Girls hug U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a 2010 tour of a shelter run for sex trafficking victims in Cambodia.STORY HIGHLIGHTSDonna Brazile: Clinton stepping down as Secretary of State. Maybe she'll run for presidentShe says as secretary she expanded foreign policy to include effect on regular people She says she was first secretary of state to focus on empowering women and girlsBrazile:...
Singapore Conversation turns to animal welfare
Labels: Technology SINGAPORE: A more inclusive society for animals or tougher rules for buying a pet were some suggestions animal lovers brought up at a dialogue on Saturday. It was also the first time the Singapore Conversation - an initiative to get Singaporeans to come to a consensus on the kind of future they want - focused on animal welfare. Saturday's event was jointly organised by the Agency for Animal...
Alabama hostage standoff enters 5th day
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe suspect has been identified as 65-year-old Jimmy Lee DykesDykes is accused of killing a school bus driver and abducting a childAuthorities have said there is no connection between Dykes and the boyMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- As an armed standoff entered its fifth day Saturday, authorities negotiated through a ventilation pipe with a man accused of barricading himself and a 5-year-old...
Twitter: 250,000 users' data compromised in hacking attacks
Labels: Health #1157946: Twitter bird logo, social networking and microblogging service, graphic element on white / AP Graphics Twitter said today that it recently detected a series of attempts to hack into user data, and that the attackers may have successfully absconded with some users' information. In a blog post Friday afternoon, Twitter explained the situation, and the steps it has taken to fight...
Gov's Handling of Sandusky Case Under Investigation
Labels: Business The newly-elected attorney general of Pennsylvania is going after the state's governor, Tom Corbett, who was attorney general when child sex allegations against Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky were first brought forward.Kathleen Kane, a Democrat who was sworn in as attorney general on Jan. 15, said that she will name a special prosecutor in the coming days to investigate Corbett's...
Feb
01
Reality check needed on immigration?
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSHoward Kurtz: The mainstream media are rooting for immigration policy changesKurtz: Is enthusiasm causing the media to overestimate the prospects for reform? He says the Republican House has been a graveyard for numerous Obama reformsKurtz: Illegal immigration still arouses visceral opposition among some Americans Editor's note: Howard Kurtz is the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources"...
Indonesia's January inflation rises to 4.57%
Labels: Technology JAKARTA: Indonesian inflation hit a four-year high on a monthly basis in January as food prices soared following severe flooding across the country, an official said on Friday.The monsoonal downpour pushed inflation to 1.03 per cent last month from 0.54 per cent in December, while it also accelerated to 4.57 per cent year on year, from 4.3 per cent, Central Statistics Bureau chief Suryamin...
At least 25 killed in Mexico office blast, dozens injured
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: 25 people were killed and more than 100 are injured, interior minister saysThe explosion collapsed two floors of an office building, paramedics sayRescuers have pulled a survivor from the rubble, Mexico's president saysCrews are searching for people trapped in the buildingLea este artículo en español/Read this article in SpanishMexico City (CNN) -- An explosion rocked the offices...
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch dead at 88
Labels: Health NEW YORKEd Koch, the ebullient former congressman and three-term Democratic mayor of New York City credited with correcting the city's sinking finances in the 1980s, has died at the age of 88. His spokesman, George Arzt, says Koch died Friday morning of congestive heart failure. Koch was born in the Bronx in 1924, and his family moved to Newark, N.J., before settling in Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn,...
Columbia Shuttle Crew Remembered 10 Years Later
Labels: Business Iain Clark is a teenager now. He was eight years old when his mother, Dr Laurel Clark, and six other astronauts died when the space shuttle Columbia fell apart in the skies over Texas 10 years ago today.Iain's father, Dr. Jonathon Clark, told ABC News recently that he and Iain will never really recover."There will always be a sense of loss and pain and hurt," said Clark. "I've...
Jan
31
BlackBerry must remember strengths
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSBlackBerry sales have slumped in the U.S. but is still strong in emerging marketsNew models launched should remember why they are popular in developing worldIn places like Brazil and South Africa, the 10 is the update to their current phonein Sub-Saharan Africa there is expected to be 175 million new customers in the next 3 yearsWatch Jim Clancy on CNN International's "The Brief" at...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi picks up decade-old rights award
Labels: Technology GWANGJU, South Korea: Myanmar's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi finally collected a human rights award in South Korea on Thursday, nearly a decade after it was conferred.The democracy icon had been awarded the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights back in 2004, but was still under house arrest at the time and unable to receive it.The prize is named for the southern South Korean city where...
Standoff drags into 3rd day as man holds child in bunker
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSThe sheriff says investigators do not believe the boy has been harmedA gunman is holding the 6-year-old hostage in an underground bunker Authorities get coloring books, crayons and medicine to the captive boyAuthorities canceled a news conference late Wednesday nightMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- Somewhere underneath this red Alabama dirt is a 6-year-old boy.A kindergartener, snatched...
Standoff with Ala. school bus shooting suspect in third day
Labels: Health MIDLAND CITY, Ala. The man suspected of shooting a school bus driver to death and taking a five-year-old boy hostage Tuesday moved to a rural Alabama neighborhood on a rutted red clay road more than a year ago. It didn't take long before he had developed a frightening reputation as a volatile man with anti-government views who threatened his neighbors at gunpoint and was viciously violent to wandering...
Jan
30
Bill Gates: We should grade teachers
Labels: WorldBill Gates discusses class work with students at South High School in Denver, Colorado last year.STORY HIGHLIGHTSBill Gates says his foundation is focused on setting goals, measuring progressTo improve education, we need measures of teacher effectiveness, he saysGates: It's worth spending what it takes for strong evaluation systemHe says better measuring will empower teachers to do their best workEditor's...
Cricket: Warne calls for new Australia coach
Labels: Technology SYDNEY: Test great Shane Warne on Wednesday called on Australia coach Mickey Arthur to be replaced by former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming days after branding the nation's cricket chiefs "muppets".The outspoken leg-spinner, who said he was "frustrated on many levels at present", praised Fleming as "the best opposition captain we played against" on his website www.shanewarne.com."I...
Hear what LeBron said to Obama
Labels: Lifestyle on your computer or on the CNN Apps for iPhone® and iPad®. iPhone, iPad and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. If you get CNN and HLN at home, you can watch them online and on the go for no additional chargeStart watching ...
One dead as strong storms rake South, Midwest
Labels: Health JACKSON, Miss. A large storm system packing high winds, rain and some possible twisters tore across several states in the South and central U.S. early Wednesday, blacking out power to thousands, downing trees and damaging homes. CBS Nashville affiliate WTVF-TV reports one person was killed when a tree fell on a shed. At least one person was reported injured by lightning in Arkansas during the storm's...
Jan
29
Why haven't we learned from fires?
Labels: WorldSTORY HIGHLIGHTSPyrotechnics, overcrowding, poor exits have contributed to tragic fires in recent yearsYou would think the world would have learned from past incidents, John Barylick saysConcertgoers have to be their own fire marshals, he saysEditor's note: John Barylick, author of "Killer Show," a book on the 2003 Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island, is an attorney who represented victims in wrongful...
All 20 on board Kazakh airliner "killed in crash"
Labels: Technology ALMATY, Kazakhstan: All 20 people on board a domestic flight in Kazakhstan operated by the SCAT airline died Tuesday when their Bombardier jet crashed on approach to Almaty airport in thick fog, the airline said."Twenty people were on board -- five crew members and 15 passengers," the airline said in a statement, quoted by the Interfax news agency."According to preliminary information...
Hear what Lebron said to Obama
Labels: Lifestyle on your computer or on the CNN Apps for iPhone® and iPad®. iPhone, iPad and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. If you get CNN and HLN at home, you can watch them online and on the go for no additional chargeStart watching ...
Egypt Army chief warns state could "collapse"
Labels: Health CAIRO Egypt's army chief warned Tuesday of "the collapse of the state" if the political crisis roiling the nation for nearly a week continues. The warning by Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, also the defense minister, comes as the country sinks deeper into chaos and lawlessness. Attempts by the Muslim Brotherhood-backed president to stem a wave of political violence appear to have made no headway. Some 60...
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