Testimony: Taylor's son laughed at torture

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Legendary R&B producer Wexler dies

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Race card raised in U.S. election

Barack Obama is charging that rival John McCain doesn't have any new ideas and that's why the Arizona senator's campaign is focusing its energy on anti-Obama ads.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/campaign.wrap/index.html?eref=edition

U.S. slams China, India over trade deal

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McCain: I'd give Bin Laden 'Nuremberg trial'

White House hopeful John McCain said as president he would consider bringing Osama bin Laden to justice through a Nuremberg-like trial. "I don't think we'd have any difficulty in devising an internationally supported mechanism that would mete out justice. There's no problem there."

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/25/mccain.wolf/index.html?eref=edition

NZ judge backs girl over odd name

A New Zealand judge has made a 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name can be changed from Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii, the country's national news agency reported Thursday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/24/odd.names/index.html?eref=edition

Man dies after being shot with Taser 9 times

A police officer shocked a handcuffed Baron "Scooter" Pikes nine times with a Taser after arresting him on a cocaine charge.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/22/taser.death/index.html?eref=edition

NY Times rejects McCain editorial

The New York Times has rejected an editorial that Sen. John McCain wrote defending his Iraq war policy.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/21/mccain.nyt/index.html?eref=edition

'Moonies' founder hurt in copter crash

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Oil down again -- to less than $130 a barrel

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Hit-run women, 77 and 75, get life sentences

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F1 chief's orgy 'not just hanky spanky'

Formula One chief Max Mosley's sado-masochistic orgy with five prostitutes was not just "hanky spanky," London's High Court has been told.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/14/mosley.closing/index.html?eref=edition

Aid workers killed in Somalia

Three aid workers have been shot over the last day in Somalia, two of them fatally, Somali media reports said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/12/somalia2.aidworkers/index.html?eref=edition

Real-life scare at 'Jaws' film location

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Fans worldwide line up for new iPhone

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DNA evidence clears JonBenet's family

New DNA tests using recently developed "touch DNA" technology have cleared all members of JonBenet Ramsey's family of her slaying, authorities said Wednesday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/09/jonbenet.dna/index.html?eref=edition

Atheist sues U.S. Army for discrimination

Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/08/atheist.soldier/index.html?eref=edition

Freed American: Captors are 'terrorists'

One of three American hostages freed last week from Colombian rebels blasted the leftist group publicly, saying, "You guys are terrorists."

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/07/farc.hostages/index.html?eref=edition

Jet's nose cone caves in mid-flight

Northwest Airlines is investigating why the nose cone on one of its planes caved in on a flight from Detroit, Michigan, to Tampa, Florida.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/07/06/nose.cone/index.html?eref=edition

Fake priest infiltrates Vatican

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50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef

Tens of thousands of South Koreans were demonstrating Saturday on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision to import what they say is unsafe U.S. beef.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/skorea.beef/index.html?eref=edition

Hot-dog eating champ keeps his crown

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Tropical Storm Bertha gathers steam in Atlantic

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Federer eases into Wimbledon semis

Roger Federer moves to within two victories of a record sixth consecutive Wimbledon title when he crushes Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-1 7-5 6-4 in a one-sided quarterfinal on Wednesday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/02/tennis.federer/index.html?eref=edition

Mandela off U.S. terrorism watch lists

Former South African President Nelson Mandela is to be removed from U.S. terrorism watch lists under a bill President Bush signed Tuesday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/07/01/mandela.watch/index.html?eref=edition

Troop deaths in Afghanistan surpass Iraq

For the second month in a row, U.S. and allied troop deaths in the Afghan war have surpassed those in Iraq, according to official figures tallied by CNN.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/07/01/afghan.deaths/index.html?eref=edition

Oil price surges above $143 a barrel

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British soldier killed in Afghanistan

An explosion in southern Afghanistan killed a NATO soldier on Saturday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/29/afghanistan/index.html?eref=edition

Model dies in fall from New York building

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Dutch relaxed about pot smoking ban

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Top seed Ivanovic crashes out of Wimbledon

China's Zheng Jie sent top seed and world number one Ana Ivanovic crashing out of Wimbledon in an astonishing third round shock on Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/06/27/wimbledon.women/index.html?eref=edition

U.S. high court rejects Washington gun ban

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the District of Columbia's handgun ban, but the decision likely will have broader implications and could change the course of debate on the Second Amendment.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/26/scotus.guns/index.html?eref=edition

Pillow talk lands Chinese officials in jail

Corruption and mistresses don't make good bedfellows.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/06/26/china.mistresses/index.html?eref=edition

Turkey mentality worries favorites Germany

Skipper Michael Ballack believes Turkey's mentality is the greatest threat to Germany's European Championship title ambitions going into tonight's semifinal in Basle.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/25/euro.germany/index.html?eref=edition

Ground-to-air missiles guard Olympic venues

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Sarkozy challenges Israel over Jerusalem

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/23/sarkozy.israel.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Spain beat Italy at Euro 2008

Spain beat world champions Italy on penalties to reach the semifinals of Euro 2008 after the match had ended scoreless.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/football/06/22/italy.spain/index.html?eref=edition

Rare Monroe-Gable footage auctioned

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Martha Stewart denied UK visa

Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart hopes to return to the United Kingdom as soon as a reported travel ban stemming from her criminal history is "resolved," the chairman of the company she founded said Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/06/20/stewart.uk/index.html?eref=edition

'Air rage' supermodel gets community service

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting two police officers following an "air rage" incident at London's Heathrow Airport.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/20/campbell.court/index.html?eref=edition

Ex-spy chief held in mid-air poisoning case

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Sixth severed foot surfaces off Canadian coast

A severed foot -- the sixth this year -- washed up on the shore of a Canadian island on Wednesday, police said.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/06/18/canada.feet/index.html?eref=edition

Legendary Hollywood dancer Cyd Charisse dies

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/06/17/charisse.obit.ap/index.html?eref=edition

Reports: Police hurt, held hostage in Peru

More than 20 police officers have been hurt and at least 60 are being held hostage amid protests in southern Peru over mining revenue, according to the Peruvian News Agency and other reports.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/17/peru.protests/index.html?eref=edition

Amy Winehouse 'faints, hospitalized'

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No breakthrough in S. Korean-U.S. beef talks

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Obama blasts McCain on energy reform

Sen. Barack Obama told voters in Wayne, Pennsylvania, on Saturday that he'll cut taxes for the middle class, raise taxes for the wealthy and pour more money into what he calls green energy.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/14/campaign.wrap/index.html?eref=edition

NASA identifies shiny object trailing shuttle

The debris spotted floating away from space shuttle Discovery has been preliminarily identified as a thermal clip from the shuttle's brake system, NASA said Friday.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/06/13/shuttle.discovery/index.html?eref=edition

Deadly 'witch hunt' troubles Kenya

Justus Bosire's grandmother was killed, his father went missing, in a witch hunt in western Kenya that has killed 15 people, most of them elderly women. Bosire's grandmother was 86 years old.

Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/12/kenya.witches/index.html?eref=edition

Fuel protest truckers urged back to work

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