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here 's why we should heed the ongoing drought in the most populous state , a slowly expanding natural disaster now in its fourth year that this week prompted gov. jerry brown to announce a mandatory 25 % cutback in water consumption in all cities .
in 2014 , one expert predicted consumers would pay more for some groceries because of the california drought .
• berries rose in price by about 80 cents per clamshell to $ 3.88 . | americans paid more for some fruits and vegetables last year because of the drought .
tourists will now have to ask for a glass of water at a california restaurant .
perhaps the only good thing is another `` great '' wine grape harvest last year . | 0.852042 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- chris copeland of the indiana pacers was stabbed after leaving a trendy new york nightclub early wednesday , and two atlanta hawks -- who had just finished a home game hours before the incident -- were among those arrested , according to police and cnn affiliates .
the hawks were not involved in the stabbing incident , police said , but were arrested on obstruction and other charges later .
copeland 's pacers are slated to play the new york knicks on wednesday night . | hawks say neither thabo sefolosha nor pero antic will play wednesday against brooklyn .
chris copeland left `` bloody trail of handprints '' as he returned to club seeking help , club says .
suspect in custody , police say , adding they will release his name once charges are filed . | 0.8306 |
baltimore , maryland -lrb- cnn -rrb- protesters angry over the death of freddie gray got into physical altercations with police saturday night in downtown baltimore near the city 's famed baseball stadium .
at least five police cars were damaged by people who smashed windows and jumped on them .
mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said she was profoundly disappointed by the violence , adding that 95 % of the protesters were respectful but a `` small group of agitators intervened . | twin sister of freddie gray asks for people to stop breaking things , scuffling with cops .
fans are permitted to exit camden yards after briefly being told to stay put .
12 people arrested during protests , police commissioner says . | 0.840686 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- since iran 's islamic revolution in 1979 , women have been barred from attending most sports events involving men .
a plan to allow `` women and families '' to enter sports stadiums will come into effect in the next year , deputy sports minister abdolhamid ahmadi said saturday , according to state-run media .
but it is n't clear exactly which games women will be able to attend . | iranian sports official : the ban will be lifted for some events in the coming year .
but he says `` families are not interested in attending '' some sports matches . | 0.864638 |
but the gas station owner never made it on a flight back to his home hayward , california .
family members have identified him as a victim killed in mortar strike last week in the southern yemeni city of aden .
he is believed to be the first u.s. citizen killed in the current violence in yemen . | jamal al-labani is believed to be the first american killed in current violence in yemen .
he was on his way back from mosque prayers when he was hit in the back by shrapnel , his family said . | 0.8861 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a professor at texas a&m galveston said in an email to his strategic management students that they were a disgrace , that they lacked maturity -- and that he would fail the entire class .
irwin horwitz , an instructional associate professor in the university 's department of maritime administration , told cnn affiliate kprc that he had finally reached a breaking point .
`` enough was enough , '' horwitz said . | a texas a&m galveston professor said in an email to students he would fail the entire class .
university officials wo n't necessarily stand by failing grades , cnn affiliate kprc reports . | 0.878184 |
on april 17 , 1975 -- 40 years ago today -- life as ly knew it was shattered when her hometown , the cambodian capital of phnom penh , fell to the genocidal khmer rouge regime of the communist party of kampuchea .
ly , then 13 , was separated from her mother and two of her sisters who , along with virtually the entire population of phnom penh -- about two million people -- were sent on a forced march into the countryside to work .
it 's bo . | phnom penh , the cambodian capital , fell to the genocidal khmer rouge 40 years ago today .
at least 1.7 million people were killed in the subsequent four years , before the regime was driven out .
decades on , the country is still struggling to gain justice for victims and heal from the genocide . | 0.868787 |
this is his sixth tour in iraq , and he 's back doing a job that he 's been tasked with before : training iraqi soldiers .
but the u.s. military is n't the only contingent of western forces in the region -- dozens of foreigners , including americans , have volunteered to take the fight to isis .
u.s. law enforcement officials say it is illegal to join a syrian militia . | foreign fighters are increasingly signing up to fight isis on the front lines .
for some of the jihadist group 's foes , foreign fighters are not welcome comrades .
training and logistical support , some argue , is the best way to support the fight against isis . | 0.868331 |
now 87 years old , he was a 16-year-old jewish recruit when he fought in the soviet red army .
as he fought the nazis in world war ii , his family fled .
margolin was a sniper who rose to be a commander in the army . | international fellowship of christians and jews has brought 600 jews to israel since december .
the margolin family is among them ; their home in eastern ukraine was bombed . | 0.847747 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the lawyer for robert bates , an oklahoma reserve deputy who fatally shot a man he meant to subdue with a taser , on saturday released documents that he says verify some of bates ' training as a law enforcement officer .
the documents show bates had one taser training class over a six-and-a-half-year period , took three firearms training classes and qualified 10 times , from 2009 to 2014 , to use a handgun .
bates is charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of eric harris . | reserve deputy robert bates said he meant to use a taser but accidentally shot and killed a man .
lawyer for slain man 's family says bates was n't qualified to be on the force and received preferential treatment .
`` robert bates has met all the requisite training required by oklahoma to be a reserve deputy , '' bates ' lawyer says . | 0.866504 |
the deadline to agree on what will be the parameters for an endgame pact on iran 's nuclear program has come and gone with no deal .
they are mutually exclusive , '' the iranian minister said .
'' for iran , which insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes , a deal would mean relief from punishing economic sanctions . | talks run until early thursday morning ; expected to resume hours later .
iranian minister : other side must `` seize the moment , '' not try to pressure iran . | 0.841581 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- how will the new `` fantastic four '' differ from the original movie of a decade ago ?
for starters , as a new trailer shows , sue and johnny storm 's father initiates the project that ends up giving the foursome their powers . | dr. doom is seen for the first time in the trailer for the `` fantastic four '' reboot . | 0.856872 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the lawyer for a baltimore community activist whose arrest was broadcast live on cnn said thursday morning that his client had been released from jail .
as viewers watched , joseph kent held his hands up and walked in front of a phalanx of police tuesday night after a citywide curfew had started .
he was still trying to get in touch with his client after kent was released . | joseph kent 's attorney says his client was released from jail .
police in baltimore detained kent on live tv after start of curfew .
that triggered a wave of interest on social media . | 0.888126 |
the photographer , daniel ramos , had filed the civil suit against west after the hip-hop star attacked him and tried to wrestle his camera from him in july 2013 at los angeles international airport .
west pleaded no contest last year to a misdemeanor count of battery over the scuffle .
`` kanye ! | the rapper assaulted the photographer at los angeles international airport in 2013 .
west apologized as part of the settlement , the photographer 's lawyer says . | 0.884995 |
the whale , named varvara , swam nearly 14,000 miles -lrb- 22,500 kilometers -rrb- , according to a release from oregon state university , whose scientists helped conduct the whale-tracking study .
varvara , which is russian for `` barbara , '' left her primary feeding ground off russia 's sakhalin island to cross the pacific ocean and down the west coast of the united states to baja , mexico .
fourth baby orca born this season . | the whale , varvara , swam a round trip from russia to mexico , nearly 14,000 miles .
the previous record was set by a humpback whale that migrated more than 10,000 miles . | 0.862666 |
hong kong -lrb- cnn -rrb- chinese president xi jinping and indian prime minister narendra modi are two dynamic leaders at the helm of the world 's two most populous nations .
and one is particularly vocal about making his mark on history .
`` history has been created today , '' he said . | india predicted to outpace china as as world 's fastest-growing economy in next year .
china 's economy is slowing after over 25 years of breakneck growth .
but experts say india simply ca n't size up against china 's raw economic might . | 0.826633 |
nairobi , kenya -lrb- cnn -rrb- kenyan deputy president william ruto on saturday gave the united nations ' refugee agency three months to relocate refugees from the dadaab camp -- the world 's largest -- to somalia , or `` we shall relocate them ourselves .
'' `` the way america changed after 9/11 is the way kenya will change after garissa , '' ruto said in nyeri , according to a statement from his office .
al-shabaab gunmen stormed garissa university college in eastern kenya this month , killing 147 people . | the dadaab refugee camp is the world 's largest , with more than 600,000 people .
kenya will change `` the way america changed after 9/11 , '' deputy president says . | 0.854782 |
`` today in america , women earn on average 77 cents for every dollar men earn .
and the gap is even greater for women of color .
the new women warriors : reviving the fight for equal rights . | sally kohn : april 14 is equal pay day , and hillary clinton should make an announcement about wage gap .
clinton should say that if elected , she will take a 23 % pay cut to stand in solidarity with working women . | 0.834437 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the united states is urging china to release five young feminists who face years in prison over their campaign for gender equality .
authorities detained the women in three cities -- beijing , guangzhou and hangzhou -- a few days ahead of events planned for international women 's day on march 8 .
'' on international women 's day . | the international community is calling for the release of the five women .
chinese authorities detained them last month over their campaign for gender equality . | 0.869115 |
so 's bill murray , george clooney , scarlett johansson , jerry seinfeld , howard stern , tina fey , michael keaton and ray romano .
on tuesday , `` the late show with david letterman '' announced some of the guests for the talk show host 's final month of broadcasts .
the last `` late show '' will air wednesday , may 20 . | `` the late show with david letterman '' concludes may 20 .
letterman 's guests will include oprah winfrey and bill murray .
stephen colbert takes over the slot september 8 . | 0.860163 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- it lays claim to being the most isolated human settlement on earth , a volcanic archipelago in the south atlantic ocean , home to just under 270 people .
now , the tiny settlement of tristan da cunha is seeking the help of architects and designers the world over to secure its future well into the 21st century .
there are also a handful of expatriate brits . | tristan da cunha holds competition for architects and designers .
islands are most isolated inhabited archipelago on earth . | 0.86371 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a new jersey auction house has removed items from its april 17 event after an uproar from the public .
the items are crafts and artifacts made by japanese-americans confined to world war ii internment camps .
a grass-roots campaign of a change.org petition , a facebook page , and mediation by `` star trek '' actor george takei has resulted in rago arts and auction center agreeing to pull the items from the sale . | the items were originally given to a historian who opposed the camps , cnn affiliate reports .
auctioneer hoped they would be bought by museum or someone who would donate them for historical appreciation .
japanese-americans were furious about items from family members , others being sold . | 0.844211 |
the ghetto , and i 'm talking class and not race , was on full display by monday .
the protests started in response to the death of freddie gray in police hands .
from the same pool , 200 will be shot and killed . | peter moskos : when man died in police custody , many unfairly blamed all baltimore cops .
but cops are in a no-win situation .
he says those who trashed city are part of larger societal woes of poverty and class .
in just blaming cops , we ignore source of strife . | 0.849763 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- on the eve of the one-year mark since nearly 300 schoolgirls were abducted by boko haram in nigeria , malala yousafzai released an `` open letter '' to the girls monday .
nigeria recently held an election .
my name is malala . | malala yousafzai tells the girls she associates with them .
she writes a message of `` solidarity , love and hope '' she calls on nigeria and the international community to do more to rescue the girls . | 0.860045 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a gunman walked into a building on the campus of wayne community college in goldsboro , north carolina , on monday and shot the school 's print shop operator , killing him , authorities said .
the school was placed on lockdown , and the gunman remains at large .
the victim , ron lane , was a longtime employee . | school print shop operator ron lane was killed , college president says .
the man believed to be the gunman is identified as former student kenneth stancil .
the two knew each other , authorities say . | 0.860048 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the reserve deputy who shot a suspect with his firearm rather than his stun gun , and another deputy who can be heard cursing at the suspect after he was shot , were not in their normal states of mind because of the elevated stress of apprehending the suspect , according to a tulsa , oklahoma , investigator .
tulsa police sgt. jim clark , who has been brought in to review the case , said tulsa county reserve deputy robert bates , 73 , `` inadvertently '' shot eric courtney harris after harris -- a possibly pcp-addled felon who had days prior sold methamphetamine to an undercover officer -- ran from authorities after trying to sell an illegal handgun during an undercover sting .
as deputies tried to handcuff harris , bates arrived with a pepper spray gun in hand . | `` slip and capture '' explains why deputy shot suspect , investigator says .
sheriff 's office says a reserve deputy thought he had pulled out a taser .
instead , he shot the suspect , who later died at a local hospital . | 0.837219 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a mammoth wave of snow darkens the sky over everest base camp .
at least 17 people have been killed , with dozens injured and several missing -- likely buried beneath the snow and ice .
at least 8,000 people were reported to have suffered injuries . | a youtube video shows the scale of an avalanche on mount everest on saturday .
eight nepalis are dead at everest , but not identified ; three americans are also dead .
helicopter rescues are underway to retrieve climbers stranded on everest . | 0.841228 |
the mad rush of 24 hours previously , in those first confusing , cacophonous hours following the 7.8-magnitude earthquake near the nepali capital , had died down .
at the airport , at passport control , we meet a nepalese man , who is unable to contact his family .
he also has two cousins on everest , he says . | tremors subside finally in kathmandu , but after-effects of saturday 's staggering tragedy will be felt for years .
arwa damon and gul tuysuz take tour of devastated city as locals struggle to cope .
workers dig painstakingly , slowly removing piles of stone and debris . | 0.828433 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- with help from some filmmakers , 102-year-old alice barker went back in time .
barker was a dancer in such new york nightspots as the cotton club and the cafe zanzibar in the 1930s and 1940s , part of chorus lines that entertained alongside notables including bill `` bojangles '' robinson and frank sinatra .
mark cantor of jazz-on-film . | alice barker was a dancer in the 1930s and '40s .
thanks to filmmakers , barker -- now 102 -- finally saw herself dance . | 0.852796 |
a study by we the people found that 80 % of women in mumbai had been street harassed , primarily in crowded areas like trains and railway platforms .
most people are silent when inappropriate sexual behavior occurs to women .
'' the reality is that sexual harassment in india is pervasive in all aspects of life . | women in india are street harassed , primarily in crowded areas like trains and railway platforms .
elsa marie d'silva : it 's time we speak up ; we can not accept harassment as part of our daily routine . | 0.88186 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- seven people -- including illinois state university associate men 's basketball coach torrey ward and deputy athletic director aaron leetch -- died when their small plane crashed while heading back from the ncaa tournament final .
the aircraft went down overnight monday about 2 miles east of the central illinois regional airport in bloomington , mclean county sheriff 's office sgt. bill tate said .
`` the isu community is reeling from the loss , '' twork said . | the crashed plane was a cessna 414 , national transportation safety board reports .
coach torrey ward , administrator aaron leetch among the 7 killed in the crash .
the plane crashed while coming back from the ncaa title game in indianapolis . | 0.859005 |
iran is a difficult place to be gay or lesbian .
mahmoud ahmadinejad , the former president of iran , famously said during a 2007 trip to the united states , `` in iran , we do n't have homosexuals , like in your country .
homosexuality is illegal . | homosexuality is illegal in iran .
denizli , turkey , is host to hundreds of gays and lesbians from iran .
photographer laurence rasti traveled to turkey to explore her fascination with identity issues . | 0.850149 |
the first set of female quintuplets in the world since 1969 was born in houston on april 8 , and the parents are blogging about their unique experience .
danielle busby delivered all five girls at the woman 's hospital of texas via c-section at 28 weeks and two days , according to cnn affiliate kprc .
parents danielle and adam and big sister blayke are now a family of eight . | rare set of female quintuplets was born this month in houston , texas .
the girls were born via c-section at 28 weeks and two days .
another family kept the news of twins secret until birth . | 0.891177 |
considering who was making the threats , prosecutors did n't consider it a joke and charged tsarnaeva with aggravated harassment , which she denies .
tsarnaeva is the sister of dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev .
authorities allege the brothers are responsible for the 2013 boston marathon bombing , which left three people dead and more than 260 others injured . | dzhokhar tsarnaev is on trial for his alleged role in the boston marathon bombings .
tsarnaev 's sister , ailina , was in court in december related to aggravated harassment charges .
tsarnaev 's mother is wanted on felony charges of shoplifting and destruction of property . | 0.869987 |
but he 's increasingly serving himself at a cost to columbia university and new york presbyterian hospital .
but sen. claire mccaskill , chairwoman of the senate 's consumer protection panel , instead made him her chief example of the kind of snake oil salesmen that keep hoodwinking consumers into thinking there 's a quick fix for their expanding waistlines .
john oliver subsequently eviscerated oz on his hit hbo show `` last week tonight . | ford vox : when celeb doc mehmet oz slammed by doctors for ` quack ' medicine , he hit back , but their complaint has some basis .
he says oz scorned by some in medical community , at senate hearing ; comics joke about him .
he serves himself at cost to his hospital . | 0.825543 |
american jennifer stewart says she was devastated to learn that etihad airways lost her most important baggage following a recent trip from abu dhabi to new york city : her 2-year-old pet cat , felix .
stewart said that she and her husband , joseph naaman , booked felix on their etihad airways flight from the united arab emirates to new york 's john f. kennedy international airport on april 1 .
'' the airline shipped more than 200 pets last year . | couple spends $ 1,200 to ship their cat , felix , on a flight from the united arab emirates .
felix went missing somewhere at john f. kennedy international airport , airline says .
pets are `` treated no differently than a free piece of checked luggage , '' jennifer stewart says . | 0.870964 |
fall river , massachusetts -lrb- cnn -rrb- former new england patriots star aaron hernandez looked on impassively wednesday as he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole , a new low for a young man who once enjoyed a $ 40 million pro-football contract and now stands convicted in the 2013 murder of onetime friend odin lloyd .
hernandez , 25 , appeared to shake his head `` no '' earlier as jurors in the massachusetts trial found him guilty of first-degree murder .
he was also found guilty of unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition . | `` they got it wrong , '' aaron hernandez says as he is transported to prison .
the jury deliberated for more than 35 hours over parts of seven days .
mother of murder victim odin lloyd says she forgives those who played a role in her son 's death . | 0.83659 |
a new study has found that acetaminophen , the main ingredient in tylenol , most forms of midol and more than 600 other medicines , reduces not only pain but pleasure , as well .
the authors of the study , which was published this week in psychological science , say that it was already known that acetaminophen blunted psychological pain .
this group showed the same blunting of emotional reactions . | subjects taking acetaminophen reacted less strongly to both pleasant and unpleasant photos .
each week , 52 million americans use the pain reliever .
unknown whether other pain products produce the same effect . | 0.846812 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- north korea accused mexico of illegally holding one of its cargo ships wednesday and demanded the release of the vessel and crew .
the ship , the mu du bong , was detained after it ran aground off the coast of mexico in july .
cnn 's jethro mullen contributed to this report . | the mu du bong was detained after it ran aground off mexico 's coast in july .
north korea says there 's no reason to hold the ship and accuses mexico of human rights violations .
mexico says it followed proper protocol because the ship 's owner skirted u.n. sanctions . | 0.876221 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- boston native mark wahlberg will star in a film about the boston marathon bombing and the manhunt that followed , deadline reported wednesday .
wahlberg 's film , to be titled `` patriots ' day , '' is being produced by cbs films , which linked to the deadline article from its website .
'' wahlberg is also a producer of the film . | mark wahlberg is planning to appear in `` patriots ' day '' the film will be about events surrounding the 2013 boston marathon bombing .
another film , `` boston strong , '' is also in the works . | 0.884753 |
debra lobo , a 55-year-old california native , was shot in the right cheek and left arm and is unconscious but expected to survive , according to mohamad shah , a karachi police spokesman .
police found pamphlets that the assailants had thrown into lobo 's car , written in urdu , saying `` america should be burnt , '' shah said .
two assailants on a passing motorcycle shot her while she was driving , shah said . | debra lobo , 55 , is unconscious but is expected to survive after being shot thursday , police say .
she is vice principal of the jinnah medical and dental college in karachi .
police : she was on her way to pick up her daughters from school when she was shot . | 0.874946 |
, '' featuring bruno mars , is the longest-leading billboard hot 100 of the 2010s , ruling the chart for a 13th week .
it 's also just the 10th single in the hot 100 's entire history to spend at least 13 weeks at no. 1 .
plus , newcomer natalie la rose reaches the top 10 with her debut hit `` somebody , '' featuring jeremih . | the song rules the chart for 13th week .
it passes robin thicke 's `` blurred lines '' song three weeks from potentially tying `` one sweet day '' for record . | 0.838669 |
hillary clinton , who announced last week , even jumped into her black van for a road trip out to iowa , including a pit stop at chipotle along the way .
trying to separate himself from the pack , new jersey gov. chris christie called for substantial cuts to social security .
he also promised to reverse the marijuana legalization laws that many states have been enacting in response to ballot initiatives . | julian zelizer : in early weeks of the 2016 campaign , candidates and potential contenders have stumbled in small ways .
he says chris christie 's words about social security and marijuana may haunt him . | 0.846604 |
the immediate aftermath of the oil spill has been well documented , with declines in tourism and the seafood industry , as well as the significant destruction of wildlife in the region .
since then , the amount of oil in the area has dissipated and communities have started to show signs of recovery .
'' -rrb- . | keith crandall : five years after the deepwater horizon rig exploded , we are only beginning to understand its effects on the gulf .
a crab species may be a key indicator of the impact , he says . | 0.843738 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- james best , best known for his portrayal of bumbling sheriff rosco p. coltrane on tv 's `` the dukes of hazzard , '' died monday after a brief illness .
he was 88 .
best died in hospice in hickory , north carolina , of complications from pneumonia , said steve latshaw , a longtime friend and hollywood colleague . | james best , who played the sheriff on `` the dukes of hazzard , '' died monday at 88 .
`` hazzard '' ran from 1979 to 1985 and was among the most popular shows on tv . | 0.869103 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- this week , social media heralded as #motheroftheyear toya graham , the baltimore single mom who pulled her son , who was holding a brick , away from the scene of a riot .
`` why is america celebrating the beating of a black child ?
but baltimore is n't on fire because of mothers like graham . | peggy drexler : video of toya graham hitting son as she drags him from protests has raised questions .
was she a hero ?
neither , she says ; she was a mom trying to steer her adolescent in a heated city conflict , and more moms need this kind of commitment . | 0.846402 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- every week in the heart of nima , a slum in the ghanaian capital of accra , families congregate at a local mosque .
agyare 's first visit to see the girls -- students at education project achievers ghana -- was in january 2014 .
'' this , in part , was why agyare lent her support to achievers ghana . | many girls in nima , one of accra 's poorest slums , receive little or no education .
achievers ghana is a school funded by the community to give the next generation a better chance of success .
girls are being taught to code by tech entrepreneur regina agyare , who believes her students will go far . | 0.856485 |
centennial , colorado -lrb- cnn -rrb- after months of intensive questioning , a jury has finally been picked for the trial of colorado movie theater massacre suspect james holmes .
twelve jurors and twelve alternates are on the list .
the group includes 19 women and five men . | in the murder trial of james holmes , 12 jurors and 12 alternates have been selected .
the mostly middle-aged group includes 19 women and five men .
jury selection started in january ; opening statements are scheduled to begin on april 27 . | 0.884559 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- pope francis has accepted the resignation of bishop robert finn , who remained on the job for years after becoming the highest-ranking u.s. catholic official convicted in connection with the church 's long-running sex abuse scandal , the vatican announced tuesday .
finn , who led the diocese of kansas city-st .
joseph , missouri , was found guilty in 2012 of failure to report suspected child abuse . | expert : decision `` does n't look very urgent , '' but it appears `` well-timed '' for pope francis .
robert finn remained a bishop after a 2012 conviction for failure to report abuse . | 0.850468 |
the oscar winner put on white makeup -lrb- and a lot of tattoos this time -rrb- to portray the clown prince of crime in the upcoming movie `` suicide squad .
'' set for release august 5 , 2016 , `` suicide squad '' is based on the dc comics series and also stars will smith , margot robbie and viola davis .
which is your favorite ? | leto will play the clown prince of crime in 2016 's `` suicide squad '' the first picture of leto in character led to a series of spoof photos . | 0.84663 |
buoyed by a higher-than-normal 30 % turnout , two african-american candidates won their wards tuesday night to make the six-member city council 50 % black .
ferguson 's population of about 21,000 is 70 % black , but the city council was predominantly white , as is the police force .
she won 49.76 % of the vote . | for the first time ever , ferguson 's city council will be half black .
the two winning black candidates vowed to bring reform .
the election was a critical test in this beleaguered city . | 0.854069 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- an asiana airlines plane overran a runway while landing at japan 's hiroshima airport on tuesday evening , prompting the airport to temporarily close , the japanese transportation ministry said .
twenty-three people had minor injuries after flight 162 landed at 8:05 p.m. , according to fire department and ministry sources .
there were 73 passengers and eight crew members -- including five cabin attendants , two pilots and a maintenance official -- aboard when the flight took off from south korea 's incheon international airport at 6:34 p.m. local time , asiana said in a statement late tuesday . | the plane might have hit an object on the runway , the japanese transportation ministry says .
23 people have minor injuries , officials say .
the airbus a320 overshot the hiroshima airport runway at 8:05 p.m. tuesday , officials say . | 0.885868 |
-lrb- the hollywood reporter -rrb- ben powers , who played thelma 's -lrb- bernnadette stanis -rrb- husband keith anderson on the final season of the classic cbs sitcom `` good times , '' has died .
he was 64 .
powers joined the cast of `` good times '' for its sixth and final season from 1978 to 1979 season , playing keith , a professional football player . | ben powers joined the cast of `` good times '' for its sixth and final season .
he played thelma 's husband keith anderson . | 0.882474 |
hong kong -lrb- cnn -rrb- four months after the end of the massive occupy protests that clogged hong kong 's streets in a bid for greater voting rights , another confrontation is heating up in the former british colony .
the flashpoint ? | reform proposal would give hong kongers right to vote for their next leader in 2017 .
but candidates would have to be approved by a mostly pro-beijing committee .
pro-democracy legislators have vowed to veto proposal . | 0.838031 |
baltimore police said rioting at a shopping mall and elsewhere monday afternoon started amid rumors , spread on social media , of a `` purge '' led by large groups of marauding high school students .
the term appears to be a reference to 2013 's `` the purge '' and its sequel , last year 's `` the purge : anarchy , '' about a dystopian future america where on one day each year , all laws are suspended for a 12-hour period and all crimes , including murder , become temporarily legal .
how baltimore police , protesters battle on twitter . | some of baltimore 's unrest may have been inspired by the `` purge '' movies .
movies are about a dystopian america where all crime is temporarily legal . | 0.872653 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- `` real housewives of beverly hills '' star and former child actress kim richards is accused of kicking a police officer after being arrested thursday morning .
richards was taken into custody by police at the beverly hills hotel on accusations of trespassing , resisting arrest and public intoxication after security personnel complained that she was bothering hotel guests about 1:30 a.m. ` real housewives of atlanta ' cast member 's mother dies .
she has been released from custody . | `` real housewives of beverly hills '' star kim richards was arrested early thursday morning .
beverly hills police say richards would n't leave a hotel when asked and later struck an officer . | 0.888228 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- espn 's britt mchenry this week found herself in the news , rather than reporting on it , after a video surfaced showing her berating and belittling an employee of a tow company in arlington , virginia .
'' espn , meanwhile , announced that mchenry would be suspended for a week .
how britt mchenry could have responded . | video shows espn reporter britt mchenry berating and belittling a tow company worker .
drexler : she was wrong to act that way , but are n't we too quick to judge without seeing full video ? | 0.854791 |
-lrb- the hollywood reporter -rrb- the original cast of twin peaks is backing david lynch in his salary standoff with showtime .
sherilyn fenn , sheryl lee , james marshall , peggy lipton and other familiar faces from the series appear in the video . | `` twin peaks '' creator david lynch announced he was departing the showtime revival of the cult series sunday .
cast members of the show posted a youtube video wednesday pleading for him to return .
wednesday was the series ' 25th anniversary . | 0.836155 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- easter is a cornerstone event in the christian faith , but it 's surrounded by interesting quirks .
it celebrates the completion of christ 's mission of salvation in the crucifixion and resurrection .
at the vatican , holy week began with palm sunday last week and culminated in easter sunday mass with multiple celebrations in between to mark the final week of christ 's mortal life . | easter is a key event in the christian faith , but where did the easter bunny come from ?
why is the date different every year , and what does it have to do with the moon ? | 0.853247 |
that 's what kankakee county , illinois , sheriff tim bukowski said saturday about kamron taylor , the 23-year-old convicted murderer turned jail escapee until his arrest overnight in chicago .
authorities around illinois had been looking for taylor since early wednesday , when he jumped a correctional officer at kankakee 's jerome combs detention center , then took off with the guard 's uniform and suv .
'' the suspect ran five city blocks before being tracked down , carrying a loaded handgun . | the sheriff says a `` big mistake '' contributed to the inmate 's escape .
2 months after being convicted of murder , kamron taylor escaped an illinois jail .
he is captured by police 60 miles away in chicago , authorities say . | 0.859865 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a columbia university student who was accused of rape is suing the new york city school for allowing his accuser to publicly brand him a `` serial rapist '' according to the lawsuit , paul nungesser was cleared of responsibility in emma sulkowicz 's 2013 rape claim , as well as others that came to light after sulkowicz went public with her allegations in various media interviews .
her case drew national attention after she started carrying a mattress around campus to protest the school 's handling of the complaint , saying she hoped to show how `` flawed '' the university disciplinary system is when it comes to sexual misconduct cases .
kessler also declined to comment on the lawsuit . | paul nungesser says he was target of gender-based harassment campaign .
the case drew national attention after his accuser started carrying a mattress around campus . | 0.865235 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- jason rezaian has sat in jail in iran for nearly nine months .
the washington post 's bureau chief in tehran was arrested in july on unspecified allegations .
he is accused of economic spying , the post reported , citing iranian state media . | officers arrested jason rezaian and his wife in july on unspecified allegations .
it took months to charge him ; charges were made public last week . | 0.857037 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- several of the world 's worst terrorist groups , like isis and al-shabaab , aim to create societies governed by strict , distorted versions of sharia law .
for example , most victims of isis are fellow muslims who refuse to go along with the isis worldview and ruthless tactics .
the latest came friday , when an italian prosecutor revealed that a network of pakistanis associated with al qaeda talked about attacking the vatican back in march 2010 . | an italian prosecutor announces suspected al qaeda affiliates may have targeted the vatican .
isis produced propaganda videos showing beheadings of egyptian , ethiopian christians .
al-shabaab has singled out non-muslims to kill them , as at a garissa university college . | 0.852433 |
the online course verifies that i am knowledgeable to fly a plane under visual flight rules into the most highly restricted u.s. airspace in the country .
although a `` no-fly zone '' over the white house has long existed , the sfra airspace was developed to protect the washington area further after the 9/11 terrorist attacks .
an airspeed restriction begins at a 60-mile radius from the center of reagan national airport . | les abend : how did gyrocopter fly on to capitol grounds when faa , defense forces keep tight rein on airspace ?
he says gyrocopter may be lightweight and slow enough that it evaded radar .
he says it 's unlikely such a flight could pose a serious danger . | 0.827513 |
-lrb- the hollywood reporter -rrb- add another fan-favorite character to the cast of next year 's `` x-men : apocalypse , '' with director bryan singer announcing via instagram that olivia munn will play the telepathic psylocke in the follow-up to `` x-men : days of future past .
`` apocalypse '' is currently in production for a summer 2016 release .
© 2015 the hollywood reporter . | olivia munn will play psylocke in `` x-men : apocalypse '' film .
psylocke trended for hours on twitter after director bryan singer announced casting . | 0.872876 |
panama city , panama -lrb- cnn -rrb- ending a decades-long standstill in u.s.-cuba relations , president barack obama met for an hour saturday with his cuban counterpart raul castro , the first time the two nations ' top leaders have sat down for substantive talks in more than 50 years .
obama set to test engagement doctrine with cuba in panama .
the long history between the u.s. and cuba . | `` the cold war has been over for a long time , '' president obama says .
the thaw in ties has dominated discussion at the summit of the americas in panama .
the top leaders from the united states and cuba have n't met for substantive talks in more than 50 years . | 0.872024 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- thousands of syrian and palestinian refugees trapped in the yarmouk refugee camp have suffered what can only be described as untold indignities .
i encountered two such individuals on my mission to damascus -- jihad and mohammad -- tiny , vulnerable infants who were taken from yarmouk in recent days , a place that was described last week by the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon as `` the deepest circle of hell .
'' the fact that they are alive truly make them miracle children . | yarmouk is a refugee camp near damascus in war-ravaged syria .
pierre krähenbühl of the united nations : individual lives underscore need for humanitarian action . | 0.825395 |
atlanta -lrb- cnn -rrb- a passenger on an atlanta-bound air canada flight told a cnn reporter on the plane friday that a stranger sitting behind him tried to choke him .
oliver minatel , 22 , said he was sleeping on air canada flight 8623 from toronto when he felt something around his neck .
the suspect was escorted off the plane . | oliver minatel , a 22-year-old player from brazil , was attacked from behind , he says .
witnesses say suspect tried to choke him with the cord from his headphones .
team says forward is ok , will play saturday night ; suspect was taken for evaluation . | 0.852268 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the california public utilities commission on thursday said it is ordering pacific gas & electric co. to pay a record $ 1.6 billion penalty for unsafe operation of its gas transmission system , including the pipeline rupture that killed eight people in san bruno in september 2010 .
most of the penalty amounts to forced spending on improving pipeline safety .
of the $ 1.6 billion , $ 850 million will go to `` gas transmission pipeline safety infrastructure improvements , '' the commission said . | the penalty is more than 10 times the previous record , according to a newspaper report .
utility commission to force pacific gas & electric co. to make infrastructure improvements .
company apologizes for explosion that killed 8 , says it is using lessons learned to improve safety . | 0.863368 |
`` there is no such thing as genocide , '' she says .
`` other people are trying to create hostility between us .
ninety-one percent of turks do not believe that the events of 1915 -- when , according to armenians , 1.5 million ethnic armenians were systematically killed in the final years of the ottoman empire -- were genocide , according to a recent poll . | massacre of 1.5 million ethnic armenians under the ottoman empire is widely acknowledged by scholars as a genocide .
turkish government officially denies it saying hundreds of thousands of turkish muslims and armenian christians died in intercommunal violence . | 0.86934 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- indiana gov. mike pence issued an executive order monday to extend a public health emergency in his state in response to a rampant hiv outbreak that first began in mid-december .
as of tuesday , there were 135 cases -- 129 confirmed , and six preliminary -- of hiv .
the increase has been linked to injection drug use , primarily of the prescription opioid opana . | gov. mike pence extends public health emergency by 30 days .
129 cases of hiv have been confirmed since mid-december .
more than 4,300 needles have been distributed through temporary needle exchange program . | 0.872332 |
the picture was apparently uploaded on imgur a few days ago and has caught fire thanks to a post on the website 9gag .
some people are noting the apparent motion of the cat . | the internet is raging about a cat going #upordown .
the debate is fueled by an optical illusion photo .
the story brings to mind the furor over #thedress . | 0.854318 |
the vast majority of the camp 's occupants are from the town of sinjar and fled the isis assault there back in august .
isis took thousands of yazidis captive .
but the islamist militants separated the young women and girls to be sold as sex slaves . | hanan , 19 , was captured by isis when militants took the town of sinjar .
she was among the women and girls separated to be sold as sex slaves . | 0.897849 |
peshawar , pakistan -lrb- cnn -rrb- ten people have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2012 attack on nobel peace prize-winning activist malala yousafzai , a judge announced thursday .
the assailant 's conviction and sentences follow a trial that included testimony from both sides , according to pakistani antiterrorism judge mohammad amin kundi .
malala at u.n. : the taliban failed to silence us . | the sentences came after a trial in pakistan , a judge says .
malala yousafzai is an outspoken advocate for the education of girls .
she was attacked in pakistan in 2012 . | 0.870033 |
just ask vince , whitney , roseanne , jimi and michael .
to say neil butchered the song before the las vegas outlaws arena football league game would be unkind to those in the profession .
the late whitney houston set the modern standard for the national anthem at super bowl xxv . | singing the national anthem is a risky proposition .
whitney houston nailed it ; roseanne barr destroyed it . | 0.855533 |
nairobi -lrb- cnn -rrb- an elite police commando unit waited hours for transport from nairobi , kenya , to garissa , where al-shabaab terrorists had taken over a university on april 2 , according to one of the commandos who participated in the response operation .
al-shabaab slaughtered 147 people at the school .
of the fatalities , 142 were students at the university , and the rest were security forces and campus security . | commando says air transport was delayed for hours as al-shabaab forces slaughtered students .
on april 2 , 147 were killed at a university in garissa , kenya , most were students . | 0.883086 |
the devastating earthquake that hit nepal on saturday set off avalanches that left large numbers of climbers dead , missing , injured or trapped on mount everest .
and aftershocks , including a strong one sunday , are continuing to send snow and rocks thundering down the mountainside , complicating rescue efforts .
the base camp on the nepal side of everest is in a vulnerable spot , sitting in a valley surrounded by high himalayan peaks . | concerns growing for people trapped higher up the mountain .
helicopters begin airlifting injured people from the base camp in nepal .
climber reports at least 17 dead ; many others injured , missing or stuck . | 0.846123 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- five years ago , rebecca francis posed for a photo while lying next to a dead giraffe .
the trouble started monday , when comedian ricky gervais tweeted the photo with a question .
a number of people insulted and threatened francis in response to the giraffe photo and others featuring her . | rebecca francis ' photo with a giraffe was shared by ricky gervais .
francis was threatened on twitter for the picture .
francis , a hunter , said the giraffe was `` close to death '' and became food for locals . | 0.860884 |
7-eleven is hosting the first bring-your-own-cup slurpee day at united states stores from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. saturday to kick off peak slurpee season .
this shot at brain freeze is n't free , but customers at participating stores can fill their `` cup '' of choice for $ 1.49 , the average cost of a medium slurpee .
note : a garbage can is not a cup . | bring your own large `` cup '' for a $ 1.49 7-eleven slurpee .
any sanitary container less than 10 inches in diameter is fair game . | 0.860749 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- bernie sanders , my vermont senator and , indeed , a friend of many years , is now running for president .
'' to most americans , of course , sen. bernie sanders is only a name , if that .
he is a socialist , of course . | jay parini : bernie sanders , who is running for president , is a liberal long shot , but he 's also a populist truth-teller who speaks without fear .
he says the vermont senator could help move hillary clinton to left on progressive issues . | 0.858869 |
'' we 're playing checkers on the middle east game board and tehran 's playing three-dimensional chess .
iran is n't 10 feet tall in this region , but by making the nuclear issue the be-all and end-all that is supposed to reduce iran 's power , the united states is only making tehran taller .
the u.s.-iranian relationship is not symmetrical . | miller : while the u.s. entangles itself in the nuclear negotiations , iran is gaining a freer hand to assert its regional influence .
he says united states is being outfoxed , not outgunned . | 0.862383 |
nearly three months after a u.s. official said up to 25,000 iraqis troops were expected to return to the key northern iraqi city in april or may , a senior official in president barack obama 's administration said thursday that washington is `` not putting a timeframe on '' a possible invasion .
it `` might be some time from now .
still , mosul is n't tikrit . | u.s. official said in february that iraqi troops could go into mosul in april or may .
officials say now that there 's no timetable , an invasion could come sooner or later .
they note that recapturing mosul from isis could be a complicated endeavor . | 0.878495 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- five young men were arrested saturday in melbourne , australia , in what police called a major counterterrorism operation .
three of the teens , all of them either 18 or 19 , have since been released `` pending further enquiries , '' australia 's federal police said , but two remain in custody .
sevdet besim , 18 , has been charged with conspiring to commit a terrorist act , and was denied bail saturday . | three of the five teens released .
one 18-year-old suspect has been charged , report says .
australian police said the suspects were allegedly planning an `` isis-inspired '' attack . | 0.8586 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- laying down tracks for their debut album in the recording studio in los angeles , iman hashi , 25 and her sister siham , 27 could not be further from their hometown of mogadishu .
the sisters were born in the somali capital but were forced to flee after war broke out in 1991 .
it 's a fusion of everything . | somali sisters , iman and siham hashi , make up faarrow .
a fusion of hip-hop , world pop and afrobeats , they are currently finishing debut album . | 0.840724 |
london -lrb- cnn -rrb- british police investigating a spectacular heist in the heart of london 's jewelry district said friday they knew a burglar alarm went off but did n't respond .
southern monitoring alarm company called the metropolitan police service , also known as scotland yard , at 12:21 a.m. april 3 to report that the burglar alarm had been activated at hatton garden safe deposit ltd. , mps said in a prepared statement .
`` the call was recorded and transferred to the police 's cad -lrb- computer-aided dispatch -rrb- system , '' the statement said . | british tabloid releases video it says shows the robbery being carried out .
british police say they did n't respond to a burglar alarm in jewelry district .
police give no value of the amount taken in the heist in london 's jewelry district . | 0.845976 |
abc is filming a proof of concept for a revival of `` the muppets , '' the hollywood reporter has learned .
`` the big bang theory '' co-creator bill prady is co-writing the script for a pilot presentation that sources say could be unspooled at may 's upfront presentation to madison avenue advertisers .
abc 's `` muppets '' revival is being produced by abc studios and the muppet studios , which disney owns . | `` the muppets '' might return to television on abc .
`` the big bang theory '' co-creator bill prady is co-writing a pilot script .
the old muppet gang would return for the variety show . | 0.894629 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- president barack obama tied himself to the mast of a nuclear deal with iran even before he became the democratic candidate for president .
reaching a good , solid agreement with iran is a worthy , desirable goal .
iran will be allowed to keep one-third of its more than 6,000 centrifuges . | frida ghitis : president barack obama is right to want a deal , but this one gives iran too much .
she says the framework agreement starts lifting iran sanctions much too soon . | 0.851331 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- nine of ten mostly foreign prisoners on death row in indonesia have been given 72 hours notice ahead of their execution , according to a spokesperson for the attorney general 's office .
`` seventy-two hours notification means three days , at least , to go to the execution .
it may be longer . | australian and philippines governments given notice their nationals will be executed in 72 hours .
they include philippines maid mary jane velos and australians andrew chan and myuran sukumaran .
australia has repeatedly appealed for clemency for the pair . | 0.81243 |
a large crowd erupted in cheers as pemba tamang was carried out on a stretcher .
he was wearing a new york shirt and a blue neck brace , was blanketed by dust and had the look of a deer in the headlights .
his rescuer , inspector lakshman basnet of the nepalese armed police force , said tamang was responsive and showed no apparent signs of serious injury . | death toll rises to more than 6,100 .
pemba tamang , 15 , shows no apparent signs of serious injury after rescue .
u.s. special forces helicopter 30 , including 3 americans , to safety . | 0.839018 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- seventy years ago , anne frank died of typhus in a nazi concentration camp at the age of 15 .
just two weeks after her supposed death on march 31 , 1945 , the bergen-belsen concentration camp where she had been imprisoned was liberated -- timing that showed how close the jewish diarist had been to surviving the holocaust .
but new research released by the anne frank house shows that anne and her older sister , margot frank , died at least a month earlier than previously thought . | museum : anne frank died earlier than previously believed .
researchers re-examined archives and testimonies of survivors .
anne and older sister margot frank are believed to have died in february 1945 . | 0.855861 |
garissa , kenya -lrb- cnn -rrb- kenyan police have arrested five suspects in connection with thursday 's attack at garissa university college , interior minister joseph nkaissery said friday , according to cnn affiliate ntv .
thursday 's attack by al-shabaab militants killed 147 people , including 142 students , three security officers and two university security personnel .
the attack left 104 people injured , including 19 who are in critical condition , nkaissery said . | 5 suspects arrested in attack on kenyan campus , official says .
student tells cnn of smearing herself with blood to escape death .
al-shabaab gunmen opened fire , and 147 people died . | 0.861195 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- former new england patriots star aaron hernandez will need to keep his lawyers even after being convicted of murder and other charges in the death of odin lloyd .
next up is another murder trial in which he is accused of killing two men and wounding another person near a boston nightclub in july 2012 .
prosecutors have said hernandez fatally shot daniel de abreu and safiro furtado when he fired into their 2003 bmw . | aaron hernandez has been found guilty in odin lloyd 's death , but his troubles are not over .
he also faces murder charges in suffolk county , massachusetts , but trial was postponed .
in addition , hernandez will face two civil lawsuits ; one is in relation to suffolk county case . | 0.857326 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a skywest airlines flight made an emergency landing in buffalo , new york , on wednesday after a passenger lost consciousness , officials said .
the passenger received medical attention before being released , according to marissa snow , spokeswoman for skywest .
the plane descended 28,000 feet in three minutes . | faa backtracks on saying crew reported a pressurization problem .
one passenger lost consciousness .
the plane descended 28,000 feet in three minutes . | 0.868405 |
tokyo -lrb- cnn -rrb- with the world watching , in his historic address to a joint session of the u.s. congress , the first ever by a japanese prime minister , shinzo abe surprised nobody by missing a great opportunity to dispel worries and tensions he raises with his revisionist views on history .
and this `` abenesia '' is harmful to japan 's international image , riles china and south korea and thereby undermines the bilateral security agenda .
strengthening the alliance with japan and sealing the deal on the trans-pacific partnership trumps past misdeeds . | abe did express `` eternal condolences '' about the loss of american lives in world war ii .
but he has been evasive and ambiguous about embracing responsibility for japan 's wartime actions .
kingston : he is putting his personal agenda on history ahead of the national interest . | 0.836813 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- in response to reports of big banks threatening to withhold campaign funds from senate democrats , sen. elizabeth warren last week offered a defiant response : `` bring it on .
'' warren said she is n't going to slack off on her calls for breaking up banks and other measures to rein in wall street .
he is not alone . | julian zelizer : elizabeth warren was defiant about wall street , but hillary clinton likely wo n't be .
zelizer : the democrats need wall street 's campaign donations to be competitive in 2016 . | 0.842458 |
one of the biggest challenges rescue workers are facing in nepal is reaching affected people in remote mountainous areas .
the youngest is 10 , the oldest in his 70s .
the group 's philosophy is `` to support , not to invade . | a trip to the town of gorkha shows the human toll of the earthquake .
international teams are assisting nepalese medical staff , officials . | 0.863309 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a new kansas law banning a common second-term abortion procedure is the first of its kind in the united states .
the law , signed by kansas gov. sam brownback on tuesday , bans what it describes as `` dismemberment abortion '' and defines as `` knowingly dismembering a living unborn child and extracting such unborn child one piece at a time from the uterus .
`` we 'll continue to fight ! | a new kansas law bans what it describes as `` dismemberment abortion '' supporters say it 's a groundbreaking step .
opponents say it 's dangerous and politically motivated . | 0.869971 |
that 's why an experienced climbing group from the indian army plans to trek up the 8,850-meter mountain to pick up at least 4,000 kilograms -lrb- more than 8,000 pounds -rrb- of waste from the high-altitude camps , according to india today .
the mountain is part of the himalaya mountain range on the border between nepal and the tibet region .
the 34-member team plans to depart for kathmandu on saturday and start the ascent in mid-may . | generations of everest climbers have left tons of trash .
the indian army plans to remove at least 4,000 kilograms from the peak . | 0.858217 |
-lrb- the hollywood reporter -rrb- the author of a 2006 novel has accused the `` avengers '' director and `` cabin '' director drew goddard of stealing his idea .
whedon produced and co-wrote the script for cabin with director drew goddard , a writer on whedon 's `` buffy the vampire slayer '' and a fanboy favorite in his own right , with credits that include netflix 's `` daredevil '' -lrb- and reportedly may soon include sony 's upcoming spider-man projects -rrb- .
'' he 's suing for copyright infringement and wants $ 10 million in damages . | an author says `` avengers '' director joss whedon and `` cabin '' director drew goddard stole his idea .
peter gallagher alleges similarities to his `` the little white trip : a night in the pines '' from 2006 . | 0.844202 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- jon reiter is no stranger to mount everest -- its world-record height , its prestige , its challenges .
'' jon reiter told cnn on sunday morning that 17 people had been killed on the mountain .
the indian army 's everest expedition evacuated the bodies of 13 mountaineers from a base camp who had been preparing to scale the mountain , spokesman col. rohan anand said saturday . | family of american medic killed posts message on facebook says she died while at base camp .
at least 13 die after avalanches at mount everest base camp , authorities say ; climber says 17 dead .
dining tent at one base camp has been transformed into a hospital , another hiker says . | 0.842472 |
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