Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/30/world/americas/cuba-florida-swimmer/index.html?eref=edition
Sunday 1 July 2012
Swimmer, 49, more than halfway to U.S.
She has been scorched by the sun, stung by jellyfish and inspected by sharks. But Penny Palfrey keeps swimming.
Friday 29 June 2012
World's oceans are 'plasticized'
A marine expedition of environmentalists has confirmed the bad news it feared -- the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" extends even further than previously known.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/algalita-eco-solutions/index.html?eref=edition
Thursday 28 June 2012
It's a good year to be Channing Tatum
Construct a film that includes chiseled, handsome Hollywood actors like Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer portraying strippers, as is the case with Friday's "Magic Mike," and you can guess that veiled promise of nudity will draw some moviegoers.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/28/showbiz/channing-tatum-magic-mike-career/index.html?eref=edition
Wednesday 27 June 2012
World's oceans are 'plasticized'
A marine expedition of environmentalists has confirmed the bad news it feared -- the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" extends even further than previously known.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/21/world/asia/algalita-eco-solutions/index.html?eref=edition
Tuesday 26 June 2012
U.S. answer for European problem
Neel Kashkari was a mastermind behind TARP in the U.S., and now has suggestions for Europe.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2012/06/22/amanpour-eurozone-a.cnn?eref=edition
Monday 25 June 2012
Sharp: Dictator's worst nightmare
He's an unlikely radical -- an 84-year-old American academic. But Gene Sharp's explosive ideas about the power of non-violent resistance to overthrow corrupt, repressive regimes have revolutionized the world.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/23/world/gene-sharp-revolutionary/index.html?eref=edition
Religion no block for Arab women
In accepting the Nobel Peace Prize last year, Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman thanked women of the Arab world for her medal. Without their struggle to win equal rights, she would not be there, she said.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/25/world/meast/arab-spring-women/index.html?eref=edition
What it's like inside an inferno
Photographer Kari Greer documents wildfires and those who battle them. As a fire rages on in Colorado, she reveals what it's like in the blaze. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/lohwM_fjDb0/index.html
Silenced for saying word 'vagina'
Michigan Rep. Lisa Brown says when she was banned from the House floor for saying "vagina," thousands of women saw what was really going on was a fight for reproductive rights. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/juFrbcW0xxg/index.html
Sunday 24 June 2012
Sympathy for pedophiles?
James Cantor: One cannot choose to not be a pedophile, but one can choose to not be a child molester 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/VCaTPvH3MkM/index.html
Can Atlanta project go global?
Can an ambitious regeneration project in Atlanta be a model for sustainable cities worldwide?
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/23/opinion/beltline-sprawl-gravel-opinion/index.html?eref=edition
Germany can't save Europe on its own
Once again, a swelling chorus is calling on Germany to finally take action. "Start the engines, Angela," reads the colorful headline of a piece whose authors seem to assume that Chancellor Merkel commands the horsepower to save the euro, save the British and American recoveries, and -- as a throw-in -- save the Obama presidency.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/20/opinion/brockhoff-germany-euro/index.html?eref=edition
Mutiny: Bolivian police strike over pay
Talks continued Saturday in Bolivia, where a police mutiny over pay has included the storming of buildings and a hunger strike by officers' wives.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/23/world/americas/bolivia-police-mutiny/index.html?eref=edition
Saturday 23 June 2012
Court strikes down how Arkansas executes inmates
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday struck down the state law governing how death-penalty inmates are executed. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/gwYeDzA6qWQ/index.html
Egypt 'looks like Pakistan'
CNN's Max Foster talks to Maajid Nawaz, Dir. Quilliam Foundation, about Egypt's political future.
New to Euro 2012? Start here
If the pre-vote predictions had been accurate, football heavyweights Italy would be preparing to host the 2012 European Championship.
What it's like inside an inferno
Photographer Kari Greer documents wildfires and those who battle them. As a fire rages on in Colorado, she reveals what it's like in the blaze.
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/lohwM_fjDb0/index.html
Friday 22 June 2012
Supertrees rise up in Singapore
Singapore's latest development will finally blossom later this month, with an imposing canopy of artificial trees up to 50 meters high towering over a vast urban oasis.
One night decides Obama's fate
LZ Granderson says it won't be Fast and Furious that determines if President Obama will be re-elected; it will be his performance in the first presidential debate 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/8QoMO7YkY04/index.html
How tech aids political change
The 21st century is a terrible time to be a control freak. When I speak with leaders around the world and ask them what one thing has most changed for them over the last 15 years, they almost always cite the perceived loss of control. The thing they cite as the major reason? "Connection technologies" -- technologies like the internet and mobile phone networks that connect people to information and each other.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/20/opinion/opinion-alec-ross-tech-politics/index.html?eref=edition
England, France into quarterfinals
Wayne Rooney returned with a goal to send England through to the quarter finals of Euro 2012 as Group D winners.
Thursday 21 June 2012
Paraguay president faces impeachment
Paraguay's president is under pressure after an impeachment vote in the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday, but Fernando Lugo says he will not resign.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/21/world/americas/paraguay-president/index.html?eref=edition
Warrant out for Pakistani PM nominee
A day after Makhdoom Shahabuddin was tapped as the ruling party's candidate for prime minister, a trial court in Pakistan issued a warrant for his arrest Thursday, a government official said.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/21/world/asia/pakistan-politics/index.html?eref=edition
Basketball gold a must-win for U.S.
For the elite basketball stars of the NBA and WNBA, winning Olympic gold is a given. Silver is for the losers. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/WjBwlLe_XtA/index.html
Soccer: Drogba signs to Chinese club
Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba confirmed his switched to China's Shanghai Shenhua on Wednesday, a move which will reunite him with former Chelsea teammate Nicolas Anelka.
Wednesday 20 June 2012
NFL announces anti-bounty steps
After meeting with a top Democratic senator, National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Wednesday steps the league is taking to prevent the paying of bounties to players to intentionally injure their opponents, including the creation of an anonymous tip line players can use to report infractions.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/20/us/nfl-commissioner-bounties/index.html?eref=edition
See Phoenix sandstorm time-lapse
Photographer captures time-lapse video of a Phoenix, Arizona, sandstorm. 
UK: Syria-bound Russian ship turns back
A Russian cargo ship reported to be carrying atttack helicopters and munitions to Syria is turning back, according to Britain's foreign minister.
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/world/meast/syria-cargo-ship/index.html?eref=edition
Tuesday 19 June 2012
Dad: Take money, don't drink
Five years ago, Leo McCarthy lost his 14-year-old daughter when a drunken driver hit her and two of her friends as they walked down a sidewalk near her home. But he refused to let her tragic death become just another statistic. 
Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/FYb0flxdDX0/index.html
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