed federal authorities were closing in at home . A new lawsuit alleges Bernie Madoff financed a sex-and-drugs workplace with investors ' money . The lawsuit , filed Tuesday in New York 's State Supreme Court , was brought on behalf of former investors and seeks unspecified punitive damages and compensation . Beyond that , it offers a look at what the plaintiffs ' attorneys say was once Madoff 's multimillion-dollar empire and what is now his world in a federal prison in North Carolina . Among the allegations in the 264-page lawsuit are that during the mid-1970s , Madoff began sending employees to buy drugs for company use . The complaint alleges that some employees and investors were aware of the drug purchases , and that BMIS -LSB- Bernard Madoff Investment Services -RSB- was known by insiders as the `` North Pole '' in reference to the excessive amount of cocaine use in the work place ."}
+{"answer":"questions . He also said that the strong showing by Ahmadinejad was `` unlikely , '' based on pre-election analysis . Gallery : Emotions run high after election '' Israel 's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor Liberman said in a statement that `` the problem which Iran poses for the international community is not personal in nature , but derives from its policy . `` In any case , in light of Tehran 's ongoing policy , and even more so after Ahmadinejad 's re-election , the international community must continue to act uncompromisingly to prevent the nuclearization of Iran , and to halt its activity in support of terror organizations and undermining stability in the Middle East . In a statement Saturday the EU Presidency said it was '' concerned about alleged irregularities during the election process and post-electional violence that broke out immediately after the release of the official election results on 13 June 2009 . `` The Presidency hopes that outcome of the Presidential elections will bring the opportunity to resume the dialogue on nuclear issue and clear up Iranian position in this regard . The Presidency expects the new Government of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Members of the international community have reacted to the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran and the oppostion protests which have accompanied the result . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pictured at a rally held in Tehran Sunday to celebrate his re-election as Iranian president . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in a statement Saturday : `` We are monitoring the situation as it unfolds in Iran but we , like the rest of the world , are waiting and watching to see what the Iranian people decide . `` The United States has refrained from commenting on the election in Iran . We obviously hope that the outcome reflects the genuine will and desire of the Iranian people . '' White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Saturday the administration was `` impressed by the vigorous debate and enthusiasm that this election generated , particularly among young Iranians . '' U.S. Vice President Joe Biden , commenting on NBC 's `` Meet the Press '' Sunday , said : `` I have doubts , but withhold comment . '' He added that the Iranian government had suppressed crowds and limited free speech , which raised"}
+{"answer":"a statement released by the El Dorado County district attorney 's office . `` Our office fully intends to hold Mr. Garrido legally accountable for his actions and see that he is punished to the full extent of the law , '' the statement said , noting that the assertion was `` eerily similar to what Mr. Garrido told the judge who sentenced him in 1977 and the parole board when he duped them into releasing him from prison after serving only 11 years of a 50-year federal sentence ... '' Garrido 's letter , which is the third sent to KCRA , also addressed other issues , but the station declined to release more details . `` We are not releasing the entire letter at this time based on consultations with our attorneys , '' said Anzio Williams , news director at KCRA . `` We will tell the story and reference the letter . '' Read earlier letter from Garrido to KCRA -LRB- PDF -RRB- Garrido and his wife , Nancy , face multiple felony charges in the 1991 kidnapping of Dugard from South Lake Tahoe , California . Authorities say he and his wife held Dugard in","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Phillip Garrido , who is accused of kidnapping and raping an 11-year-old and then holding her captive for 18 years , apologized in a jailhouse letter sent to a television station , the California station said Thursday . But prosecutors responded , saying Garrido was attempting to manipulate public perceptions of the case . In the handwritten letter this week to CNN affiliate KCRA , Garrido seemed to address the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard . `` First off I want to apologize to every human being for what has taken place , '' KCRA said the letter states . The second sentence of the letter appeared to refer to what Garrido has described as a religious transformation that cured him of his sexual deviancy . It says : `` People all over the world are hearing testimony that through the spirit of Christ a mental process took place ending a sexual problem believed to be impossible . '' Prosecutors charged that Garrido was being manipulative -- and not for the first time . `` It appears once again that Mr. Garrido seeks leniency due to claims of religious transformation and alleged personal change , '' retorted"}
+{"answer":"replaced several broken sewer pipes that were part of a system set up for their neighborhood . But this individual rebuilding alarms teams of engineers studying the damage in Haiti after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake January 12 . `` It worries me , '' said Reginald Desroches , a Haitian-American engineer from Georgia Tech who is part of a volunteer assessment team working with the United Nations ' mission in Haiti . Desroches and his crew say many Haitians are using broken pieces of buildings as construction material , including the metal rebar , or reinforcement bars , that critically strengthen concrete but now lie twisted and bent in the rubble . That makes the bars weak and potentially unsafe . But Haitians are turning to what 's available -- even though the materials might be deemed unsafe -- to rebuild structures that ultimately may be declared unsound . `` This is a problem , '' fellow engineer Jean-Philippe Simon said . `` These things can just collapse all over again . '' Indeed , the Digicel building where St. Claire is working contains massive cracks , is missing a two-story wall and leans over the area he 's cleaning up","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In patches across the Haitian capital , many earthquake survivors are not waiting for an international clearing and rebuilding effort to begin . They are pulling out shovels , wood and cement to slowly repair and rebuild themselves . `` This is what we have to do now , '' Jean-Fritznel St. Claire said as he hammered away at huge , fallen slabs of a Digicel office building , breaking them into chunks to be shoveled into a truck and taken away . Digicel is a telecommunications company . St. Claire and three friends working with him at Digicel expected the company to pay them for their hard labor , but the group insists that they and others who stayed in the earthquake zone are eager to start clearing rubble and building what they can . `` The people who left -LSB- Port-au-Prince -RSB- have no hope , '' he said , his face dripping with sweat . `` We have hope . So we 're here . '' Elsewhere in Port-au-Prince , businesses and families repaired cinderblock walls and pounded new beams into fractured roofs . One work crew near the airport"}
+{"answer":"GOP presidential candidate John McCain urged Obama to `` come clean '' about his relationship with Ayers and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin accused Obama of `` palling around with terrorists . '' Ayers and Obama served on the Annenberg Challenge board and on the board of another Chicago , Illinois , charitable foundation , the Woods Fund , in the 1990s . A CNN review of the two men 's history found nothing inappropriate in their dealings , and Ayers later called the attacks `` a profoundly dishonest narrative . '' David Lane , a lawyer for Ayers and University of Wyoming student Meghan Lanker , called Tuesday 's ruling `` inspirational '' and `` a huge victory for the First Amendment . '' Ayers was scheduled to speak on education issues at the university in early April , but the longstanding invitation drew controversy as the date neared . Republican candidates for governor condemned the school for inviting him , and in court papers Lanker stated she was told Ayers ' appearance `` would inflame public sentiments '' and hurt the university . But university officials said they pulled the plug because they had `` serious threats and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Former Weather Underground militant Bill Ayers will appear at the University of Wyoming on Wednesday after a federal judge ruled he ca n't be barred from speaking on campus . U.S. District Judge William Downes ordered Tuesday that the university must take `` all prudent steps '' to guarantee Ayers ' security at his lecture . The university had argued that `` serious threats '' prompted it to cancel the appearance by Ayers , who is now a University of Illinois education professor . Downes ' two-page order requires university officials to take `` all prudent steps to maintain order and provide for the security of participants and spectators . '' University officials wo n't appeal the order , said spokeswoman Jessica Lowell . University President Tom Buchanan said the school `` will do everything in our power to provide a safe and secure environment for his visit . '' Ayers became a footnote to the 2008 presidential campaign because of his history of violent opposition to the Vietnam War and his acquaintance with then-candidate Barack Obama . Some prominent Republicans suggested that Ayers was a shadowy influence on Obama during his 2008 presidential bid ."}
+{"answer":"The Irish did not settle in Boston and join organizations like the Hibernian Society to preserve their heritage and culture . And even while Americans complain about how the current crop of immigrants are n't like their predecessors , they miss the irony : At the time , there were people who said the same thing about their ancestors ; the Germans were thought to not be like the English , the Irish were n't like the Germans , the Italians were n't like the Irish etc. . And the Chinese were n't like anyone who had come before them , and so they were labeled `` unassimilable '' by the Tom Tancredos of that era . Some things never change . When I was growing up in Central California , which is home to a large population of immigrants from Southeast Asia , thousands would gather to celebrate Hmong New Year . The local newspaper would do a feature . And , in the days that followed , someone would write an angry letter to the editor complaining that these people were n't melting into the pot . Yet , there is more melting going on than one might","question":"SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- On the question of whether recent immigrants assimilate as quickly as previous waves , many Americans exhibit short fuses -- and even shorter memories . Ruben Navarrette Jr. . notes that immigrants have been criticized throughout history for not assimilating . They have convinced themselves that , instead of adapting to the customs of this country , new arrivals -- most of whom come from Asia or Latin America -- expect the rest of us to accommodate them . They go ballistic over little things -- Mexican flags , taco trucks , libraries that offer bilingual story time , or having to `` press one for English . '' Yet , even as they look down on new immigrants , many Americans look back fondly upon their immigrant ancestors . Legend has it that when grandpa arrived from Ireland , Germany , Italy or Poland , he jumped off the boat , immediately draped himself in the American flag , ripped out his native tongue , and abandoned his culture -- all while singing `` Yankee Doodle Dandy . '' Germans did not move to Milwaukee and make beer and cheese ."}
+{"answer":"the push to reinstate the Iraq money , called its approval `` a very powerful bipartisan message of support for our men and women serving in Iraq . '' White House officials have said Bush would sign the spending plan if the Iraq money was added . In the weeks leading up to the vote , Bush had repeatedly pushed members of Congress to approve a military spending bill that did not place troop-withdrawal requirements on the military in Iraq . The bill wraps together 11 of the 12 government spending bills for 2008 -- except for that of the Department of Defense , which was already funded . Facing a president determined to keep spending in check and a unified Republican minority in the House and Senate , Democrats have been stymied at nearly every turn in their attempts to increase spending on their domestic priorities . Fearing a politically dangerous government shutdown , Democratic leaders ultimately gave in to Bush 's top line number and trimmed $ 22 billion from the measure . But Democrats stemmed their losses somewhat by shifting some funding from the president 's priorities to their own . And they added billions more above","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After months of stalemate , the Senate late Tuesday passed a huge government spending bill that includes billions of dollars requested by President Bush to continue the war in Iraq . White House officials have said President Bush would sign off on the spending plan if the Iraq money was added . The roughly $ 555 billion bill -- which passed 76-17 -- also preserves thousands of earmarks for lawmakers who will deliver them to constituents just in time for the holidays . The final vote came at about 11 p.m. ET Tuesday -- after hours of debate that included two more attempts by Senate Democrats to tie war funding to a plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq . Those efforts failed , as have dozens of others in the House and Senate since Democrats took control of Congress last year . Earlier , members voted to add $ 40 billion for the war in Iraq that had been removed by the House -- which passed the spending bill on Monday . The plan also includes $ 30 billion for troops in Afghanistan . Sen. Joe Lieberman , an independent from Connecticut who co-sponsored"}
+{"answer":"charities each and every time you decide that you need another 10 minutes or so of sleep -LRB- either to catch up on rest or finish that sexy dream -RRB- . If your boss chews you out for being late to work , just tell him you were volunteering . Do n't have time to comb through Pitchfork Fool your music snob friends with Band of the Day , an iPhone app that dishes out musical knowledge in easy-to-digest screen-fulls . Each day , you 'll get a bevy of info on one hand-selected band : original interviews , streaming music , videos and more . If your friends still doubt your expertise , just cast about your brain for the name of some buzz band and express disdain . Works every time . Your get-up-and-go got up and went The days are getting shorter , and , consequently , the nights are getting longer -- and damn colder . If the prospect of staying in and watching reruns of '90s teen television whilst swaddled in a Snuggie is seeming more appealing than pouring yourself into something fancy and hitting the streets , might we recommend buying a cat and","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We 're in a time of flux , my friends . We 're sandwiched somewhere between the lazy , crazy days of summer -LRB- BBQs ! Impromptu trips up the coast ! Smuggling fireworks across various and sundry borders ! -RRB- and the holidays -LRB- turkey ! ceremonies of various religious ilks ! self-loathing brought on by turkey and ceremonies of various religious ilks ! -RRB- . And we do n't know about you , but we 're about due for a mental break before sallying forth into the mental torment that is winter . That 's why this week we 're going to chill with the pedantry and help you kick back and celebrate laziness . Yes , laziness . It 's the total antithesis of the `` American Way '' -LRB- whatever the hell that is -RRB- . Read on for five apps that are either tailored for the more malaise-laden among us . Waking up is hard to do Especially when the floor temperature starts dropping for 10 degrees with each passing week . May we introduce Snooze , a genius iOS app that lets you pledge 25 cents to a variety of"}
+{"answer":"million people to be displaced . Kiki Gbeho , head of office for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia , said the United States is reviewing whether its aid helps fund Al-Shabaab . The U.N. office , in a report issued in September , said the U.S. delay in reaching a decision on humanitarian funding `` is already impacting on many agencies and their programmes . '' The United Nations estimates that 60 percent of the people it needs to reach with emergency assistance live in areas controlled by Al-Shabaab . `` According to humanitarian principles , we have to serve people and need to deal with those in charge , '' Gbeho said . Peter Smerdon , chief spokesman for the World Food Program , the agency responsible for delivering aid to Somalia , would not comment on the U.S. funding controversy but said investigations into whether Al-Shabaab is assisted by U.N. aid assistance are `` ongoing . '' Food supplies could run out for millions of Somalis in the next few weeks , according to the United Nations . The U.S. government is traditionally the biggest donor for food assistance . The issue","question":"GAALKACYO , Somalia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. government is delaying `` tens of millions '' of dollars in crucial humanitarian aid over concerns that the money is being diverted to a notorious militant group , a senior U.N. official said . Al-Shabaab militants ride through Mogadishu , Somalia , after a religious gathering in September . The U.S. government , concerned about the challenges in delivering assistance in a country wracked by civil war , says allegations that Al-Shabaab is stopping aid from reaching the people are under review . Although one U.S. government source said aid continues to flow to Somalia and has n't been suspended , another said aid might not reach `` some parts of the country '' because of Al-Shabaab , the al Qaeda-linked terror group that is trying to overthrow the government . Located in the Horn of Africa , Somalia has long been a lawless , war-ravaged nation . The United Nations says that nearly half the population is dependent on humanitarian assistance , and one in five children are acutely malnourished . Somalia has suffered through five consecutive seasons of drought , and the ongoing conflict has caused more than a"}
+{"answer":"threatening federal agents in several cities . But in 1794 , the government squelched the uprising , helping to establish the federal government 's authority in disputes with individual states . Even non-historians might appreciate the timelessness of the dog-eared document , given its skillful use of bureaucratic language to deliver bad news . One eye-glazing , 76-word sentence probably can be summarized as follows : `` We do n't have the thermometers you 'll need , so for now , use the ones you 've got . '' The document , dated Dec. 18 , 1790 , is an original draft of a `` circular letter , '' an official memo that would have been hand-copied and sent to customs officers , historians said . `` In this circular letter , Hamilton attempts to provide customs officers with new tools to more efficiently do their jobs , '' said Kenneth Melson , acting director of ATF . Hamilton notes that he is sending a hydrometer -- used to determine the specific gravity or density of liquids -- to ports so that customs officers can determine the proof of imported beverages . Hamilton says he intends to provide two hydrometers","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A 219-year-old document that stemmed from alcohol tariffs to pay off Revolutionary War debts -- and signed by Alexander Hamilton -- became the property of The National Archives on Thursday . This document , signed by Alexander Hamilton , discusses tools for customs agents to determine alcohol content for imported spirits . The historic letter , which has been the property of the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives -LRB- ATF -RRB- for the past 35 years , chronicles the federal government 's earliest efforts to regulate alcohol . In the document , Hamilton , the first United States secretary of the Treasury , discusses tools for customs agents to determine -- for tax purposes -- the alcohol content of St. Croix rum and other imported spirits . Historians said the document is a notable footnote in American history . In 1789 and again in 1790 , Congress imposed alcohol tariffs to pay Revolutionary War debts . In response to the tax on imports , Americans began distilling their own spirits . And when the federal government began taxing those beverages , citizens staged the `` Whiskey Rebellion , '' harassing and"}
+{"answer":"arguments about the details of the New Zealand incident involving Cronulla players in 2002 , the conduct and its aftermath was simply unacceptable , full stop , '' David Gyngell , Nine 's chief executive officer , said in a statement on the network 's Web site . `` I fully endorse David Gallop 's comments concerning the indefensible conduct of some players and the lack of respect for women -- and the critical focus on all stakeholders to help eradicate it from our game . '' `` I join with him in extending my apologies and sympathy to the young woman involved in the incident , who clearly is still distressed as a consequence , '' Gyngell said . In the ABC report , the then-19-year-old woman said she met Johns and his Cronulla teammate Brett Firman when she was working as a waitress . She said she went back to their hotel room , where she alleges six Cronulla players and staff had sex with her , while a half-dozen others watched . `` They were massive , like big rugby players . I felt that I just had no idea what to do . There was always","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Australia 's National Rugby League apologized on Tuesday for the behavior of its players after ABC 's `` Four Corners '' current-affairs program revealed allegations of group sex in 2002 between players and a New Zealand woman . Two other women told the program they were sexually abused by NRL players . Former Cronulla player Matthew Johns said he was unable to say `` sorry enough '' regarding the incident `` Violence against women is abhorrent , and sexual assault and the degradation of women is just that , '' said David Gallop , the NRL 's chief executive . `` So much of what we saw -LSB- during Monday night 's program -RSB- was fundamentally indefensible . And if anyone in the game today is ignoring the importance of that message , then frankly they will need to find another career . '' The allegations of group sex involved NRL personality Matthew Johns , who played for Cronulla at the time of the alleged incident in Christchurch , New Zealand . Watch more on the scandal '' Johns was suspended indefinitely by the Nine Network on Wednesday . `` The fact is , whatever the"}
+{"answer":"the game . Instead of clearing calendars to watch in real time and line up for the water-cooler conversation the next morning , fans of such shows as `` Lost '' and Fox 's similarly serialized `` 24 '' might just as easily record and time-shift their viewing , avoiding office chats until they watched on their own schedules . Or , even more aggressively , they might actively avoid the broadcasts of their favorite show , just for the delayed gratification of watching the entire season later on DVD -- gobbling up episodes at their own pace , and without commercials . It 's a very different TV world than in 1967 , when the long-awaited ending of ABC 's `` The Fugitive , '' with David Janssen 's Richard Kimble finally coming face-to-face with his wife 's one-armed killer , drew enough viewers to set a TV record for entertainment programming that beat even The Beatles on `` The Ed Sullivan Show '' three years earlier . Or in 1983 , when the finale of CBS ' `` M * A * S * H , '' with its end to the Korean War , drew 77 percent","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After eight months in hibernation , ABC 's `` Lost '' returns to television tonight to finally explain , among other things , the dazzling white light that ended the 2009 season not with a whimper , but with a bang . Was it a nuclear blast ? A quantum-leaping time shift ? A reboot to the story 's preflight origins ? These are key questions as broadcast TV 's most ambitiously complex drama series presents the beginning of the end -- the first of 16 final-season episodes before ending its time-rearranging , sympathy-shifting narrative . But the most important question of all , six years after `` Lost '' was launched in 2004 , is this : Who cares ? That 's not a flippant question , because both TV and the audience have changed in the years since `` Lost '' pulled back from Jack 's eyeball to reveal , slowly and masterfully , the panicked insanity of a remote island plane crash . Little more than a decade ago , `` Lost '' would have been riveting `` appointment television , '' but DVRs and DVD boxed sets have changed the rules of"}
+{"answer":"risking embarrassment , Nagy decided a better future might lie in her music video . `` I ca n't sing to save my life , but I will go ahead and try this because I am willing to do anything to get school paid for , '' Nagy said . Her husband , obviously a good sport , appears in the video along with her children . Watch the contestants ' videos '' Dressed in a bathrobe , she sits on the couch with her kids as her husband starts the video with the bad news , `` OK guys , I have to go to work . Sorry we ca n't send you to nursing school , Mom . We just do n't have the money . '' Nagy replies , `` Ahh man . '' Addressing her children , she says , `` know what we can do instead , we can sing about it . '' Nagy takes off the robe , revealing a nursing uniform and the stethoscope which acts as her microphone . Nagy then dances around her living room , belting out her tune , `` Doctor , doctor give me the news ;","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Nicole Nagy had gone back to school hoping that a new career would lead to a better job . When she was turned down for financial aid , Nagy was told she could , as a song goes , `` sing for the money . '' She was directed to a contest called Careereoki . Nicole Nagy enlisted the help of her children and her husband to make her videotape . Anyone brave enough to videotape themselves singing -- and sometimes dancing -- about their dream career karaoke-style was qualified to enter the competition . More than 60 videos were submitted , from which five finalists were chosen to compete for online votes that will determine the winner . Most contestants were from Central Florida , likely because the grand prize includes tuition for a certificate program at an Orange County technical school . Nagy , a mother of three , was laid off in 2007 . When she could n't find a job , her husband supported her decision to enroll in nursing school . But tuition and books are costly , and the Nagys are a month behind on the mortgage payment . So"}
+{"answer":"site , Mung ` ou said . Four policemen , who were trying to control the crowd , were believed to be among the victims , Mung ` ou said . Another 117 people were wounded in the blast , police said . The figures are expected to rise , officials said . The Red Cross sent more than 80 people to help with rescue efforts . Those who were seriously wounded were flown to a hospital in Nairobi . Meanwhile , the death toll from last week 's Nairobi supermarket fire rose to 27 on Sunday , the Red Cross said . Rescue workers found the latest victims as they searched through the rubble of the scorched structure in downtown Nairobi . The fire ignited Wednesday afternoon during a somewhat busy hour in the 24-hour Nakumatt supermarket . Police launched a criminal investigation to look into allegations that security guards locked people into the burning building . Employees of the supermarket refused to comment on the allegations . The fire angered Kenyans for what they perceived as a lack of disaster preparedness . Emergency numbers failed to work and water ran out during attempts to put out the fire","question":"NAIROBI , Kenya -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 100 people were killed and several dozen wounded when an overturned petrol tanker exploded in Kenya early Sunday , authorities said . The blast is the second multi-fatality incident in the east African country in four days . A supermarket fire in Nairobi on Wednesday killed at least 27 people , with another 57 still missing . The tanker explosion occurred near Molo , a small town in the Rift Valley Province -- about 130 kilometers -LRB- 80 miles -RRB- from the capital , a spokesman for the Kenyan police said . The tanker overturned along a highway spilling gallons of gas which hundreds of residents rushed to scoop up , said Titus Mung ` ou of the Kenyan Red Cross . `` People were lining up trying to get the fuel , '' he said . `` They were siphoning off petrol for over an hour . Some people had drilled holes in the tanker and were charging a fee for the assembled crowd . '' The vehicle exploded about an hour later , apparently after one of the residents lit a cigarette or started a fire at the crash"}
+{"answer":"Tyrone Johns , a six-year veteran of the museum 's security staff who , according to museum director Sara Bloomfield , `` died heroically in the line of duty . '' The alleged assailant is James von Brunn , a Holocaust denier who created an anti-Semitic Web site . The 88-year-old often challenged the authenticity of `` The Diary of Anne Frank , '' the book about a teenage girl living in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands . So it was probably no coincidence that the shooting occurred on the same day the museum had scheduled a play based on a fictional meeting between Anne Frank and Emmett Till , a martyr of the civil rights movement . Von Brunn also had longstanding ties to white supremacist groups , according to authorities . These outfits flourish in bad times because they give underperformers something really valuable : convenient scapegoats for their troubles , failures and shortcomings . Without that , these misfits might actually have to look in the mirror and take responsibility for their own lives . Although these groups are properly categorized as `` hate groups '' by organizations such as the Southern Poverty Law","question":"Editor 's note : Ruben Navarrette Jr. is a member of the San Diego Union-Tribune editorial board and a nationally syndicated columnist . Read his column here . Ruben Navarrette says hate crimes should be punished severely because they 're aimed at society as a whole . SAN DIEGO , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- To think there are some people who still argue that the law should n't categorize some offenses as hate crimes and allow for enhanced criminal penalties . They claim that all sorts of crimes are motivated by hate , and to separate some from others elevates some victims over others and amounts to the state policing thoughts and feelings . They also fear that politicians and institutions are simply yielding to political correctness , liberal pressure groups and identity politics . My view is that hate crimes deserve special punishment because they do n't just victimize whoever they 're aimed at ; they 're intended to send a message , and they terrorize the whole society . That debate might have been settled Wednesday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum , where hate was on display . A shooting left one man dead : Stephen"}
+{"answer":"history of throwing its weight around the music sector . Apple 's iTunes accounts for 70 percent of all digital song sales and wields huge power . Apple has often used that clout to dictate terms to suppliers -- that is , the major labels . Here are just a few examples : The major labels wanted variable pricing on songs and albums and for years Apple resisted . In 2005 , Apple CEO Steve Jobs said the top recording companies were `` getting greedy `` after music execs considered a music price hike . Last year , Apple finally gave the labels some additional control over song pricing . The big record companies wanted the ability to sell albums that were unbundled , meaning they wanted Apple to sell hot LPs as a full package and refrain from selling individual songs from these works . Again , on this issue Apple has n't given much ground . To iTunes ' fans , Apple was a freedom fighter . The perception was that Apple was standing up for consumers . Apple 's refusal to force customers to buy full albums saved them from having to shell out money for songs","question":"-LRB- CNET -RRB- -- Investigators for the Department of Justice began asking questions about Apple 's business practices involving digital music at least three weeks ago , multiple music industry sources told CNET . DOJ investigators have interviewed numerous executives at record companies and digital music stores and according to those with knowledge of the discussions , it is clear that investigators are interested in learning whether Apple has employed anticompetitive tactics . The sources said that the department 's inquiry is just in a fact-finding stage and that there is nothing to indicate investigators have found any wrongdoing or would file a complaint against Apple . Representatives from Apple and the Justice Department did not respond to interview requests . This is what we know about the investigation so far . \u2022 DOJ investigators have interviewed executives from the four major music labels and several digital music retailers about how Apple wields its iTunes influence . \u2022 Part of what investigators are interested in is whether Apple used its market dominance to discourage two of the top record companies from participating in a special Amazon music promotion called the `` MP3 Daily Deal . '' \u2022 Apple has a"}
+{"answer":"'s defense teams have suggested he could have been the sole killer . Lawyers for the civil suits related to the case presented their closing arguments Monday . Knox avoided looking at the photographs of Kercher 's body as they were shown . Another lawyer called Knox two-faced and `` diabolical . '' `` Within her lives a double soul : one which is angelic , good , compassionate ... tender and ingenuous , '' Carlo Pacelli said . But she had another side , he said : `` And a Lucifer-like , demonic , satanic , diabolical one which sometimes leads her to borderline and dissolute behavior , '' saying that was the Knox who had killed her roommate . Pacelli sought to portray Knox as sexually promiscuous and a difficult roommate as he fights for damages for Patrick Lumumba . His closing arguments were based on earlier testimony by friends of Kercher 's . Curt Knox , Amanda Knox 's father , said the language used by the lawyer `` was extraordinarily hard to listen to . '' `` What I find very hard to believe is how this person can start calling her that when he 's","question":"Perugia , Italy -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The lawyer for Meredith Kercher 's family showed photos of the British murder victim 's bloodied body Monday , pointing out multiple stab wounds , as he urged an Italian jury not to overturn the murder convictions of Amanda Knox and Rafaelle Sollecito . `` I show you these pictures to show you the pain of Meredith , '' Francesco Maresca said . `` She did n't have defensive wounds . It means that she was tied up , that she had more than one aggressor , '' the lawyer said . `` Given the type , number and locations of the wounds , there had to be multiple attackers , '' he insisted . He attacked as `` useless '' a review of DNA evidence that may cast doubt on the original convictions . American student Knox and her former boyfriend Sollecito were convicted of the killing in 2009 and are now fighting to have the verdicts overturned . Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison , while Sollecito got 25 . A third man , Rudy Guede , was convicted separately and is serving 16 years . Knox and Sollecito"}
+{"answer":"a dolphin . '' Paddlers can experience Catalina from the water 's surface , with tours that visit secluded coves and mysterious caves , all open for exploration . A few strokes of the paddle separate kayakers from pelicans , sea lions and a bison , which watches from land . `` If his tail wags , the buffalo is in a good mood , '' says Rod Jackson , who helps run Hummer tours to see bison . `` But never get too close . '' The bison have been on the island since the 1920s , when they were brought in as film extras . Today , they number nearly 250 and are protected by the Catalina Island Conservancy . `` Sometimes we get a rebel , '' Jackson says , gesturing to a lone bison across from the area 's only inn , The Banning House Lodge . Free hiking permits allow visitors to wander the island at will . Adrenaline junkies will want to tackle Boushay Trail , which climbs 1,800 feet to Silver Peak , the highest point west of Two Harbors . Those who make it to the top will be rewarded with sweeping","question":"-LRB- Coastal Living -RRB- -- Barefoot on the sandy shore of Catalina Island , Kim Francis shades her eyes from the sun and peers back to mainland California . `` I ca n't believe we 're 22 miles from Los Angeles , '' she says , grinning . `` I may never go back . '' Paddlers can experience Catalina from the water 's surface . Behind her , the rugged terrain of Two Harbors stretches over rolling hills crossed by winding paths . Near the ferry dock , the modest village -LRB- a gift shop , an activities booth and one restaurant -RRB- buzzes with visitors . They come here to Catalina 's west end -- away from Avalon , the island 's much larger settlement -- to hike and watch wildlife . Many have their first try at snorkeling and paddling , says kayak guide Jason Clarke . Adjusting his colorful mask and snorkel , Jason plunges from the 45-foot catamaran Garibaldi into Isthmus Cove and encourages a tour group to do the same . `` You wo n't find kelp forests like this just anywhere , '' Clarke says . `` And always cross your fingers for"}
+{"answer":". And it pointed out that the store does n't charge extra for larger sizes of clothing , so it should n't charge more for larger undergarments . What 's your view ? `` We would like to thank everyone who has supported us on this issue ; especially the thousands of brilliant , busty women that have joined forces with us . We could n't have done this without you , '' the two administrators of the group , Becky Mount and Beckie Williams , posted Friday on Facebook . `` Busts 4 Justice remain committed to making things better for busty women on the high street , but for now we 're happy just to be able to encourage all ladies to reward themselves and their boobs with some properly fitted , fairly priced lingerie . '' Marks & Spencer is a stalwart British chain , known for classic wardrobe staples and low prices . Its underwear department is the first stop for many British shoppers and is especially famous for reliable basics . And to give customers an added lift , Marks & Spencer also announced it is cutting the prices of all of its bras by","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Charging chesty women more for their bras does n't win a lot of support , British retailer Marks & Spencer acknowledged Friday as it announced an end to the surcharge on its larger lingerie . Marks & Spencer have apologised for charging chesty women more for bras . `` We boobed , '' screamed a full-page Marks & Spencer ad , which appeared in British newspapers Friday . Marks & Spencer gave in to campaigners who argued that the higher prices of the bigger bras was unfair . The retailer charged as much as # 2 -LRB- $ 3 -RRB- more for all sizes DD and up . `` It 's true that our fantastic quality larger bras cost more money to make , and we felt it was right to reflect this in the prices we charged , '' the ad said . `` Well , we were wrong . '' It follows a nearly year-long campaign by members of the Facebook group Busts 4 Justice . The women behind the site argued other chain retailers did n't charge extra for bigger sizes , so Marks & Spencer should n't , either"}
+{"answer":"sensation Bruce Smith , and even the King of Spain among his clients . `` I just think he understands the athletes , the significance of the injuries and he 's able to deal with the personalities that go along with these injuries , '' Hargreaves told CNN . Watch Owen Hargreaves talking about his recovery \u00c2 '' Steadman works with a team of 75 doctors who have together repaired some 16,000 knees . He has developed pioneering knee treatments , including `` micro-fracturing , '' which involves making a small hole in a patient 's bone to draw out marrow blood , allowing the patient 's own stem cells and growth factors to make new cartilage . Dr. Steadman says the secret to healing athletes is letting them do what they do best . `` I became convinced early in my career that mobility was important and immobility was a bad thing . `` I was one of the first ones to say , ' I do n't think we 'll use casts , we 'll work on braces , we 'll try to get motion back ' , '' he told CNN . Owen Hargreaves has about a","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It only takes one injury to end an athlete 's career . Anything that impairs an athlete 's performance could mean they 're no longer good enough for the top flight -- that 's why the best athletes need the best treatment if they 're to recover from injury . Owen Hargreaves -LRB- L -RRB- in action before his career was cut short by tendonitis . Manchester United star and England international footballer Owen Hargreaves is known for his versatility and exceptional work rate , but in 2008 his season was cut short by tendonitis . Hargreaves , 27 , was told he would need surgery on both knees to save his career . That 's when he decided to travel to the small mountain ski village of Vail , Colorado , to meet the `` knee whisperer '' -- Dr Richard Steadman . Steadman became fascinated with the way the knee functions and how it can be injured during his university days playing American football . Now known as `` Doctor Steady , '' Steadman is knee specialist to the stars , counting Real Madrid ace Ruud van Nistelrooy , American football"}
+{"answer":"hot , maybe 130 degrees , '' Hicks said in the news release . `` We were all cramping up with heat stroke symptoms when we were able to take a pirate hostage and tried to negotiate the return of our captain . '' The pirates promised to exchange Capt. Richard Phillips for the pirate hostage , but reneged on that agreement , the news release . Phillips offered himself as a hostage in exchange for the freedom of his crew . He was held on a lifeboat until U.S. Navy snipers on a nearby ship fatally shot three pirates , rescued Phillips and arrested a fourth pirate . The ship 's owners -- the two companies -- knowingly exposed their employees to danger and took no steps to provide appropriate security and safety for the crew , Bryant alleges . `` Waterman Steamship Corp. and Maersk Line Limited chose to rely on the United States military and taxpayers to provide after-the-fact rescue operations , '' Bryant said in the news release . `` This choice caused substantially more cost and risk to human life than what would have been incurred by defendants had they provided appropriate levels of security","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A crew member on a U.S.-flagged cargo ship captured by pirates off the coast of Somalia is suing his employers , claiming they sent him into pirate-infested waters without adequate protection , his attorney said Monday . Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse has been charged with piracy in federal court in New York . Richard Hicks of Royal Palm Beach , Florida , a crew member on the Maersk Alabama , filed suit Monday against Waterman Steamship Corp. and Maersk Line Limited , according to the attorney , Terry Bryant . A spokeswoman for Mobile , Alabama-based Waterman Steamship Corp. said she did not know about the suit and did not immediately comment . A spokeswoman for Maersk Line Limited did not immediately return a call from CNN seeking comment . The Maersk Alabama was hijacked by pirates April 8 . Hicks , working as chief steward and preparing food for other crew members , heard over the loudspeaker that pirates were on board , and he and other crew members gathered in the ship 's engine room for nearly 12 hours , according to a news release from Bryant . `` The engine room was dark and"}
+{"answer":"situations '' out of London , a spokesman said . They are being put on a regular train to the coastal town of Dover , England , taken across the English Channel by ferry and then by bus to Brussels or Paris , said the spokesman , who declined to be named . Eurostar is conducting a series of test trains Sunday `` to better understand the problems that have been occurring , '' the company said . `` We are committed to restoring our services as soon as possible but our key priority is the safety and comfort of our customers , '' the statement said . Those passengers affected by the breakdowns are being offered a full refund , another return ticket and 150 pounds in compensation . About 25,000 people should have been traveling on Saturday , Eurostar said . The company is not taking any new bookings until after Christmas , it announced , and is urging people not to come to the station Sunday . `` We strongly recommend that travelers whose journeys are not essential change their tickets for travel on a later date or have their tickets refunded , '' Eurostar said on","question":"London , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eurostar is running tests to try to figure out what caused an `` unprecedented '' six trains to break down , forcing the company to cancel all services this weekend , a spokeswoman said Sunday . The company announced later that Monday service will be halted as well to allow for more test runs . The cancellation of the England-to-France express train service stranded thousands of passengers on both sides of the English Channel on the weekend before Christmas . `` We sincerely regret having to take this decision and we understand how frustrated and disappointed travelers will be , '' Eurostar said on its Web site Sunday . Five trains with about 2,000 passengers stopped running Friday night inside the Channel Tunnel , also called the Chunnel , which runs between Britain and France . A sixth train broke down Saturday after Eurostar tried to run four trains from London to the continental mainland to prepare for the resumption of normal service . About 700 people were aboard when that train stopped in the Ebbsfleet area of Kent . Eurostar is making an effort to get about 500 people in `` emergency"}
+{"answer":"Cootey said . `` Now that I know what 's going on , I 'm trying to counteract it . ' Between 4 and 6 percent of the U.S. population suffers from seasonal affective disorder , according to the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio , but 10 to 20 percent of the population may suffer from more mild winter doldrums . SAD is more common in women in their 20s , 30s , and 40s , the Cleveland Clinic says . Some people may be genetically predisposed to SAD , but the environment can trigger it as well , said Ignacio Provencio , a biology professor at the University of Virginia . Learn about other mood disorders \u00c2 '' A recent study led by Provencio shows that a genetic mutation in the eye could play a role in seasonal affective disorder . The mutation makes a person with SAD less sensitive to light . The photopigment gene is called melanopsin , which helps detect colors . `` Being able to look at one 's DNA and seeing that you 're a carrier or contain two copies of this gene may be able to , in the future , allow one to","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Douglas Cootey is replacing his lightbulbs with brighter ones , but not just to see better . The new broad spectrum lights simulate sunlight , and might help enliven his mood in the gloomy winter months . A light box like the one shown here may help some people combat seasonal depression in winter . Cootey , a stay-at-home dad in Salt Lake City , Utah , has struggled with depression for 16 years and shares his story with others on his blog , The Splintered Mind . He said he started to notice last year that his depression was harder to manage in the winter . His challenge , he told CNN , is `` keeping a positive and upbeat attitude in the face of a chemical onslaught induced by winter . '' He realized that his symptoms fit those of seasonal affective disorder , a condition that typically generates depression during autumn and winter and then goes away in the sunnier months . In rarer cases , people can suffer from it only in summer . `` I set the clock back and look at this : I 've been so unproductive , ''"}
+{"answer":"'' `` Investigators are looking at additional information they received since yesterday -LRB- Monday -RRB- and , hopefully , that will lead us to Sandra 's killers , '' Sheneman said . Asked if his use of the plural meant police were looking for more than one person , Sheneman responded , `` We have no specific suspects . '' Watch Sheneman say there has not been an arrest in the case '' Sheneman also implied the killer likely was familiar with the location where the body was found . He said he himself was unfamiliar with the location where the girl 's body was found , despite having lived in the community for nearly 12 years . `` Someone would have to be familiar with that area to know to go there , '' he said . Watch how the suitcase was found '' Sheneman said police had no one in custody , despite having interviewed hundreds of people regarding the case . `` Everyone that we speak to right now is being considered a person of interest , '' he said . `` We 're not eliminating anyone . '' The autopsy was being conducted Tuesday , but","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Authorities searched a church near where an 8-year-old California girl was found dead Monday in the hopes of finding clues that would lead to her killer . Mourners leave condolences for Sandra Cantu , who was found dead on April 6 in Tracy , California . The body of Sandra Cantu of Tracy , California , was found stuffed into a suitcase in a dairy-farm pond . Cantu had been missing since March 27 . Tracy police Sgt. Tony Sheneman told CNN 's Nancy Grace he would not elaborate on what evidence led them to Clover Road Baptist Church . He would say only that detectives developed probable cause that persuaded a judge to sign a search warrant . Lane Lawless , the church 's pastor , told CNN affiliate KCRA he was questioned for about three hours by police , adding that he had nothing to do with Cantu 's disappearance or death . `` We have fully cooperated with the police , '' Lawless told KCRA . `` We have answered all their questions . '' Authorities also searched the mobile home park Tuesday where the girl lived . Watch report on murder investigation"}
+{"answer":"where we have a long term plan to increase the family of Liverpool fans and this agreement will be very helpful to us in doing that . '' Purslow added : `` Many branches in these countries will effectively be a shop window for Liverpool FC and a means of attracting more supporters to the cause . `` We aspire to be the best at what we do on and off the field . This is the first commercial agreement the club has entered into which can truly be described as the best of its kind in world football . `` I hope this tells everyone , especially our fans , what we are trying to do with this football club in the future . '' The move follows Liverpool 's American owners , George Gillett and Tom Hicks , concluding a deal in July to re-finance a $ 380 million bank loan they took out to buy the club in 2007 . Plans to develop a new 60,000-seater stadium at a cost of $ 580 million were shelved due to the recession in 2008 by the club , despite planning permission being granted by the local city council .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Liverpool have secured the biggest sponsorship deal in the English Premier League club 's history after they announced a four-year deal with Standard Chartered Bank . Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and managing director Christian Purslow confirm the new sponsorship deal . The Reds have confirmed that the bank will replace current sponsors Carlsberg at the start of the 2010-11 season , ending a 17-year association with the Reds , for the beer maker . The figure for the sponsorship has not be disclosed but reports in British newspaper The Guardian suggest the deal is worth $ 133 million . Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow spoke of his delight on sealing the sponsorship agreement for the Anfield-based side . `` I am tremendously excited - it 's a hugely important day in the history of Liverpool FC , '' he told the club 's official Web site . `` This is the largest commercial agreement we have ever entered into . To have attracted a partner of the caliber of Standard Chartered Bank says everything about where we are trying to take this football club . `` They operate in a number of markets around the world"}
+{"answer":"market . With the nation in the thick of recession , she scooped up bargains for herself . She carried her trendy purchases through the airport that day on her return home to Charlotte , North Carolina . Wearing a sweater dress , tights and boots , the woman with stylish sandy brown curls was getting a bite to eat when a group of guys asked if she was a model . `` No , '' she said . `` But I am in the fashion industry . '' She was traveling with five Belk co-workers . Waiting to board , she fired off e-mails and thought little of the flight home or those around her . Ben -- who was in New York for a quick business trip for Lending Tree -- caught a glimpse of the 5-foot , 10-inch knockout near the gate . Later , when they boarded , he noticed her again , coming down the aisle . `` The first thought I had was it 'll be cool if she sits beside me . '' He was in 20A , a window seat on the left side of the plane . She sat down three","question":"Charlotte , North Carolina -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Laura Zych never liked birds . Ben Bostic feared drowning . They faced their fears when US Airways Flight 1549 hit a flock of geese and crash-landed in the Hudson River . They were strangers on January 15 , 2009 , when they boarded the fateful flight that would become known as the `` Miracle on the Hudson . '' A year later , they 're in love . `` The first time people meet you , they want to hear the sensational part '' of the crash , says Ben , 39 . He prefers to talk about something different : `` I met this wonderful girl because of what we went through that day . '' Laura , 31 , looks at him , batting her model-like lashes , and smiles . `` We do n't dwell on what happened to us in the crash , '' she says . `` It 's more so on the experiences and lessons that we 've taken from it . '' ` Is this really happening ? ' A buyer for Belk department stores , Laura was in New York for the fashion"}
+{"answer":"previously said 30 people were killed . He cited the error on wrong information by his sources at the scene . Watch more about the attack '' At a news conference Monday night , Malik named the leader of the Pakistani Taliban , Baitullah Mehsud , and his followers as the prime suspect in organizing the attack . Mehsud is also accused of plotting the assassination of former PM Benazir Bhutto . At least 78 people were wounded in the attack , authorities said . Lahore is the same city where gunmen opened fire March 10 on a bus carrying members of the Sri Lankan national cricket team on their way to a stadium for a match . The well-coordinated attack wounded at least eight members of the team and killed a driver and six Pakistani police officers . In Monday 's incident , the attackers hurled grenades , then stormed the compound and opened fire while officers were taking part in their morning drill . About 800 officers train at the facility , but authorities could not say exactly how many were inside at the time . The attackers , some in police uniforms , took dozens of officers","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Eight cadets and staff members were killed in Pakistan during an an eight-hour standoff Monday with gunmen who stormed a police training center in Lahore , said Gen. Athar Abbas , a military spokesman . Police fire into the air after retaking the police training center in Lahore attacked by militants . The militants had been holed up on the top floor of a three-story building , said Rehman Malik , the head of the country 's Interior Ministry . Security forces gained control of the first two floors and eventually made their way to the top , finally taking control of it and arresting the gunmen Monday afternoon . Television pictures showed security forces firing into the air from the roof of the building after the firefight . `` The operation is over . Four terrorists were killed and three arrested , '' Interior Ministry Secretary Kamal Shah told Reuters . Malik and Abbas confirmed the figures . Abbas added some of the dead militants blew themselves up . The gang of seven gunmen stormed the academy in the Manawan area of the eastern Pakistani city , said Malik . Abbas had"}
+{"answer":"an international undertaking ; the heartache on the streets of Haiti has summoned compassionate and heroic assistance from around the globe , all of it deserving of praise and gratitude . But the United States has been at the forefront , as it has so often seemed to be in so many places when hope was in short supply . It is almost beyond imagining to think what has been in the terrified minds of the citizens of Haiti who have been without water , without food , without a way to rescue their trapped and dying children . When there is nothing left to depend on , when all is desolation and despair , what must the hungry and the hurt wish for as they look into the empty distance ? Someone to care . Someone to travel many miles , with the will and the means to heal . The slowness with which medical supplies and water and heavy equipment have reached the people of Haiti has been thoroughly reported . Some of the results of the relief effort have been troubling , beset by bottlenecks and breakdowns under arduous conditions . But this is not about the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- There was a phrase , or so we have long been told , that was heard in occupied Europe during World War II . It was often said as a whisper , the story goes . It had the sound of a prayer . The words were so simple , but to people who were feeling utterly abandoned and who needed help , those words meant so much . Four words : `` The Americans are coming . '' Sometimes we forget about the power of those words , and about how , for so long , they defined the real meaning of what this country , at its best , could be . Sometimes , in the midst of all the bad news , in the midst of the mistakes this country inevitably makes , we lose sight of how much the people of the United States are counted on by those in need . Which is why the humanitarian efforts in Haiti this month , in the wake of the earthquake , have been a reminder of who we are when we strive to find our finest selves . The relief efforts have been"}
+{"answer":"so , -LSB- I -RSB- spent the next ... 12 years on the couch and watched my weight constantly going up . '' Watch more on Alonzo Bland 's transformative journey '' At one point he needed an emergency tracheotomy because fat around his neck was crushing his windpipe . Earlier this year , while watching TV on the couch , he did an Internet search for weight-loss competitions . He entered one offering a first prize of an all-expense-paid trip to one of China 's most famous boot camps for the obese . The weight-loss clinic is housed in a drab building , far from the city center . `` It 's a beautiful place . It really is , '' Bland said . `` It is difficult though : I am away from home -- all my family and friends . But my goal here -- my goal is to lose the weight , so I think in the end I will be healthier and happier . '' Being this far from home , Bland said , has been a clean break from his bad habits . He simply does n't know where the restaurants are , or","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- At the Aimin Fat Reduction Hospital in the Chinese city of Tianjin , they have never seen anyone so big . Bland said he misses his family and friends , but his goal is to lose the weight and be `` healthier and happier . '' `` Yes this is our record , '' Dr. Su Zhixin proudly boasted . He 's talking about 33-year-old Alonzo Bland of Green Bay , Wisconsin . When Bland stepped off the plane at Beijing Airport in May of this year , he weighed 640 pounds . In fact , he struggled to take more than a few steps , and as he lay flat on his back , exhausted , airport staff called an ambulance . After repeated warnings from his doctor , Bland decided to come to China as a last-ditch effort to shed the pounds . `` I needed to take it serious because we were talking about my life . '' Bland 's weight yo-yoed for years , ballooning after he lost his job 12 years ago . `` Nobody wanted to hire a guy who could n't move , you know and"}
+{"answer":"swimming pool and the hot spring were being heated by diesel fuel , 1,000 gallons every month ! '' Karl said . To slash costs and to use resources that were right under his nose , Karl invented a portable geothermal power plant . In a little more than three years , Karl and his wife have severed the facility 's dependence on diesel fuel and have saved $ 625,000 , he said . Karl 's partnered with the Department of Energy to fund half of a $ 1.4 million exploration project to find and characterize the geothermal resources at Chena Hot Springs . `` It 's a model for what you can do , '' said Karl . Karl developed his tenacity from growing up as the sixth child of 16 siblings on a farm outside of Peoria , Illinois . He said his parents taught him hard work , how to recycle his clothes and shoes , and how to compost food and farm wastes . In the late 1970s , Karl was active in gold mining in Alaska 's Central District , and he established the state 's largest recycling facility in 1984 , he said .","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hidden under a quaint resort 60 miles northeast of Fairbanks , Alaska , lies a treasure trove of potential energy that 's free and available 24\/7 . `` Imagineer '' Bernie Karl and his wife , Connie , own Chena Hot Springs Resort near Fairbanks , Alaska . Alaskan entrepreneur Bernie Karl has pioneered modern technology to tap into one of Earth 's oldest energy resources : hot water . Karl , 56 , likes to call himself an `` imagineer . '' Using imagination to fuel his engineering ambitions , this tenacious thinker and self-starter has figured out a way to generate electricity using water that 's the temperature of a cup of coffee -- about 165 degrees Fahrenheit . `` There 's more opportunity now than there has ever been in the history of man , but we have to reinvent ourselves , '' Karl said . Karl was determined to reinvent the way he consumed energy after he and his wife , Connie , purchased the Chena Hot Springs Resort from the state of Alaska in 1998 . `` After we purchased the hot spring , I could n't believe it , the"}
+{"answer":"you can fish from , and swim in , the waters surrounding the city center . Cold and sometimes bleak during its long , dark winters , Stockholm comes alive during the summer , when the Scandinavian sun barely sets . As temperatures rise the city 's cafe culture blossoms , only for Stockholm to become a ghost town during July , when the locals make the most of their generous holiday entitlement and slip off to holiday cottages in the archipelago . But beyond its historic heart Stockholm is a progressive , evolving city . Its financial fortunes grew with the mid '90s IT boom and shrank when the dotcom bubble burst , but it remains a hotbed of technology and communications companies . Watch ABBA 's Bjorn Ulvaeus take CNN on a tour of Stockholm '' Around 20 percent of the residents of greater Stockholm are of foreign descent , giving a sense of cultural diversity -- not to mention some welcome variety to the city 's thriving restaurant scene . Despite Sweden 's largely anti-EU stance , Stockholm is cosmopolitan and outward looking , with a keen eye for the latest international trends . Its shops are","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Although most Swedes would be too modest to say so themselves , Stockholm can stake a decent claim to being the capital of Scandinavia . Built on 14 islands , Stockholm seems to float on water . Built on 14 islands where Lake M\u00e4laren meets the Baltic Sea , Stockholm is a soft-hued vision of light and water , the bewitching start to an archipelago of some 24,000 islands and islets . Sweden 's neutrality during World War II means Stockholm was spared the bombing inflicted on most European capitals ; the result is the unspoiled old town of Gamla Stan , with its winding , cobbled streets . Despite a post-war building blitz that saw the construction of some particularly uninspiring modernist architecture , it is a city where gray concrete facades are largely eschewed in favor of a smorgasbord of pastel colors , rusty reds and glowing ochres . For a capital city it 's unusually green -- not just leafy and dotted with verdant parks , but environmentally sound . Stockholm proper has a population of just 800,000 , avoiding the congestion and pollution that plague larger cities -- so much so that"}
+{"answer":"it made . '' He has n't made it to his own hypocrisies -- that would come later . But the `` us '' and `` them '' are not so clearly defined as earlier albums . Here he bares his teeth at the hipsters , the vanity of that time , the idea that you had a better value system if you were wearing the right pair of boots . For some , the Sixties was a revolution . But there were others who were erecting a guillotine in Greenwich Village not for their political enemies , but rather for the squares . Bob was already turning on that idea , even as he best embodied it , with the corkscrew hair Jimi Hendrix would later admit to imitating . The tumble of words , images , ire and spleen on `` Rolling Stone '' shape-shifts easily into music forms 10 or 20 years away , like punk , grunge or hip-hop . Looking at the character in the lyric , you ask the question `` How quickly could she have plunged from high society to ` scrounging ' for her ` next meal ' ? '' Perhaps it","question":"-LRB- Rolling Stone -RRB- -- `` Like a Rolling Stone '' -LRB- Highway 61 Revisited , 1965 -RRB- By Bono That sneer -- it 's something to behold . Elvis had a sneer , of course . And the Rolling Stones had a sneer that , if you note the title of the song , Bob was n't unaware of . But Bob Dylan 's sneer on `` Like a Rolling Stone '' turns the wine to vinegar . It 's a black eye of a pop song . The verbal pugilism on display here cracks open songwriting for a generation and leaves the listener on the canvas . `` Like a Rolling Stone '' is the birth of an iconoclast that will give the rock era its greatest voice and vandal . This is Bob Dylan as the Jeremiah of the heart , torching romantic verse and `` the girl '' with a firestorm of unforgiving words . Having railed against the hypocrisies of the body politic , he now starts to pick on enemies that are a little more familiar : the scene , high society , the `` pretty people '' who think they 've `` got"}
+{"answer":"the tan will be when -LRB- or if -RRB- the lotion ever sets . Not that one bum experience could turn her off beauty products . `` I love everything new , '' says Heigl , 28 , who , in addition to being nominated for an Emmy for best supporting actress on `` Grey 's Anatomy , '' just started a production company at Fox . `` When I was in Rhode Island filming this summer , I went to Sephora for the first time . It was like my holy mecca . '' She recently had her bathroom vanity renovated with a high counter to make more room for the large drawers below that hold her well-organized loot . Then there 's her deal with Coty to be the face of Nautica 's new women 's fragrance in January . Considering this fondness for all things beauty -- as well as Heigl 's impressive acting range -- she plays TV dramedy as deftly as cinematic romantic comedy , as in the mega-hit `` Knocked Up '' and next year 's 27 Dresses -- it seems natural for her to be In Style 's first ever triple-cover girl .","question":"-LRB- InStyle.com -RRB- -- A hit TV show . An Emmy . A summer blockbuster . A new company . A wedding ! Katherine Heigl has every reason to smile for our camera . A star -- and a trio of gorgeous looks -- is born . The Ing\u00e9nue : `` This is my favorite look of the three just because it 's sexy but not overtly so , '' Heigl says . `` I like simple hair and makeup . '' There has been a self-tanning mishap As Katherine Heigl crosses the parking lot of the sandwich shop at the Roosevelt Golf Course at Griffith Park in Los Angeles , she walks stiffly , holding her arms away from her like a paper doll and apologizing profusely for running 10 minutes late . Earlier , she 'd sprayed her entire body with self-tanner , which refused to dry . She resorted to having her fianc\u00e9 , musician Josh Kelley , take a blow-dryer to her -LRB- did n't work -RRB- . So here she is , in a strapless , ankle-length Juicy Couture sundress -LRB- donned to accommodate the residual stickiness -RRB- , fanning herself and wondering how mottled"}
+{"answer":"the night , followed a line up of other Democrats who used their time at the podium to attack President Bush 's record and McCain 's policies . Appearing strong and energized , Clinton thanked her voters for supporting her historic campaign as a female candidate and reached out to those wary of Obama by telling them they were n't in this for her , but for her cause . That cause , she said , is the same thing that Obama and the rest of the Democratic Party are fighting for . Watch Clinton 's entire speech '' Many analysts said the speech would end speculation that Clinton has not fully embraced Obama as her party 's candidate . Clinton mentioned Obama by name more than twice as many times as she mentioned the party as a whole . Analysts weigh in on the night 's speakers '' `` I thought she was a class act , '' said political analyst David Gergen , who worked in the Clinton administration . `` I think it could well be said that nothing has so become her campaign as the way she has ended it here tonight . '' Clinton also","question":"DENVER , Colorado -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced herself as a `` proud supporter of Barack Obama '' at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday as she called on her party to rally behind her former rival . Sen. Hillary Clinton , with daughter Chelsea , receives a standing ovation from the Democratic delegates . `` Whether you voted for me , or voted for Barack , the time is now to unite as a single party with a single purpose . We are on the same team , and none of us can sit on the sidelines . This is a fight for the future . And it 's a fight we must win together , '' she said . Leading up to her address , there was a lot of speculation about what she would say and whether she would make a strong enough call for unity . But she made a very strident case for Obama 's candidacy . `` No way . No how . No McCain . Barack Obama is my candidate . And he must be our president , '' Clinton said . Her speech , which was the last of"}
+{"answer":", '' said Timberlake , whose farm is located about two hours west of Washington . More than 300,000 people from Pennsylvania to Virginia were without electricity Sunday , utility companies said . In many cases , heavy snow brought down power lines . `` I 'm not sure how many people will have their power back on by Super Bowl time , but things are going really well today , '' said Joe Gilbert with a Dominion Power crew working Sunday afternoon to restore power to about 3,000 in one McLean , Virginia , neighborhood . `` It 's good weather and we 're making good progress so hopefully everybody 's power will be back on . '' Timberlake said homes around the corner from her farm are without power and have been told it wo n't be back on until Friday . `` Since the heavy , wet snow is still bringing trees down , we are still seeing new outages occur , '' Allegheny Power said in a statement Sunday . `` Damage assessment is ongoing , but overall estimated times for the restoration of service have not been determined . '' The utility company provides electricity","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Michelle Timberlake did n't expect to venture into the weekend blizzard that blanketed much of the mid-Atlantic . But the interior designer who normally wears high heels to work found herself running through hip-high snow Saturday morning when about 40 cows escaped from the pasture on her and her husband 's Boyce , Virginia , farm in search of food and shelter . `` This was not what I imagined for myself , '' she said Sunday , laughing at the memory . Luckily , the cows were corralled -- thanks to a bale of hay -- and the snow stopped , but not before more than 30 inches had been dumped over two days in parts of the region . Timberlake said she and her neighbors were gearing up for the next weather system , expected to hit the area as early as Tuesday . The National Weather Service is forecasting more than 5 inches of snow and winds up to 25 mph in the Washington and Baltimore , Maryland , areas . `` Everybody 's just trying to clean up and get a little bit ahead of the game before the next round comes"}
+{"answer":". CNN : I think a lot of fans , maybe a lot of people , and those of you among the cast , did n't think this day would actually ever come ... but here we are . So how are you feeling deep inside , Sarah ? Sarah Jessica Parker : I feel extraordinarily privileged . I 've spent the last two years cobbling this movie together . ... It 's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of professional experience and one really should n't be greedy enough to ask for it twice . Watch the cast talk about the thrill of `` Sex '' '' I have to say that , this last six , eight months , was better than those seven years -LSB- the show aired -RSB- and I think it 's because we all recognize how lucky and unique those seven years were and that this is a story that you do n't get to tell twice . It has been , I must say , worth every obstacle and dead end , and fit and start , and every moment that was seemingly impossible . It has been a dream . CNN : And I imagine","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's been five years since Carrie Bradshaw journeyed to Paris in search of true love on the series finale of `` Sex and the City . '' She appeared to have found it in the arms of Mr. Big , and she returned to New York -- and her now-settled friends -- ready for a new start . Sarah Jessica Parker was a driving force in creating the '' Sex and the City '' movie . Then came the inevitable cry : That 's it ? What happens next ? Sarah Jessica Parker , who played Carrie , wanted to find out as well . But the situation had to be right , she said , which prompted a cascade of rumors as plans for a movie came together , fell apart and came together again . Now that the movie is out , Parker -- who 's a producer of the film as well as one of its stars -- talked about the journey to making a big-screen `` Sex and the City '' with `` Showbiz Tonight '' anchor A.J. Hammer . The following is an edited version of that interview"}
+{"answer":"reviewing its operations for later in the week . British Airways operates at least three flights a week to the Pakistani capital out of London 's Heathrow Airport . At a news conference in Islamabad on Sunday , Pakistani authorities released security video of the blast , showing a small explosion inside the truck before the larger , deadly explosion . Watch the truck bomb caught on tape In the video , a large truck crashes into the security gate , sending one security officer scurrying for safety . Then , as security guards approach the truck , the top of the vehicle explodes and the security guards flee . A small cloud of smoke appears above the truck , which is engulfed in flames minutes later . One of the security guards tries to put out the fire with a hand-held extinguisher , to no avail . The guards then walk away , and the camera freezes on the burning truck . Pakistani officials said the blast apparently disrupted electricity to the area , causing the closed-circuit television camera to malfunction . No arrests have been made in connection with the attack , Malik said Sunday , adding that","question":"ISLAMABAD , Pakistan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 1,300 pounds of explosives were packed into a construction truck that detonated outside an Islamabad hotel , killing 57 people , including two Americans and a diplomat , officials said Sunday . A truck burns at the gate to the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad before a larger , deadly explosion Saturday . Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the Saturday attack at the Marriott Hotel `` is the biggest attack , volume-wise '' in Pakistan in seven years . Two American military personnel who worked for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad were among those killed , the U.S. military said . A Lithuanian and the Czech Republic 's ambassador to Pakistan , Ivo Zdarek , also were among the fatalities , police superintendent Sheikh Zubair said . The suicide truck blast injured 266 people , including 11 foreigners , according to Malik . Watch guards scatter after an explosion '' British Airways temporarily suspended its flights to Islamabad as a result of the security situation , according to an airline spokeswoman who did not want to be named . A Sunday night flight has been canceled , and the airline is"}
+{"answer":"for the moment , under dark clouds . iReport : Looking for loved ones in Haiti `` You can see the people are not satisfied , '' Sainvil says . `` But they are thankful . '' CARE spokesman Rick Perera says the humanitarian agency delivered a water buffalo to this settlement , about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince , but nothing else arrived until the mattresses on Sunday . The agency plans to supply more relief items , but distribution has been a huge problem , Perera said . It has been difficult finding enough trucks to carry the goods . In outlying areas like this , the biggest fear is people will be forgotten . Sainvil says aid agencies have visited the city center , but few have received help in the townships and villages of Leogane province , lined with sugarcane groves , banana trees and now , mangled chunks of concrete that used to be homes , offices , schools and clinics . Twelve days after a magnitude-7 .0 earthquake , the focus in Haiti has shifted from extracting survivors from heaps of rubble to helping those who survived . By some estimates , 1.5 million","question":"Leogane , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- In a dirt field 20 minutes outside of Leogane 's city center , desperation surfaces in the form of fear , anger , thanks . All at once . Relief trucks from CARE International have arrived , and the waiting wall of people pounces on the aid workers . The residents clutch paper tickets given out earlier to collect the goods : one mattress and blanket per family . CARE begins to distribute 250 of each , but the makeshift settlement here holds as many as 10,000 earthquake victims . Guards wearing gray polo shirts with the word `` securite '' painted on their backs roam the grounds with metal baseball bats in hand . They anticipate chaos . `` We are happy for the mattresses . We are thankful , '' says Willio Sainvil , a spokesman for a community organization helping organize the flow of aid . `` But what we need is water . We need food . We have people who are sick . They need medicine , '' he says . `` We need tents , especially if it rains . '' Above the sun is hiding ,"}
+{"answer":"a stark backdrop to the impact that digital piracy has on the large investments that producers make in creating state-of-the-art films , '' said Rep. Howard Berman , chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs , who oversaw a congressional hearing on piracy after the leak . `` During our hearing in Los Angeles , director Steven Soderbergh said that in 2007 , the entertainment industry generated a trade surplus of $ 13.6 billion , '' Berman added . `` Imagine what those numbers would be if we could rein in piracy . '' Bootleg , or illegally copied , movies have long been a thorn to the film industry . In 2003 , a version of Universal 's `` The Hulk '' appeared on the Internet two weeks before the film opened . A New Jersey man pleaded guilty to the theft . And in 2005 , a pirated print of `` Star Wars : Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith '' was uploaded to the Web within hours of the movie 's release . But where Hollywood 's biggest headache used to be murky , muffled copies of films taken by someone who snuck a camcorder","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When the highly anticipated movie '' X-Men Origins : Wolverine '' opened Friday in theaters , many fans had already seen it . The pirating and distribution of `` Wolverine , '' starring Hugh Jackman , is being investigated by the FBI . The online leak of a pirated , unfinished version of the 20th Century Fox film a month ago sent federal authorities springing into action and stoked a heated conversation within the entertainment industry about digital piracy . Piracy of upcoming films is not new , but the theft of `` Wolverine '' is especially troubling for an industry concerned with a stalled economy and the financial bottom line . It 's rare for high-quality copies of a big-budget blockbuster to appear on the Internet more than a month before the film 's release , experts say . Within a week of `` Wolverine 's '' March 31 leak , more than a million people had downloaded the movie , according to TorrentFreak , a blog devoted to the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol . Watch intrepid reporter look for answers '' `` Unfortunately , the recent leak of the Fox film ` Wolverine ' provided"}
+{"answer":"supermajority , imperiling the ability of Obama and Democrats to push major legislative priorities such as health care reform through Congress . The Republican upset in Massachusetts also raised fears among many congressional Democrats of a potential GOP landslide in November 's midterm elections . A fiscal conservative who holds some moderate views , Brown was noncommittal on whether he would support a Republican filibuster in coming Senate consideration of some Obama nominees for government posts . He also said he needed to talk to generals in the field before deciding to support Obama 's call , supported by top military leaders , to repeal the `` do n't ask , do n't tell '' policy regarding a ban on gays in the military . Brown made clear he opposes the spending policies of the Obama administration , stating that the $ 862 billion stimulus bill passed last year `` did n't create one new job '' in Massachusetts or across the country . He also said Congress should start over on health care with bipartisan talks , instead of continuing work on separate comprehensive bills passed by the House and Senate . That prompted a response later from Jay","question":"Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Republican Scott Brown was sworn in Thursday as the new U.S. senator from Massachusetts to fill the seat formerly held by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy , and immediately signaled opposition to President Obama 's spending plans . Brown 's new Senate colleagues applauded after the ceremony on the floor of the Senate chamber conducted by Vice President Joe Biden , in his capacity as president of the Senate . Democratic Sen. John Kerry , also of Massachusetts , and Brown 's wife , Gail Huff , accompanied Brown into the chamber . At a news conference after the ceremony , Brown thanked Massachusetts voters who gave him a surprise victory in the January 19 special election in a state that had not elected a Republican senator since 1972 . `` I ca n't promise I 'll be right in every vote I make . I 'm sure I 'll make mistakes from time to time , '' Brown said . `` But I will try to learn and grow and do the very best job I can on a day-to-day basis . '' Brown 's election victory stripped Senate Democrats of their 60-seat Senate"}
+{"answer":"the inclusion of sites in the West Bank raised concerns because they were `` in occupied Palestinian territory . '' The Tomb of the Patriarchs -- known to Palestinians as Ibrahimi mosque -- is in Hebron , a West Bank city that houses about 500 Jews heavily guarded by Israeli soldiers , who live among about 170,000 Palestinians . The tomb is revered by Jews and Muslims as holy and has been a point of frequent conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians for years . In 1994 , an Israeli settler entered the tomb and opened fire on the Muslim worshippers , killing 29 before he was beaten to death . Rachel 's Tomb is known to Palestinians as the mosque of Bilal . The Palestinian reaction after the announcement was fast and furious . A statement by the Revolutionary Council of Fatah , the political faction in charge of the Palestinian Authority , called the Israeli plan a move to `` consolidate the occupation '' and an effort at `` judaizing '' Palestinian land . Dr. Hamdan Taha , an official at the Palestinian Authority 's Ministry of Tourism , said the the two sites were `` an integral","question":"Jerusalem -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers broke out Monday , a day after Israel announced it would include two West Bank religious shrines as part of a larger list of 150 Zionist heritage sites . About 100 protesters were throwing stones and burning tires in the West Bank city of Hebron , the Israeli military said . Palestinian eyewitnesses reported that several protesters had been injured by tear gas and rubber bullets . The clashes come in the wake of a special Sunday Cabinet meeting held at one of the `` national heritage '' sites where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a plan to invest more than $ 100 million on national heritage infrastructure . `` People must be familiar with their homeland and its cultural and historical vistas , '' he said . `` This is what we will instill in this and coming generations , to the glory -- if I may say -- of the Jewish people . '' Included in the list of sites are Rachel 's Tomb in Palestinian city of Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the city of Hebron . A top United Nations official said"}
+{"answer":"Police believe `` Plasma Pat '' has conned victims in about a dozen different places in Florida . He allegedly befriended people outside Wal-Mart stores , telling his victims that he worked at the store , and that he could use his employee discount to get them a good deal on a major purchase . Then , police said , he took their cash , walked into the store through one door -- and out another , leaving his victims in the parking lot . One victim found himself out $ 300 while waiting outside for a television . Largo Police say that Torma also called them several times . asking to speak with Det. Brendan Arlington . Each time he called , police say , Torma identified himself as `` Plasma Pat , '' and bragged that he had cheated about 30,000 people who will never file a police report . '' Because the victims feel embarrassed , he feels that nobody is going to report the crime , '' said Lt. Michael Loux . `` And I think he 's probably right . '' Police say they believe that Torma has left the area , and may be","question":"MIAMI , Florida -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- He 's a TV salesman offering an unbelievable deal -- and police say you do n't want to do business with him . Police in Largo , Florida , say `` Plasma Pat '' is really 60-year-old Joseph Wesley Torma . Dubbing himself `` Plasma Pat , the TV Discount Guy , '' he allegedly took cash from Wal-Mart shoppers , promising to use his employee discount to get them a good deal on a TV set , police said . Then , he called the police to taunt them . Police in Largo , Florida , a city near Tampa on the state 's gulf coast , circulated security pictures of `` Plasma Pat , '' and now can put a name to the alliterative nickname . Investigators say their suspect is 60-year-old Joseph Wesley Torma , and they 've just released a mug shot from a recent arrest in Polk County , Florida . `` He made at least two or three phone calls , and he even talked about surrendering , but he never showed up , obviously , '' said Lt. Michael Loux of the Largo Police department ."}
+{"answer":"outfits : the purple dress worn when the Obamas shared their famous fist bump during the campaign , the red and black dress she wore on Election Night and the black-and-white floral dress she wore during an appearance on `` The View . '' All three dolls show Michelle Obama in a sheath dress and with bare arms , attributes that have become personal trademarks during her tenure as first lady . Feinberg said his target audience for the new doll is not children but adults `` who collected toys as a child , who have n't lost that kind of whimsical enthusiasm . '' Like Jailbreak 's Barack Obama doll , the new Michelle Obama doll will retail for $ 12.99 , according to Feinberg . Katie McCormick Lelyveld , a spokeswoman for the first lady , said in an e-mail to CNN that the White House had no comment on the new doll . When the company behind Beanie Babies began selling dolls named `` Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha '' soon after Inauguration Day , the White House had a swift and strong reaction . `` We feel it is inappropriate to use young private citizens for","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The White House said it had no comment Monday in response to the upcoming release of a new Michelle Obama action-figure doll . The Michelle Obama doll is available in three outfits , all of which show off her trademark bare arms . The 6-inch doll is made by New York toymaker Jailbreak Toys and is set for release on November 20 , but the company began work on the new product six or seven months ago , according to Jason Feinberg , Jailbreak Toys ' 32-year-old founder . `` The entire political scene was a little rosier at the time , '' Feinberg said in a phone interview , `` But what was really apparent was the country , and really the world at large , were very enamored of this lady . '' Feinberg , whose company began selling a Barack Obama action-figure doll in mid-2008 , said that Michelle Obama 's `` energy '' was `` muted , subdued , classy '' coming out of last year 's campaign while her husband 's image was much more like that of a superhero . The new Michelle Obama doll is available in three"}
+{"answer":"according to an affidavit in support of an arrest warrant . Authorities have not clearly said that they think Swinton made the March phone calls that prompted the raid . But the affidavit says she is `` known to make false reports of sexual abuse to the police and other agencies . '' Watch how a hoax may be behind the ranch mystery '' Calls were made to a Texas family shelter March 29 and 30 from a female identifying herself as Sarah Barlow , the affidavit says . The caller said she was 16 , had a baby about 8 months old and was pregnant again . She said that her 49-year-old husband was physically and sexually abusive toward her and that they were living at the YFZ Ranch . The phone calls were made from a prepaid cell phone with no available records , according to the affidavit . However , it has been used in other cases linked to Swinton , the document says . Although Texas officials said they have not found the woman who made the calls , they said they have found evidence that girls as young at 13 are forced into marriages with","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- One of the telephone numbers used to report claims of abuse at a polygamist sect 's Texas ranch was previously associated with a Colorado woman whom authorities have named a `` person of interest , '' a court document says . Rozita Swinton , 33 , has been arrested in a case that is not directly related to the Texas raid . The telephone calls in late March prompted authorities to raid the Yearning For Zion -LRB- YFZ -RRB- Ranch in Eldorado , Texas , where 437 children were removed . The ranch is owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , a Mormon offshoot that practices polygamy . Rozita Swinton , 33 , of Colorado Springs , Colorado , was arrested this month on a charge of making a false report to police . The charge relates to an incident in February , but the Texas Rangers have said she is a person of interest in connection with the ranch calls . In the February incident , Swinton is accused of calling authorities using the names `` Dana Anderson '' and `` April , '' reporting abuse by male relatives ,"}
+{"answer":"little performance , and what the American people want right now is performance . '' In a speech at the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Louisville , Kentucky , on Friday , McCain defended his foreign policy positions , saying the United States has a realistic chance of success in Iraq after four years of costly mistakes . McCain called some of Obama 's ideas `` reckless '' and questioned his understanding of America 's standing in the world . Watch McCain take on Obama 's comments '' `` It would be a wonderful thing if we lived in a world where we do n't have enemies , '' the Arizona Republican said . `` That 's not the world we live in . And until Sen. Obama understands that reality , the American people have every reason to doubt whether he has strength , judgment and determination to keep us safe . '' The verbal sparring took place a day after President Bush suggested in a speech before the Israeli Knesset that those who want to shift American policy to include direct talks with what he called `` terrorists and radicals '' were appeasers and delusional","question":"WATERTOWN , South Dakota -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sen. Barack Obama linked Sen. John McCain Friday with what he called `` the failed policies '' of the Bush administration , accusing the presumed Republican presidential nominee and the White House of `` bombastic exaggerations and fear-mongering '' in place of `` strategy and analysis and smart policy . '' `` What we 've done over the last eight years does not work , '' the Democratic front-runner said . Obama accused McCain of supporting a track record from the Bush administration that included the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq , a longer and more expensive war in Iraq than was initially projected , the continued freedom of September 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and the strengthening of Iran after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq . `` The American people are going to look at the evidence , '' he said . `` We do n't get a sense that this has been a wise foreign policy or a smart foreign policy or a tough foreign policy . This has been a policy that oftentimes revolved around a lot of bluster and big talk , but very"}
+{"answer":"her older and younger sisters died . The Taylors were stationed at Fort Crawford -LRB- now Prairie du Chien , Wisconsin -RRB- in 1832 , when Sarah met and fell in love with a young officer named Jefferson Davis . Zachary Taylor opposed the relationship , and accounts vary as to why -- because he did n't want his daughter to continue to be exposed to the hardships of army life , or because he and Davis did n't get along . Or both . Davis was transferred , so he and Sarah conducted a long-distance relationship for two years . They even planned their wedding by mail . The ceremony took place in June 1835 , in Louisville , Kentucky . Sarah 's parents did not attend . Once again there is disagreement over why they were absent . The newlyweds immediately headed south , and they visited Davis 's relatives in Louisiana . Sarah , mindful of the family tragedy the last time the Taylors traveled those parts , wrote home , `` Do not make yourself uneasy about me , the country is quite healthy . '' But while staying with Davis 's oldest sister at ``","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- There have been presidential daughters almost as long as there have been presidents . -LRB- George Washington had no children . -RRB- President Warren Harding made child-care payments to his mistress for years until his death in 1923 . What these women did -- both under the influence of and independent from their influential fathers -- make fascinating stories . Here are five you might not have heard : 1 . Sarah Knox Taylor Davis She packed a lot of drama into her 21 years . The second daughter of future U.S. President Zachary Taylor , Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis . Her parents gave her the middle name Knox after Fort Knox , in pre-state Indiana , where her military father was stationed and where she was born in 1813 or 1814 . Sarah was often called Knox or Knoxie . The life of an army brat was certainly more dangerous in the early 19th century . During Taylor 's posting in Louisiana , Sarah and her two sisters came down with `` bilious fever , '' now thought to be malaria . Sarah survived , but"}
+{"answer":"on the scale and realized he was carrying 200 pounds on his 5-foot-10-inch frame . Despite the initial shock , he continued to gain weight . Even though he fit the medical definition of obese , Welch stayed physically active . He joined a master 's swim team , hiked and walked regularly . Because he was physically active , Welch thought he could keep eating whatever he wanted . As his weight crept up , his desire to exercise waned . By the winter of 2005 , the extra calories and his now-sedentary lifestyle caught up with him . During a doctor 's visit , Welch discovered that his weight had skyrocketed . `` That was pretty depressing to see that 262 -LSB- pounds -RSB- on the physical . Just knowing that I had become that heavy , '' said Welch . About the same time , Welch started walking with a cousin who had lost 70 to 80 pounds on Weight Watchers . During their walks , she would gently encourage him to give the program a try , he says . She also tried to calm his fears that he 'd have to stop eating all of","question":"Tim Welch was never the kind of guy who worried about his weight . Tim Welch topped 260 pounds at his heaviest weight , before his cousin convinced him to join Weight Watchers . In fact , the 37-year-old accounts manager from Seattle , Washington , ate a fairly balanced diet and loved participating in sports while growing up . `` I was thin and fit my whole life , '' Welch remembers . `` I was always active in sports such as running cross-country in high school and swimming on the swim team in college . '' Things started to change in 1995 after he graduated from college . Welch got a job , moved out of his parents ' house and began indulging in late-night meals with his friends . `` I remember specifically in 1995 , my waist size went from a 34 -LSB- inches -RSB- to a 38 in a matter of months , '' Welch said . `` I got a size 36 pants to accommodate my waist size and I had to ask for a bigger size for Christmas because they were too tight . '' Welch was in total disbelief when he stepped"}
+{"answer":"going to make a feature film and we all thought she was joking , '' said 18-year-old Ben Jones , a Gryphon student , who plays Sergeant Troy in the film . `` But we all kind of went along with it and it 's turned into this . '' Clarke was inspired to make the feature after she directed a play with some film footage in it the previous year . `` I thought to myself , ` I 'm going to make a film , ' '' she said . After getting permission from the school , Clarke sat down with Hardy 's book during the school summer holidays and over two weeks wrote a screenplay . In August 2008 , Gryphon 's Hardy feature went into production . `` Far From the Madding Crowd '' unfolds against the backdrop of rural 19th Century England and tells the story of beautiful Bathsheba Everdene who inherits a farm from her uncle and finds herself loved by three men . The feature was filmed over weekends , holidays and snatched evenings after school . It is full of exquisite costumes , gorgeous Dorset vistas and faultless acting from students aged","question":"LONDON , England -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A schoolteacher from southern England with no previous filmmaking experience has given amateurism a good name by directing her pupils in a feature film fit for Hollywood . Alice Ralph , 18 , stars in `` Far From the Madding Crowd '' as Bathsheba Everdene . It has taken a year of hard work using only one camera , but teachers and pupils at The Gryphon School in Sherborne , Dorset , recently premiered their 110-minute long adaptation of English novelist Thomas Hardy 's seminal 1874 work `` Far From the Madding Crowd . '' `` When I watched it for the first time , it was actually quite an emotional experience , '' director\/producer and Head of Drama Rosita Clarke told CNN . `` It 's a kind of relief to see the efforts of what you 've worked on and achieved an absolute reality . '' Clarke is the driving force behind the project and says many people did n't believe she would be able to pull off a feature film when she first came up with the idea . `` Miss Clarke pitched the idea , and said she was"}
+{"answer":"that demonstrators ' First Amendment rights do not extend to seizing and holding areas on which they sit . Authorities are `` obligated by law to preserve Dewey Square as a space open to the public , '' wrote Superior Court Judge Frances A. McIntyre . Boston Mayor Thomas Menino , who in the past appeared to tolerate his city 's chapter of the nationwide movement , later signaled that the area could be a safety hazard as winter weather rolled in , imposing a Thursday deadline for the group to clear out or face eviction . By Friday , however , protesters remained firmly entrenched in more than 100 tents . Saturday 's arrests was the city 's second large-scale action against demonstrators since the movement began there in late September . In October , 129 people were arrested during a march in which protesters allegedly blocked traffic and refused to disperse . The movement , which first sprang up in a Lower Manhattan park , seeks to highlight what it sees as corruption and growing income disparities between the nation 's richest 1 % and the rest of the country . CNN 's Dan Verello contributed to this","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Police arrested 46 people Saturday morning after they swept through a downtown city square in Boston , Massachusetts , evicting `` Occupy '' protesters encamped there since late September , officials said . CNN affiliate WCVB broadcast images of handcuffed demonstrators being led away by police , who first offered the group the option of leaving before making arrests , according to police spokesman Eddy Chrispin . `` The city is in the process of clean-up and trying to restore Dewey Square to its prior state , '' said Chrispin . `` For the most part , it was nonviolent . '' By late Saturday morning , an `` Occupy Boston '' twitter feed was abuzz with news of the eviction . `` Occupy Boston is NOT done ! You ca n't evict an idea ! :-RRB- The camp may be gone but the people , ideas & passion is n't , '' read one post . Another post promised to offer `` details about the plan as soon as we know . '' `` For now , get some rest . It will be a big afternoon ! '' On Wednesday , a judge ruled"}
+{"answer":", raced into the main room of her home following the tremor . Her parents direct the Maison de Lumiere , but the girls ' home is unstable , so Ariana watches over the little ones at her house . They immediately started screaming . `` When is it going to end ? '' she asked before spending her day coddling some very traumatized children . Daphne , 4 , clung to Ariana , shaking , acting out , sobbing for no good reason . The big quake on January 12 had rattled a cinder block wall in her play yard , crushing her leg , which now has a cherry red cast . The aftershock left her completely undone . All day , staff members of Maison surveyed the damage to their community . A tent city they helped build across from their school had puddles of water sitting in the `` homes . '' Women ran up to the staff asking for food , new tarps and clean water for their children . The same scene unfolded in a nearby ravine whose inhabitants had attended a Sunday morning service at Maison . That day , women from the","question":"Port-au-Prince , Haiti -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- We had not been in Port-au-Prince in a month , not since those horrible days following the earthquake when the city looked like wreckage . The city seemed so upbeat when we arrived Saturday morning on one of the first flights in since commercial airlines resumed service . Musicians wearing Western Union T-shirts greeted us near the hanger that now passes as baggage claim . Next to our hotel , street vendors peddled souvenirs outside a tent city surrounding the presidential palace . But those optimistic signs were eclipsed Sunday night when a torrent of rain poured down on this wounded city where outdoor tent communities have sprouted up in every empty space . Then , just after 4:30 a.m. Monday , an aftershock of magnitude 4.75 shook and shook and finally gave a last forceful jerk before stopping . You could hear the wails on the street , the confused voices of people arguing over whether to stay outside or risk going back in . This one-two punch of natural forces reverberated through the most vulnerable communities . Full coverage of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti Ariana Manassero , 17"}
+{"answer":"Smokey Robinson and Jennifer Hudson . Grammy producers used the head-to-head competition between Beyonce and Taylor Swift to lure viewers to stay tuned through the three-and-a-half hour telecast . List : Major Grammy winners Swift got the biggest Grammy of the night , album of the year , for `` Fearless . '' `` I just hope that you know how much this means to me , '' she said in her acceptance speech . `` Our families are freaking out in their living rooms . '' Swift also won best country album . She won four Grammys overall . Beyonce won a pair of Grammys over Swift , including for best female pop vocal performance . Beyonce carried home six Grammys , including one in the major category of song of the year . That honor , a songwriters ' award , was given to Beyonce for co-writing `` Single Ladies -LRB- Put a Ring on It -RRB- . '' For the best female pop honor , won for `` Halo , '' the nervous singer thanked her family , `` including my husband -- I love you . '' Beyonce is married to hip-hop star Jay-Z . Gallery","question":"Los Angeles , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The most memorable moment of the 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday may be the onstage appearance of Michael Jackson 's two eldest children to accept their father 's lifetime achievement award . `` To all his songs , his message was simple , love , '' 12-year-old Prince Michael said . `` We will continue to spread his message and help the world . '' With a voice that sounded more mature than his age , he then thanked `` God for watching over us these last seven months and our grandma and grandpa for their love and support . '' Paris , 11 , then spoke : `` Daddy was supposed to be here . Daddy was going to perform last year . Thank you . We love you Daddy . '' Prince Michael and Paris , along with several cousins , wore black suits with red stripes on their pants , and red armbands . The children appeared after a rousing performance of Michael Jackson 's `` Earth Song , '' with a recording of Jackson accompanied by live performances from Celine Dion , Usher , Carrie Underwood ,"}
+{"answer":"questioned about the former Genoa boss on Wednesday before meeting with the coach . Asked if Gasperini would remain with the Nerazzurri , Moratti replied : `` I do n't think so . We 'll decide what to do today but he seems to be in a very difficult situation , whichever way you look at it . '' On Tuesday 's defeat , Inter 's second in three league matches , Moratti said : `` When you lose in such a way , there 's nothing you like . '' Gasperini replaced Brazilian coach Leonardo at Inter , having been sacked by Genoa in November 2010 . During a four-year spell with Genoa , Gasperini led the club to a fifth-place finish in Serie A in 2009 and qualification for the Europa League . `` Results are what decide everything , I 'm very disappointed , '' he told journalists on Wednesday , AFP reported . `` I had a great relationship with the directors and it 's a shame that it 's had to come to an end . Everyone feels regret . '' Inter , whose solitary point this season came from a 0-0 draw against Roma","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Gian Piero Gasperini has paid the price for Inter Milan 's poor start to the season , being sacked as coach following the 2010 European champions ' 3-1 defeat by newly-promoted Novara on Tuesday . The 53-year-old took charge in June , but under his guidance the 18-time Italian Serie A titleholders earned just one point from their opening three league matches to languish in 17th position in the table -- one place outside of the relegation zone . Inter also lost to arch-rivals AC Milan in the Italian Super Cup in August and to Turkish outfit Trabzonspor in their opening European Champions League match . `` F.C. Internazionale announces that this morning 's training session at the Centro Sportivo Angelo Moratti in Appiano Gentile was run by -LSB- assistant coaches -RSB- Daniele Bernazzani and Giuseppe Baresi , '' Inter 's website reported on Wednesday . `` The club would like to thank Gian Piero Gasperini for the dedication he has shown in his work and regret having to end the relationship with the coach . '' Inter slump to defeat against Novara Inter president Massimo Moratti appeared to confirm that Gasperini faced the ax when"}
+{"answer":"visitors were still welcome . `` But there 's going to be smoke , '' she said . `` Where there 's smoke , there 's fire . The vistas wo n't be as clear as even just a week ago . '' Still , she said , `` We do n't want to scare people into not coming . '' Rick Hoeninghausen , director of sales and marketing for Yellowstone National Park Lodges , said the fire was causing cancellations at the parks . But he said `` some tourists already in the park are are just changing their plans and working around it . '' He said the fire is more of an inconvenience than a danger . `` It 's a natural part of this environment . It 's part of the ecology and it 's a natural attraction for some people , '' Hoeninghausen said . The Arnica fire has closed Grand Loop Road , the main road through Yellowstone . Visitors wanting to get from one end of the wilderness area to the other will have to take a 280-mile detour . Yellowstone National Park has nine lodges and about 2,200 hotel rooms . At","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A wildfire in Yellowstone National Park has grown to 9,300 acres and closed a section of the main road through the park , but Yellowstone is still open and National Park Service officials said Monday there was no danger to travelers . Lightning started the fire on September 13 . Snow could fall this week at Yellowstone , which sprawls across parts of three states , and end the park 's fire season , officials said . National Park Service officials said the lightning-sparked wildfire started on September 13 , but was n't noticed until 10 days later in the Arnica Creek area east of Old Faithful , the geyser that is the park 's main attraction . Last week the fire increased in size and by this weekend had charred 6,500 acres . National Park Service spokeswoman Linda Miller said there was no danger for guests . `` We do n't anticipate it affecting any buildings , '' she said . Miller said Monday that 90 percent of the fire was in Wyoming , with the remainder in park areas in Idaho and Montana . Facilities at Yellowstone were open Monday , and Miller said"}
+{"answer":"that most expected New York City to sweep . Notable changes For the winners in each category , 2008 brought some surprises . New Orleans , Louisiana , elbowed New York aside as the best city for fine dining . Las Vegas , Nevada , took the No. 1 spot for best singles scene as former No. 1 Austin tumbled to No. 5 . In the cleanliness category , Portland , Oregon , swept Minneapolis , Minnesota , out of first place this year . See all the America 's Favorite Cities results -- and play the new AFC game , What 's YOUR Fave ? But other cities maintained their dominant positions . New York held its No. 1 ranking as the country 's best spot for people-watching , while Charleston , South Carolina , was once again voted America 's friendliest city . Find your vacation There 's plenty more to explore beyond the rankings . If you 're in the market for a great destination , the Vacation Finder at travelandleisure.com can help you find the perfect city for your interests . Austin and New Orleans , for example , are rollicking destinations for live music ,","question":"-LRB- Travel + Leisure -RRB- -- It 's no surprise : Americans are super-opinionated , especially about the cities they live in and the places they visit . In fact , their feelings are so strong that in the 2008 America 's Favorite Cities survey -- conducted by travelandleisure.com and CNN Headline News -- Americans voted more than 600,000 times on 45 characteristics of 25 cities , weighing in on things like shopping , food , culture and nightlife , as well as cleanliness and affordability . New Orleans earned No. 1 rankings for fine dining and live music . In 2007 , there was a lot of cheering from cities that clinched the No. 1 spots , like Chicago , Illinois , -LRB- dining -RRB- and Austin , Texas , -LRB- best singles scene -RRB- . But we also saw a lot of upsets -- upset people , that is . After all , someone had to come in last . Unfortunately for the proud people of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , America voted them dead last in the category of attractive people . And Los Angeles , California , took the prize for least friendly city , a category"}
+{"answer":"International Criminal Court 's decision to issue the warrant would send a clear message that al-Bashir `` will face justice . '' `` There was no immunity for President -LSB- Slobodan -RSB- Milosevic -LSB- of the former Yugoslavia -RSB- , there was no immunity for Prime Minister -LSB- Jean -RSB- Kambanda -LSB- of Rwanda -RSB- , there was no immunity for President -LSB- Charles -RSB- Taylor -LSB- of Liberia -RSB- , '' he said . Instead of complying with the Security Council , al-Bashir has used the Sudanese state apparatus `` to commit massive crimes '' and has attempted to `` exacerbate '' the conflict in the South as means of shifting the international community 's attention away from Darfur , Moreno-Ocampo said . He also accused al-Bashir of `` stopping information about the crimes '' rather than stopping the crimes themselves . Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Rosemary DiCarlo called on the Sudanese government to fully cooperate with the International Criminal Court and its investigations as called for in Security Council Resolution 1593 . `` The United States believes that those responsible for the atrocities in Darfur must be held accountable '' as they `` affect the stability","question":"United Nations -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The International Criminal Court 's chief prosecutor reported Friday to the U.N. Security Council that violence continues in Darfur and that the Sudanese president and his government are not cooperating with investigators . Luis Moreno-Ocampo noted positive developments in judicial proceedings and `` fruitful '' cooperation with international bodies , but said there still remain many setbacks . He explained that crimes continue in the region , including `` indiscriminate bombings of civilians ... rapes and sexual violence '' and the `` use of child soldiers . '' Moreno-Ocampo also highlighted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir 's role in the situation . `` Any leader committing crimes will face justice . Power does not provide immunity . '' Al-Bashir has refused to appoint a lawyer to represent his position in court and , because of the ICC-issued warrant for his arrest , has not risked traveling to attend high-level events such as the U.N. General Assembly or a meeting held by the Organization of the Islamic Conference , or to other countries where it had been thought he might go , such as Uganda , Nigeria and Venezuela . Moreno-Ocampo said respect for the"}
+{"answer":"and we are waiting that response . '' A senior State Department official told CNN Friday the charges were dropped , but deferred questions to Haiti 's government , saying `` this was a Haitian decision . '' On Thursday , Saint-Vil could not be reached for comment and Manes declined to respond to CNN 's questions until he could do so in person on Friday . Authorities in Port-au-Prince , Haiti , accused the group , many of whom belong to a Baptist church in Idaho , of trying to kidnap 33 Haitian children after an earthquake in January leveled much of the capital and surrounding areas . The Rev. Clint Henry of the Central Valley Baptist Church said the missionaries were notified by a State Department e-mail that the charges were dropped and no other charges were pending . Meanwhile , Manes said his office received the documents pertaining to Saint-Vil 's investigation and that his staff has five days to derive an opinion , which will remain confidential , on whether to move forward on a trial or dismiss the charges . At that point the case will be returned to the judge for a final decision","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Haiti 's top prosecutor on Friday denied reports that charges have been dropped against nine of the 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping children after a devastating earthquake hit the nation in January . Attorney General Joseph Manes was responding to news from the office of U.S. Sen Jim Risch , R-Idaho , whose staff on Thursday said the charges had been dropped against all but one of the Baptist missionaries . Group leader Laura Silsby remains in a Haitian jail . Risch spokesman Kyle Hines said the senator had been contacted by officials at the U.S. State Department , confirming that the kidnapping charges against the other nine were dropped . However , Manes said that information was `` absolutely incorrect . '' He said that under Haitian law , all charges against the 10 Americans stand until the examining judge , Bernard Saint-Vil , renders his final decision on whether to proceed to trial . Risch 's communications director , Brad Hoaglun , said : `` We are standing by what we were orginally told by the State Department . We did , however , ask the State Department to reconfirm for us ,"}
+{"answer":"The two members of the House of Lords were set to arrive in Khartoum about 5 a.m. Saturday -LRB- 9 p.m. Friday ET -RRB- , Time magazine reporter Sam Dealey told CNN , citing British and Sudanese sources . They will meet with government ministers and Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir , he said . Sources close to the British government and the Republican Palace in Sudan say it is expected that a deal will be reached , and Gibbons will be released , Dealey said . Visas for the two , he said , were granted `` in record time ... by Sudanese standards . '' Friday 's demonstrations began as worshippers spilled out of mosques in the capital after Friday prayers . They marched to the palace , which is on the same street as Unity High School , where Gibbons taught grade school students . Those who named the bear were 7 years old . A heavy police presence was maintained outside the school , but no demonstrators were there . Watch men brandish knives , shout '' Armed with swords and sticks , the protesters shouted : `` By soul , by blood , I will fight","question":"KHARTOUM , Sudan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Hundreds of angry protesters , some waving ceremonial swords from trucks equipped with loud speakers , gathered Friday outside the presidential palace to denounce a teacher whose class named a teddy bear `` Mohammed '' -- some calling for her execution . An undated amateur photo of Gillian Gibbons , who has been found guilty of insulting religion . The protesters , which witnesses said numbered close to 1,000 , swore to fight in the name of their prophet . Gillian Gibbons , 54 , was given 15 days in jail late Thursday after she was convicted of insulting religion . She was cleared of charges of inciting hatred and showing contempt for religious beliefs , her lawyer , Ali Ajeb , said . Ajeb said they planned to appeal the sentence , which begins from the date she was detained , Nov. 25 . Including Friday , she has 10 more days in jail . British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was `` extremely disappointed '' that the charges were not dismissed . Meanwhile senior British lawmakers were en route to Khartoum to try to secure Gibbons ' early release ."}
+{"answer":"the mogul has never spoken to either him , or any of his team , about the selection process . `` The story posted on that site contains many misquotes and -LSB- is -RSB- highly inaccurate , '' Schwandt wrote . `` I would like to disassociate myself from it completely and anything negative in regards to Miss Universe or even suggesting that Donald Trump ` rigs ' his event . I 'm perplexed as to why Guanabee.com would run a story such as this when they are aware that it is inaccurate . '' Daniel Mauser , publisher of Guanabee , said his site stands by the story , which resulted after Schwandt was contacted about his role choreographing both the pageant and a much talked-about performance by reality-star-turned-singer Heidi Montag . `` Whatever you see quoted in the article is verbatim what he said , '' Mauser said . `` So I can understand why he would want to retract those words , but unfortunately that was what was said . '' A statement from Miss Universe Organization President Paula M. Shugart , released Wednesday , said that `` to suggest the pageant is somehow orchestrated or `","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- An interview with a choreographer for the Miss Universe pageant spurred controversy Wednesday over alleged claims that Donald Trump personally selects some of the finalists . Donald Trump is at the center of a brewing controversy over the Miss Universe finalists . The Q&A with Michael Schwandt , which appeared on Guanabee.com , quotes him as saying that `` it 's just kind of common knowledge that -LSB- Trump -RSB- picks six of the top 15 single-handedly . '' `` And , his reason for doing so , as he told me and he 's told the girls before , is that he left it all up to preliminary judging in the past , and some of the most beautiful women , in his opinion , were not in the top 15 , and he was kind of upset about that , '' the story quotes Schwandt as saying . `` And he decided that he would pick a certain number and let the judges pick a certain number . '' Via e-mail , Schwandt said that he `` was speaking in hypothetical jest '' when he said Trump picks some of the finalists and said"}
+{"answer":"many as 40 people in Myanmar sending him photos or calling him with information . They often take the photos from windows from their homes , he said . Myanmar 's military junta has forbidden such images , and anyone who sends them is risking their lives . `` If they get caught , you will never know their future . Maybe just disappear or maybe life in prison or maybe dead , '' he told CNN . Why would they take such risks ? `` They thought that this is their duty for the country , '' he said . `` That 's why they are doing it . It 's like a mission . '' Even with Friday 's action by the government , he said he will continue to do all he can to get images of what 's happening out for the world to see . `` I will also try my best to feed in their demonic appetite of fear and paranoia by posting any pictures that I receive through other means , '' he said on his blog . `` I will continue to live with the motto that ` if there is a","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Internet connection in Myanmar was cut Friday , limiting the free flow of information the nation 's citizens were sharing with the world depicting the violent crackdown on monks and other peaceful demonstrators . Ko Htike runs his Myanmar blog out of his London apartment and says he 's trying to stop the violence . Myanmar-based blogs went dark suddenly . But London-based blogger Ko Htike -- who has been one of the most prominent bloggers posting information about the violence -- has vowed to keep up the fight , saying where `` there is a will , there is a way . '' `` I sadly announce that the Burmese military junta has cut off the Internet connection throughout the country , '' he said on his blog Friday . `` I , therefore , would not be able to feed in pictures of the brutality by the brutal Burmese military junta . '' Ko Htike is a 28-year-old who left Myanmar , once known as Burma , seven years ago to study in England . Watch a blogger 's fight for Myanmar '' He told CNN.com a day earlier that he has as"}
+{"answer":"a wooded area about a mile from the jail , he said . Three of the inmates were awaiting trial ; one already had been convicted , Bonnett said . The captured inmates were Gary Slaydon , 27 ; Eric Buras , 30 , and Jason Gainey , 27 . Slaydon is charged with attempted murder . Buras is a murder suspect and Gainey has been convicted of murder , Bonnett said . He said the escape was not discovered until a resident and Covington police reported seeing what appeared to be inmates in jail uniforms walking down a street . About the time those calls came in , jailers were doing a routine head count and found the four men missing , Bonnett said . He said the means of escape was under investigation , but it has been determined that their escape was n't due to human error . He repeated what St. Tammany Parish Sheriff Jack Strain said early Friday : `` Four inmates were able to defeat the structure of the maximum security area of our jail . '' Deputies have canvassed neighborhoods , going door to door to warn residents that an inmate is still","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- More than 100 police officers and others were searching Friday in a southeastern Louisiana parish for a murder suspect who escaped from jail with three other inmates , a law enforcement official said . Timothy Murray , 29 , who is charged with murder , remains at large , authorities in Louisiana say . Searchers are still focusing inside St. Tammany Parish , on the northern shore of Lake Pontchartrain , 30 miles north of New Orleans , said Capt. George Bonnett of the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff 's Office . At large is Timothy Murray , 29 , who is charged with murder , Bonnett said . Authorities believe Murray may have been injured during the escape , but Bonnett would n't elaborate . The inmates escaped about 9 p.m. Thursday from the St. Tammany Parish Jail in Covington , Bonnett said . As many as 250 sheriff 's deputies , Covington police officers , Louisiana State police and corrections officials were involved in the search overnight , using dogs , two helicopters and thermal-imaging equipment loaned from Livingston Parish , Bonnett said . The other three men were found about 1:30 a.m. Friday in"}
+{"answer":"started falling from the ceiling , and then it was dark . '' Alexander said she went to check on her co-workers , and they headed for the nearest door . `` As we open the door , this ` poof ' sound comes in as if it were a flame or something behind it , '' she said . `` So we immediately shut the door and we smelled that smell , it was probably jet fuel . '' They closed the door and stood there , trying to figure out how to escape . `` The first thing that crossed my mind is I 'm not going to see my son anymore , '' Alexander said . A few blocks away , Robin DeHaven was driving his truck on his way to install windows when he spotted something strange in the sky . `` I looked on the horizon and I just saw a little dot and ... I 'm staring at it like , ` What is this ? It does n't look like a bird or anything . ' '' DeHaven said . `` And I realized it was a plane . '' Realizing there was","question":"Austin , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Lisa Alexander woke up early on February 18 , the same way she does every morning . `` My alarm usually goes off at 4:30 , 4:45 , '' she said . `` I lay in the bed and kind of plan out my day . '' She had no idea that her life was about to be targeted by a man with a vendetta against the government . She got up , woke up her son and headed to work at the IRS offices in Austin . `` The first thing I do is get in , organize my desk and wipe it down ... fire up my computer and tell everybody good morning , '' Alexander said . `` Before I know it , the building kind of went to the left and came back ... `` I thought it was an earthquake . '' It was n't . Just a few minutes before 10 a.m. , a single-engine Piper Cherokee PA-28 crashed into the multistory building where Alexander worked . `` It was like an explosion , '' she said . `` The windows started breaking out and the tiles"}
+{"answer":"later , he won a court challenge from a fellow trucker who accused Shakespeare of snatching the winning ticket out of his wallet while the two were delivering meat to Miami restaurants . Shakespeare 's family reported him missing on November 9 , telling the Polk County sheriff 's office they had n't seen him since April . Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said when their investigation began , they had hoped to find Shakespeare alive `` and he truly had just wanted to hide from those who were asking him for money . '' `` As our investigation continued , the information we developed led us to believe he may very well have ended up with an untimely death , '' Judd said . Both Judd and Gee said they would not comment on whether anything else was found inside the manmade grave , or whether a previous person of interest was connected to the area . The home , according to WFTV , belongs to the boyfriend of a person of interest in the disappearance of Shakespeare . While they await identification of the remains , police said they would begin to shift their focus to a murder","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Human remains found buried under recently added concrete at a home in Plant City , Florida , are likely those of missing lottery millionaire Abraham Shakespeare , police said Thursday . Deputies made the discovery after a tip came in , suggesting investigators would find a body near a home in Plant City , according to CNN affiliate WFTV . Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee said the body was slowly being uncovered . They are awaiting positive identification . However , Gee said their investigation and information specifically led them to the area after they began to believe he might be dead because of `` sinister means and motives . '' `` Our indications were it would be there , '' Gee said during a news conference Thursday night . Police on Wednesday had scanned the newly finished concrete slabs near the home on Wednesday and removed it . On Thursday , Gee said they discovered the remains buried five feet below the surface , and it appeared the remains had been there for awhile . Shakespeare , a 43-year-old truck driver , won a $ 31 million Florida lottery prize in 2006 . A year"}
+{"answer":"the IMF is also recognizing that Greece will not meet the IMF 's budget targets for 2011 and 2012 . As a result , Greece 's public-debt-to-GDP level will soon rise to 172 % , or more than twice the level that might be considered manageable . As if to underline how unsustainable is the Greek situation , in the midst of the deepest of domestic recessions , the Greek government is now being required by the IMF to undertake further painful fiscal adjustment measures to meet its ever elusive budget deficit targets . Not only is the IMF insisting that Greece introduce an unpopular property tax , but it is also asking a Pan-Hellenic Socialist , or PASOK , government whose very existence depends on public sector patronage , to cut public wages and to reduce public employment . Little wonder that social and political tensions in Greece are now on the boil . The IMF is acknowledging that the Greek government will need more funding to finance its 2012 budget deficit . This is inducing the IMF to seek substantially greater debt reduction from Greece 's bank creditors through the `` voluntary '' debt exchange . As might","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- After two years of denial about the European periphery 's solvency problem , European policymakers are finally , grudgingly , facing reality . They are recognizing that Greece is almost certain to default by year-end . And they have concluded that it is imperative to recapitalize Europe 's banks and to erect an effective `` firewall '' around Spain and Italy to reassure markets that if Greece defaults , the crisis will be contained there . But it remains to be seen whether this recognition will be translated into credible and effective measures by the time of the scheduled November 3 G-20 Summit . If past performance is any guide , one has to wonder whether this will be yet another doleful instance of domestic political constraints , especially in Germany and France , resulting in a `` too little too late '' European policy response to an ever deepening crisis . How deep ? Greece 's International Monetary Fund adjustment program is in tatters . The IMF itself is now acknowledging that Greece 's economy , which has already contracted by around 12 % since 2009 , will contract meaningfully further in 2012 . And"}
+{"answer":"'re hoping that that will be resolved very soon . Obviously , if not , we will continue to raise it with the Brazilian government . '' For nearly five years , Goldman has fought to regain custody of his son . It 's a case that has been complicated by Bianchi Goldman remarrying , getting pregnant and dying during childbirth last summer . Sean Goldman is said to be living with his stepfather , who has been granted provisional guardianship . `` I went down ... to bring my son home , '' Goldman said on CNN 's Larry King Live Wednesday , figuring his ex-wife 's death had made the custody issue a moot point , and `` we find out that this man does n't file custody , but he files to remove my name from a Brazilian birth certificate that they had issued for my son , who was born in Red Bank , New Jersey . '' Goldman continues to press his case through the U.S. government . `` The Department of State is working diligently to ensure that David and Sean Goldman are accorded their rights under the Hague Convention of 1980 on the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- David Goldman says he ca n't understand why he ca n't have custody of his son following his ex-wife 's death in Brazil . The U.S. government agrees . David Goldman is fighting for custody of his son after Bruna Bianchi Goldman died during another childbirth . Goldman told CNN 's Larry King he had no idea when he dropped off his wife and 4-year-old son at Newark International Airport in 2004 for a two-week vacation to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , that he was about to become embroiled in an international custody battle . Shortly after Bruna Bianchi Goldman arrived in her homeland she called to say she wanted a divorce , which she obtained in Brazil , and would stay there with their son , Sean . The running custody battle has taken many twists and turns and has gained the attention of the Department of State and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton . `` A child belongs with his family , and there is no reason why David Goldman should not get his child back , '' Clinton said in a recent interview on NBC 's Today show . `` And we"}
+{"answer":"part of my brain that had n't been stimulated in years , if ever . Here I was in the good , old U.S. of A. , driving through a rain forest . Having just left Seattle , where my trip started , this was the first leg of my self-proclaimed big adventure . From the start , Olympic National Park was always a must-see . See map of my road trip '' I mean , who knew you could hike through rain forests , climb glaciers , walk beaches or hit up mineral hot springs all in one place ? The Hoh Rain Forest offered enchanting hikes , with plenty of trails to choose from . Huge ferns , endless amounts of beautiful moss , and trees -- some 500 years old -- made up much of the landscape . On my second day , as the rain started to come down hard , I decided to squeeze in a late afternoon visit to Ruby Beach , about 45 minutes east of Hoh . There 's something special about walking a beach in a virtual downpour : You 've pretty much got it all to yourself . See photos","question":"OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK , Washington -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Taking a road trip by yourself can be good for the soul . The freedom and beauty of the open road on a recent trip in the Pacific Northwest and California brought me back to what is really important in life . Vistas along the California coast near Mendocino can be breathtaking . My road trip started in Seattle , Washington , and ended two weeks later in Sacramento , California , covering 2,277 miles with a stunning backdrop of natural beauty along the way . Living in the moment and charting my own course gave me a sense of self empowerment that extends to my path in life and what I want out of it . For those who wish to set out on their own solo road trip , I recommend research and planning -- while still leaving time to be spontaneous . Hoh Rain Forest , Olympic National Park As I drove into the Hoh Rain Forest in Washington 's Olympic National Park , the only words I could muster were Holy ... Wow ! The greenness of it all and the smell of fresh air stimulated a"}
+{"answer":"each day , it 's become an attraction for fans eager to collect train images and sounds . In 2001 , Williams , who grew up by a train track , pushed town officials to construct a viewing platform with picnic tables , wireless Internet and a scanner to detect oncoming trains . The Southeast Georgia town reports that at least 12,500 visitors from all over the world visit the platform to watch trains each year . Watch Williams and his friend talk about the joy of train watching '' As the prominence of the iconic American railroad has faded over the past half-century , there remains a devout group of train enthusiasts like Williams and his friends , dubbed railfans , who obsessively chase and watch powerful trains glide along railroad tracks . Trains Magazine , an industry publication , estimates that there are 175,000 U.S. railfans , mostly male baby boomers . `` The word ` enthusiast ' does n't begin to cover their devotion , '' said Rhonda Del Boccio , head of the Okefenokee Chamber of Commerce , which oversees railfan tourism in Folkston . `` Picture -LSB- the popular game -RSB- ` World of Warcraft","question":"FOLKSTON , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Rain or shine , 80-year-old Cookie Williams plops himself on the wooden viewing platform perched over double train tracks . Cookie Williams , 80 , watches a CSX freight train chug by on a typical Tuesday afternoon . On this warm May afternoon , a patient Williams sits slouched , legs crossed and arms relaxed , donning his vintage CSX railroad company cap littered with miniature train pendants . He is waiting for a train . A scanner , listening for oncoming train signals , crackles in the background as it picks up some conductor chatter . He waits some more . `` A lot of people in this town thought I was on the kooky side , '' said Williams , who is retired from the paper and pulp industry . `` But I love it . I 've loved these trains ever since I was a kid . '' Folkston , Georgia , where Williams lives , is one of many train hot spots nationwide . Here , the blasting train noises are jokingly called `` Folkston music . '' With up to 60 trains crawling loudly through the quaint town"}
+{"answer":"in his job application . Testimony at the hearings also revealed that fatigue apparently contributed to the failure of Renslow and First Officer Rebecca Shaw to save the plane as it approached Buffalo Niagara International Airport . USA Today newspaper reviewed the safety board 's accident reports over the past 10 years and found that in nearly every serious accident involving a regional airline during that time , at least one of the pilots had failed multiple skill tests . `` In eight of the nine accidents during that time , which killed 137 people , pilots had a history of failing two or more ` check rides , ' tests by federal or airline inspectors of pilots ' ability to fly and respond to emergencies , '' USA Today reported Sunday . `` In the lone case in which pilots did n't have multiple failures since becoming licensed , the co-pilot was fired after the nonfatal crash for falsifying his job application . '' In addition to reviewing regional airlines ' training programs , Babbitt and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood have called on representatives from major air carriers , their regional partners , aviation industry groups and labor to","question":"WASHINGTON -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered its inspectors to make sure regional airlines ' training programs are in line with federal regulations , authorities announced Tuesday . Regional airline Colgan Air 's Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo , New York , on February 12 . `` It 's clear to us in looking at the February Colgan Air crash in Buffalo that there are things we should be doing now , '' FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said . `` My goal is to make sure that the entire industry -- from large commercial carriers to smaller , regional operators -- is meeting our safety standard . '' Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed near Buffalo , New York , on February 12 , killing all 49 passengers and crew members aboard . One person on the ground was also killed . Federal investigators held hearings on Capitol Hill last month on the cause of the crash but have not concluded their inquiry . Several shortcomings of the crew came to light during the National Transportation and Safety Board hearings when it was revealed that Colgan Air Capt. Marvin Renslow failed to reveal two pilot exam failures"}
+{"answer":"longer offering private coverage -- would contradict the president 's promise to allow Americans to keep their current coverage , if they like it . Imposed employer mandates could cost 4.7 million people their jobs . All of this means that many people who like their current health insurance might not be able to keep it and be forced into a new system , including a government option with lower reimbursement rates that might discourage their current doctor from continuing to treat them . Just as a doctor has the obligation to be honest and straightforward with their patients , Democrats in Washington must inform the public of the impact their plans will have on current insurance and the exact costs . As the economy struggles to recover , Americans are rightfully concerned about the potential cost of health reform , as shown by a recent CNN survey . Before we know how much it will cost and how it will affect those currently with insurance , we can not have an open and honest debate on the merits of any proposal . While the House bill remains unscored by the Congressional Budget Office , health overhaul plans being crafted","question":"Editor 's note : Rep. Charles Boustany is a Republican who represents southwest Louisiana . Before being elected to Congress , Boustany practiced medicine as a cardiothoracic surgeon for 14 years . Rep. Charles Boustany says Democrats ' health care plans do n't focus on quality . -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Americans deserve the best health care system in the world -- one that emphasizes quality , but reduces cost , so all Americans can participate . As a doctor , I saw firsthand the problems many patients face finding a doctor , navigating the system , and paying their health care bills . Unfortunately , Democrats ' plans in Congress fail to focus on quality . House Republican Leader John Boehner , R-Ohio , recently stated that the Democrats were proposing `` a government-run nightmare operated by federal bureaucrats . '' If enacted , their plans would complicate the system and take more money from American pockets -- a nightmare , indeed . One report estimates more than 100 million people could drop their current health care coverage if the plans were open to all employers . One reason cited for the drop in current coverage -- businesses no"}
+{"answer":"enemies nor respected by its allies . `` The decline of the American power is one of the main reasons for Israel 's rushed and barbaric aggression on Gaza in a desperate attempt to take advantage of the last days of -LSB- President -RSB- Bush 's term in office . '' He appears , however , to refer to Obama , saying `` Bush leaves his successor with the worst inheritance ... two long guerrilla wars and no options . He either withdraws and faces military defeat , or carries on and drowns his nation in financial trouble . '' Watch Obama comment on bin Laden 's message '' The message also names Vice President-elect Joe Biden . `` Here is Biden , the vice president of the president-elect ... -LSB- he -RSB- says that the crisis is bigger than they expected and that the American economy , all of it , is open to collapse , '' bin Laden said . On December 20 , Biden said in an interview that the economy `` is in much worse shape than we thought it was in . '' White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the message `` demonstrates -LSB- bin","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has apparently released a new audio message calling for a jihad , or holy war , against Israel for its Gaza campaign . Osama bin Laden , in an undated photo , apparently taped a message calling for jihad against Israel . The 22-minute message contains `` an invitation '' from bin Laden to take part in `` jihad to stop the aggression against Gaza . '' The audio message was posted on a radical Islamist Web site that has posted other statements from bin Laden in the past . CNN could not independently confirm the authenticity of the message , but the speaker 's voice was similar to other recordings that bin Laden has made . While not naming President-elect Barack Obama , bin Laden refers to the future of the United States in the face of the current global economic crisis . Watch as experts discuss Osama message '' '' -LSB- America is -RSB- now drowning in a global financial crisis , '' he said . `` They 're even begging all nations , small and large , for help . America is no longer feared by its"}
+{"answer":"sustain a lead ? SM : The rising tide lifts a lot of places and as the region is booming and growing , financial services are growing throughout the region . Bahrain 's strengths have been and will continue to be its human capital , the people that have led the financial sector and the long standing regulations that have been established in Bahrain . JD : Strategically and a geopolitical question here : the Crown Prince came out and declared what Iran 's intentions really are -- in his view -- for a nuclear policy , and called for greater diplomacy right ahead of a visit by the President of Iran to the country . What 's the motivation here ? SM : We feel that the distraction caused by the Iranian nuclear issue is holding investment back in the region as a whole , and increasing the security threat of the region . Nobody is debating the right to peaceful nuclear power , but we all have that need and we all need a peaceful resolution to this . JD : Historically , Iran has even made claims against Bahrain , what do you do now moving forward","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- This week MME speaks to the man charged with boosting growth in the Kingdom of Bahrain : Sheikh Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa . Sheikh Mohammed is concerned the nuclear dispute with Iran is deterring potential investors As chief executive of the Economic Development Board , one of Sheikh Mohammed 's main tasks is to ensure Bahrain stays ahead of its competitors . The government 's pushing ahead with economic reforms to reduce the Kingdom 's dependence on oil . But with crude prices near $ 100 a barrel , John Defterios asked whether the appetite for change had diminished . SM : The reforms are being done for aspirational reasons rather than necessity , so we are trying to enter the post-oil area because we want to . And therefore , because of this aspirational aspect , trying to get to as opposed to people pushing us somewhere we do n't want to go . JD : How do you redefine Bahrain 's role ? Traditionally it 's been a financial center , but you have Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Dubai even Abu Dhabi emerging in financial services . How you redefine it to"}
+{"answer":"a lot of people think we are a bunch of uptight Scandinavians who sit around and say ` You betcha . ' This video helps to debunk that a little bit . '' That sense of fun and whimsy has enchanted many and led to Heinz and Peterson being sought for interviews by everyone from their local publications to the major networks . Watch guests at the wedding discuss the experience '' But they have apparently also learned quickly about the downside of fame . The New York Post reported the pair was caught in the crossfire of the battle of the morning shows . According to the newspaper , ABC flew Heinz and Peterson to the Big Apple after booking them to appear on `` Good Morning America . '' Things soured , the paper 's Page Six column reported , after ABC learned the couple had also taped a segment for the rival `` Today '' show , which aired before the couple 's appearance on `` Good Morning America . '' Adding fuel to the fire was a planned live re-creation of the dance by the wedding party scheduled for Saturday morning on `` Today . ''","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Sometimes , the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond . A YouTube video shows a Minnesota wedding party dancing down the aisle . Take the case of Minnesota residents Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson . The couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune , `` Forever '' by Chris Brown . The joyous video of the group busting their loosely choreographed moves down the aisle went viral after the newlyweds posted it on YouTube . Soon they were being deluged by the media and flown to New York to appear on national television . Since then , millions have watched the funky wedding march and helped transform Heinz and Peterson into instant celebrities . Amy Carlson Gustafson , a pop culture reporter for the St. Paul Pioneer Press , reported on the story that she said has not only stirred up the hometown folks , but also showed a different side of Minnesota . `` I think people are loving it , '' she said . `` It 's really fun and it 's especially fun in Minnesota where"}
+{"answer":"Movies . These fueled suspicions that Murdoch 's Twitter account was being used as a publicity tool to help improve his image after a damaging year . `` Could be brilliant News Corp PR operation , '' Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff tweeted after earlier commenting : `` Might be somebody who knows Murdoch , but it 's not Rupert -LRB- he does n't use a computer unassisted nor get his own email -RRB- . '' Others claimed that the voice of the tweets , as well as their faltering grammar and punctuation , were unmistakably Murdoch . `` You can tell by the tweets he 's doing it himself , '' wrote CNN 's Piers Morgan , a former editor of one of Murdoch 's newspapers . A spokesperson for Murdoch 's News Corp. confirmed to CNN the account is genuine . The account could offer new insight into a businessman whose life has been under intense scrutiny this year after revelations that journalists at News of the World , one of his most profitable newspapers , illegally accessed the voicemail messages of scores of celebrities and public figures . Twitter played a prominent role at the height of the","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A phone hacking scandal may have cost Rupert Murdoch his biggest-selling newspaper in 2011 , but the billionaire media mogul managed to end the year with a modest addition to his empire -- an account on Twitter . Within 48 hours of debuting with tweets about family , work and politics , Murdoch had pulled in more than 45,000 followers and stirred internet debate over why the 80-year-old was now embracing a technology often used to attack him . The tweets also raised doubts that the notorious technophobe was writing the messages himself . Twitter creator Jack Dorsey -- one of only four people being followed by Murdoch -- however insisted that the media mogul was writing `` with his own voice , in his own way . '' Murdoch appears to have made his Twitter debut on New Year 's Eve with a couple of brief comments on books including the biography of late Apple boss Steve Jobs , which he called `` interesting but unfair . '' These were followed by praise for cinema releases `` We Bought a Zoo , '' and `` The Descendants , '' both produced by Murdoch 's Fox"}
+{"answer":"We 've always prided ourselves in our working relationship with our friends to the south , '' San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders , said . `` When you look at it , we 're really one community . '' For a region whose reputation has been tarnished by ongoing drug-fueled violence , plans for task force could n't come soon enough . Policing the drug war has proven complicated for Mexican authorities , including the military , and also hindered the tourism industry in Mexico . American travelers , who represented 80 percent of the country 's booming $ 13 billion travel industry last year , are a critical part of Mexico 's economy . In 2008 , more than 18 million Americans visited the country , according to the Mexico Tourism Board . In some areas , hotels and local businesses are struggling to recover from low visitor numbers , according to the Mexico Tourism Board . Tijuana Mayor Jorge Ramos said tourism in Baja California in the past two years has remained steady , and the task force was set up to create a stronger police presence for tourists . `` We 're here on this side of","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- American tourists heading to Mexico 's Baja California state in the future can expect more police protection from a new task force , according to Mexican authorities . Mexican officials want to make sure the tourist traffic continues to flow into Tijuana . Officials from the Baja California cities of Tijuana , Ensenada and Rosarito gathered earlier this week to announce the creation of the task force , which will be made up of bilingual officers and which will be designed primarily to serve Americans . The initial plan , according to Ensenada Secretary of Public Safety Cesar Santiesteban , is to create a force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor from Tijuana through Las Playas Rosarito to Ensenada in Baja California , which is Mexico 's northernmost and westernmost state . There were no immediate details as to when the task force would go into operation or how many officers would be in the unit . City officials in San Diego , California , said the city 's police force would extend help in ways that Mexican officials deemed necessary in getting the task force up and running , including training the officers . ``"}
+{"answer":"Covering an area of 85 square kilometers and containing 1,000 anti-air raid structures , the subterranean complex was said to have been mostly hand-dug by 300,000 local residents . `` The plan was to move half of Beijing 's population underground and the other half to western hills in the event of a nuclear attack , '' Frisch explained . The 22-year-old New York native has lived in China on and off for a year and is fascinated by the bomb shelter and its history . After the authorities opened part of the Underground City as a tourist attraction to woo foreigners , he turned a routine visit to an adventure in 2006 . Armed with a flashlight , Frisch veered off from the mandatory guided tour . Moving sandbags and unchaining doors , he explored the off-limit area and found rooms with bunk beds and decayed cardboard boxes of water purifiers . `` It 's more than just propaganda posters down there -- it really is a parallel universe , with street signs stenciled on the wall , '' Frisch said . Since then , Frisch has discovered other shelters linked to the network -- many of them turned","question":"BEIJING , China -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Walking through a maze of narrow streets south of Tiananmen Square , Nick Frisch appeared unfazed by the sight of drastic changes -- traditional courtyard houses that once lined up these hutongs , or alleys , now in different stages of being knocked down . Nick Frisch 's underground exploration in Beijing has attracted the attention of a Singapore TV crew . While the Qianmen area is going through an extreme makeover -- a restoration of its Qing dynasty flavor ahead of the Olympics -- Frisch 's destination is safe from the city 's ubiquitous wrecking balls . Upon reaching the entrance to the Underground City , however , he was told it was closed for `` renovation , '' just like the surrounding neighborhood . `` It 's like they 're trying to literally bury this place before the Games , '' said Frisch , a recent graduate of Columbia University in the United States , with a major in history and Chinese language . This place is a vast network of tunnels built beneath Beijing 's city center during the 1970s in anticipation of a nuclear war with the Soviets ."}
+{"answer":", MDC officials said their polling showed Tsvangirai clearly defeating Mugabe , who at 84 is the only president Zimbabwe has had since it gained independence from Britain in 1980 . But after delaying the release of results for more than a week , the country 's electoral commission -- which is made up of Mugabe appointees -- said that although Tsvangirai got more votes , he did n't top the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff . MDC supporters had already reported violence against them by police , military members and other supporters of Mugabe 's Zanu-PF party . But in the weeks leading up to the runoff , the reports increased in frequency and intensity . More than 70 people were killed in attacks since the election , according to the MDC . Mugabe 's supporters have claimed that those attacks were against his party members , a claim international observers , including the United Nations , have disputed . Watch victims say they were taken to torture camps '' Tsvangirai and other party leaders were repeatedly arrested by police or detained on their way to political rallies . And reports of beatings and other intimidation tactics","question":"HARARE , Zimbabwe -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- With polls closed for a Zimbabwe runoff that opposition politicians and international observers call a sham , alleged torture victims who support former candidate Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that they back his decision to pull out of the race . Many of the injured being treated at a private hospital in Harare , Zimbabwe , asked not to be identified . `` It 's a good move by my president , Morgan Tsvangirai , '' said a 26-year-old Movement for Democratic Change activist who said he was forced to stand on hot coals and had boiling water poured on him about a week ago . `` There 's no use going for an election . '' The man , who displayed a large , pale , blistered patch on his back , asked not to be identified -- as did others being treated at a private hospital in Harare -- for fear of further attacks by gangs supportive of President Robert Mugabe . All of the victims said they were taken to `` torture bases '' by the gangs , made up of young men and soldiers . In the March 29 election"}
+{"answer":"'s surprise , that the proceeds of a $ 5 billion bond issue raised hours earlier would n't be used to bail the company out . Odd timing was n't it ? Dubai 's decision to release its statement just before the Eid holiday in the Middle East , and on the eve of Thanksgiving in the U.S. , provoked consternation . `` Dubai have certainly picked their moment to finally own up to a need to restructure their debt . I would imagine the news has ruined a few Thanksgiving dinners today , '' David Morrsion , a strategist at GFT told the Financial Times . Read CNN 's John Defterios ' take on the Dubai debt fears How did the markets react ? Banking stocks led equity markets lower in London and Europe as traders moved to distance themselves from a potential debt hole in the Middle East . Technical problems in London halted trade for some time , providing further frustration for traders with exposure to Dubai World 's lenders . What is Dubai World & Nakheel ? Described on its Web site as `` Dubai 's flag bearer in global investments , '' Dubai World is","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Dubai sent investors reeling Thursday after asking creditors to freeze the debt repayments of one of its biggest holding companies , Dubai World . The announcement came after the market close on the eve of the Eid holiday and Thanksgiving in the U.S. , leaving traders ' hands tied over their exposure to investments in the Emirate . Shares dropped in London and Europe as bankers struggled to gauge the implications of the debt freeze without additional guidance from Wall Street . With very little information being distributed from Dubai , the market has been left to question the motives of ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum and the financial future of Dubai World and its huge portfolio . So what happened ? Late Wednesday , the government of Dubai issued a statement saying it had authorised the Dubai Financial Support Fund to `` spearhead the restructure of Dubai World with immediate effect . '' The first step , it said , was to ask all providers of financing to Dubai World and Nakheel to `` standstill '' its debt repayments until at least May 30 , 2010 . It added , to the market"}
+{"answer":"couple separating in 2005 , she said : `` Two years ago an event happened of which unfortunately the whole of France is aware . In 2005 , I met someone , I fell in love and I left . '' The French president , in Portugal for an EU summit , has declined to comment on his marriage breakdown . His divorce comes as he deals with crippling public sector strikes at home that have shut down much of France 's transit system . Cecilia Sarkozy was a smiling figure at her husband 's inauguration in May as she stood with the couple 's five children . But she said recently she did n't see herself as having any role at all as the president 's wife . For the French public , news of the divorce is unlikely to come as a shock . French presidents and their spouses have a long tradition of leading separate lives , even while carrying on the functions of state . Former President Francois Mitterrand not only lived apart from his wife , Danielle , but he maintained a secret second family that turned up in public only at his funeral .","question":"PARIS , France -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken for the first time about the reasons her divorce in an interview with a French newspaper . The announcement ended weeks of speculation over their marriage . Cecilia Sarkozy told L'Est Republicain on Friday that the couple 's relationship had not been able to survive the glare of the media spotlight following a highly public separation in 2005 . The Sarkozys announced on Thursday they were divorcing by mutual consent after 11 years of marriage . A former model , Cecilia Sarkozy said that she was not comfortable with her position as first lady . `` I am someone who likes the shadows , serenity , tranquility . I had a husband who was a public man , I always knew that , I accompanied him for 20 years . But me , I think that is not my place . It is no longer my place , '' she was quoted as saying . The couple has been dogged by persistent rumors of infidelities , which Cecilia Sarkozy seemed to confirm in her newspaper interview . Explaining the events that led to the"}
+{"answer":"from the Iraqi city of Qaim , which has been a major route for Sunni Arab fighters battling U.S. troops in Iraq . Watch CNN 's Cal Perry explain the implications of the possible attack '' Syria has said it has made efforts to secure the 600-km desert border , which is marked largely by a sand wall . But Maj. Gen. John Kelly , the U.S. commander in western Iraq 's sprawling Anbar province , told reporters last week that much of the border remains `` uncontrolled . '' `` We still have a certain level of foreign fighter movement , not much , through Anbar , because of our activities out there , '' Kelly said . But he said Iraqi intelligence believes al Qaeda operatives and others `` live pretty openly on the Syrian side , and periodically we know that they try to come across . '' Syria demanded Iraq 's government `` immediately investigate this serious violation '' and bar U.S. forces from striking Syria from its territory . The Syrian government summoned U.S. and Iraqi diplomats to the Foreign Ministry in Damascus to condemn the attack , SANA reported . CNN 's Mohammed Tawfeeq","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The U.S. military said it is investigating claims from Syria that U.S. helicopters based in Iraq killed eight people and wounded another Sunday in an attack inside Syria 's territory Sunday . A U.S. army Apache helicopter flies over southern Baghdad , Iraq . Syria 's state news agency SANA said four U.S. helicopters crossed the border and struck a farm about 8 kilometers -LRB- 5 miles -RRB- inside Syria before returning to Iraqi airspace . The raid occurred about 4:45 p.m. -LRB- 1345 GMT -RRB- . The helicopters hit a civilian building under construction on the farm , killing a father and his four sons , a married couple and another man , SANA said . Syria 's deputy foreign minister contacted the U.S. embassies in Damascus and Baghdad , SANA said . Military officials are investigating the claims , Sgt. Brooke Murphy , a U.S. military spokeswoman , told CNN . `` Unfortunately , we can not confirm anything at the moment , '' she said . The attack occurred near the town of Al-Bukamal , which is home to a Red Crescent camp for Iraqi refugees . The town is across the border"}
+{"answer":"criticize Obama '' The speaker also said Obama , former and current Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice and `` your likes '' fit Malcolm X 's description of `` house slaves . '' An English translation of the message used the term `` house Negroes , '' Malcolm X 's term for blacks who were subservient to whites . The term refers to slaves who worked in white masters ' houses . Malcolm X said those slaves were docile compared with those who labored in the fields . iReport.com : Should Obama react to comments ? Malcolm X , the fiery African-American Muslim activist from the 1950s and 1960s , was an early member and leader of the Nation of Islam . He left that group in 1963 over disillusionment with its then-leader , Elijah Muhammed , but remained a Muslim . After months of death threats , he was assassinated in 1965 by members of the Nation of Islam , who shot him 16 times at close range . The three men who were convicted of the crime have been paroled . On Friday , Imam Al-Hajj Talib ` Abdur-Rashid , recalling Malcolm X 's legacy","question":"NEW YORK -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Spiritual leaders of New York 's African-American Muslim communities lashed out Friday at a purported al Qaeda message attacking President-elect Barack Obama and , using racist language , comparing him unfavorably to the late Malcolm X. Ayman al-Zawahiri said Obama was the `` direct opposite of honorable black Americans '' like Malcolm X . The imams called the recorded comments from al Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri `` an insult '' from people who have `` historically been disconnected from the African-American community generally and Muslim African-Americans in particular . '' `` We find it insulting when anyone speaks for our community instead of giving us the dignity and the honor of speaking for ourselves , '' they said in a statement read during a news conference at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial , Educational and Cultural Center . The al Qaeda statement , an 11-minute , 23-second audio message in Arabic with subtitles in English , appeared on the Internet on Wednesday . Its authenticity has not been confirmed . The message said Obama represents the `` direct opposite of honorable black Americans '' like Malcolm X. Watch al Qaeda official"}
+{"answer":"someone with a fear of flying , also known as aviophobia or aviatophobia . For five years , Gomez avoided flying altogether . `` I missed out on some really cool things in my life back then because I would n't get on an airplane , '' she said . An estimated 10 percent to 25 percent of the U.S. population experiences the phobia of flying , according to the American Psychological Association . View a timeline of recent notable crashes '' In contrast , the risk of dying in a domestic jet crash has been estimated to be one in 70 million , according to MIT statistician Arnold Barnett , who has performed statistical analyses for the Federal Aviation Administration . Among the causes for aviatophobia is what many will experience as a result of seeing reports about the crash near Buffalo : vicarious trauma . This is trauma that one observes and subsequently develops within based on that observation . `` They see it , and they imagine what would that be like if it happened to me , '' said anxiety disorder psychologist R. Reid Wilson . By focusing on the possibility instead of the actual probability","question":"-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- When she heard news of the Continental Airlines plane that plunged into a house in suburban Buffalo , New York , on Thursday night , killing 50 people , Jenny Gomez experienced a familiar feeling creep deep within her psyche . `` It definitely sparked those old feelings of anxiety , '' she said . The risk of dying in a jet crash has been estimated to be one in 70 million , according to an MIT analysis . Gomez , 31 and a mother of two , was never afraid to fly during her childhood and early adolescence . `` I had flown all my life since I was very small , getting on a plane to visit my grandparents at least a couple of times a year , and I was fine , '' she remembered . Then , in her late adolescence , the panicky feelings began , slowly at first , but then the anxiety and nervousness started to snowball . `` Every bump , every shake of the plane would set me off . '' Finally , during a college psychology class , she realized she fit the classic criteria for"}
+{"answer":"never say , think , or do when dealing with a single woman over the age of 35 . 1 . Hey , cousin Christy , how ` bout we break with tradition and dispense with that bridal bouquet toss ? Believe it or not , it 's actually a touch degrading to be shoved front and center next to your spinster aunt Mitzi from Winnipeg as a roomful of revelers hopped up on Champagne and jumbo shrimp chant , `` You 're next , you 're next . '' 2 . The word picky -- as in `` the reason you refuse to meet my podiatrist 's brother-in-law for a night of miniature golf is that you 're too picky '' -- is not only offensive , it 's inaccurate . Hell , I 'd have dated Ted Bundy if he were willing to meet in a well-lit , public place . No , I suspect it was your description of his `` slight comb-over '' and `` profound desire to one day shake Dick Cheney 's hand '' that made me release that `` catch '' back into the wilds of New Jersey . Oprah.com : The number","question":"-LRB- OPRAH.com -RRB- -- Allow me to introduce myself . I am a gainfully employed , God-fearing , law-abiding citizen , and I come in peace . I do n't bet on baseball , I take excellent care of my gums , I keep my tray table locked and upright from takeoff to landing . Oh , and there 's one more thing : I am what is commonly referred to in polite society as `` an unmarried woman . '' Truth be told , I now have a boyfriend and a baby girl -- it 's all very modern -- but much of my 30s involved ostensibly concerned bystanders averting their eyes , asking how many cats I own , and sharing their private theories on where it all went so hideously wrong for me . Ah , yes , I remember it well . And when I start to forget , I still have plenty of single girlfriends in various states of angst to remind me of the grotesque fix-ups , the ham-handed remarks , and the brutal Thanksgiving dinners . For those valiant , traumatized souls , I present my list of the ten things one must"}
+{"answer":"assures us that the secret flavors exist . The ones they confirmed with the company 's headquarters include Strawberry Shortcake , White Gummy Bear , PB&J , Various flavors of Starbursts , Fruity Pebbles , Push-Up Pops , and Skittles . Other tantalizing flavors that are rumored to exist : Chocolate Gummi Bear , Apple Pie , Sourpatch Kid , Tootsie Roll , and Now and Later . 3 . This one might be my favorite . At Fatburger , you can order a Hypocrite -- a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon . 4 . Chipotle has a whole secret menu that is limited only by your imagination -- they have a store policy that says that if they have the item available , they will make it for you . Things that have been tested include nachos , quesadillas , taco salads and single tacos . Some stores are testing out quesadillas as a regular menu item , however , so maybe someday soon you wo n't need a super-secret handshake to order one . Mental Floss : 7 food promotions gone horribly wrong 5 . If you 're at Wendy 's and you 're really","question":"-LRB- Mental Floss -RRB- -- Your mission , if you choose to accept it , is to seek out covert items at fast food chains around the country . Not all food items are always listed on restaurant menus . Be warned , this mission includes very real dangers such as hardening arteries and skyrocketing cholesterol . We 've compiled a list to get you started . 1 . If you 're at Starbucks and in need of just a little caffeine , do n't worry -- there 's a tiny option for you . It 's the Short size , and they do n't advertise it . It 's like a little baby cup of coffee . It also comes in handy when you 're scrounging for change and do n't have enough for a tall -LRB- not that that has ever happened to me -RRB- . 2 . It 's a good thing we do n't have Jamba Juice here in Iowa , because I would be all over candy-based smoothies . Because it 's considered a health-food chain , Jamba Juice does n't officially list these on their in-store menus , but the Web site Mighty Foods"}
+{"answer":"officials caught up with her last year on her birthday . Watch how deportation separates family '' `` I was there when they handcuffed her , '' Quiroz says . `` I was there when they took her down . '' Two of her brothers , who had come with their mother to the United States when they were young children , also were taken into custody . It was the start of a downward spiral for Quiroz . When her mother and brothers were deported , Quiroz and her 6-year-old , American-born sister had no choice but to return to Mexico City with them . Her seventh-grade year was spent in a classroom where she did n't understand the language . `` I never belonged there , '' she says . `` I 'd just come home , sit down , cry . I 'd say , ` Mom , I ca n't do it . ' ... I ca n't read or write Spanish . '' She adds , `` I felt like there were no dreams for me . '' Stories like these are becoming more common , immigration analysts say , with American children caught in","question":"WAXAHATCHIE , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Julie Quiroz clutches her teddy bear crying . `` Mommy , '' she says softly , as her mother wraps her arms around her and rubs her back . One of her brothers tries to console her . `` You 're going to come back , '' he says . Julie Quiroz , a 13-year-old U.S. citizen , went back to Mexico when her mom was deported . The 13-year-old Quiroz begins to walk away to catch an airplane from Mexico to the United States . Within moments , she rushes back to her mother 's arms . `` Mommy , '' she says again , tears streaming down her face . Quiroz is one of an estimated 3 million American children who have at least one parent who entered the United States illegally , according to the Urban Institute , which researches and evaluates U.S. social and economic issues . In Quiroz 's case , she was born in Washington state , lived there her entire life and went to school there . But her mother , Ana Reyes , entered the United States illegally before Quiroz was born and U.S. immigration"}
+{"answer":"possible light . It was only in tearing down the House that Gingrich thought that it could be rebuilt in the Republicans ' -- or perhaps , his -- own image . To Gingrich 's credit , the Democratic leadership was always ready to misstep and then meet him in the partisan mud . Whether it was his fight with Speaker Tip O'Neill about who controlled the television cameras in the House or his relentless pursuit of Speaker Jim Wright 's sweetheart book deal , Gingrich would not back down from a fight even if at first it appeared the evidence was against him . Gingrich became a master at using the legislative process to achieve his political goals . This strategy from Gingrich 's House days is , of course , well known . What is less well known is that members who previously served with Gingrich in the House spread these highly partisan tactics to the Senate . I am writing a book about these senators , who I call `` Gingrich senators , '' because they so seamlessly infected the Senate with the same hyper-partisanship that pervaded the House . Since Gingrich 's first election to the","question":"Austin , Texas -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The current squabbling between the House and the Senate on the payroll tax cut extension perfectly epitomizes why congressional approval is in the single digits . Highlighting this debacle , Newt Gingrich ends his first television ad in Iowa proclaiming that by `` working together , we can and will rebuild the America we love . '' Expecting Newt Gingrich to work together with Democrats and Republicans to end the partisan deadlock in Washington is a bit like asking the fox to guard the chicken coop . When Gingrich entered the House of Representatives in 1979 , he quickly became the leader of a group of insurgent conservatives whose chief aim was a Republican Party majority . Gingrich 's partisan antics not only transformed the House , but the Senate as well . Washington has not been the same since . Even from his first term , when he tried to get Rep. Charles Diggs kicked out of the House -LRB- despite his re-election after being convicted of 29 felonies -RRB- , it became clear that Gingrich would use every Democratic misstep and every legislative opportunity to portray the House in the worst"}