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07-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Oprah's gurus talk about her weight, courage CNN's Larry King spoke Tuesday evening with a team of fitness and health experts about Oprah Winfrey's latest bout with weight gain, and they reveal how she's fighting back.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten 195,280 square miles set aside for marine life Nine sites in the central Pacific will be set as sanctuaries for marine life and bases of research for scientists, President Bush said Tuesday.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Polanski wants sex case moved from L.A. Lawyers for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside of Los Angeles be assigned to decide a motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex case, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Blackwater defendants plead not guilty Five former Blackwater Worldwide security guards pleaded not guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter charges and other crimes stemming from a shooting incident in Baghdad that left 17 Iraqis dead.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Congress convenes; stimulus at top of agenda The first session of the 111th Congress officially convened at noon Tuesday, with the troubled economy at the top of its agenda.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Travolta, Preston return home with son's ashes John Travolta and Kelly Preston have returned to Ocala, Florida, with the remains of their teenage son, a family friend told CNN on Tuesday.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten No Purple Hearts for stress disorders The Purple Heart medal, awarded to service members who have been physically wounded in combat, will not be given for a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder, a Pentagon statement said.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten 'Let me sleep,' anthrax suspect wrote Dr. Bruce Ivins, the former government scientist blamed for a string of deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, behaved oddly and was "sarcastic and nasty" to his wife in the final weeks of his life, police documents said.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Secret Service to unveil new presidential limo As a candidate, Barack Obama promoted hybrid cars.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Oprah on her battle with weight Four years ago, when Oprah managed to get down to a trim and fit 160 pounds, she thought she'd hit on a foolproof formula for permanent weight loss. Then life --in the form of a thyroid problem and a killer schedule-- intervened. Last year she was back up
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Daughter raises reward in hopes of finding killer Gail Parker was many things to many people. She was an environmentalist who wrote about Love Canal and gave speeches about America's polluted waterways. She volunteered at the local hospital, helped the elderly and cancer patients. And she read to the blin
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Burris denied entry to Senate Roland Burris headed to the Capitol on Tuesday, where he was expected to be denied entry to the Senate chambers as he tried to claim the seat once held by President-elect Barack Obama.
06-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten What will Apple debut at Macworld swan song? When Apple vice president Philip Schiller takes the stage here Tuesday morning for the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo, he'll face a good-news, bad-news scenario.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Bipartisanship praised after stimulus meeting Congressional leaders from both parties were optimistic Monday after meeting with President-elect Barack Obama to discuss his package of tax cuts and spending proposals aimed at reviving the beleaguered economy.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Ex-trooper pleads to using excessive force A former South Carolina state trooper pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using excessive force when he repeatedly kicked an arrested man in the head and neck following a high speed chase.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Richardson withdrawal disappoints Latinos Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn't just leave a major gap in the new administration, but it also sorely disappointed Latinos who view the New Mexico governor as their most prominent representative.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Brown: Taxes and monogrammed towels A great example of your tax dollars at work -- because we all want our Secretary of the Interior to have monogrammed towels in his office bathroom, don't we?
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Bush casts wide net for conservation in Pacific U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday will designate nine sites in three areas of the central Pacific as marine national monuments, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday. The new areas make up the largest area of ocean set aside for marine con
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Burris: 'I am the legally-appointed senator' CNN's Wolf Blitzer spoke Monday with Roland Burris, picked by Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. Senate seat. Below is a full transcript of the interview:
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Twitter accounts of Obama, Spears hacked The Twitter accounts of President-elect Barack Obama, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, Britney Spears, Fox News and 29 others were hacked Monday according to the microblog site, leading to false and inappropriate messages being posted on their accounts.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Wanted: 850 new agents to work for the FBI Despite a bleak economic environment featuring wide-ranging layoffs and rising unemployment, the nation's premier law enforcement agency is touting "one of the largest hiring blitzes in our 100-year history."
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Jobs' health statement too vague for diagnosis As Apple enthusiasts speculate over why pancreatic cancer survivor Steve Jobs won't appear at Macworld Conference & Expo this year, the CEO asks them to think differently about his health.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten 11 notable presidential pardons Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution grants the president "power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States." With a stroke of his pen, the man in charge can make legal trouble disappear. As one might expect, t
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Steve Jobs explains weight loss After months of speculation about his health, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced Monday that his doctors believe a hormonal imbalance is to blame for his alarming weight loss.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Former Attorney General Griffin Bell dies Griffin Bell, who served as attorney general in the Carter administration, has died, according to the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. He was 90.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten David Frost remembers 'fascinating' Nixon Though Sir David Frost doesn't see his 1977 interviews with former President Richard Nixon as "an intellectual 'Rocky' " -- in the words of "Frost/Nixon" playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan -- he does agree that the sessions had their "adversarial" mo
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Burris plans to show up at Senate chambers Roland Burris, the controversial appointee to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat, planned to go to Washington on Monday as top Democrats and Republicans meet to try to work out a bipartisan solution to their Senate dilemma.
05-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten For stress reduction, just say ommm Stress cuts immune function, delays healing, raises heart disease risk, but researchers say meditation helps reduce stress.
04-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Sources: Virginia governor tapped for DNC chair President-elect Barack Obama has tapped Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine to serve as the next chairman of the Democratic National Committee, replacing former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, two Democratic officials told CNN Sunday.
04-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Actors share their pain over son's death Actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston said Sunday they are "heartbroken" over last week's death of their teenage son. "Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered," his parents said i
04-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Panel to declare Franken winner of Senate race A state election board on Monday will announce Democrat Al Franken has defeated Republican incumbent Norm Coleman in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, state officials told CNN Sunday. The canvassing board on Monday will say a recount determined Franken won by
04-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Jobless 'transformed' with right clothes Dress for Success is a worldwide charitable organization that helps those who can't afford professional clothes get ready for a job interview.
04-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Richardson bows out as Commerce nominee New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is withdrawing his nomination to be commerce secretary, he and President-elect Barack Obama said in statements Sunday.
03-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Burris to meet with Dem leaders, source says Senate Democratic leaders have scheduled a meeting with Roland Burris, who was chosen by embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to fill the Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama, a Democratic source said Saturday.
03-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Former in-laws ID'd as Santa shooter victims The former parents-in-law of a man accused of killing nine people at a Christmas Eve party were among the remains of six people identified Saturday by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office.
03-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten 114-year-old U.S. woman to be world's oldest Gertrude Baines, a spry 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world's oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Tenn. sludge contains elevated levels of arsenic The drinking water in the area of last month's coal-sludge spill in eastern Tennessee is safe, but elevated levels of arsenic have been found in the soil, authorities said.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Jett Travolta, son of actors, dies at 16 The 16-year-old son of actor John Travolta died Friday morning after suffering a seizure while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas, Travolta's attorney told CNN.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Special needs patient left overnight on frigid bus A bus driver's helper is facing criminal charges after she allegedly overlooked a 22-year-old special needs man, who spent New Year's Eve alone in a freezing bus depot, police said.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Removed family remains at odds with airline A day after a Muslim family was removed from a flight at Reagan National Airport near Washington, officials of AirTran Airways and the family stood their ground Friday, each accusing the other of misconduct.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Countries in tug-of-war over Arctic resources One of the planet's most fragile and pristine ecosystems sits atop a bounty of untapped fossil fuels.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Study: Gems link comet to mammal extinction Tiny diamonds found in the soil are "strong evidence" a comet exploded on or above North America nearly 13,000 years ago, leading to the extinction of dozens of mammal species, according to a study.
02-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten 'Safest' seat remarks grounds Muslim family A Muslim family removed from an airliner Thursday after passengers became concerned about their conversation say AirTran officials refused to rebook them, even after FBI investigators cleared them of wrongdoing.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Study: Smoke-free laws may cut hospital stays Implementing smoke-free policies can lead to a fewer hospitalizations resulting from heart attacks, according to a new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Check out the Obamas' temporary quarters The hotel that will be home to President-elect Barack Obama and his family for the next couple of weeks offers one of Washington's best views of their future home, the White House, and a past linked with political movers and shakers.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten In new role, Hillary Clinton inherits chaotic world The Gaza crisis is an alarm bell for incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, promising a bumpy ride.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Ex-Sen. Claiborne Pell, sponsor of grants, dies Former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, who was largely responsible for the Pell grant program for U.S. college students, died Thursday morning at his Rhode Island home, his family said.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Statue stolen from Madoff found with message A statue worth more than $10,000 that was stolen from the Palm Beach, Florida, estate of Wall Street investment adviser Bernard Madoff has been recovered, police said Thursday.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Your views: 'Dark Knight,' 'Happening' stand out "Knight" good, Night bad.
01-01 CNN - Verenigde Staten Suspect in Aspen bomb plot found dead A 71-year-old man sought by authorities after suspicious packages were sent to two banks was found dead early Thursday, according to Aspen, Colorado, police.