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in november 1942 , the unguarded ss city of cairo was sunk by a german u-boat while carrying 296 civilians and cargo that included 100 tons of silver .
the sinking was the stuff of legend .
the city of cairo was bringing silver rupees from india to england as part of the war effort . | the ship was sunk in 1942 hundreds of miles of the coast of south america .
a british company says the salvage operation occurred at a world record depth . | 0.841252 |
on monday , wayne county prosecutor kym worthy announced charges of assault and mistreatment of a prisoner against william melendez .
he 's the 49-year-old former inkster , michigan , police officer who is seen in police car dashcam video grabbing the unarmed motorist , floyd dent , around the neck while he lay on the ground and punching him several times in the head .
`` the alleged police brutality in this case can not and will not be tolerated , '' worthy said . | inkster , michigan , police chief vicki yost resigns in the wake of charges against one of her former officers .
william melendez was caught on police car dashcam video in january beating an unarmed black motorist .
melendez was charged with assault on monday ; all charges against the motorist have been dropped . | 0.870697 |
the results of the obama white house 's innovative efforts to make the world a better place can be accounted for in the ever-growing numbers of victims of radical islam in the middle east , north africa and south asia .
not to mention here in the united states , canada and europe .
yes , osama bin laden was killed on president obama 's watch . | authors warn president obama must be clear about radical islam threat .
al qaeda still a looming threat , they say . | 0.849931 |
the migrant crisis that has suddenly drawn hundreds of journalists to sicily has been brewing for years , but in the past 10 days , with as many as 1,600 deaths in the mediterranean , suddenly minds are focused -- for now .
it was late at night in the besieged city of misrata .
hundreds of african migrants were caught between the libyan civil war -lrb- back then some optimistically called it a `` revolution '' -rrb- and the deep blue sea . | hundreds of desperate migrants have died attempting to cross the mediterranean in recent says .
and italians are alarmed that this year as many as a million migrants could arrive in europe . | 0.853226 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- much of the world has been stunned by the huge increase of migrant deaths in the mediterranean this year , increasing the number of deaths at sea by a factor of 30 compared to the same time last year .
almost all the deaths have occurred in the perilous central mediterranean crossing from libya to italy .
the flows of migrants across the mediterranean are unlikely to stop -- italian authorities estimate that up to 200,000 migrants in libya are waiting to cross , following 170,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in italy last year . | the european union is trying to stop thousands of migrants from drowning at sea .
migrants risk their lives by paying people smugglers to get them to europe .
australia has successfully stopped the flow of migrant boats to its waters . | 0.844845 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the number of new hiv infections in a rural indiana county has grown , according to the centers for disease control and prevention .
the institute is working with state health leaders to control the `` severe outbreak , '' which has spread among users of a prescription opioid called opana .
the outbreak has been ongoing since mid-december . | the number of new hiv infections in indiana has grown to 142 cases .
some families in isolated communities use illegal drugs and share needles as a `` community activity , '' a health official says .
public health officials urge vigilance to stop the outbreak from gaining ground . | 0.877085 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- pardon us , `` lost '' fans , but april 8 was n't only your day .
'' twitter did n't , paying homage to the 1995 film `` empire records '' and the character of rex manning , played by the very dreamy maxwell caulfield .
'' the sketch jack does of his beloved is dated april 14 , 1912 . | april 8 was huge for `` lost '' and `` empire records '' fans .
april 14 , april 25 , october 21 are other big dates in movies . | 0.835423 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- larry upright died just one day after hillary clinton announced she was running for president .
upright , a staunch republican , died monday at a north carolina hospital .
'' daughter jill mclain said it was natural to put that line in her father 's tribute . | larry upright 's family says he would enjoy the request .
some vow to honor it , but others say they 'll still vote for hillary clinton . | 0.844152 |
taubman , a real estate developer who helped change the face of suburban life by popularizing upscale indoor shopping malls , died friday at the age of 91 .
the announcement was made by his son , robert taubman , the chairman , president and chief executive officer of taubman centers inc. , the company his father founded 65 years ago .
`` i wanted to build . | alfred taubman , who died friday , was active in philanthropy and worth an estimated $ 3.1 billion .
amid suburban boom of the '50s , he realized people would need places to shop : '' ... we could n't miss '' we was convicted in 2002 of trying to rig auction house commissions ; he maintained he was innocent . | 0.844196 |
the mission , a joint effort between indian air crew and a nepalese army medical team , is only the third operation of its kind to reach the village since saturday 's massive 7.8-magnitude quake , which left more than 5,000 people dead .
he says people have been desperately awaiting the supplies .
`` everyone is sleeping outside , '' he says . | indian air force and nepalese army medical team launch rescue mission to bring injured people to hospitals in kathmandu .
forshani tamang 's family carried her for four hours to reach help after she was wounded when their home was destroyed . | 0.855448 |
a stray pooch in washington state has used up at least three of her own after being hit by a car , apparently whacked on the head with a hammer in a misguided mercy killing and then buried in a field -- only to survive .
that 's according to washington state university , where the dog -- a friendly white-and-black bully breed mix now named theia -- has been receiving care at the veterinary teaching hospital .
four days after her apparent death , the dog managed to stagger to a nearby farm , dirt-covered and emaciated , where she was found by a worker who took her to a vet for help . | theia , a bully breed mix , was apparently hit by a car , whacked with a hammer and buried in a field .
`` she 's a true miracle dog and she deserves a good life , '' says sara mellado , who is looking for a home for theia . | 0.868457 |
and fighting has killed hundreds of people in less than two weeks .
the saudi-led coalition smashed parts of yemen 's defense ministry central command in the capital over the weekend , senior yemeni officials said .
the electricity has gone out on 16 million yemenis living in houthi-held areas , the yemeni officials said . | bombing of targets in central sanaa smashes residents ' windows and doors .
hundreds killed in less than two weeks ; humanitarian situation desperate , agencies say . | 0.859945 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a large storm system dubbed typhoon maysak is churning over the pacific ocean , days away from a possible direct hit on the philippines .
maysak is moving west-northwest after skirting the federated states of micronesia , according to the u.s. joint typhoon warning center .
the philippines is frequently hit by typhoons . | maysak has sustained winds of more than 130 mph but is expected to weaken .
it 's forecast to hit the philippines during the easter weekend . | 0.840376 |
on thursday night 's `` grey 's anatomy , '' dr. derek shepherd -- the hunky character played by patrick dempsey -- died .
he was n't shot down over the sea of japan , nor did a helicopter fall on his head .
instead , he died following a car crash -- after helping victims of another accident . | `` grey 's anatomy '' is in its 11th season .
derek shepherd , played by patrick dempsey , died after a car crash . | 0.886266 |
the rates of myopia have doubled , even tripled , in most of east asia over the last 40 years , researchers say .
several places like hong kong , singapore and taiwan have rates in the 80 % .
in south korea , myopia rates among 20-year-olds have leaped from 18 % in 1955 to over 96 % myopia in 2011 . | east asia sees soaring rates of myopia , with 80-90 % of young adult population affected .
evidence that myopia rates are increasing in europe and the u.s. scientists advice for kids : go outside and play . | 0.871858 |
his wife said she was still searching for answers thursday after u.s. officials revealed the 73-year-old american aid worker had been accidentally killed in a u.s. drone strike targeting al qaeda .
'' gunmen abducted weinstein in 2011 from his home in lahore , parkistan .
they posed as neighbors , offered food and then pistol-whipped the american aid worker and tied up his guards , his family said . | warren weinstein 's wife says the family is still searching for answers .
officials say weinstein and another al qaeda hostage were accidentally killed in a u.s. drone strike .
gunmen abducted the usaid contractor from his home in pakistan in 2011 . | 0.901515 |
she was a married 34-year-old teacher and mother of four in seattle in 1996 when she began an affair with fualaau , her 13-year-old student .
letourneau gave birth to her young lover 's child and went on to serve more than seven years in prison on charges related to their sexual relationship .
the pair wed soon after she was released from prison in 2005 and are now the parents of two teen girls . | letourneau fualaau had a sexual relationship with her student .
he was 13 when they began the relationship in 1996 .
in may , they will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary . | 0.869358 |
it 's easy to talk of such spirit when paul mccartney is there to honor ringo starr , and yoko ono is on hand as well .
speaking briefly backstage , ono expressed feeling that it was wonderful for starr to be honored , `` just sad john and george are n't here , '' referring to her late husband john lennon and beatles guitarist and fellow songwriter george harrison .
john mayer hailed his longtime idol , the late vaughan , in a heartfelt speech . | paul mccartney honors ringo starr at rock and roll hall of fame induction ceremony .
green day , lou reed , joan jett & the blackhearts also honored . | 0.839743 |
cairo -lrb- cnn -rrb- an egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role in the august 2013 burning of a christian church in the giza province village of kafr hakim , state news reports .
morsy was pushed out by egypt 's military .
but he was acquitted of murder in the deaths of protesters . | 2 minors were sentenced to 10 years in prison , in addition to adults getting life .
52 of the 73 defendants were sentenced in absentia .
the virgin mary church was burned along with dozens of others in august 2013 . | 0.839504 |
cnn situation room correspondent brian todd and photojournalist khalil abdallah were on their way to interview a legal analyst on l street nw when they happened on a brood of baby ducks causing a stir .
a man gave up his umbrella for the cause `` while the mom was going crazy . | bystanders stopped to rescue a lost brood of ducklings in d.c. tuesday .
cnn 's brian todd and khalil abdallah paused to capture the scene . | 0.88048 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- georgia southern university was in mourning thursday after five nursing students were killed the day before in a multivehicle wreck near savannah .
caitlyn baggett , morgan bass , emily clark , abbie deloach and catherine -lrb- mckay -rrb- pittman -- all juniors -- were killed in the wednesday morning crash as they were traveling to a hospital in savannah , according to the school website .
fellow nursing students brittney mcdaniel and megan richards were injured as was another person , who was not identified by the georgia state patrol . | georgia state patrol provides more details of crash .
georgia southern university mourns five nursing students killed in auto accident .
five cars and two tractor-trailers were involved in crash on interstate 16 . | 0.833322 |
to assuage any fears , we asked john swartzberg , m.d. , a clinical professor at the university of california at berkeley , to walk us through the process of determining if our favorite dip was still safe to eat .
related : amy 's kitchen recalls more than 70,000 cases of food due to fear of listeria contamination .
`` listeria survives well at cool temperatures , '' he said . | find the fda 's official report for the recalled product .
if the product is within the use-by date , it should still be recalled . | 0.831123 |
everyone from apple ceo tim cook to the head of the ncaa slammed religious freedom laws being considered in several states this week , warning that they would open the door to discrimination against gay and lesbian customers .
and some prominent republicans are urging the party to take notice .
it has been a gradual transformation for walmart . | while republican gov. asa hutchinson was weighing an arkansas religious freedom bill , walmart voiced its opposition .
walmart and other high-profile businesses are showing their support for gay and lesbian rights .
their stance puts them in conflict with socially conservative republicans , traditionally seen as allies . | 0.862687 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the last time muhammadu buhari came to power in nigeria , it was by force .
for the first time in nigeria 's history , the opposition defeated the ruling party in democratic elections .
muhammadu buhari , 72 , won nigeria 's presidential election , defeating incumbent goodluck jonathan by about two million votes . | muhammadu buhari 's win marks the first democratic transition of power from a ruling party to the opposition .
nigeria , the most populous country in africa , is grappling with violent boko haram extremists . | 0.864486 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- australia has recalled its ambassador to indonesia for consultations after two australians were among eight drug smugglers executed by firing squad early wednesday .
australian prime minister tony abbott called the executions `` cruel and unnecessary '' because both men , andrew chan and myuran sukumaran , had been `` fully rehabilitated '' during a decade in prison .
`` i failed . | brazil extends ` deepest sympathy ' to family of executed brazilian .
indonesia executed eight death row inmates early wednesday . | 0.844671 |
for the first time a majority , 53 % , favor its legalization , with 77 % supporting it for medical purposes .
support for legalization has risen 11 points in the past few years alone .
girl 's seizures spur medical marijuana legislation in georgia . | cnn 's dr. sanjay gupta says we should legalize medical marijuana now . | 0.836591 |
veteran journalist and author sandra mackey died sunday , her son , colin mackey , said .
she was 77 .
she was an undercover reporter working for u.s. newspapers from saudi arabia as her husband , dr. dan mackey , worked in a riyadh hospital . | mackey predicted what would happen to iraq if the u.s. invaded and deposed saddam hussein .
she also wrote a book credited with helping bridge gap between arabs and americans . | 0.84569 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- five militants from the kurdistan workers ' party were killed and another was wounded in clashes with turkish armed forces in eastern turkey , the country 's military said saturday .
four turkish soldiers also were wounded in the fighting that took place in the eastern city of agri , the armed forces said in a written statement .
the kurdish separatists opened fire from a long distance , targeting turkish soldiers who were securing an area in agri ahead of a spring festival , cnn turk reported . | four turkish troops were wounded in the flight , according to the country 's military .
turkey president recep tayyip erdogan says clashes are attempt to halt a resolution process with kurds .
violence between kurds and the turkish military has been ongoing for more than three decades . | 0.847612 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- over the last year more than 25,000 people , a population about the size of key west , florida , have fought ebola infections .
it revealed real flaws in government systems that are supposed to protect us .
the latest world health organization report confirmed a total of 30 new confirmed cases of ebola were reported in the week of april 5 . | april 8 , 2014 , the who finally started reporting the ebola epidemic was a `` concern '' front line health care workers and ebola survivors say the world has to act quicker . | 0.833632 |
mohammed abu khdeir 's name appeared this week on the wall at jerusalem 's mount herzl , the site of the national cemetery , as the nation prepared to mark its memorial day on wednesday .
abu khdeir , 16 , was beaten and burned alive by three israelis in july , according to prosecutors .
but abu khdeir 's family objected to his inclusion on the memorial wall . | abu khdeir 's name is on the memorial wall at jerusalem 's mount herzl .
his father and a terror victim advocacy group objected to his being included in the list .
the palestinian teenager was beaten and burned by three israelis , authorities say . | 0.90305 |
sao paulo , brazil -lrb- cnn -rrb- brazilian police have arrested the treasurer of the ruling workers ' party , bringing the bribery investigation at the state-run oil company petrobras a step closer to president dilma rousseff .
federal police arrested joao vaccari neto at his home in sao paulo on wednesday morning .
vaccari faces charges of corruption and money laundering as part of the broader probe into corruption at petrobras . | a top official with president dilma rousseff 's ruling party is arrested in bribery probe .
joao vaccari neto denies wrongdoing , says all donations were legal .
hundreds of thousands of brazilians have protested against rousseff in the last few months . | 0.861703 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- it was all set for a fairytale ending for record breaking jockey ap mccoy .
in the end it was a different but familiar name who won the grand national on saturday .
aspell won last year 's grand national too , making him the first jockey since the 1950s to ride back-to-back winners on different horses . | 25-1 shot many clouds wins grand national .
second win a row for jockey leighton aspell .
first jockey to win two in a row on different horses since 1950s . | 0.85815 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- film critic richard corliss , whose populist passion for all genres of movies illuminated time magazine 's coverage of cinema for 35 years , died thursday night in new york city .
he was 71 .
corliss died a week after suffering a major stroke , according to a tribute on time 's website by colleague richard zoglin , who called him `` perhaps the magazine 's most quoted writer of all time . | veteran time magazine film critic richard corliss died thursday night in new york city .
corliss reviewed more than 1,000 movies and authored four books on film . | 0.875287 |
back in july , sierra sharry and lane smith were just about to become parents .
sharry was eight months pregnant .
`` july 13th 2014 was the absolute worst day of my life , '' sharry posted on facebook . | sierra sharry was eight months pregnant when her son 's father died .
a photographer was able to add lane smith to the family photo . | 0.869076 |
get rid of exploitation in the workplace , .
the mcdonald 's announcement that the company is going to raise wages for 90,000 of its employees is a significant victory for fast-food cooks and cashiers and those of us who support them .
first , it leaves out the vast majority of mcdonald 's workers . | william barber : mcdonald 's will raise minimum wage $ 1 for 10 % of workers .
this is a step in right direction but falls short in three ways .
he says it leaves out 90 % of workers , is not enough to lift workers from poverty , company prevents workers from speaking out in a union . | 0.871757 |
the puzzling problem went viral after singapore television host kenneth kong posted it to facebook .
cheryl 's birthday challenge was meant to test the better high-school students competing in the singapore and asian schools math olympiad , held april 8 .
of course , the internet has offered other solutions . | a logic question about `` cheryl 's birthday '' goes viral .
the clues give just enough information to eliminate most possibilities .
it spread after a singapore television host posted it to facebook . | 0.871896 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- about a quarter of a million australian homes and businesses have no power after a `` once in a decade '' storm battered sydney and nearby areas .
about 4,500 people have been isolated by flood waters as `` the roads are cut off and we wo n't be able to reach them for a few days , '' michael langley , spokesman for the new south wales state emergency service said .
the powerful storm has already claimed four lives , according to new south wales police . | quarter million people without power in sydney and nearby areas .
a large storm system brought damaging winds and flooding to parts of australia .
the flooding is affecting public transportation services , residential and coastal areas . | 0.867987 |
tokyo -lrb- cnn -rrb- the operator of the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear plant has given up trying to recover a robotic probe after it stopped moving inside one of the reactors .
tokyo electric power company -lrb- tepco -rrb- deployed the remote-controlled robot on friday inside one of the damaged reactors that had suffered a meltdown following a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011 .
it was the first time the probe had been used . | the operator of the fukushima nuclear plant said it has abandoned a robotic probe inside one of the damaged reactors .
a report stated that a fallen object has left the robot stranded .
the robot collected data on radiation levels and investigated the spread of debris . | 0.874847 |
these days , his mara group spans over 20 countries and he 's been called `` africa 's youngest billionaire .
'' in late 2013 thakkar joined forces with the former boss of barclays bank -- bob diamond -- to start an investment fund focused on africa called atlas mara .
the powerful duo raised $ 325 million through a share flotation - well above the $ 250 million target . | ugandan ashish thakkar built a vast business empire .
the entrepreneur says the answer to unemployment lies in nurturing small businesses .
africa 's lack of legacy systems has sped up innovation on the continent . | 0.839662 |
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desperate for a home in 2013 , davion navar henry only dressed up in a suit and borrowed a bible from the boys home where he lived .
then he headed to a st. petersburg , florida , church to make a plea for his own adoption .
now 16 years old , he had lived his entire life in foster care , bouncing from one home to another . | davion only took to the pulpit to find a forever home .
after some setbacks , his family is set to make it official in april . | 0.851227 |
by the rows of names , red dots are marked to signify the dead .
in the past few days , news -- from the network of friends and family across the world -- came in that 20 new dots needed to be scratched in -- for the 20 friends who 'd drowned off the shores of italy .
for 25 years , ali addeh refugee camp has been a holding point for those fleeing into djibouti , which borders eritrea , ethiopia and somalia in the horn of africa . | for 25 years , ali addeh refugee camp has been a holding point for those fleeing into djibouti .
many come from somalia , ethiopia and especially eritrea -- which is ruled by a one-party state .
despite the risks , eritrean refugees say they 'd risk their lives with people smugglers . | 0.89005 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- isis fighters seized several districts in the iraqi city of ramadi in an hours-long assault friday that included suicide and car bombs , an iraqi provincial official said .
at least 10 iraqi security forces were killed in the attacks , according to faleh al-essawi , the deputy head of iraq 's anbar provincial council .
more than 40 iraqi soldiers died in that explosion . | anbar provincial official : suicide and car bombs were part of the isis assault .
iraqi and allied forces have had recent success , but isis remains powerful . | 0.849114 |
jakarta -lrb- cnn -rrb- an indonesian court has rejected a bid by two australian drug smugglers -- members of the `` bali nine '' -- to challenge their planned executions .
andrew chan and myuran sukumaran are awaiting death by firing squad on indonesia 's `` execution island '' for their role in a failed 2005 heroin smuggling plot .
`` they can ask for amnesty from the president . | two australian drug traffickers on death row in indonesia have had legal bids rejected .
the men were seeking to challenge president widodo 's decision to refuse clemency in their cases .
andrew chan and myuran sukumaran are members of the `` bali nine '' drug syndicate . | 0.899629 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- hockey player jarret stoll of the l.a. kings was arrested friday at the swimming pool of a las vegas resort on a drug-possession charge , cnn affiliate ksnv reported , citing a police spokesman .
stoll , 32 , was charged with possession of controlled substances , including cocaine and ecstasy , according to ksnv .
'' the canadian player is a center and has been with the kings since 2008 . | stoll is a center who has played for the kings since 2008 .
he is reportedly involved with sportscaster and `` dancing with the stars '' host erin andrews . | 0.822145 |
'' actress penelope cruz will appear in the upcoming sequel to the popular 2001 film , ben stiller announced friday .
stiller and owen wilson , who plays so-hot-right-now model `` hansel '' made a surprise appearance at paris fashion week to promote the film .
it is scheduled for release in february 2016 . | ben stiller announces that penelope cruz will join cast of `` zoolander 2 '' `` zoolander 2 '' is scheduled for release in 2016 . | 0.857041 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the quaint town of dunblane , scotland , has been set abuzz by the wedding of tennis legend andy murray to his long-term girlfriend , kim sears .
`` he 's a hero .
he 's a superstar , '' added another . | uk tennis star andy murray wed his long-term girlfriend , kim sears , in dunblane , scotland . | 0.906159 |
hong kong -lrb- cnn -rrb- cathay pacific was forced to cancel a scheduled flight from london to hong kong after one of the pilots was arrested after trying to board the airliner with knives in his luggage .
the pilot , who has not been identified , was stopped during security checks as the flight prepared to depart on saturday night , the metropolitan police said in a statement monday .
`` at around 21:10 hours police at heathrow airport were called to a staff search area . | pilot stopped during security checks as the flight prepared to depart on saturday night .
cathay pacific runs regular flights between its hong kong hub and london .
the male pilot has been bailed pending an investigation . | 0.868676 |
the chilly continent recorded the temperature -lrb- 15.5 degrees celsius -rrb- on march 24 , possibly the highest ever recorded on antarctica , according to the weather underground .
the temperature was recorded at argentina 's esperanza base on the northern tip of the antarctica peninsula , according to cnn affiliate wtnh . | high temperatures are recorded on the northern tip of the antarctica peninsula .
the world meteorological organization will make the final determination . | 0.867033 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- for the fifth year in a row in 2014 , ambush attacks on police officers were the no. 1 cause of felonious deaths of law enforcement officers in the line of duty .
nevertheless , google continues to market a smartphone application that lets lawbreakers pinpoint the location of police officers in the field .
google 's executives wo n't even discuss the subject with organizations representing law enforcement . | david a. clarke jr. and jonathan thompson : why does google have an app that ambushes police ?
with waze , we are confronted with a tool that can be lethal to police officers and deputies . | 0.842998 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- this weekend , millions of people are expected to tune in to watch two men beat each other up .
the rocket rise of mma 's premier organization , the ultimate fighting championship , has matched boxing 's equally dramatic decline .
in fact , the fan base of the ufc now rivals that of the world 's most popular fighting sport : ice hockey . | jonathan gottschall : millions to tune in to see mayweather-pacquiao fight , but this does n't show resurgence of declining sport of boxing .
so why will so many watch?he says a fight is metaphor for the whole human condition , with everything noble and ugly on display . | 0.833288 |
kabul , afghanistan -lrb- cnn -rrb- three people were killed and five others were wounded thursday afternoon when a group of armed assailants stormed into the attorney general 's office in balkh province , northern afghanistan , according to a press release from the provincial governor 's office .
although most staff members and civilians have been rescued , an exchange of fire between afghan security forces and the assailants is ongoing , the statement says .
two police officers and a security guard of the provincial attorney general 's office were among the dead . | three people killed ; five wounded in attack on attorney general 's office in balkh province .
staff and civilians have been rescued as gunmen engaged afghan security forces . | 0.892297 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- in 2013 , `` the bible '' broke ratings records on the history channel , so of course , a sequel was ordered up -- and this one is on nbc .
the new miniseries from mark burnett and roma downey is one of six shows to watch this week . | sequel to popular `` bible '' miniseries debuting on nbc .
`` mad men '' premieres the first of its final episodes . | 0.852711 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- three british citizens arrested in the united arab emirates after they were found plane spotting near fujairah airport are to be released monday , their lawyer , nasser al-hashem , tells cnn .
the three have been in jail since february 22 .
no charges were filed , there will be no travel ban , and the men will not face deportation , he said . | three british men wo n't be charged or deported , their lawyer says .
they were arrested after plane spotting near fujairah airport and have been in jail since february 22 . | 0.898711 |
on kabul 's streets , you can easily find the uneasy legacy of america 's longest war .
the skill they once thrived off has left them isolated , and fearing reprisals .
'' `` we are in prison in afghanistan , '' a fourth says . | kabul faces uncertain future as nato presence -- and the money that came with it -- fades away .
interpreters are out of work , nato trucks sit idle on roads , restaurants are empty . | 0.845881 |
watch the volume as o'malley uses youtube to test clinton pokes .
slowly but clearly , former maryland gov. martin o'malley is intensifying his criticism of overwhelming democratic presidential front-runner hillary clinton .
cnn 's jeff zeleny says o'malley enjoys using youtube videos as a quick way to spread his opinion -- and question moves by clinton , like her reversal on the question of whether she supports allowing undocumented workers to obtain driver 's licenses . | o'malley using youtube to test out attack lines .
how clinton 's new hire could help keep the obama coalition together .
republican concerns about the new 2016 primary calendar . | 0.837839 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the cast of `` the breakfast crew '' escaped from principal richard vernon 30 years ago , but a draft script of the 1985 teen classic has just been found in a filing cabinet in the school district where it was filmed , the chicago tribune reported .
`` it 's a first draft of the screenplay by john hughes , '' wallace said .
`` the breakfast club '' returns to theaters 30 years later . | `` the breakfast club '' script was found in a high school filing cabinet 30 years later .
school officials hope to display the draft script . | 0.862605 |
universal announced thursday that the sequel to the box office blockbuster will hit theaters on feb. 10 , 2017 .
the third film in the series will debut feb. 9 , 2018 .
© 2015 the hollywood reporter . | a second `` fifty shades '' film will be released in 2017 , a third in 2018 .
director sam taylor-johnson wo n't be returning . | 0.858594 |
instead it ended tuesday , police say , with the teen heart transplant recipient carjacking someone , burglarizing a home , shooting at an elderly woman , leading police on a high speed chase and then dying after his car hit a pole .
in 2013 , the teen 's family told media that an atlanta hospital rejected him for heart transplant surgery due to what the hospital described in a letter as stokes ' `` history of non-compliance .
'' at the time , mark bell was acting as a stokes family spokesman . | in 2013 , anthony stokes ' family said a hospital refused him a heart due to his `` history of noncompliance '' hospital eventually gave stokes a heart ; on tuesday he carjacked someone , burglarized a home , police said .
stokes shot at an elderly woman , hit a pedestrian with a stolen car and died in a police chase , authorities said . | 0.892594 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- it took prosecutors months to present 131 witnesses to support their claim that former nfl star aaron hernandez killed semi-pro player odin lloyd .
on monday , hernandez 's defense gave its side of the story , wrapping up its witnesses in less than a day .
hernandez , 25 , is on trial for the shooting death of lloyd , whose body was found in a massachusetts industrial park in june 2013 . | closing arguments in the case are set for tuesday .
aaron hernandez is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of odin lloyd .
his defense lawyers made their case on monday . | 0.873176 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- last month wu rongrong was taken into custody for planning to protest on international women 's day against sexual harassment in china .
since then , the chinese authorities have formally detained her and four other activists for `` creating disturbances .
'' they also briefly detained some of the activists ' supporters , raided a prominent nongovernmental organization that called for their release , and have at points denied some of the women access to medical treatment , lawyers and adequate rest . | maya wang : 5 women held by china authorities after planning international women 's day protests on sex harassment remain detained .
she says in a year when country poised to adopt anti-domestic violence law , beijing also sending chilling message on women 's activism . | 0.858246 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- craig hicks , who is charged in the deaths of three muslim college students in chapel hill , north carolina , earlier this year , can face the death penalty , a judge ruled monday , according to cnn affiliates .
superior court judge orlando hudson jr. ruled that hicks ' case is `` death penalty qualified , '' wral and wtvd reported .
all three were shot in the head . | hicks is charged in the deaths of three muslim college students in chapel hill , north carolina .
victims ' family members have called on authorities to investigate the slayings as a hate crime . | 0.867521 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- people have long underestimated the athleticism necessary for golf .
but over the last decade , with fit golfers like tiger woods , adam scott , and now jordan spieth all winning the masters , the training perspective on golf is shifting .
related : yoga for triathletes . | during the masters , jordan spieth demonstrated optimal movement to enhance swing power and fluid control .
when golfers have mobility limitations they compensate with their low back and knees , which often leads to pain and injury . | 0.854667 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- slamming world powers ' framework nuclear deal with iran , israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on friday demanded that any final deal include a `` clear and unambiguous iranian recognition of israel 's right to exist .
'' iranian president : we will stick to our promises on nuclear deal .
but netanyahu said he is n't convinced israel is safe from iran . | israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu slams nuclear framework deal with iran .
he says it would legitimize iran 's nuclear program and bolster its economy . | 0.874942 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- protests are gaining steam in baltimore after a man died from a devastating injury he allegedly suffered while in police custody .
protesters rallied at baltimore city hall on thursday , and another march is planned for saturday .
within minutes , they caught up with him and arrested him after finding a knife in his pocket . | freddie gray 's death has fueled protests in baltimore .
demonstrators accuse police of using too much force and say officers should face charges . | 0.861381 |
betty whitehead willis , the designer of the iconic `` welcome to fabulous las vegas '' sign , died over the weekend .
she was 91 .
she retired at age 77 . | willis never trademarked her most-famous work , calling it `` my gift to the city '' she created some of the city 's most famous neon work . | 0.849323 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- unicef said friday that an initial shipment of 16 tons of medical supplies , meant to help 80,000 innocents caught up in the havoc of yemen , had at last landed in yemen 's capital , sanaa .
the conflict is exacting a heavy toll on children and families , unicef said in a statement .
`` last year , 246 lives were reported lost in sea crossings to yemen . | u.n. agency says 900 refugees from yemen have arrived in horn of africa , asks ships in area to be vigilant .
who : at least 643 people have been killed , more than 2,000 injured in three weeks .
unicef : aid includes medical supplies for up to 80,000 people and more airlifts are planned . | 0.851811 |
someone has a horrific accident and winds up in the hospital , brain dead and on life support .
canavero says he has part of the funding secured , although he says he ca n't yet disclose where the money is coming from as a condition of the funding .
the 30-year-old russian man suffers from a rare genetic disorder called werdnig-hoffman disease . | dr. sergio canavero says he is two years away from performing the first total human head transplant .
the first patient will be a 30-year-old russian man with a rare , genetic muscle wasting disease .
one ethicist says canavero should be helping paralyzed patients walk before performing body transplants . | 0.851816 |
as the world awaits the impending birth of william and kate 's second baby , potential names have become the topic of rampant speculation and heated debate .
if the assumptions are correct , she will be the first princess of cambridge born into the royal family in 182 years .
she has become a part of royal history . | as william and kate await the arrival of their second child , speculation is rife as to what he or she will be named .
royal expert victoria arbiter argues that naming a newborn princess after diana would put too much pressure on her . | 0.884108 |
the 40-year-old mother-of-four was at home when saturday 's deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck , bringing the 5-story building down around her ground floor apartment .
in the wake of the disaster , which has left at least 4,500 people dead across nepal , sitoula endured 36 long hours trapped in a room on the ground floor , before she was freed by an indian rescue team .
remarkably , she escaped without injury , apparently protected by a beam . | tanka maya sitoula was at home in kathmandu , nepal , when deadly quake struck .
she was trapped inside the ruins of her wrecked home for 36 hours . | 0.870982 |
`` roots , '' the epic miniseries about an african-american slave and his descendants , had a staggering audience of over 100 million viewers back in 1977 .
now a&e networks are remaking the miniseries , to air in 2016 .
levar burton , who portrayed kinte in the original , will co-executive produce the new miniseries . | the a&e networks are remaking the blockbuster `` roots '' miniseries , to air in 2016 .
the epic 1977 miniseries about an african-american slave had 100 million viewers . | 0.920983 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- anthony ray hinton is 58 years old .
until one week ago , when his murder convictions were wiped clean , and hinton walked out of a county jail in birmingham .
for 30 years , he spent most of his time locked in a 5-by-7 cell . | anthony ray hinton was freed apri 3 , decades after conviction for two murders .
things like using a fork , getting used to the dark are challenges now that he 's out .
he says his sense of humor helped him survive 30 years in prison . | 0.861364 |
here are pop culture 's most talked-about stories of the week .
producers of `` star wars : the force awakens '' unveiled a nearly two-minute trailer for the upcoming movie , arriving in december .
oh , britt mchenry . | here 's a roundup of the week 's trending pop-culture stories .
they include a new `` star wars '' trailer and an ill-advised , on-camera rant . | 0.884378 |
a surge of refugees this year , usually transported by smugglers on overcrowded vessels , has sought to reach europe via the libyan coast .
a boatload of 900 migrants who embarked from libya are now feared dead in the latest sinking .
over 10,000 were rescued off the coast of italy in the last week alone . | ruth ben-ghiat : italy 's colonial past plays a key role in the migrant humanitarian disaster in the mediterranean .
she says african migrants still bound to histories of exploitation that shaped their home countries long after end of italian rule . | 0.831388 |
every year , denver teacher kyle schwartz passes out post-it notes to her third grade students and asks them to complete the sentence , `` i wish my teacher knew ... '' many of the students she teaches at doull elementary just wish they had something in common with her , that she knew soccer or video games .
'' and other who has big hopes for the future : `` i want to go to college .
one student just wants more attention from the teacher . | denver teacher kyle schwartz asked students to share what they wish she knew .
their honest answers moved schwartz and sparked a discussion online . | 0.863015 |
tulsa , oklahoma -lrb- cnn -rrb- the tulsa county deputy who shot and killed a man instead of using his taser now faces a manslaughter charge .
video shows reserve deputy robert bates announcing he is going to deploy his taser after an undercover weapons sting on april 2 , but then shooting eric courtney harris in the back with a handgun .
`` he is not guilty of second-degree manslaughter . | harris family attorney says volunteer deputy was a donor who paid to play a cop .
an attorney representing reserve deputy robert bates says it was an `` excusable homicide '' eric harris ' brother says the shooting was `` simply evil , '' accuses investigators of trying to cover it up . | 0.826321 |
leave it to google to make april fools ' day into throwback fun by combining google maps with pac-man .
the massive tech company is known for its impish april fools ' day pranks , and google maps has been at the center of a few , including a pokemon challenge and a treasure map .
this year the company was a day early to the party , rolling out the pac-man game tuesday . | google maps has a temporary pac-man function .
google has long been fond of april fools ' day pranks and games .
many people are turning their cities into pac-man courses . | 0.888425 |
shanghai , china -lrb- cnn -rrb- volvo says it will begin exporting vehicles made in a factory in southwest china to the united states next month , the first time chinese-built passenger cars will roll into american showrooms .
parent company geely automobile , which bought volvo in 2010 , is seeking to prove that a chinese company can manage a global auto brand .
the car will be one of four models produced in a manufacturing plant in chengdu that opened in 2013 . | volvo says it will begin exporting chinese-built cars to the u.s. in may .
it 's the first time `` made in china '' cars will be available in u.s. showrooms .
but it 's unlikely that chinese car brands will take on developed markets . | 0.87811 |
seoul , south korea -lrb- cnn -rrb- on march 20 , 2013 , a cyberattack brought chaos to several banks and media outlets in south korea .
then more ominously on december 23 last year , computers at the country 's nuclear operator were breached .
and south korean investigators say they have proof -- the actual malicious codes used in the attacks . | south korean investigators say they have proof that north korea is launching cyberattacks .
reports say the north is investing heavily in digital warfare .
december attack on banks in south korea caused about $ 820 million worth of damage , a report says . | 0.868497 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the head of the libyan army has rejected the possibility of cooperating with any eu military intervention in his country intended to stem the flow of undocumented migrants trying to reach europe .
`` the decision was taken without consulting the legitimate libyan side .
`` the migrant crisis affects them . | head of libyan army tells cnn libyan authorities have not been consulted .
gen. khalifa haftar says libya will `` look after '' its interests .
solution to migration problem requires lifting of sanctions , general says . | 0.859904 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the shootings ' main similarity is that the officer was white and the victim was black and unarmed .
outside of that , the highly publicized police shootings in ferguson and north charleston bear only mild resemblance .
so what 's changed between the shooting death of michael brown in ferguson , missouri , in august , and that of walter scott in north charleston , south carolina , last weekend ? | protests in south carolina have been calm compared to the violence in ferguson .
north charleston 's mayor says hundreds of body cameras will be on officers .
it took six days for ferguson police to identify darren wilson , who was not wearing a camera . | 0.844036 |
boston -lrb- cnn -rrb- now the real boston marathon trial can begin .
a federal jury 's decision to convict dzhokhar tsarnaev of 30 charges related to the 2013 boston marathon bombings was the most anticlimactic of anticlimaxes .
the 21-year-old 's lawyers admitted from the beginning that their client had participated in the horrific terrorist attack , which both scarred and strengthened this city . | dan kennedy : after boston marathon bombing guilty verdict , now real trial -- the sentencing -- can begin .
what justice should tsarnaev get ?
he says a plea might have been better , to keep bomber out of the news and let him fade into obscurity in maximum security cell .
kennedy : the people who deserve to be remembered are victims and mit officer who was killed . | 0.842292 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- whether a patient is in the hospital for an organ transplant , an appendectomy or to have a baby , one complaint is common : the gown .
they are disempowering , '' said camilla mcrory of olney , md. .
the gowns are among the most vexing parts of being in the hospital . | hospital gowns have gotten a face-lift with help from fashion designers such as diane von furstenberg .
what patients wear needs to be comfortable yet allow health professionals access during exams .
patient satisfaction is linked to the size of medicare payments hospitals get . | 0.833112 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- a u.s. citizen with alleged ties to al qaeda did not enter a plea during his initial court appearance thursday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists .
muhanad mahmoud al farekh , 29 , was deported from pakistan to the united states .
he 's accused of plotting to fight against american forces abroad , according to a complaint unsealed in u.s. district court for the eastern district of new york in brooklyn . | muhanad mahmoud al farekh was deported from pakistan to the united states .
the u.s. citizen is accused of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists . | 0.904824 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the u.n. security council voted tuesday in favor of an arms embargo on houthis -- the minority group that has taken over large swaths of yemen , including its capital , sanaa -- and supporters of former yemeni president ali abdullah saleh .
the resolution `` raises the cost '' for the houthis , according to mark lyall grant , britain 's ambassador to the united nations .
russia abstained from tuesday 's vote , saying it did n't like the inclusion of sanctions . | egypt , saudi arabia to launch joint military maneuvers inside saudi borders .
the arms embargo applies to the houthis and backers of ex-president saleh .
russia abstains from the u.n. security council vote over the inclusion of sanctions . | 0.864972 |
but a new way to talk about climate change is emerging , which shifts focus from impersonal discussions about greenhouse gas emissions and power plants to a very personal one : your health .
this new way of talking about climate change -- and linking it to public health issues -- was part of a roundtable discussion tuesday at howard university 's college of medicine .
president barack obama joined u.s. surgeon general dr. vivek murthy and epa administrator gina mccarthy for a roundtable discussion on the topic as part of national public health week . | president obama attends howard university roundtable on climate change and public health .
linking climate change to how it affects a person 's health is a new way to talk about the subject . | 0.885976 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- sunday 's announcement that corinthian colleges inc. would shut down all of its remaining 28 campuses is a positive development in a long struggle to hold for-profit colleges accountable .
corinthian , which once enrolled more than 70,000 students , is one of the worst of the `` predator colleges '' -- schools that offer dubious degrees , saddle students with high amounts of debt and gobble up tens of billions of dollars in federal money every year .
many of these schools are for-profit career colleges that operate mostly online . | david wheeler : corinthian , considered a `` predator '' school , will shut down campuses .
wheeler : students of for-profit colleges are hapless victims ; their debts should be forgiven . | 0.858078 |
besieged and bombed by syrian forces for more than two years , the desperate residents of this palestinian refugee camp near damascus awoke in early april to a new , even more terrifying reality -- isis militants seizing yarmouk after defeating several militia groups operating in the area .
the islamic state is now in control of almost all the camp .
'' an estimated 18,000 refugees are now trapped inside yarmouk , stuck between isis and syrian regime forces in `` the deepest circle of hell , '' in the words of u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon . | isis has seized control of large parts of the yarmouk palestinian refugee camp in syria .
an estimated 18,000 refugees are trapped between militant groups and regime forces . | 0.889431 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- five americans who were monitored for three weeks at an omaha , nebraska , hospital after being exposed to ebola in west africa have been released , a nebraska medicine spokesman said in an email wednesday .
they were exposed to ebola in sierra leone in march , but none developed the deadly virus .
they are clinicians for partners in health , a boston-based aid group . | 17 americans were exposed to the ebola virus while in sierra leone in march .
another person was diagnosed with the disease and taken to hospital in maryland .
national institutes of health says the patient is in fair condition after weeks of treatment . | 0.872217 |
chancey allen luna was found guilty of first-degree murder friday for his role in the august 2013 drive-by shooting of christopher lane , a 23-year-old college student in duncan , about 80 miles south of oklahoma city .
luna was 16 at the time of the shooting .
because he was under 18 when the crime was committed , he is not eligible for the death penalty . | chancey luna convicted of murder for gunning down oklahoma college student as he jogged .
police : luna and his friends `` were bored '' so they decided to kill somebody . | 0.861953 |
cheroitich 's survival story , which she recounted to cnn on saturday , is a rare bright spot in what has been a horrific week in garissa , a town about 90 miles from the somali border , and throughout kenya .
saturday , the terrorist group warned that more carnage is coming as it promised `` another bloodbath '' in kenya .
'' kenyatta declared three days of national mourning for the victims of the attack . | bodies of suspected gunmen paraded in front of crowd in garissa .
kenya 's president slams those who finance and support groups like al-shabaab .
al-shabaab threatens `` another bloodbath '' in kenya . | 0.855009 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- jacob lawrence 's groundbreaking work , `` the migration of the negro , '' is a series of 60 small paintings with text depicting the lives of millions of pre-world war ii blacks as they moved from the oppressive south to the promise of a better life in the north .
they were arrested on the slightest provocation .
crime is increasing . | lz granderson : people keep looking for new reasons to validate apathy and explain away racism .
but what happened in baltimore did n't come up overnight ; artist jacob lawrence depicted the same story in 1940s . | 0.836192 |
johannesburg -lrb- cnn -rrb- south african troops deployed tuesday evening as part of a new government effort to stop deadly anti-immigrant violence .
south african police raided a jeppestown hostel tuesday while troops secured the perimeter .
earlier , defense minister nosiviwe mapisa-nqakula announced the plan to deploy an undisclosed number of troops to areas where police are spread too thin while trying to curb deadly attacks against immigrants . | south african troops help police conduct raids in jeppestown .
defense minister says police are spread too thin trying to prevent attacks on immigrants .
seven people have been killed in recent violence against poorer immigrants . | 0.859677 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- tuesday is equal pay day , the fictitious holiday marked by progressive women 's groups as the point in the year women would have to work to make up for `` lost '' wages as a result of the so-called wage gap .
in the wake of hillary clinton 's presidential announcement , the `` holiday '' has special meaning .
the new women warriors : reviving the fight for equal rights . | sabrina schaeffer : tuesday is equal pay day , a fictitious holiday marked by progressive women .
she says the wage gap between men and women is grossly overstated . | 0.867179 |
`` it 's , in fact , a classic example of necessity being the mother of deliciousness , '' anthony bourdain says of the dish during the premiere episode of `` parts unknown '' on sunday , april 26 , at 9 p.m. et/pt .
budae-jjigae .
courtesy of choi ji-hwang . | anthony bourdain teaches anderson cooper a korean recipe .
budae-jiigae is a stew made with all sorts of canned meat , including spam . | 0.847657 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- the people of nepal are still trying to recover from two major earthquakes and a mudslide .
we have vetted a list of organizations working in nepal that have created specific funds for relief efforts , including : .
-- nepal red cross society . | aid organizations are still working to help the people of nepal in the wake of two major earthquakes .
thousands were killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in nepal on april 25 .
a second quake rocked the country less than three weeks later . | 0.870141 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- on tuesday , a white police officer in north charleston , south carolina , was charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black man in the back .
officer michael slager was arrested after raw video surfaced showing him firing numerous shots at walter scott as scott ran away from a traffic stop .
but the man was shot like a runaway slave . | a white police officer in south carolina is charged with killing an unarmed black man in the back .
david love : what happened tells us the epidemic of police deadly force against black people continues . | 0.873582 |
-lrb- cnn -rrb- james holmes made his introduction to the world in a colorado cinema filled with spectators watching a midnight showing of the new batman movie , `` the dark knight rises , '' in june 2012 .
holmes is accused of opening fire on the crowd , killing 12 people and injuring or maiming 70 others in aurora , a suburb of denver .
holmes says he was insane at the time of the shootings , and that is his legal defense and court plea : not guilty by reason of insanity . | opening statements are scheduled monday in the trial of james holmes .
jury selection took three months .
holmes faces 165 counts in the movie theater massacre that killed 12 people . | 0.846808 |
boko haram has killed thousands in the nation 's northeast by attacking villages , schools , churches and mosques .
it has also kidnapped students , including more than 200 schoolgirls abducted in april last year .
the militants have attacked relentlessly for six years , sending 192,000 people seeking shelter in cameroon , niger and chad . | boko haram has killed thousands in the nation 's northeast since 2009 .
aid agencies are scrambling to provide the refugees with clean water , shelter , food and education . | 0.877798 |
washington -lrb- cnn -rrb- washington was rocked late thursday by shootings -- one at the gates of the u.s. census bureau 's headquarters and another in a popular area packed with restaurant patrons .
the shootings were connected , authorities said .
they began with what authorities believe was a domestic kidnapping incident , according to d.c. police chief cathy lanier . | authorities believe the two shootings are connected .
a suspect leads police on a wild chase , firing at multiple locations .
a census bureau guard is in critical condition , a fire official says . | 0.851497 |
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