Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN)  -- Holding the Olympic medal she and her mom always wanted, Joannie Rochette finally smiled and talked about when she was a young skater and desperately wanted to make her mother proud.

Her mom, Therese, was her biggest supporter and sometimes her biggest critic, she said.

She wasn't the best "coach," and she was kind of picky, but she had such a good eye, Rochette said. She was always encouraging, too, even when she was finding fault.

"And even though she's not here anymore, I'm not afraid to say it, sometimes she was a pain in the ass," Rochette said laughing, probably for the first time in days.

Rochette made her mom very proud Thursday night, winning a bronze medal in the women's figure skating final, just four days after Therese Rochette died of a heart attack.

Without her mother to support her, Joannie Rochette skated into Canada's collective heart by relying on all those years of training, all those years of committing jumps and spins to muscle memory. And when she needed it most, she relied on the memory of how her mom would always convince her that she was going to be on the Olympic medals podium.

"It feels good for me to talk about her," she said, joyfully recounting the many times her mom took her to practice and stay when the other moms left. She laughed when she told how her mom would assess a school test score of 98 with a "What about those other two points?"

"She was my biggest fan, my best friend. She was with me every step of the way," she said.

When things weren't going so well in the first week Rochette was here for Olympics training, she called her mom, seeking her advice on what to do about her triple Lutz. Her mom assured her it would be all right, that she just needed to visualize doing it well in her head, that this was something she had done for years.

But doing what she did this week was something no person can ever be prepared for. To compete in the spotlight of the Olympics' marquee event, in front of an expectant and hopeful home crowd, with the heartache of her mother's death so present would take strength most of us cannot imagine. But the people closest to her knew she had that strength.

Her coach, Manon Perron, said there was never any doubt that Rochette would skate and never a doubt that she wouldn't be standing on the medals podium.

"Never ... because she was so ready and the goal was so strong," Perron said, just like a proud mom. "I've been with her since she was 12 so we just have to look into each other's eyes and we know right away. It was really hard on her because her mom was the biggest thing in her life, but she's not a quitter."

Rochette said she struggled more than she showed during Tuesday night's short program that captivated the skating world. When she stepped on the ice, her legs were shaking, she said.

With mom in 'heart and soul,' Rochette goes for medal

"I don't know how I ever got through this whole program. I'm sure my mom was there with me," she said.

Rochette was third after the short program -- 7.14 points behind Kim Yu-Na of South Korea and 2.42 points behind Mao Asada of Japan -- who skated just before her. The free skate scores are weighted more and account for roughly two-thirds of a skater's total.

Kim made it impossible for Rochette to dream of gold with an amazing free skate that was the best ever under the 6-year-old scoring system -- 150.06. The score was so high it would have beaten seven skaters' combined marks on its own. Her total of 228.56 is also a record.

Asada then put up a 131.72, virtually clinching silver.

Rochette came on the ice, looking determined, to

Question: What did she win?

Question: What has Joannie Rochelle earn?

Question: what does rochette says abouth her mother?

Question: What does Rochette say of her mother?

Question: When did she skate?

Question: What is her sport?

Answer: Olympic medal

Answer: bronze medal in the women's figure skating final,

Answer: She wasn't the best "coach," and she was kind of picky, but she had such a good eye,

Answer: She wasn't the best "coach," and she was kind of picky, but she had such a good eye,

Answer: Tuesday night's

Answer: women's figure skating

Summary:
Joannie Rochette earns bronze medal in women's figure skating .
She skated four days after mother had heart attack and died .
"It feels good for me to talk about her," Rochette says of her mother .
Kim Yu-Na of South Korea won the gold medal with best free skate score ever .


Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Calling it the most painful injury she has ever had to face, American skier Lindsey Vonn, a medal favorite in five events, has cast doubt on whether she will be able to compete in the upcoming Winter Olympics.

"Yeah, that's a possibility," she said when asked at a news conference on Wednesday as to whether a shin injury might keep her out of action.

Vonn, a two-time World Cup champion, said she injured her right shin when she fell in practice while in Austria recently. The top of the boot hit her shin at "pretty much the worst place" it could, she said.

"It's just a matter of dealing with the pain," she added, indicating there was no structural damage.

"We have to see how it is this week," confirmed Vonn -- who added she had not taken any pain medicines while in Vancouver.

Question: What is she recovering from?

Question: What was the injury ?

Question: Will she compete ?

Question: What invite does she compete in?

Question: what is her nationality

Question: Where is she from ?

Question: what is the injury

Question: Who casts doubts about competing in Winter Olympics?

Question: what is the competition

Answer: shin injury

Answer: shin

Answer: has cast doubt on whether

Answer: Winter Olympics.

Answer: American

Answer: American

Answer: her right shin

Answer: Lindsey Vonn,

Answer: Winter Olympics.

Summary:
Lindsey Vonn cast doubts on whether she will be able to compete in the Winter Olympics .
The American Alpine skier is struggling to recover from a shin injury .
Vonn said she injured her right shin when she fell in practice while in Austria .


Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- The tragic death of a trainer at Sea World last week revived a number of long simmering questions. While we still grapple with "how did this happen?" the central question for many revolves around the role of large mammals -- like Tilikum the killer whale -- in zoos and aquariums: Should they be there or not? Animals in zoos, aquariums and museums play an important and powerful part in our cultural and formal educational processes. Humans are inherently interested in nature. We are not very far removed from a time when being knowledgeable about nature was vital to life; you either knew how to find your dinner or you were dinner. Today, with well over 50 percent of our populations living in cities, we are rapidly becoming divorced from the realities of the animal world. The dialogue we see in the media, read on blogs and hear in conversation makes it clear that many people have lots of ideas about what's happening in our natural world, much of it not correct. This lack of knowledge is concerning in a world beset by environmental problems, where species are disappearing at an alarming rate. We need people to understand the changes taking place in our natural systems and appreciate that each of our actions has an impact. More interest and knowledge, not less, is essential. Zoos and aquariums provide access and a vital connection to the world of wildlife and our environment, helping to foster an understanding of nature and how it works, and an appreciation for why it matters. Most professionally operated zoos and aquariums, such as those accredited by the Canadian or American Associations of Zoos and Aquariums, are dedicated to increasing engagement and raising awareness and participation in conservation issues. They conduct active programs that aid species survival, research and conservation, both at their public display facilities and in the field. The Vancouver Aquarium has operated our Marine Mammal Rescue (MMR) program since the mid 1960s. Each year, hundreds of marine mammals are rescued from situations of distress and rehabilitated by our dedicated team of staff and volunteers, led by our veterinarian. Their goal is to return marine mammals to good health so they can be released back to the ocean. The Vancouver Aquarium has not had killer whales on exhibit since 2001. However, our orca research continues in the field with experts working off the British Columbia coast to observe and study social interaction, behaviors, migrations, and feeding patterns. We do have beluga whales, including two calves born recently. Belugas are ideally suited to an aquarium environment. The calves' births have allowed researchers to study the social structure of a beluga family, and in collaboration with the University of British Columbia we have conducted beluga vocalization studies since 2002 to understand contact calls and other forms of communication between these beautiful and communicative animals. As our visitors see beluga whales and learn about their communication, natural history and the challenges they face due to climate change in the Arctic, a unique chain is created, moving from initial amazement of observing these creatures to the inspiration to care about them and finally to take action, in large or small ways, to protect their future by conserving their natural environment. We see our role as more important now than ever before. The time of simply displaying animals merely as curiosities is, thankfully, over. Our aquarium, and many others like it, represents often the only -- and the best -- opportunity for urbanites (particularly youth) to establish a connection with the natural world of animals. Sadly, many of us will never experience the joy and wonder of encountering animals in their natural habitat. But can get learn about them up close and personal in a modern and reputable aquarium or zoo. If you have had the good fortune to spend time in such an institution, and have seen the sense of awe and wonder on the faces of youngsters meeting a sea otter, for example, for the first time, you'll know what this is all about. What's more, having access to, and learning about, Tilikum and other whales in aquariums and marine parks since such amazing creatures were first displayed

Question: What is vital to education

Question: What does the death of a whale trainer raise questions about?

Question: what does he says about zoos and aquariums?

Question: what raised questions

Answer: Animals in zoos, aquariums and museums

Answer: Should they be there or not?

Answer: a vital connection to the world of wildlife

Answer: The tragic death of a trainer at Sea World last week

Summary:
John Nightingale says death of whale trainer raises questions about displaying captive animals .
Urbanization make zoos, aquariums vital to education, understanding, he says .
Such institutions show why preserving environments is important, he says .
Nightingale: Seeing creatures up close makes people more inclined to conservation .


Vancouver, British Columbia (CNN) -- Thousands of Canadians turned the streets of Vancouver into rivers of red on Sunday in jubilant celebration of the country's Olympic gold-medal win in men's ice hockey.

Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime, with national hero Sidney Crosby scoring the winning goal in the hard-fought game.

The win capped off a historic Winter Olympics for the host nation just hours before the closing ceremonies. The country took home a record 14 gold medals -- the most in Winter Olympics history.

Fans spilled out of the exits at Canada Hockey Place after the medal ceremony, "clanging cowbells and screaming like madmen," according to Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn.

"I'll remember this day for the rest of my life as will all Canadians who are here tonight," one fan at a Vancouver viewing told CNN affiliate CTV in Canada.

Watch fans celebrate in a sea of red and white

Police told liquor stores in Vancouver to close early at 2 p.m. -- about an hour before the game ended -- ahead of the celebrations. Lines of people were seen at one store 30 minutes before the game even started.

In Toronto, officials were forced to close down streets due to swelling masses of revelers waving Canadian flags and standing shoulder-to-shoulder in some of the city's main intersections, video showed. And in downtown Vancouver, people swamped the city's main Robson Square.

Strangers high-fived each other in the street and fans were seen jumping onto cars, hugging each other, singing the country's national anthem and chanting "Ole!" and "This is our game."

The celebrations were the culmination of a Winter Games that got off to a rocky start, with warmer-than-usual weather that forced delays in some early contests, and the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili during a training run hours before the opening ceremony.

The feeling of celebration and resiliency was being carried into the night's closing ceremonies. Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette -- whose mother died of a heart attack just days before her bronze-medal-winning performances -- was set to carry the nation's flag before thousands in attendance at BC Place.

CNN's Steve Almasy contributed to this report.

Question: who won the gold medal

Question: what sport was it in

Question: What happen in Vancouver and Toronto?

Question: Are canadians clanging cowbells and screaming?

Question: What do Canadians celebrate?

Answer: Canada

Answer: ice hockey.

Answer: celebration of the country's Olympic gold-medal win in men's ice hockey.

Answer: like madmen,"

Answer: Olympic gold-medal win in men's ice hockey.

Summary:
Canadians celebrate Olympic gold-medal win in men's ice hockey .
Win caps off historic Olympics for host nation just hours before closing ceremonies .
Witness to jubilation: Canadians "clanging cowbells and screaming like madmen"
In host city of Vancouver and in Toronto, happy throngs pour into streets .


Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- President Obama said Sunday his administration has mounted a "relentless response" to the oil spill unleashed by the sinking of an offshore drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Obama met with local, state and federal officials involved in the cleanup in southeastern Louisiana, the closest stretch of coastline threatened by the massive spill. Afterward, he said that despite "the most advanced technology available," the spill may not be stopped for many days.

"I'm not going to rest, and none of the gentlemen and women who are here are going to rest or be satisfied, until the leak is stopped at the source, the oil on the Gulf is contained and cleaned up and the people of this region are able to go back to their lives and their livelihoods," he said. "We will spare no resource to clean up whatever damage is caused."

Obama met with the commandant of the Coast Guard, Adm. Thad Allen; EPA administrator Lisa Jackson; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal; and the presidents of several parish governments after arriving, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. The president's briefing included an update on the procedures being attempted to cap the well and the economic and environmental impact of the spill, Gibbs said.

After landing in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sunday, Obama joined Jindal on a two-hour drive to Venice, a staging ground for efforts to fight the growing slick.

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Allen warned that the leaking oil from a rig explosion could continue for weeks with dire consequences.

"It potentially is catastrophic," Salazar said. "I think we have to prepare for the worst."

That would mean oil damaging sensitive coastal wetlands and industries, including a vital fishing sector that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Obama initially planned to fly over the affected area by helicopter, but weather conditions prevented the flight. Before his trip, Cabinet officials warned he would find a dire situation.

Officials warn of possible catastrophe

Salazar blamed the explosion that caused the spill on a failure in rig technology intended to prevent so-called blowouts.

"There is no doubt at all here that what has happened is the blowout prevention mechanism at the bottom of the well ... is defective," Salazar said. "While there have been blowouts in the past, we have never seen anything that has been quite of this magnitude."

The well is owned by oil company BP. Lamar McKay, president of BP America, told ABC's "This Week" that the company doesn't know why the blowout preventer failed.

All three officials interviewed by CNN repeatedly emphasized that BP is legally responsible for spill and clean-up efforts. They avoided direct criticism of the company, but said BP must do more to try to cap the gushing well.

Allen called the spill "one of the most complex things we've ever dealt with," and said it was impossible so far to predict how much oil will eventually leak.

"If we lost a total well head, it could be 100,000 barrels or more a day," he said.

BP said two Louisiana communities, Venice and Port Fourchon, will likely be the first places hit by the oil slick. Nearly 1 million feet of booms have been deployed in an effort to protect precious estuaries and wildlife, even as thousands of barrels of crude oil continued gushing into the water. Drilling new wells to stop the flow would take a month or two, and it was unclear if the leak could be contained or slowed before then.

WDSU: Rush to save Lake Pontchartrain

McKay said the company is building a containment system to prevent the leaking oil from spreading, but it may take another six to eight days to deploy it. Meanwhile, the company is working to battle the slick offshore and to clean up any oil that reaches the coast.

"We're still working hard, still working hard on the blowout preventer and see if we can actuate this piece

Question: who briefed on procedures?

Question: Who could not contain the spill?

Question: Obama said we will spare no resource to clean up, what?

Question: what caused the spill

Answer: The president's

Answer: BP.

Answer: whatever damage is caused."

Answer: sinking of an offshore drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

Summary:
NEW: President Obama briefed on procedures used to cap well, impact of the spill .
NEW: "We will spare no resource to clean up whatever damage is caused," Obama says .
Gov. Bobby Jindal: Residents can see the spill, which BP could not contain last week .
Venice and Port Fourchon expected to be the first areas affected .


Venice, Louisiana (CNN) -- Seven oil spill recovery workers who were hospitalized in New Orleans after complaining of feeling ill were properly trained and had protective gear on, according to the the federal on-scene coordinator for the oil spill response effort in the Gulf of Mexico.

"The heat and humidity in Louisiana can be challenging," Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry told reporters Thursday afternoon.

She said the workers were treated for several symptoms, including headaches, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath. Safety officials from the Coast Guard, BP and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration had responded to the incident, Landry.

"Basically, these folks all had the proper personal protective equipment on, and they all received the required training," she said. "Fortunately, everyone is fine."

An investigation is under way "to make sure what we can do to ensure that these workers are all working in safe conditions," Landry said. "We will continue to monitor this situation very carefully so that nobody is put in harm's way as they respond to this spill," she added.

A BP spokesman, John Curry, said the company takes "worker safety seriously." The company also said it has provided spill recovery workers with protective equipment, such as suits, steel-toed boots, gloves, hard hats and safety glasses.

In addition, BP said, workers are conducting about 250 air-quality tests a day. They also are testing workers for exposure to irritants and other substances that could be harmful, BP said.

The company also noted that testing has shown that "airborne contaminants are well within safe limits."

The seven workers were at West Jefferson Medical Center in suburban New Orleans, said spokeswoman Taslin Alfonzo said. Five were discharged Thursday afternoon, she said.

Based on their symptoms, the workers appeared to have come into contact with some type of irritant, Alfonzo said. However, the hospital doesn't have a toxicology department, so it couldn't identify the irritant.

About 10 workers complained of feeling ill on Wednesday, prompting officials to recall more than 100 boats from an area adjacent to the Mississippi River delta. Lisa Faust with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said she believes as many as five were treated at the scene.

Six of the seven were brought to the Marrero, Louisiana, hospital Wednesday night by ambulance, and the seventh was flown in. No additional patients have been admitted, Alfonzo said.

The Unified Command -- a coalition of agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of the Interior and the National Parks Service -- said Wednesday it recalled 125 vessels from Breton Sound, which lies about 50 miles southeast of New Orleans.

The vessels were involved in cleaning up oil that has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico since April, when an oil rig sank about 40 miles south of Louisiana, opening up a leak that has been gushing crude oil into the water.

U.S. Rep. Charlie Melancon, D-Louisiana, again called on the federal government to deploy temporary clinics to south Louisiana to screen workers and relatives possibly affected by the oil.

"As I first alerted the federal government over a week ago, our workers and residents in the oil-affected areas of south Louisiana are facing a looming health crisis," Melancon said in a written statement. "People are being exposed to hazardous oil fumes and potentially dangerous dispersants every day, and there is no health care infrastructure in place to treat them and monitor the situation."

Melancon said he will personally ask President Barack Obama to take action when Obama visits south Louisiana on Friday.

Question: What type of clinics is the congressman urging the government to set up?

Question: What company takes worker safety seriously?

Question: What does BP say?

Question: What did Congressman urge government to do?

Question: Near which state were the 125 commercial vessels recalled?

Answer: temporary

Answer: BP

Answer: "worker safety seriously."

Answer: deploy temporary clinics to south Louisiana

Answer: Louisiana

Summary:
NEW: BP says it takes worker safety seriously .
NEW: BP says it conducts safety tests and provides safety gear .
125 commercial vessels recalled from water near Louisiana .
Congressman urges government to set up mobile clinics .


Vero Beach, Florida (CNN) -- Louis Schacht's family has been growing citrus in Vero Beach, Florida, for 60 years, contributing to a multibillion-dollar industry. But this year, he's worried. The winter weather blasting much of the country has made it to Florida, and the cold front now moving through is expected to last longer than usual. That could prove disastrous for Schacht and his fellow growers at the peak of the picking season. A chill can enhance the taste of the oranges and grapefruit that the Schacht family business grows and ships around the world. But if the temperature drops to 28 degrees Fahrenheit or below and stays there for four hours, fruit across Florida could be frozen and the crop destroyed. "If it stays just above freezing, it can really help sweeten the fruit, but it's a fine line to walk. If it gets too cold, you can definitely have some damage," Schacht said. He has flooded his 280-acre grove in a bid to protect his fruit, as have larger growers across the state. "What that does is create a little layer of warmth, usually about 20 to 25 feet from the surface, which is all we really need," Schacht said. And Schacht said that's just about all he can do. He said the fate of his fruit is now out of his hands. "We've basically done what we can do," he said. "You say a prayer and go to bed." CNNMoney.com: Will prices rise for orange juice? Schacht ships directly to customers around the world. "As a small grower, you try to sell everything that you can, direct to the consumer," he said. His crop contributes to Florida being the No. 1 producer of oranges in the country. "The citrus industry has a 9 billion-dollar annual economic impact," says Florida Citrus Mutual spokesman Andrew Meadows.

Question: What fruits are at risk of being ruined?

Question: What did the citrus grower say?

Question: What is the role of Louis Schacht?

Question: What event does Lous Schacht fear?i

Question: What is making citrus farmers concerned?

Question: What is out of the hand of citrus growers?

Question: What is forecast to be unusually long?

Answer: oranges

Answer: "If it stays just above freezing, it can really help sweeten the fruit, but it's a fine line to walk. If it gets too cold, you can definitely have some damage,"

Answer: family has been growing citrus in Vero Beach, Florida,

Answer: winter weather

Answer: The winter weather blasting much of the country has made it to Florida, and the cold front now moving through is expected to last longer than usual.

Answer: fate of his fruit

Answer: cold front

Summary:
Citrus grower says fate of his fruit is out of his hands .
Cold snap now chilling state is forecast to be unusually long .
Louis Schacht fears oranges and grapefruit could freeze and be ruined .


Video analytics company Visible Measures - the one we work with to put out our monthly top 10 webisodes chart - curates a list of video called the "100 Million Club."

It includes all the web videos that have exceeded 100 million views. Lady Gaga has long been a staple of the chart, but now she's essentially in a club all her own: She's the first franchise to reach one billion views.

Gaga's music videos hold three spots in the 65-video 100 Million Club - one for "Poker Face" (374,606,128), one for "Just Dance" (272,941,674) and one for "Bad Romance" (360,020,327). Add them up and you get just over one billion views. She won't occupy the club alone for long, though; the Twilight saga is close behind with 980 million and Soulja Boy is at 860 million.

Gaga is primarily a hit on Vevo and YouTube; 25% of Vevo's visitors only have eyes for her. The pop star has attracted Internet attention elsewhere, too. A Facebook group of more than 100,000 people initiated National Lady Gaga Day about a month ago, and her latest Internet hit is her "Telephone" music video with Beyoncé.

The point is, you can't escape Gaga on the Internet. She's everywhere right now. We welcome speculation as to exactly why the web loves her so, so let us know in the comments if you have any ideas.

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Question: Who is the first to reach one billion views?

Question: What is the list called?

Question: Who created the "100 Million Club" list?

Question: Who is the first franchise to reach one billion views?

Question: How many views did "Poker Face" have?

Question: How many views does "Poker Face" have?

Question: What are some of Lady Gaga's songs?

Question: Who curated the "100 Million Club" list?

Answer: Lady Gaga

Answer: "100 Million Club."

Answer: analytics

Answer: Lady Gaga

Answer: (374,606,128),

Answer: (374,606,128),

Answer: "Bad Romance"

Answer: Visible Measures

Summary:
Visible Measures curates a list called the "100 Million Club"
Lady Gaga is the first franchise to reach one billion views .
"Poker Face" had 374,606,128 views; "Just Dance" had 272,941,674 .


Vilseck, Germany (CNN)  -- The wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison. "I can sympathize with them that they felt like there was nothing else they could do," said Jamie Leahy, wife of Sgt. Michael Leahy, a 28-year-old medic. She said her husband and the other two sergeants were heroes for protecting other soldiers. Leahy, 1st Sgt. John Hatley and Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Mayo killed four Iraqi men whom they had taken into custody at a canal in Baghdad, Iraq. During the investigation of the killings, Leahy told Army investigators that the same men they had captured would be shooting at them again if they had released them. "It's like somebody keeps coming and breaking into your house, and you told the cops, 'This is who it is, I saw them, they were in my house,' " Jamie Leahy told CNN's "AC 360°."  "And that's not enough, and they are able to keep coming in and breaking into your house. "I know it's more severe than that, but I mean if somebody kept coming in and breaking into your house, I think that the person would either want to get a gun or something to protect themselves because you feel like in your own home, you can't even be safe." Earlier this year, Leahy, Hatley and Mayo were convicted of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit premeditated murder in the killings of the four Iraqi detainees in March 2007. Documents obtained by CNN, as well as Army interrogation tapes, reveal that Hatley believed that if the men were taken to a detainee holding area, they would be released because there was not enough evidence to hold them. "It's like you're letting somebody go so they can come back and terrorize you again and try and kill you and maybe be successful next time," Jaime Leahy said. Kim Hatley made a video in a field in Schweinfurt, Germany, where she and her husband lived before he was sent to the U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In the video, she holds up cards asking for help in freeing "three American heroes." "They served their country, and they've been through a lot, and so have the family members," she told CNN. "But, in life, with any challenge, you can't just look at one incident. This does not define who these soldiers are." Kim Hatley says her husband is a "good man." "I don't think my husband should have gone to prison," she said. "I don't think that was fair. I don't think any of our soldiers should have gone to prison." And Johana Mayo said her husband has been punished enough. "I think that he's given and sacrificed a lot," she said. "I think he's a war hero. He's not a criminal and he's ... being treated as a criminal, and he shouldn't be." The Mayos have three children, ages 15 months, 6 and 11. Johana Mayo is legally blind and cannot drive. "I was used to relying on my husband for everything," she said. "You know, and he was the one that drove the kids around. He was the one that took care of their homework and anything -- grocery shopping -- everything. I relied on him for everything, and now I feel like I have to turn to my daughter a lot, and she's only 11." All three wives have set up Web sites to support their husbands: defendjohnhatley.com, defendjosephmayo.com and supportsgtleahy.com. Hatley, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, got clemency with his sentence reduced to 40 years. Both Leahy, who also received a life sentence, and Mayo, who got 35 years, had their sentences reduced to 20 years. All three sergeants were reduced in rank to private and sent to Fort

Question: What makes the soldiers heroes?

Question: What do the wives say?

Question: What have the wives done?

Question: Who claims that the sergeants should not be in prison?

Question: What has been set up in support?

Question: Who has set up web sites to support the soldiers?

Question: What were their husbands doing?

Answer: for protecting other

Answer: husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison.

Answer: set up Web sites to support their husbands:

Answer: The wives of three Army

Answer: Web sites

Answer: All three wives

Answer: protecting other soldiers.

Summary:
Wives say three Army sergeants convicted of murder should not be in prison .
They say their husbands were heroes for protecting other soldiers in Iraq .
All three wives have set up Web sites to support their husbands .
Watch Saturday, Sunday at 8 and 11 p.m. ET; read blog posts: Abbie Boudreau; Scott Zamost .


Vilseck, Germany (CNN) -- The military released 77,000 of about 87,000 detainees locked up during the Iraq war because there was not enough evidence to hold them, CNN has learned. "In most cases, if we don't have anything, eventually they'll be released," said Brig. Gen. David Quantock, who oversees detainee operations in Iraq. Quantock said "many cases are driven purely on intelligence." "Intelligence does not win a fight in a courtroom. It doesn't win the fight in a courtroom in the United States. It doesn't win in Iraq." According to the U.S. military, 76,985 detainees have been released out of the 87,011 captured during the Iraq war. A CNN investigation found that frustration over the Army's policy on detainees may have led to the 2007 killings of four Iraqi men by three decorated Army sergeants at a Baghdad canal. Former 1st Sgt. John Hatley, who led the mission that day, told CNN in a letter that the detainee policy has "extensive flaws" that repeatedly frustrated soldiers. On Army interrogation tapes obtained by CNN, other soldiers complained about the Army rules for evidence gathering. Despite the high release rate, Quantock said he has confidence soldiers can take basic evidence from a crime scene in Iraq. "We're asking them to take basic evidence, which they've been trained to do," said Quantock, who oversees detainee operations in Iraq. "We've got the greatest soldiers in the world. And I don't accept that they can't take basic evidence off of a crime scene." CNN asked Quantock to explain why, if it were so easy to collect evidence, so many detainees have been released. "It took us a while to realize, it goes back to my point of we were trying to make the fight fit the Army as opposed to have the Army fit the fight," Quantock said. "I think a lot of times we thought the insurgency would dissipate, we were working closely with the government of Iraq, we were trying to improve the Iraqi security forces, but at the end of the day, it didn't work out very well. We had to get better at taking evidence off the crime scene." A January 9, 2005, memo imposed detailed standards of evidence soldiers needed before taking in suspected insurgents in Iraq. Quantock told CNN the rules detailed in the memo were in effect through the end of 2008. The memo spells out that evidence of criminal activity should include photos of "physical evidence," "the detainee at the crime scene or place of capture," as well as photos "of the detainee next to the evidence." Other evidence should include "statements written by first-hand witnesses to the criminal activity," the memo states. At the start of this year, the rules got even stricter. A security agreement with the government of Iraq now requires an arrest warrant signed by an Iraqi judge to detain someone. Asked about the killings at the canal, Quantock told CNN: "There's never an excuse to execute anyone. They become judge, jury and executioner."

Question: Frustration over detainee policy may have led to what?

Question: Four Iraqi detainees were killed by whom?

Answer: the 2007 killings of four Iraqi men by three decorated Army sergeants

Answer: three decorated Army sergeants

Summary:
Four Iraqi detainees were killed by three decorated Army sergeants at a Baghdad canal .
Frustration over detainee policy may have led to 2007 slayings, CNN investigation found .
Nearly 77,000 detainees have been released out of the 87,000 captured in the Iraq war .
Watch Saturday, Sunday at 8 and 11 p.m. ET; read blog posts: Abbie Boudreau; Scott Zamost .


WARSAW, Poland (CNN) -- In Poland, it's polite to bring flowers when you visit someone's home, so there's a flower shop on virtually every street corner in Warsaw.

Crowds flock to Rynek Starego Miasta, Warsaw's Old Town Market Place.

But the city is now realizing flower power on a bigger scale.

There are buds and blooms adding color all over the capital, from the quaint Old Town to the bustling city center to the massive concrete apartment blocks left over from the communist era.

It's Warsaw in bloom, in many ways: A city thriving, growing and blossoming six decades after much of it was destroyed during World War II and almost 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union brought many radical economic and social changes.

Modern Warsaw is a mix of shiny new skyscrapers, tree-lined boulevards, ornate prewar buildings and somber concrete communist relics.

Hamburger joints and pizzerias compete for customers with restaurants offering traditional Polish fare like pierogi. Expensive new cars share the road with crowded buses and trams. Traffic jams frustrate drivers throughout the day.

But it's the older Warsaw -- faithfully restored and full of churches, palaces and parks -- that seems to attract the most visitors.  See more photos of Warsaw's places and people »

To get a feel for the city that was known as the Paris of Eastern Europe before World War II, stroll down Nowy Świat Street, lined with restaurants, cafes, bookstores and small shops. It's part of what's known as Warsaw's Królewski Trakt, or Royal Route. On a recent visit, the music of Frederic Chopin wafted down from an open window of one of the elegant apartments occupying the upper floors.

The street is also home to a sweet Warsaw tradition. Blikle, one of the city's best-known confectioners, has been serving up cakes and pastries since 1869.

It's probably most famous for perfecting the Polish version of the donut: Fist-sized balls of sweet, fragrant yeast dough fried until they're golden-brown and covered with icing. But it's what's inside that gives them their unique taste: A filling of preserves made from pureed rose petals and sugar. They're best when they're still warm, when it's especially hard to eat just one.

Bustling Nowy Świat Street flows into elegant Krakowskie Przedmieście Street as you near the Old Town, Stare Miasto. Follow the crowds to the Royal Castle and the column bearing the statue of Poland's King Zygmunt III, first erected in 1644.

Cobblestone streets lead to the heart of the district: Rynek Starego Miasta, the Old Town Market Place, where visitors are surrounded by picturesque pastel blue, pink and yellow buildings capped by red-shingled roofs and where the mood is as merry as the colors.

Sit down for lunch at an outdoor cafe, buy an amber necklace at one of the shops lining the square, have your caricature painted by artists displaying their work, or just feed the pigeons. No matter the activity, it's a great place to relax and people watch.

This historic center of Warsaw -- which Nazi troops almost completely destroyed in 1944 and which was carefully rebuilt after the war -- is designated as a World Heritage site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. "It is an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century," UNESCO says.

To get away from the crowds, return to the Royal Route and head towards the Aleje Ujazdowskie, a grand boulevard lined with embassies. It's here that you'll find the entrances to Warsaw's Łazienki Park, once the summer residence of Poland's royalty. Today, it's almost 200 acres of calm in the middle of the city and the perfect place for a stroll on wide alleyways surrounded by lush green trees and manicured lawns.

The serene Pałac na Wyspie, Palace on the Isle, is one of several historic must-see sites in the park. Among the many other pleasures: Watching the playful red squirrels roaming in the grass and taking in

Question: The historic center of Warsaw is designated as what?

Question: In what country is Warsaw found?

Answer: World Heritage site

Answer: Poland,

Summary:
The historic center of Warsaw is designated as a World Heritage site .
Statue of Frederic Chopin draws music lovers and pianists for outdoor concerts .
Much of Warsaw was destroyed during World War II, then faithfully restored .
Poland has been a member of the European Union since 2004 .


WASECA, Minnesota (CNN) -- When you think of protection from the H1N1 flu virus, you may not think the hog population is what needs protecting. But that's precisely the concern among pork producers and those who use swine in research studies. Professor Samuel Baidoo wears specially issued gear as he checks on the hogs at the research facility. Forget any worries you may have had about catching the often-called "swine flu" from a pig. University of Minnesota Professor Samuel Baidoo, a swine nutrition and management expert at one of the school's swine research facilities, says it's actually the other way around. "If we are sick and we come in here, we can easily transfer [diseases], especially flu, to these pigs," Baidoo says. Baidoo took CNN on a tour of the university's research facility to demonstrate the precautions in place year-round to make sure its pig population remains safe. For starters, anyone who wants to visit the facility has to shower and put on specially issued overalls and boots  and that rule applies to reporters and even the hog farmers themselves. "They will shower to go and see their own pigs," Baidoo says. This university's swine research barn is typical of most large-production hog facilities, Baidoo says, stressing that it's so secure "flies cannot even come in here." "Flu can be transferred by flies, by birds. There's no way a bird can get into this building. So these pigs are very, very safe," he explains. "We are more a risk to them than they to us." So let's say a pig does happen to come down with a disease, specifically with H1N1. Then what happens? Baidoo says the first sign that something is wrong is usually lack of appetite. "They go off feed, so we know there's something not right." If it does turn out to be a flu virus, Baidoo says, the treatment is very similar to what humans undergo. "We put them on medication and within three days it's over. Just like when we get [the] flu -- we go to the doctor and then they prescribe medication and we get well." Baidoo points out that since H1N1 is a respiratory illness, the actual carcass of the pig -- the pork we eat -- is still harmless. Still, Baidoo says he understands the initial knee-jerk reaction. After all, "swine flu" was what everyone called it at first -- before health organizations began referring to it as H1N1. "I also see the concern of consumers. When there is this situation everybody tends to connect the two. But there is no connection at all between the flu and pork," he says. "There's no fear in eating pork based on the scare of the flu pandemic." The disease most people in the United States and worldwide have been calling swine flu is actually a combination of human and animal strains. It has not been shown to be transmissible through eating pork. In an already suffering market, the negative news is something the U.S. pork industry says could have been prevented. "This flu is being called something that it isn't, and it's hurting our entire industry," Dave Warner, communications director for the National Pork Producers Council, said last week. "It is not a 'swine' flu, and people need to stop calling it that ... they're ruining people's lives."

Question: What does hog population need?

Question: facility in which U.S. state says humans must wear special suits to keep hogs disease-free?

Question: What has hit the pork industry hard

Question: Researchers say population of which animal needs protection from human diseases?

Question: What does the facility in Minnesota say?

Question: What must humans wear to keep diseases from hogs

Question: Fear over which disease has hit pork industry hard?

Question: For what reason does the hog population need protection

Question: What has hit the pork industry?

Answer: protecting.

Answer: Minnesota

Answer: H1N1 flu virus,

Answer: pork producers and those who use swine

Answer: "If we are sick and we come in here, we can easily transfer [diseases], especially flu, to these pigs,"

Answer: overalls and boots

Answer: H1N1 flu virus,

Answer: H1N1 flu virus,

Answer: H1N1 flu virus,

Summary:
Researchers say hog population needs protection from human diseases .
Fear over so-called "swine flu" has hit pork industry hard -- and unfairly, many say .
Minnesota facility says humans must wear special suits to keep hogs disease-free .
"No connection at all between the flu and pork," researcher says .


WASHAKIE COUNTY, Wyoming (CNN) -- Federal agents have apprehended accused child molester Edward Eugene Harper, who was on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, an FBI official said Thursday. Edward Eugene Harper is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle since fleeing Mississippi. Harper, 63, is accused of molesting two girls, ages 3 and 8, in his neighborhood in Hernando, Mississippi, more than a decade ago, the FBI said. The FBI said it received a telephone tip in June at the Denver office regarding Harper, and brought a SWAT team and a hostage negotiation team to apprehend him in rural Wyoming on Thursday. He surrendered without incident, the FBI said, and later admitted his identity to agents. Harper was living in a 1979 truck with a camper top in the southern portion of Washakie County's Big Horn Mountains, the FBI said. He is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle, moving from place to place and earning a living by doing odd jobs and herding sheep, the FBI said in a statement. He was indicted in April 1994 with conspiracy to commit sexual battery, fondling a child and sexual battery. He failed to appear for a scheduled court hearing and a state warrant was issued for his arrest in October 1994. He was later charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, a federal offense. The FBI added him to its 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list last year. Before living in Mississippi, Harper had been a ranch hand, working with cattle and sheep in Montana and Wyoming, the FBI said in its release on Harper last year. He has also worked as a truck driver, the agency said. According to the FBI, Harper subscribed to "sovereign citizen" ideology and claimed to be a member of the Montana Freemen, a group that rejected the authority of the U.S. government. The group became famous for an 81-day standoff with federal agents in Montana in 1996. But after the arrest and conviction of many of its members, the group essentially disintegrated, according to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center. "As far as I know," they don't exist, he said. "Most of them went to prison and there was nothing left."

Question:
what was he working as?
Who was fondling a child?
What is Harper accused of?
Who was accused of molesting two girls?
Who surrendered without an incident?
What did the FBI say?
Who surrendered without incident?

Answer: doing odd jobs and herding sheep,

Answer: Edward Eugene Harper

Answer: molesting two girls, ages 3 and 8,

Answer: Edward Eugene

Answer: Edward Eugene Harper

Answer: Federal agents have apprehended accused child molester Edward Eugene

Answer: Edward Eugene Harper

Summary:
Edward Eugene Harper accused of molesting two girls ages 3 and 8 a decade ago .
Harper surrendered without incident after telephone tip in June led FBI to him .
FBI says he was working as sheep herder, living in camper in rural Wyoming .
Harper was indicted in Mississippi on charges of sexual battery, fondling a child .


WASHAKIE COUNTY, Wyoming (CNN) -- In the predawn darkness the agents switch the federal plates on their vehicles to local Wyoming tags and check they have no other signs showing they are from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Edward Eugene Harper is believed to have lived a nomadic lifestyle since fleeing Mississippi. They want to give the impression that they are fish and wildlife officers, certainly not what they really are -- an elite squad in search of one of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives. Their target lives eight miles up a dirt road in the Big Horn mountains of Washakie County -- and he is also not what he seems. For the past few years Edward Eugene Harper has been tending a flock of sheep in the semi-wilderness of the region. But 15 years ago he failed to turn up for a court appearance in Mississippi on charges he had molested two girls, aged 3 and 8. He'd been on the lam ever since. Recently the FBI had received a tip on his whereabouts.  Watch how FBI planned hunt for fugitive » Snipers spent the night watching the truck with a camper top where Harper, 63, has been sleeping for the past few weeks. Michael Rankin, assistant special agent in charge at the FBI's Denver, Colorado, field office and leader of the operation to capture Harper, said he wanted to use a ruse to get close to Harper. "We don't want to alert him or anybody who might be a supporter of his, and we want to get as close to him without somehow raising his antenna that we may be law enforcement and we may be wanting to take him into custody," Rankin said. "It's an individual that has been a fugitive for almost 15 years, so he certainly doesn't want to go to jail or be put into the system after being on the lam for this length of time." The locals are used to seeing officers from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, and it's one of their men who will make the first contact and perhaps lead Harper to think the accompanying agents are also wildlife officials. The sun is up now and it is dusty and hot. At the end of the dirt road the FBI has officers working the command and control element, a team of crisis negotiators and investigators who will confirm Harper's identity, and a tactical unit aiming to make the arrest. FBI sources say they are concerned about another "Ruby Ridge incident." In August 1992, more than 400 members of federal and local law enforcement and the military converged on the Idaho hillside where a white separatist, Randy Weaver, lived in a cabin with his family. By the end of the operation, there had been a 12-day siege and a U.S. marshal, Weaver's wife and his 14-year-old son were dead. Ruby Ridge became a rallying cry for right-wing militias, and agents do not want this arrest mission spiraling out of control. Harper subscribes to "sovereign citizen" ideology and once claimed to be a member of the Montana Freemen, a group that rejected the authority of the U.S. government, the FBI said. In the end, the arrest of Harper is nothing like Ruby Ridge. He puts up no resistance, no shots are fired and there is no standoff. Harper, now with a heavy beard, shaggy hair and wearing a black patch on his left eye, sits calmly in a government SUV heading back into the system and a county jail in Casper, Wyoming, as authorities begin the process of extraditing him to Mississippi. He has requested a public defender. "It feels very good that everybody's safe," Rankin said as the teams leave the wilderness to head back to base where they can strike a name off their most wanted list.

Question: When Harper skipped court date?

Question: Where was Harper detained?

Question: Where child molester Edward Eugene Harper had been detained?

Question: What is the child molester's name?

Question: What is the name of the accused child molester?

Question: When did he go on the run?

Answer: 15 years ago

Answer: county jail

Answer: a county jail in Casper, Wyoming,

Answer: Edward Eugene Harper

Answer: Edward Eugene Harper

Answer: 15 years ago

Summary:
Accused child-molester Edward Eugene Harper detained in Wyoming .
FBI snipers, investigators headed into wilderness before dawn to catch him .
Harper skipped court date in 1994 and had been on the lam since .


WASHINGTON  (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama raised more than $40 million from more than 442,000 donors in March, his presidential campaign announced Thursday. Sen. Barack Obama greets campaign volunteers during a stop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday. More than 218,000 of the donors were giving for the first time, the campaign said. The figures are estimates, a campaign spokesman said. "We're still calculating." Sources in Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign said the New York senator raised $20 million in March. Impressive as the $40 million figure is, it is well below the $55 million Obama raised in February. Clinton, Obama's rival for the Democratic nomination, raised about $35 million in February. Political analysts say this kind of fundraising power catches the attention of voters. "They add to the so-called 'bandwagon effect' -- the sense that Obama is building, that he's going to be the nominee," said Stu Rothenberg of the Rothenberg Political Report. With its March totals, the Obama campaign has raised approximately $234 million, which surpasses the Democratic record of $215 million that 2004 nominee Sen. John Kerry raised in that presidential primary season. Obama is $25 million shy of President Bush's presidential primary fundraising record of $259 million, set in his uncontested campaign in 2004. Obama raised $194 million through the end of February. Official fundraising tallies for March are due to the Federal Election Commission by April 20. Clinton raised $156 million through the end of February. The Clinton campaign said Thursday morning it would not release March figures until required to file its FEC report, two days before the critical Pennsylvania primary April 22. But later, campaign sources provided the figures, which show March to be Clinton's second-highest fund-raising month for the campaign. A Clinton spokesman downplayed the importance of Obama's fundraising total. "We knew that he was going to out-raise us. He has out-raised us for the last several months," Howard Wolfson said after Obama's figures were released. "We will have the resources that we need to compete and be successful in the upcoming primary states." Wolfson also said he expected Clinton's tax returns to be released soon. Clinton pledged March 25 she would release her returns within a week. Sen. John McCain, the expected Republican nominee, raised $11 million in February. He has not announced his March total. E-mail to a friend CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand and Rob Yoon contributed to this report.

Question: Who said tax returns will be released soon?

Question: Who  raised $20 million in March

Question: Who contributes to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign?

Question: Who raised $20 million in March?

Question: What did more than 442,000 donors contribute to?

Question: When will Clinton release her tax returns?

Answer: Wolfson

Answer: Hillary Clinton's

Answer: 442,000 donors

Answer: Sen. Hillary Clinton's

Answer: Sen. Barack Obama

Answer: within a week.

Summary:
NEW: Sen. Clinton raised $20 million in March, campaign sources say .
Clinton camp says her tax returns will be released soon .
More than 442,000 donors contribute to Sen. Barack Obama's, campaign says .
Number is below record $55 million Obama raised in February .


WASHINGTON (CNN)   -- The Department of Homeland Security will investigate a Halloween costume party hosted by a top immigration official and attended by a man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up, a costume some say is offensive, the department's secretary said. Julie Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called the man's costume "offensive." Julie Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and host of the fundraising party, was on a three-judge panel that originally praised the prisoner costume for "originality." Myers later apologized for "a few of the costumes," calling them "inappropriate and offensive." She said she and other senior managers "deeply regret that this happened." A department photographer photographed Myers with the man, but the images were deleted after the costume were deemed offensive, ICE spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. Between 50 and 75 people attended the party, which was a fundraiser for the Combined Federal Campaign, a federal government collection of charities. Nantel said one employee, whom she declined to identify, was wearing a black-and-white striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and a skin "bronzer" intended "to make him look African-American." But, she said, it was not immediately apparent that he was wearing the make-up. "Most people in the room didn't realize he was wearing make-up at all," she said. "It was unintentioned. The employee did not mean to offend although there were some employees that were rightfully offended by it," Nantel said. Myers and the other judges "noted his costume for originality." "There were a couple of people who were offended," Nantel said. "When it was confirmed through a conversation with the employee that he was wearing make-up," Nantel said, the employee was counseled and Myers sent out a note to employees apologizing. In a November 2 email to ICE employees, Myers wrote, "It is now clear that, however unintended, a few of the costumes were inappropriate and offensive. While we were all thrilled to be a part of the CFC fundraising effort, I and the senior management at ICE deeply regret that this happened." She reminded all employees to be compliant with the department's diversity training requirement. Myers has served as head of ICE since January of 2006 but is still awaiting Senate confirmation. An ICE congressional liaison said ICE officials briefed congressional staffers about the costume party this week as a courtesy. But at least one congressional staffer said they approached ICE after receiving an anonymous fax about the incident. Myers called House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, about the incident and is expected to meet with him before the end of the week, a Thompson spokeswoman told CNN. Myers also contacted the National Association of African-Americans in the Department of Homeland Security. In a letter to NAADHS members, the group's vice president, Sjon Shavers, said the group "appreciates (Myers) reaching out to us so quickly in order to keep us apprised of the matter and we commend her on moving so swiftly toward appropriate corrective action." As head of ICE, Myers heads the law enforcement agency charged with enforcing immigration law inside the United States. It is the second largest investigative agency in the federal government, with more than 15,000 employees, including 6,000 investigators. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff "supports the actions that Assistant Secretary Myers has taken," DHS spokeswoman Laura Keehner said. "We do not tolerate inappropriate behavior at DHS." "The Secretary has asked for an inquiry into the facts surrounding the incident. Once the facts have been determined, we will take all necessary and appropriate actions," Keehner said. E-mail to a friend

Question: What costume offended some people at the party?

Question: whos party was it?

Question: What is Myers' vocation?

Question: Who praised the man's costume originally?

Question: Who was the party host?

Question: Who was the party's host?

Answer: man dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up,

Answer: hosted by a top immigration official

Answer: head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

Answer: Julie Myers,

Answer: Julie Myers,

Answer: Julie Myers,

Summary:
Man in prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up came to party .
Party host was Julie Myers, head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
She and other judges at first gave man praise for costume's "originality"
But some were offended and Myers later apologized in an email to employees .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  --   More than 33,000 items of old denim -- jeans, hats and jackets -- were sent to Washington in a recycling effort that will benefit disaster-struck homes, officials said. Erek Hansen donated five pairs of his own outgrown jeans to the cause and collected almost 1,700 pairs. National Geographic Kids magazine encouraged readers to donate their old denim instead of throwing it away. The resulting 33,088 pieces of denim clothing set a world record, verified Wednesday by a representative from Guinness World Records, according to the magazine's blog. The thousands of pairs of jeans, which are on display at Union Station for two weeks, will be turned into housing insulation for homes affected by natural disasters. According to the magazine, there will be enough material to provide insulation for 60 houses. The jeans will be turned over to Cotton Inc., which collects used denim for natural fiber insulation made without carcinogens or chemical irritants. Paula Rosario, vice president of consumer marketing for the company, said that the new record "certainly attests to the civic-mindedness of today's children." The ceremony unveiling the denim display also honored 9-year-old Erek Hansen, who collected nearly 1,700 jeans. The elementary school student from Curtice, Ohio, said that his friends and classmates "were happy to help the environment." Hansen donated five pairs of his own outgrown jeans. The display also includes a pair from actor Ben Stiller.

Question: How many items of old denim were sent?

Question: To what location was the old denim sent to?

Question: What did the National Geographic Kids magazine encourage readers to do?

Question: what does the magazine encourage

Question: How many items were donated?

Question: how many items were sent to washington

Question: Who collected almost 1,700 pairs of jeans?

Question: What age is Erek Hansen of Curtice, Ohio?

Question: how many jeans were collected

Answer: More than 33,000

Answer: Washington

Answer: donate their old denim

Answer: readers to donate their old denim instead of throwing it away.

Answer: More than 33,000

Answer: 33,000

Answer: Erek Hansen

Answer: 9-year-old

Answer: 1,700 pairs.

Summary:
National Geographic Kids magazine encouraged readers to donate old denim .
More than 33,000 items of old denim -- jeans, hats and jackets -- sent to Washington .
Material will be turned into housing insulation for homes affected by natural disasters .
Erek Hansen, 9, of Curtice, Ohio, collect almost 1,700 pairs of jeans .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A Bush administration official has publicly described a detainee's treatment at the U.S. Navy Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as torture, according to a published report.

The detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been a source of controversy.

Susan Crawford, the retired judge in charge of determining which Guantanamo detainees should be tried by a U.S. military commision, has refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

"We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani," Crawford told the Post. "His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that's why I did not refer the case" for prosecution.

Military prosecutors have accused al-Qahtani of helping to plan the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, and believe he may have sought to participate, possibly as the "20th hijacker."

The United States had been seeking the death penalty against al-Qahtani and five other men in connection with the 9/11 attacks. Crawford approved charges against the other five.

She told the newspaper she came to her decision based on the combination of the interrogation techniques, their duration and the effect on al-Qahtani's health.

"The techniques they used were all authorized, but the manner in which they applied them was overly aggressive and too persistent," she said.

"You think of torture, you think of some horrendous physical act done to an individual. This was not any one particular act; this was just a combination of things that had a medical impact on him, that hurt his health. It was abusive and uncalled for. And coercive. Clearly coercive. It was that medical impact that pushed me over the edge" to call it torture, she told the paper.

When asked later  Wednesday about the report, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino responded, "It has never been the policy of this president or this administration to torture.

"Because of command influence concerns, I have not commented about individual cases from this podium and ... that's as much as I can say about it."

Pressed further on the issue, Perino said, "The commander-in-chief should not be commenting on cases where the government is bringing a case against a detainee. It would be inappropriate to do so from the White House."

The Department of Defense issued a statement Wednesday defending the military treatment of al-Qahtani.

"We have conducted more than a dozen investigations and reviews of our detention operations, including specifically the interrogation of al-Qahtani, the alleged 20th hijacker.

"The investigations concluded the interrogation methods used at Gitmo (Guantanamo), including the special interrogation techniques used with Qahtani in 2002, were lawful.

"However, subsequent to those reviews, the department adopted new and more restrictive policies, and improved oversight procedures for interrogation and detention operations.

"Some of the aggressive questioning techniques used on al-Qahtani, although permissible at the time, are no longer allowed in the updated Army field manual."

In November, military prosecutors said they would try to refile charges against al-Qahtani based on later interrogations that did not use harsh techniques, the paper reported.

Crawford, who dismissed war crimes charges against al-Qahtani in May 2008, said she won't let the prosecutors pursue other charges.

His interrogation took place over 50 days -- from November 2002 to January 2003, and he was held in isolation until April 2003, she said.

"For 160 days, his only contact was with the interrogators," she said.

Crawford, who studied interrogation and other military records, said al-Qahtani was forced to stand naked in front of a female agent, threatened with a military dog named Zeus, "forced to wear a woman's bra and had a thong placed on his head" during questioning, and "was told that his mother and sister were whores," the newspaper reported.

Al-Qahtani, a Saudi national, was denied entry to the United

Question: What is Mohammed al-Qahtani  accused of?

Question: What did the judge refuse to do?

Question: Which paper had the story?

Question: What was the White houses response?

Question: What did Crawford say?

Question: What did the judge do?

Question: What did Susan Crawford say?

Question: What was al-Qahtani accused of?

Answer: helping to plan the September 11, 2001, terror attacks,

Answer: to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors

Answer: Washington Post

Answer: "It has never been the policy of this president or this administration to torture.

Answer: "We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani,"

Answer: refused to refer the case of Mohammed al-Qahtani to prosecutors because of that assessment,

Answer: "We tortured (Mohammed al-) Qahtani,"

Answer: helping to plan the September 11, 2001,

Summary:
Retired judge refuses to refer case to prosecutors because of torture assessment .
Susan Crawford describes techniques as "overly aggressive and too persistent"
Military prosecutors accuse Mohammed al-Qahtani of helping plan 9/11 attacks .
White House, Defense Department respond to Washington Post story .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A Senate subcommittee Tuesday tackled one of the most contentious issues in U.S. sports: the fairness of the Bowl Championship Series that decides the top college football team each season. Tim Tebow, right, of the Florida Gators talks to coaches at the 2009 BCS national championship game January 8. Convened by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the hearing by the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee provided a sounding board for his state's disappointment over the inability of the undefeated University of Utah to qualify for the BCS national championship game last January. The BCS operates under an agreement among the major college football conferences that decides which teams qualify for the biggest bowl games each season, including the national championship game. It also distributes the revenue generated by the bowl games, with the participating members taking part in more of the post-season matches and taking home more money. Every season brings heated debate over the bowl lineup and calls for a playoff system similar to the ones used for every other National Collegiate Athletic Association sport, including small-college football. President Obama has joined many Americans in expressing his preference for a playoff system to decide the nation's top college football team. Hatch complained that the BCS system denies outsiders -- such as Utah of the Mountain West Conference -- a fair chance to compete with major conferences such as the Big 12, Big 10, Pacific 10 and Southeast Conference for a spot in the lucrative bowl games. Last season, he said, Utah went undefeated and gained a BCS berth in the Sugar Bowl against perennial power Alabama, which it defeated 31-17. However, the BCS ranking system prevented Utah from any realistic chance of selection for the national championship game, which pitted two teams that each had one loss on their records, Hatch said. For schools outside what he called the "privileged conferences," the BCS system has "significant and largely insurmountable obstacles to playing for a national championship," Hatch said. University of Utah President Michael Young complained that the BCS system both stifles competition and guarantees the majority of revenue from bowl games to the traditional powers. "If you can't beat them, eliminate them," he said of BCS policy. In response, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman said the BCS system -- while imperfect -- is the only workable formula that ensures participation by major football powers such as his institution. The BCS recognizes the strength and depth of traditional programs, Perlman said, rejecting Young's argument that Utah has no chance to improve its status. "There realistically is something Utah could do," Perlman said. "They could play the schedule Nebraska played." At the same time, Perlman said that uneven odds are part of every university's experience at one time or another. "It's the same as when Nebraska walks into the NIH [National Institutes of Health] and seeks a federal grant and competes with Harvard," he said. "Theoretically we have the same the chance, but do we really?" Two anti-trust experts provided conflicting testimony on whether the BCS system violates the Sherman Antitrust Act. Barry Brett of the law firm Troutman Sanders insisted the BCS holds what amounts to an illegal monopoly and "uses this control to exclude all but its founding members [from] fair access to the competition and control of hundreds of millions of dollars." In response, William Monts III of Hogan and Hartson noted the BCS members created the national championship game and therefore have the right to determine who participates. He also warned against seeking anti-trust relief in court, saying a ruling against the BCS would end its existence without creating an alternative. "The peculiar irony of an anti-trust claim is that it is likely to sound the death knell for the playoff system proponents want," Monts said.

Question: who convened the meeting?

Question: Who beat Alabama in Sugar Bowl last season?

Question: What kept Utah out of the national championship game?

Question: Who did Utah go undefeated against?

Question: Who was undefeated?

Answer: Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah,

Answer: Utah

Answer: BCS ranking system prevented

Answer: Alabama,

Answer: University of Utah

Summary:
Convened by GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah .
Utah went undefeated and beat Alabama in Sugar Bowl last season, noted Hatch .
But BCS ranking system kept Utah out of national championship game, he said .
Teams in championship game each had one loss on their records, Hatch noted .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A U.S. Marine videotaped throwing a puppy over a cliff while on patrol in Iraq has been kicked out of the Corps, and a second Marine involved has been disciplined, according to a statement released by the Marines. YouTube.com removed the video for violating the Web site's terms of use. Lance Cpl. David Motari, based in Hawaii with the 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, is being "processed for separation" and received non-judicial punishment, officials said in the statement Wednesday night. The Marine Corps would not specify what that punishment was because of privacy regulations. The statement said Motari received the punishment for his role in the "episode which generated international attention." The incident appeared on the Internet web site YouTube in March, sparking outrage from animal rights groups around the world. In the video, Motari is seen throwing the dog off a cliff as it yelps. A second Marine, San Diego-based Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion, received non-judicial punishment as well. Janice Hagar, a spokeswoman for the Marines in San Diego, said Encarnacion shot the video. Marine officials at the Pentagon would not disclose the severity of the disciplinary action against Encarnacion, also because of privacy regulations. CNN did not receive a response from the Marine Corps in San Diego to questions about the case. The statement said the Marines conducted an investigation as soon as the YouTube video came to the attention of commanders. "The actions seen in the Internet video are contrary to the high standards we expect of every Marine and will not be tolerated," according to the statement. On the video, Motari smiles as he is holding the puppy and then hurls the dog over a cliff. An unknown person operating the video cameras is heard laughing and another voice saying "that's mean, Motari." In a statement, the Humane Society of the United States applauded the Marine Corps' decision to punish those involved. "The bad actors in this case have been dealt with by the Marine Corps, which rightly recognizes that harming animals is unacceptable conduct," said Dale Bartlett, the group's deputy manager for animal cruelty issues. "Now, the Department of Defense and the Congress must step up protection from cruelty for all animals under the law governing military conduct."

Question: what is happening to lance

Question: Who is being processed for separation?

Question: what Second Marine, who filmed the incident?

Question: Who is also being disciplined?

Answer: being "processed for separation"

Answer: Lance Cpl. David Motari,

Answer: Sgt. Crismarvin Banez

Answer: second Marine

Summary:
Hawaii-based Lance Cpl. David Motari is being "processed for separation"
Motari was seen on video tossing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq .
Second Marine, who filmed the incident, was also disciplined .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A dream come true, a part of history, an accomplishment for all of us. Margret Forsythe, left, and Evadey Minott came to Tuesday's inaugural events from Brooklyn, New York. Millions of people gathered on the Mall in Washington on Tuesday to celebrate the inauguration of the 44th U.S. president, Barack Obama. "This is America happening," said Evadey Minott of Brooklyn, New York. "It was prophesied by [the Rev. Martin Luther] King that we would have a day when everyone would come together. This is that day. I am excited. I am joyful. It brings tears to my eyes." L.J. Caldwell of Somerset, New Jersey, said Obama's inauguration capped five decades of struggle for African-Americans. "When you think back, Malcolm [X] fought. Then we come a little further, Rosa Parks sat. Then come up a little further and Martin [King Jr.] spoke. Then today, President Obama ran and we won."  Watch Obama say Americans have "chosen hope over fear" » Kim Akins, 43, of Chicago, Illinois, who lives just blocks from Obama's home, made the trek to Washington with her 8-year-old daughter, Chloe. Vanessa Reed, of Centerville, Virginia, took her daughters to spot on the inaugural parade route. "I was going to take my daughter here if it was the last thing I did," she said. "It's breathtaking. ... It's overwhelming." Vanessa Reed, of Centerville, Virginia, who brought her two young daughters to the inauguration, reflected on Obama's speech as she sat with her daughters across from the presidential reviewing stand at the end of the parade route. "It was beautiful. It spoke to the issues of the moment," said Reed, who worked for the Obama campaign. "I am proud this country saw what we saw in him." Not as impressed, her youngest daughter, Brooke. "It was so boring," the 4-year-old said. Patrick Bragg, 44, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, contemplated the day as he tried to stay warm standing over steam vents on H Street. Patrick Bragg says he rode a bike 18 miles to get to downtown Washington on Tuesday morning. "I've been sitting here thinking -- it's really beautiful," said Bragg, who said he rode a bike 18 miles from Bethesda, Maryland, to attend Tuesday's ceremonies. "This is what I would consider the true representation of all of America. Obama gives everyone space at the table." Some of those attending Tuesday recalled how they were part of the effort that culminated in the historic day. "You remember why you are doing it all, why you were working so hard on the campaign making phone calls, knocking on doors and getting slammed in the face sometimes," said iReport contributor Vanessa Palmer of the University of South Florida in Tampa. Howard University student Shakuwra Garrett, 18, said she felt like "a part of history." "I can carry this with me the rest of my life," Garrett said. "It's an accomplishment for all of us." The accomplishment crossed borders and oceans for some of those at Tuesday's inauguration. "The dream came true," said Fatima Cone, 39, who came to the U.S. from Ivory Coast, where her mother wears an Obama T-shirt. She conveyed the excitement her family feels in West Africa. "The fight is the same for all blacks. It's the same story. It's the same fight wherever you come from," Cone said. Canadians Peter and Susan Butler drove down from Toronto, Ontario, to see the event and "support the American people." iReport.com: Are you in Washington? Share your story "This is a world event," Susan Butler said. "We can tell our grandchildren we were here." Brtion Simon Ginty called

Question: Who was elected in this story?

Question: What did the woman from New York say?

Question: What did the New York woman say?

Question: What did Obama's election show according to a woman?

Question: What ethnicity was the person who said, "This is a world event"?

Question: What did the Canadian say?

Answer: Barack Obama.

Answer: "This is America happening,"

Answer: "This is America happening,"

Answer: a day when everyone would come together.

Answer: Canadians

Answer: "This is a world event,"

Summary:
A McDonald's in Washington goes silent as patrons watch inaugural .
"This is America happening," says New York woman .
Canadian says, "This is a world event"
Barack Obama's election shows American people "can do anything," woman says .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A drunk passenger who tried to set the curtains of a Boeing 767 on fire during a trans-Atlantic flight is in custody in Vienna, Austria, the Transportation Security Administration said Thursday. A drunk Delta passenger was placed in custody after he tried to light curtains on fire during a flight. There was no apparent connection to terrorism, officials said. Zoltan Lensky, 25, a Slovakian citizen, was on Delta Flight 40 from Atlanta, Georgia, to Vienna Wednesday night when flight attendants refused his request for more liquor. According to TSA spokesman Christopher White, Lensky slapped a flight attendant on the hand, moved forward in the cabin, pulled out a lighter and tried to ignite the curtains around the flight attendants' rest area. A federal air marshal on the flight arrested Lensky and put him in handcuffs, White said. Lensky was handed over to authorities in Vienna when the flight landed. It is policy for air marshals never to fly alone. According to White, the other air marshal, or marshals, on the Delta flight remained undercover in case Lensky was being used as a diversion. However, "he was nothing but an intoxicated passenger," said White.

Question: what did the passenger do on the flight

Question: What country is Lensky from?

Question: where was the drunk passenger from

Question: What type of plane was it?

Question: where was the flight going

Question: Who slapped the flight attendant's hand?

Question: What authorities was Lensky handed to?

Question: who tried to set the curtains on fire?

Answer: tried to light curtains

Answer: a Slovakian citizen,

Answer: Slovakian citizen,

Answer: Boeing 767

Answer: Vienna

Answer: Zoltan Lensky,

Answer: in Vienna

Answer: A drunk passenger

Summary:
A drunk passenger tried to set the curtains of a Boeing 767 on fire .
Zoltan Lensky, 25, a Slovakian citizen, was on Delta flight from Atlanta to Vienna .
He slapped a flight attendant's hand when she refused to provide more booze .
Lensky was handed over to authorities in Vienna when the flight landed .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A form of liquid morphine used by terminally ill patients will remain on the market even though it is an "unapproved drug," according to a decision by the Food and Drug Administration.

Last month, the FDA warned nine companies to stop selling unapproved pain-relief drugs.

After talking with hospital and hospice organizations, which expressed concern that taking the product off the market would result in hardship for terminally ill patients and their caregivers, the agency decided to extend the usage of morphine sulfate oral solution 20 mg/ml.

The agency wants to ensure there is no shortage of the drug while patients wait for an approved product to take its place.

"While the FDA remains committed to ultimately ensuring that all prescription drugs on the market are FDA approved, we have to balance that goal with flexibility and compassion for patients who have a few alternatives for the alleviation of their pain," Dr. Douglas Throckmorton, deputy director of the FDA's Center for drug Evaluation and Research, said Thursday.

"In light of the concerns raised by these patients and their health-care providers, we have adjusted our actions with regard to these particular products."

Last month, the FDA sent warning letters to nine companies telling them to stop manufacturing 14 unapproved narcotics that are widely used to treat pain.

Seven of those companies made or distributed the oral morphine.

The morphine elixir is widely used by terminal patients in hospital and home hospice care settings and is manufactured by Lehigh Valley Technologies Inc., Mallinckrodt Inc. Pharmaceuticals Group, Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. and Cody Laboratories, Inc.

In its warning letter last month, the agency gave the companies 60 days to stop manufacturing the drug before enforcement action was taken.

Thursday's announcement did not prompt immediate reactions from the companies. A spokesman for Cody Laboratories said the firm did not have all the details of the decision. Other companies did not immediately return calls from CNN.

The FDA estimates there are several thousand drugs, mostly older products, marketed illegally without FDA approval in this country. Once an illegally marketed drug is identified, enforcement action begins because the agency does not have information on the quality of these drugs and has not had an opportunity to approve their labeling. In 1976 the agency began a program to bring companies manufacturing these drugs into compliance.

Thursday's announcement applies only to the morphine sulfate elixir 20mg/ml, and the warning letters sent to the other product manufacturers are still in effect.

Currently there are no approved morphine sulfate oral solution 20mg/ml products on the market. Until there are, the FDA says it will allow companies making and distributing the unapproved drugs to continue, until 180 days after any company receives approval to manufacture a new morphine replacement drug of the same dosage.

The FDA says it expects all companies marketing unapproved drugs to submit the necessary applications to get approval for those drugs.

Question: How many drugs marketed without approval?

Question: What is the number of  drugs that are estimated to be marketed without approval?

Question: will this change things?

Question: what is morphine sulfate

Question: What did the FDA extend?

Question: What does FDA stand for?

Question: What drugs are marketed without approval?

Question: What drug had its usage extended?

Question: What is the top priority until alternatives are developed?

Question: What would pulling the drug cause?

Question: what was the estimation

Question: what did hospital groups say

Answer: 14

Answer: 14

Answer: we have adjusted our actions with regard

Answer: A form of liquid

Answer: usage of morphine sulfate oral solution 20 mg/ml.

Answer: Food and Drug Administration.

Answer: A form of liquid morphine

Answer: morphine sulfate oral solution 20 mg/ml.

Answer: ensure there is no shortage of the drug while patients wait for an approved product to take its place.

Answer: hardship for terminally ill patients and their caregivers,

Answer: there are several thousand drugs, mostly older products, marketed illegally without FDA approval in this country.

Answer: expressed concern that taking the product off the market would result in hardship for terminally ill patients and their caregivers,

Summary:
FDA decides to extend the usage of morphine sulfate oral solution 20 mg/ml .
Hospital, hospice groups had said pulling drug would cause hardship .
FDA said until alternatives are developed, easing of pain must remain a priority .
FDA estimates several thousand drugs marketed without approval .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A former Army captain who was dismissed under a federal law dealing with gays and lesbians in the military lost his appeal Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court refused to intervene in the challenge to the "don't ask/don't tell" law. James Pietrangelo and 11 other veterans had sued the government over the "don't ask/ don't tell" law passed in 1993. Pietrangelo was the only one who appealed to the high court, but the justices without comment refused to intervene. The provision forbids those in the military from openly acknowledging or revealing their homosexuality, and prevents the government from asking individual soldiers and sailors about their sexual orientation. The Obama administration had asked the high court not to take the case, and White House officials had said they would not object to homosexuals being kicked out of the armed services. During the presidential campaign last year, President Obama said he supported throwing out the federal law but has taken no specific action on the controversy. The Justice Department said in a high court filing the law was "rationally related to the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion." A federal appeals court in Boston, Massachusetts, had ruled against Pietrangelo, essentially ending his legal efforts. But a San Francisco, California-based federal appeals court ruled partially in favor of Maj. Margaret Witt, allowing her lawsuit against the Pentagon to move ahead. Those judges said the Air Force must prove the dismissal of the flight nurse would ensure troop readiness and cohesion. Justices say state judge should have recused himself In a separate ruling, the high court on Monday found a state judge acted improperly when he refused to remove himself from a 2006 civil appeal despite having received financial support during his campaign from the CEO of the key defendant. Chief Justice Brent Benjamin of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals cast the deciding vote in favor of that company. In a 5-4 ruling, the justices found that a perceived conflict of interest should have led to the judge's recusal. "On these extreme facts the probability of actual bias rises to an unconstitutional level," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote. The issue has become a touchstone of a growing political debate over whether judicial election races -- which have become more expensive and contentious in recent years -- erode public confidence in the legal system. The West Virginia case has attracted nationwide attention and was the basis for author John Grisham's 2008 best-seller, "The Appeal." The case now goes back to the state courts, where Benjamin likely will have to pull out of a rehearing. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling on the specific facts of the West Virginia dispute, but the implications are likely to be felt nationwide. Thirty-nine states elect some or all of their judges. The facts of the case read like a legal thriller. Businessman Don Blankenship, chairman of A.T. Massey Coal Co., spent $3 million supporting Benjamin's 2004 run for the judicial seat -- accounting for 60 percent of the money spent in support of his campaign. Massey was involved in a decade-old business dispute with Hugh Caperton, owner of rival Harman Mining. Caperton accused Massey of unlawfully interfering with his business relations. A jury agreed, and in 2002 awarded Harman Mining $50 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Massey waited four years to appeal. It was during those four years that Benjamin won his state high court seat. In April 2006, Benjamin declined to recuse himself from Massey's appeal, which had reached his five-member court. West Virginia, like most state and federal courts, leaves to an individual judge's discretion the decision to stay out of a case because of a potential conflict of interest.

Question: did pietranglo appeal

Question: who refused to intervene

Question: What did Pietrangelo appeal?

Question: what did the administration ask

Question: Who was sued over "don't ask/don't tell" law?

Answer: lost his

Answer: The U.S. Supreme Court

Answer: the "don't ask/ don't tell" law

Answer: not to take the case,

Answer: the government

Summary:
Ex-Army Capt. James Pietrangelo sued over "don't ask/don't tell" law .
Pietrangelo had appealed case to U.S. Supreme Court .
Justices without comment refuse to intervene .
Obama administration had asked the high court not to take the case .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A former State Department employee and his wife, who are accused of spying for Cuba for nearly 30 years, will remain in jail as they await trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. An artist's sketch shows Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife, Gwendolyn Myers, 71, in court Wednesday. Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife, Gwendolyn Myers, 71, are charged with conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government, wire fraud and providing classified information to Havana, according to court documents. U.S. Magistrate John Facciola ordered the couple Wednesday held without bail after a prosecutor said they posed a flight risk. Investigators found a calendar showing that the couple planned to sail to the Caribbean in November, federal prosecutor Michael Harvey told the court. The two have the financial means to obtain false documents and flee to Cuba with their sailboat or through Mexico or Canada, he said. "They are unworthy of this court's trust," Harvey added. The couple was quiet and expressionless during the proceedings Wednesday. Kendall Myers sat with his arms folded across his chest, while his wife sat with her arms at her side. They stared straight ahead, and did not appear to acknowledge anyone in the courtroom. A defense attorney urged the court to allow them to remain in their home, where they could visit with their children. "You could disable the sailboat, freeze their funds and require ankle bracelets," Thomas Green said. The judge allowed the couple to meet briefly with their son after the court proceedings, but turned down the request to allow them to go home. He said he was concerned that the two would go to the Cuban Interests Section or the embassy of a country that has diplomatic relations with Cuba. Such a move would put them beyond the reach of federal law enforcement agencies. The State Department has not described what information the Myerses may have passed to their Cuban handlers, but said more information would come out after a full assessment. A senior State Department official said Kendall Myers was an "upper-level civil service employee" at the Bureau of Intelligence and Research who "had come up in the ranks." U.S. officials did not discuss the Myerses' motives for their alleged work for the Cuban government. Conviction on the wire fraud charge would carry a sentence of up to 20 years; illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government would carry a sentence of up to 10 years; and the conspiracy charge would carry a sentence of up to five years. Myers retired from the State Department on October 31, 2007. He had viewed more than 200 classified reports on Cuba in his final months, even though he was an analyst on European issues at the time, court documents say. The couple has been held without bail since pleading not guilty Friday. A future trial date has not been scheduled. CNN's Carol Cratty contributed to this report.

Question: What are the husband and wife charged with?

Question: Who will wait in jail as the await trial?

Question: Who might the pair have passed data to?

Question: What are they charged with?

Question: Husband and wife did what?

Question: Where will the wife remain?

Answer: spying

Answer: former State Department employee and his wife,

Answer: the Myerses

Answer: conspiracy to act as illegal agents of the Cuban government,

Answer: Cuba

Answer: in jail

Summary:
NEW: Judge rules that husband, wife will remain in jail as they await trial .
NEW: He cites concern about pair fleeing beyond reach of U.S. law enforcement .
They're charged with conspiracy, wire fraud, providing classified data to Havana .
State Department hasn't said what data the pair may have passed to Cuban handlers .


WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A former head of the CIA slammed President Obama on Sunday for releasing four Bush-era memos, saying the new president has compromised national security. Former CIA chief Michael Hayden said Sunday it is wrong to make interrogation methods public. Michael Hayden, who served as former President Bush's last CIA director from 2006 to 2009, said releasing the memos outlining terror interrogation methods emboldened terrorist groups such as al Qaeda. "What we have described for our enemies in the midst of a war are the outer limits that any American would ever go to in terms of interrogating an al Qaeda terrorist. That's very valuable information," Hayden said during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." "By taking [certain] techniques off the table, we have made it more difficult -- in a whole host of circumstances I can imagine -- for CIA officers to defend the nation," he said. But Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, and Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, said certain techniques should not have been allowed in the first place. McCaskill called them "a great recruitment tool for those who want to do harm to our country." White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel dismissed Hayden's assertion that releasing the memos had undermined U.S. intelligence efforts by giving al Qaeda critical new information. "One of the reasons the president was willing to let this information out was that already the information was out," he said on ABC's "This Week." "Go get the New York Review of Books. It's there." Hayden said he called several senior White House officials to express his opposition before the president released the documents. Hayden also noted that four previous CIA directors, as well as current agency director Leon Panetta, opposed the release. The memos said, among other things, that interrogation tactics such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and slapping did not violate laws against torture absent the intent to cause severe pain. Obama prohibited the use of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques" such as waterboarding shortly after taking office in January. Such techniques "undermine our moral authority and do not make us safer," he said Thursday, when the White House released the memos. The Obama administration has said it won't pursue charges against CIA officers who used those tactics against prisoners in their custody. And Emanuel told ABC that the people who crafted the policy "should not be prosecuted either." But in a sharply worded editorial Sunday, The New York Times called for the impeachment of Jay Bybee, a federal appeals court judge who was a Justice Department official when he wrote one of the memos that authorized those techniques. "These memos make it clear that Mr. Bybee is unfit for a job that requires legal judgment and a respect for the Constitution," the newspaper editorialized. The memos "were written to provide legal immunity for acts that are clearly illegal, immoral and a violation of this country's most basic values," it stated. Asked about that call on "Fox News Sunday," McCaskill said: "I think we have to look at it." McCaskill, a member of the Senate's standing investigative subcommittee, said the Obama administration made the right decision by agreeing not to prosecute intelligence officers. But she added: "A lawyer that's responsible for this kind of advice that clearly went too far in terms of stretching what our law is -- it worries me that he's sitting on the federal bench right now." Graham, however, said seeking to punish lawyers who advised the Bush administration "is a very bad precedent." "I think it would be disaster to go back and try to prosecute a lawyer for giving legal advice that you disagreed with to a former president," said Graham, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a lawyer in the Air Force reserve. Hayden said the administration's decision to release the Bush administration memos will make CIA officials less willing to engage in interrogation tactics now sanctioned by the federal government. "The basic foundation

Question:
What memos are harmful?
who defended the release?
Who's memo's are to be released?
Who defends the release of the memos?
What does Michael Haydon say?

Answer: outlining terror interrogation methods

Answer: Michael Hayden,

Answer: Jay Bybee,

Answer: Michael Hayden

Answer: it is wrong to make interrogation methods public.

Summary:
Michael Hayden: Releasing Bush-era interrogation memos harmful .
Release puts CIA officers "in a horrible position," subject to political process, he says .
White House chief of staff defends release, saying info was already public .
Sens. Claire McCaskill and Lindsey Graham say techniques were a mistake .