(CNN) -- Life goes on for people who jump out of airplanes, even a day after two fellow parachutists died when their canopies apparently became entangled. Jumps continue at the Parachute Center, where two parachutists died Sunday. On Monday, the Parachute Center near Lodi, California, was open, just like it is any other day. The two jumpers who died Sunday had taken off from the parachute facility in central California. "Everybody's sad. Everybody's unhappy," said Parachute Center owner Bill Dause. "But everybody here is here because they enjoy jumping. Neither one of them would have wanted us to shut the doors," he said, referring to the jumpers who died Sunday. The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call for assistance at 12:53 p.m. Sunday, said Deputy Les Garcia. The sheriff's spokesman confirmed there were two deaths, but referred questions to the Federal Aviation Administration. "We're investigating," said FAA spokesman Ian Gregor, adding that two investigators were on their way to the jump center. The inquiry could take months, Gregor said. "One of the main things we want to do is get a hold of a video that was supposedly taken," Gregor said. The FAA has purview over such issues as how the parachutes were packed -- by whom, when and how -- and whether weather conditions were correctly considered. "Obviously, in a situation like this, we certainly want to look at how the parachutes were packed," he said. "But it's possible that what happened is beyond our regulatory capability." Garcia said he could not identify the two victims. "The ID and notification of next of kin is pending," he said, because "one of the victims has two names." Parachute Center owner Dause and media reports have identified the victims as Robby Bigley and Barbara Cuddy. They were among eight parachutists from a competition team who jumped from an airplane at 9,000 feet to practice making a "canopy-relative formation," a maneuver in which they stacked parachutes near each other to form a wedge, Dause said. "The last two individuals docking experienced canopy problems," Dause said. One jumper's chute rotated into another jumper's canopy and they smacked into a third parachutist, Dause said. The third parachutist managed to wriggle free, Dause said, but the other two remained entangled and spiraled down from 5,000 feet. They were unable to deploy their reserve chutes. They landed in a vineyard, Dause said. One victim was dead at the scene and the other died at a local hospital, reports said. Bigley and Cuddy are listed on the United States Parachute Association Web site as national record holders for formation jumps. Bigley's record jump occurred this year and Cuddy's in 2007. The jump team was preparing for a national competition in October. According to the United States Parachute Association, there were 30 skydiving fatalities last year. No figures were available for this year. The most fatalities occurred in 1998, when 44 people died. The fewest in recent years was in 2007, with 18, according to the association. Dause said there have been previous fatalities at the Parachute Center, but he did not elaborate. "We've been open for a long time," he said.

Question: What was the cause of the jumpers' deaths?

Question: What happended with the parachutes?

Question: How many people were killed?

Question: How many person were part of the team?

Question: Who will investigate?

Question: How many parachutists were on the team?

Question: What did the FAA say?

Question: Parachutists were killed as a result of what?

Question: Who will lead the invetigation?

Answer: their canopies apparently became entangled.

Answer: canopies apparently became entangled.

Answer: two

Answer: eight

Answer: FAA

Answer: eight

Answer: "We're investigating,"

Answer: when their canopies apparently became entangled.

Answer: Ian Gregor,

Summary:
Jumpers die when parachutes tangle during a formation .
Parachutists were part of an 8-person team practicing for competition .
FAA will investigate how parachutes were packed, possible role of weather .


(CNN) -- Lighthouse keeper J.A. Eckerman was the last person to see World War II Soviet submarine S-2 before it sank in January 1940 between Sweden and Finland. A team of Swedish and Finnish divers had been searching for the Soviet submarine S-2 since 1999. As the submarine dove near the island of Market, northwest of Aland, Eckerman heard a loud explosion and saw smoke rise from the water. The long-lost wreck was missing for 69 years until a team of Swedish and Finnish divers -- including Eckerman's grandson Ingvald -- discovered it this year. What remains of the sub was found between the Swedish coast and the Finnish island of Aland, northeast of Stockholm, in late February, the divers announced Tuesday. The submarine was very badly damaged by the explosion, said Marten Zetterstrom, one of the divers. The front gun is still there, and a torpedo is still in one of the tubes, but about 20 meters (about 65 feet) of the vessel is missing. The search had been going on for nearly 10 years, the divers said in a news release. The sub had a crew of 46 and four passengers when it sank. Sweden and Finland claim credit for sinking the submarine with mines. Russia has contacted Swedish and Finnish authorities to clarify what caused the submarine to sink, the divers said. Finland was at war with the Soviet Union at the time the sub sank. A deal between Germany and the Soviets had put the Nordic nation within the Soviet "sphere of influence," and Soviet troops had invaded Finland late in 1939. The fighting was mostly confined to Finland's eastern border. Just two months after the submarine's sinking, a temporary peace agreement was reached. Sweden remained neutral in World War II. CNN's Per Nyberg contributed to this report.

Question: How many people were on Soviet submarine s-2?

Question: WHere were remains found?

Question: Who claims credit for sinking submarine with mines?

Question: Where did it sink?

Question: Which countries claim credit for the sinking of the submarine

Question: What was the number on board?

Question: How many where onboard the submarine when it sank

Question: Which countries claim to have sunk it?

Answer: crew of 46 and four passengers

Answer: between the Swedish coast and the Finnish island of Aland,

Answer: Sweden and Finland

Answer: between Sweden and Finland.

Answer: Sweden and Finland

Answer: crew of 46 and four passengers

Answer: crew of 46 and four passengers

Answer: Sweden and Finland

Summary:
Lighthouse watchman last saw it 69 years ago before it sank near island of Market .
The Soviet submarine S-2 had a crew of 46 and four passengers when it sank .
Remains found between Swedish coast and Finnish island of Aland in February .
Sweden and Finland claim credit for sinking the submarine with mines .


(CNN) -- Lights went off across the world Saturday as millions of homes and businesses went dark for one hour in a symbolic gesture highlighting concerns over climate change.

The lights go off Saturday at the Houses of Parliament and the Big Ben clock tower in central London.

More than 2,800 cities and towns worldwide dimmed their lights at 8:30 p.m. local time for the third annual Earth Hour -- a day-long energy-saving marathon spanning 83 countries and 24 time zones.

In New York, the Empire State Building, Central Park and the George Washington Bridge went dark at 8:30 p.m. ET.

The Philippines topped this year's participation for Asia, with more than 650 communities taking part in the event, according to Earth Hour's Web site.

The light illuminating the face of the landmark Big Ben clock tower in London, England, went out at 8:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET).

In Dubai, iReporter Sharad Agarwal turned out the lights and sat down to a candlelit dinner with his family.

"I personally believe in going green and everything that goes with it," Agarwal told CNN.

In Australia, floodlights of the Sydney Opera House were extinguished as the city's iconic harbor kicked off events for Earth Hour. The event's Web site reported that hundreds of people lined the harbor for a glimpse of the dimming skyline at 8:30 pm.

Sydney became the birthplace of the Earth Hour campaign in 2007 when 2.2 million turned off their lights, igniting a grass-roots movement that has become a global phenomenon.

In China, illuminations at major buildings including the "Bird's Nest" Olympic Stadium and the Water Cube were extinguished as 20 cities joined in, according to the official Xinhua news agency.

Other landmarks around the world expected to join the World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event were the Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip.

CNN iReporter Marie Sager of Los Angeles, California, said she planned to hike up to the Griffith Observatory to experience the massive lights-out event.

"A good portion of the city is participating. We'll see the Capital Records sign go out. A lot of these places haven't turned out their lights in awhile," Sager said.

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"We think we are going to have 100 million people around the world sending a message that climate change is real, and we need to take action now," World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts told CNN.

"The world is watching to see what America is going to do," he said, "because if America acts on climate change, the world will follow."

Earth Hour events got off to an unofficial start in the remote Chatham Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean where locals switched off their diesel generators, organizers said. Shortly afterward, 44 New Zealand cities and town joined in the event.

Organizers say they hope this year's event will send a message to world leaders meeting Copenhagen, Denmark, in December for a major summit on climate change.

"We are asking one billion people to take part in what is essentially the first global vote for action on climate change by turning off their lights for one hour and casting a vote for earth," said executive director Andy Ridley.

Question: what is the message of this event?

Question: What go out over Sydney Harbor?

Question: Who will send message on climate change?

Question: Who were expected to join event?

Question: where is sydney harbor?

Question: how many communities in the phillipines?

Answer: climate change is real, and we need to take action now,"

Answer: floodlights of the

Answer: 100 million people

Answer: Egyptian pyramids, Vatican, Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, the Acropolis in Athens and the Las Vegas casino strip.

Answer: Australia,

Answer: 650

Summary:
Lights go out over Sydney Harbor as city launches Earth Hour .
650 communities in Philippines flip the switch .
Millions of homes and businesses were expected to join event .
Organizers hope event will send message on climate change to world leaders .


(CNN) -- Like the neighbors of a new kid who just moved into the big fancy house down the block, many Latin American leaders are curious about President Obama. Latin America expert Otto Reich says the summit is an "opportunity, but also a risk for U.S. policy." The heads of 34 nations will get a chance to see him up close next month at the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. What he says will be closely watched. "The spotlight will be entirely on Barack Obama," said Peter Hakim, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue. Hakim will be one of three people who will on Wednesday address the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the summit. Otto Reich, who served Presidents Reagan and both Bushes in a number of high-level Latin American posts, also will speak. Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, will be the third person. Reich has some advice for Obama: Be careful. "The summit is an opportunity, but also a risk for U.S. policy," Reich said. "Not all the neighbors there are good. Why do we recognize this reality when we lock our doors at night but don't recognize it in our foreign policy?" Reich said the United States must differentiate between its friends, primarily Colombia and Mexico, which are under attack from drug traffickers and organized crime, and hostile countries, particularly Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua. Cuba, which was expelled from the Organization of American States, is not allowed to attend the summit. "Obama can't look at this group of people and think he's among a group of friends," Reich said. "Let's not look at this as a community of 34 countries. They are very different people." Hakim said Obama must ask Latin American leaders to share the burden. "He shouldn't simply say what the United States is going to do," Hakim said. "He should say what he expects Latin America to do." Hakim pointed out several areas Obama needs to address. First, he said, "He must make clear he's trying to fix the U.S. economy." He said Obama also will have to deal with the one nation that won't be there -- Cuba. The United States broke diplomatic relations with Cuba in 1961 and imposed an economic embargo in 1962. President Bush increased some restrictions in the past eight years. Obama has signaled that he's ready to start relaxing some of the prohibitions. "This is the issue of greatest symbolic importance," Hakim said. "It will be seen as a test of real U.S. readiness to change in the hemisphere. What he says about Cuba will make headlines." But Reich warns that the United States should extract some conditions from Cuba before making any allowances. "There's a way it can be done to advance the conditions of the people in Cuba," he said. "I don't approve of the unilateral way it's being done. The embargo is a negotiating tool. We should not negotiate with ourselves, and that's what we're doing." Hakim also said Obama must address "the pandemic of criminal violence" destroying many parts of Latin America. U.S. aid is focused primarily on Mexico and Colombia. "Is the United States going to go beyond Mexico and Colombia?" he asked. "Is the United States ready to rethink it's drug strategy, which has done so little?" A new approach to the drug war has received increased support and attention recently. The former presidents of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil called last month for the decriminalization of marijuana for personal use and a change in tactics on the war on drugs. Ex-presidents Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia and Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil made their announcement at a meeting in Brazil of the Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy. "The problem is that current policies are based on prejudices and fears and

Question:
What should Obama address?
Who will not be at the summit?
What should Obama recognize?
Where will Obama go?
Where is Obama going next month?

Answer: "He must make clear he's trying to fix the U.S. economy."

Answer: Cuba,

Answer: United States must differentiate between its friends, primarily Colombia and Mexico,

Answer: Trinidad and Tobago.

Answer: Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.

Summary:
Obama goes to Fifth Summit of the Americas next month .
Three analysts are speaking to Congress this week about summit .
One says Obama should recognize he's not surrounded by friends .
Another says he should address issue of Cuba, which will not be at summit .


(CNN) -- Lionel Messi ended his international goal drought to help Argentina make the perfect start to the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign under new coach Alejandro Sabella on Friday.

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 victory over Chile but of similar importance was Messi's first strike in 16 games for La Albiceleste.

Handed the captain's armband by Sabella, Messi made it 2-0 in the 26th minute after combining with Higuain to end a run going back two years and seven months.

Messi replied in kind to set up Higuain's hat-trick in the 63rd minute, while Angel Di Maria laid on his clubmate's other two goals.

Chile, missing injured key players Alexis Sanchez and Gary Medel, had pulled it back to 3-1 through Matias Fernandez on the hour.

"It was important to get off on the right foot and we did just that," Higuain said in quotes reported by AFP, having also scored a treble in his last match for Real. "I liked a lot of what we did tonight. Now we have to keep this up."

Sabella took over from Sergio Batista after Argentina lost in the Copa America quarterfinals on home soil in July, and his next task is a trip to Venezuela on Tuesday.

Venezuela's campaign began with a 2-0 defeat at Ecuador on Friday, with the Copa semifinalists' most-capped player Jose Manuel Rey sent off with 12 minutes to play for a second yellow card.

Strikers Jaime Ayovi and Christian Benitez gave Ecuador a commanding lead inside the opening 30 minutes.

Copa champions Uruguay made a perfect start with a 4-2 victory at home to Bolivia.

Strikers Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani helped make it 3-1 at halftime, while defender captain Diego Lugano netted his second goal with 18 minutes to play before Marcelo Martins' late consolation penalty.

Copa runners-up Paraguay crashed to a 2-0 defeat away to Peru, who built on their third-place finish as striker Jose Paolo Guerrero netted both goals in the second half.

Paraguay host Uruguay on Tuesday, while Peru visit Chile and Bolivia are at home to Colombia.

Brazil, assured of a place as hosts of the 2014 tournament, beat Costa Rica in a friendly on Friday.

Striker Neymar netted a 60th-minute winner before the home team had Heiner Mora sent off late in San Jose.

Question:
what gonzalo do?
who is ginzalo higuain

Answer: scored a hat-trick

Answer: Real Madrid striker

Summary:
Lionel Messi scores his first international goal for Argentina in 16 games .
Gonzalo Higuain also nets a hat-trick in 4-1 victory at home to Chile .
Copa America champions Uruguay open World Cup campaign with victory .
2014 World Cup hosts Brazil beat Costa Rica 1-0 in friendly international .


(CNN) -- Lionel Messi has been hailed as the greatest soccer player the world has ever seen following his extraordinary exploits for European champions Barcelona.

The 22-year-old has scored 10 goals in his past four games, including two hat-tricks in consecutive Spanish league matches.

The diminutive Argentina forward has kept Barcelona in the hunt for a second successive La Liga title, and his two goals against Stuttgart last Wednesday helped put the Champions League titleholders into the quarterfinals of Europe's premier club competition.

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Sunday's treble against Zaragoza was his third this season, and his fifth since making his debut in 2004, taking him to 25 league goals this campaign -- five more than closest rival Gonzalo Higuain of Real Madrid, and two past his tally from last season with 11 games still to play.

Messi is now third on Barcelona's all-time scoring list, and has the chance to net his 200th goal for the club in Wednesday's league game against Osasuna.

After the Zaragoza game, Barcelona president Joan Laporta compared Messi -- who was named 2009's best player in the world -- with the club's legendary former stars Diego Maradona and Johan Cruyff.

"He's the best player in the world right now and the best ever," Laporta told Barcelona's Web site. "Together with Cruyff and Maradona, he's the best we've seen at the club.

"He's a player who can change everything in a game, but he also works for the rest of the team. He's a real leader."

Coach Pep Guardiola said he had run out of superlatives to describe the performances of Messi, who has scored 11 of Barcelona's last 15 goals.

"He's been more than decisive, and you can tell he's feeling fit the way he gets involved in everything. I've run out of adjectives -- you'll have to put your own," Guardiola said.

"That he's capable of doing everything that he does at his age is something impressive. It doesn't make any sense."

Guardiola revealed that Messi had been in doubt for the Zaragoza game due to a gum infection in his mouth.

"He was in a lot of pain. But in the morning I asked him how he was and he told me that he was better. Before the game I asked if he wanted to play and he said yes, I asked him how many minutes and he told me the whole game," Guardiola told reporters.

"He always wants to play, whether it's the Champions League final or against a third-division side. For me it's difficult to leave him out, seeing the form he's in. He's an amateur in this sense, he always wants to play."

Messi has not always carried his amazing club form onto the international stage with Argentina, but he has the chance to redress that situation in June at the World Cup in South Africa.

"The person who most wants to see him succeed for Argentina is Messi himself, nobody should doubt that," Guardiola said.

Question:
What does Pep Guardiola say?
Who is the president of Barcelona?
Messi has scored how manyy goals?

Answer: run out of superlatives to describe the performances of Messi,

Answer: Joan Laporta

Answer: 10

Summary:
Barcelona president Joan Laporta says Lionel Messi is best player world has ever seen .
Messi has scored 10 goals in past four games, including two hat-tricks .
The 22-year-old is third on the Spanish club's all-time scoring list with 199 goals .
Coach Pep Guardiola says he has run out of superlatives to praise the Argentine forward .


(CNN) -- Lionel Messi inspired Argentina as the two-time world champions came from behind to defeat Colombia 2-1 in a South American World Cup qualifying clash on Tuesday.

Argentina went 1-0 down in Barranquilla after 44 minutes, when midfielder Javier Mascherano inadvertently deflected Dorlan Pabon's shot into his own net.

But La Albiceleste rallied in the second half, with two-time world player of the year Messi equalizing after 60 minutes when Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina failed to gather Jose Sosa's cross.

Substitute Sergio Aguero stole all three points for Argentina with six minutes remaining. The Manchester City striker was first to react when Ospina parried a shot from Real Madrid's Gonzalo Higuain, with Barcelona star Messi involved in the build-up.

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The result kept Argentina second in the nine-team South American qualifying group, level on seven points with 2011 Copa America winners Uruguay and third-placed Venezuela.

Uruguay have a game in hand over both rivals, having played only three qualifiers.

"It was hard," Messi, who was awarded the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2010 and is nominated for the accolade again this year, said after the match. "We did not deserve to go a goal behind, as they were not better than us.

"Sometimes you play better, and other times you have to fight harder. This game was one of those days."

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Venezuela joined Argentina on two wins, a draw and a defeat after beating Bolivia 1-0, with defender Oswaldo Vizcarrondo heading the only goal in the 23rd minute.

The defeat left visiting Bolivia rock bottom with just one point from four matches.

Ecuador moved into the fourth and final automatic qualifying spot courtesy of a 2-0 win over Peru in Quito.

Midfielder Edison Mendez broke the deadlock in the 69th minute after being set up by striker Christian Benitez.

Benitez, who plays his club football with Mexican outfit America, sealed Ecuador's triumph with a close-range strike in the closing minutes to keep his side unbeaten for 34 years in World Cup ties against Peru.

Chile climbed above Colombia into fifth place and the one playoff berth after a 2-0 success against Paraguay.

Claudio Borghi's team lost 4-0 to Uruguay last week, but Chile responded positively and took the lead through defender Pablo Contreras on 27 minutes.

Fullback Matias Campos sealed victory with five minutes left, as Chile moved onto six points.

The qualifying group usually has 10 countries, but Brazil's place is already guaranteed as the hosts of the 2014 tournament, when Mano Menezes' team will seek a sixth title.

Question: Who won the World cup qualifier?

Question: where it was this match

Question: when did  come from behind to beat Colombia 2-1 in 2014 World Cup?

Question: Who is fourth placed?

Answer: Argentina

Answer: Barranquilla

Answer: Tuesday.

Answer: Ecuador

Summary:
Argentina come from behind to beat Colombia 2-1 in 2014 World Cup qualifier .
The win keeps Argentina second behind Uruguay in the South American group .
Third-placed Venezuela also on seven points after beating Bolivia 1-0 .
Fourth-placed Ecuador and Chile, in fifth, both secure 2-0 victories .


(CNN) -- Lionel Messi produced a performance of stunning brilliance, scoring all four goals as holders Barcelona beat Arsenal 4-1 to reach the semifinals of the Champions League 6-3 on aggregate on Tuesday.

Messi turned on the style in the Nou Camp with one of the most devastating individual displays the competition has ever seen, as an injury-ravaged Arsenal side were torn apart.

The match started started brightly for the Londoners who actually took a shock 18th-minute lead.

Theo Walcott's pace had troubled Barca in the 2-2 first leg at The Emirates and the England winger created the opener with a break down the right.

His pass inside for Nicklas Bendtner was a poor one, but somehow the Dane managed to pounce at the second attempt to stab his shot past Victor Valdes in the Barca goal.

Arsenal's lead lasted barely three minutes before Messi began his one-man show. Mickael Silvestre failed to clear the ball on the edge of the area and it fell to Messi, who curled home a superb equalizer.

Messi added his and Barca's second on 37 minutes. Eric Abidal's cross from the right was cut out by Thomas Vermaelen.

However, the rest of the Arsenal defense were slow to react and Pedro found Messi, who smashed his shot past Manuel Almunia.

The striker completed his stunning hat-trick four minutes before the break when he raced onto a header from Abidal to sprint clear of the Arsenal defense before superbly chipping the ball over Almunia.

By now, Arsenal needed two goals to go through and, in truth, they never looked likely to get them.

Bendtner struck the post with a fierce header from Gael Clichy's cross, but he was flagged offside, and Tomas Rosicky fired over the bar when in a great position.

Messi completed the job three minutes from time, beating two defender on the left hand side of the area before firing the ball through Almunia's legs.

The result means Barcelona will now face Italian champions Inter Milan, who they were drawn against in the group stages, in a mouth-watering semifinal clash.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was full of praise for Messi's performance. "For me, he is the best player in the world, and by a distance," he told Sky Sports.

"When he's in the game, he's really dangerous. Once he is on the run with the ball, he is unstoppable.

The Frenchman added: "I believe that we lost against a team that is better than us and have the best player in the world."

Question:
Where did Barcelona thrash Arsenal 4-1?
What was the score?
Who scored the goals?
How many goals did Lionel Messi score?
Which soccer team won?
Where did the match take place?
What was the score of the semifinal?

Answer: Nou Camp

Answer: 4-1

Answer: Messi

Answer: four

Answer: Barcelona

Answer: Nou Camp

Answer: 6-3

Summary:
Lionel Messi scores all four goals as Barcelona thrash Arsenal 4-1 at the Nou Camp .
Arsenal take the lead through Nicklas Bendtner before Barcelona fight back .
The result sees holders Barcelona through to the semifinals 6-3 on aggregate .


(CNN) -- Lionel Messi scored his second hat-trick in four days as titleholders Barcelona marched into the knockout stage of the European Champions League on a night of milestones for the Spanish club on Tuesday.

The striker, a big favorite to win his third world player of the year award after heading the 2011 nominations before the match against Viktoria Plzen, passed a double century of goals for Barca to mark coach Josep Guardiola's 200th match in charge.

The Czech champions capitulated to a 4-0 home defeat in the Group H game after having Marian Cisovsky sent off for a foul in the box on Messi, who scored the resulting penalty to open the scoring in the 24th minute with his milestone goal.

The Argentine made it 2-0 in the second minute of first-half injury-time after combining with Adriano, and he sealed the rout in stoppage time after a superb backheel pass from central defender Gerard Pique set him free for his 202nd.

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Barca's third came in the 72nd minute when Cesc Fabregas -- among eight Barca players in the 23-man FIFA Ballon d'Or Shortlist -- headed home a cross by young winger Isaac Cuenca.

Guardiola became only the fifth Barca boss to reach 200 games, suffering just 17 defeats. Messi has scored 160 of the 500 goals netted in that period.

The clean sheet meant that Barcelona goalkeeper Victor Valdes set a new club record of 877 minutes without conceding, beating the previous mark set by Miguel Reina in 1973.

The win gave Barca 10 points from four games, leaving the Catalans two clear of second-placed AC Milan with two rounds to play.

The Italian champions went through to the second round despite being held 1-1 by BATE Borisov in Belarus in an earlier kickoff.

Milan went into the match denying reports that hospitalized striker Antonio Cassano had suffered a stroke.

"I think every patient has the right to privacy, the doctors are working on it and there's nothing more to say," chief executive Adriano Galliani told the club's website.

"I spoke to him today and he seemed in good form. There was of course a bit of fear because the whole thing was so unexpected."

Milan took the lead in the 22nd minute through striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who won possession out wide on the right and then burst into the box to receive Robinho's pass and score.

But Borisov leveled 10 minutes after halftime with a penalty by Renan Bressan when Ignazio Abate fouled Artem Kontsevoy.

Chelsea missed the chance to go through in Group E after being held to a 1-1 draw by Genk in Belgium, as David Luiz missed a penalty for the visitors.

Captain John Terry was left on the bench after UK police confirmed he faces a formal investigation into claims the defender racially abused Queen's Park Rangers' Anton Ferdinand.

The London team, beaten 5-3 by Arsenal at the weekend, took a 26th-minute lead through Ramires but fellow Brazilian Luiz saw his spot-kick saved five minutes before the break.

Jelle Vossen leveled just after the hour to leave Chelsea on eight points, and Genk on bottom with two.

Second-placed Bayer Leverkusen remained on six points after losing 3-1 at Valencia, who are a point further back following the second-fastest goal in Champions League history.

Jonas netted just after 10 seconds, but Stefan Kiessling equalized on the half hour. However, Roberto Soldado (65) and Adil Rami (75) kept the Spanish side's hopes alive ahead of the final two games.

Group F leaders Arsenal also failed to qualify for the last 16 after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Marseille.

The French side remained one point behind Arsenal, who have two wins and two draws.

German champions Borussia Dortmund moved off the bottom with a 1-0 win over Greek club Olympiakos.

Kevin Grosskreutz scored the only goal in the seventh minute with a spectacular strike to put Dortmund within three points of Marseille ahead of the trip to Arsenal on November 23.

Group G

Question:
Who went through from Group H?
Who is through to the last 16?
Who scored a treble?
Who is through to last 16?
What was the score?
Who won the game?
Who nets treble in 4-0 win?
Who failed to progress?

Answer: Barcelona

Answer: Barcelona

Answer: Messi

Answer: Arsenal

Answer: 4-0

Answer: Barcelona

Answer: Messi

Answer: Group F leaders Arsenal

Summary:
Barcelona through to last 16 of the European Champions League .
Lionel Messi nets treble in 4-0 win over Czech champions Viktoria Plzen .
AC Milan also go through from Group H despite 1-1 draw in Belarus .
English clubs Arsenal and Chelsea fail to progress after also being held .


(CNN) -- Little Rhode Island made big news in the education arena last month. Superintendent Frances Gallo fired all the teachers at Central Falls High School after negotiations with the teachers' union failed.

The move was triggered by low test scores -- only 7 percent of 11th-graders passed the state math tests, and 50 percent of the students at Central Falls failed to graduate in four years. Appalling numbers. Gallo wanted teachers to increase the length of the school day and spend time tutoring kids. The teachers' union was not convinced.

Even President Obama got involved and supported the firing, saying, "If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn't show signs of improvement, then there's got to be a sense of accountability."

Yes, accountability is right, but who is supposed to be accountable for this massive failure to learn? The general consensus is that the teachers are responsible.

Is it really all the teachers' fault? Columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. thinks so. Having been a teacher himself for five years, he says teachers just like to complain. He doesn't say why he is no longer teaching, but he applauds the firing and blames the teachers. Superintendent Gallo agrees. She fired all of them.

Everyone agrees that the K-12 schools are failing, but the reasons are not as simple as Navarrette and Gallo think. Firing all the teachers is not the answer. Closing schools is not the answer.

Schools aren't failing because the teachers don't care or aren't trying. It's not because teachers fail to follow the curriculum. It isn't because they are poorly paid. Teachers go into teaching because they want to make a difference and help kids. They certainly don't go into teaching to get rich. They don't want to do a bad job, either; no one likes to fail. A recent survey of 40,000 teachers by the Gates Foundation shows that teachers are more interested in reform than money.

If you examine Central Falls High School closely, a few things stand out: More than 96 percent of the students are eligible for free or reduced lunch, according to the school's Web site, and only 6 percent of the people in the town have a college degree. Does that tell you something important about the parents? They are struggling financially and lack postsecondary education.

Central Falls provides little or no parental support for students or for the teachers, yet everyone expects teachers to do it all with few resources. Clearly, it does not work.

In his book entitled "Does Money Matter? the Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement," Gary Burtless argues that the "home environment has strong effects on student achievement, stronger in fact than social class effects." He argues that the most important home environment variables involve "parents expending time participating in activities with children that enhance learning."

Very little, if any, of this is happening in the communities of a failing school. Look at where the schools are failing -- in the most densely populated areas of the 50 largest American cities.

Teachers are not magicians. Low test scores and the dropout rate cannot be blamed on the teachers alone. They need help from the parents, help from the community, help from the administrators, help from state and federal governments.

Thousands of kids starting kindergarten each year don't know colors, counting, or even the names of fruits and vegetables. Their vocabularies are hundreds of words fewer than their more advantaged peers. Who is talking to these kids? The electronic nanny -- the television.

No teacher can effectively educate a child without support from the parents. Support at the elementary level means spending time with their child, reading to their child, talking with their child, providing a stable home for their child. Support in high school means a quiet place to study, recognition and approval for kids' efforts, and helping when they are not doing well.

Strong schools have supportive parents and an involved community. Schools like Central Falls High School have struggling communities. To fire all the

Question: What did the Rhode Island school district do?

Question: Who needs to share blame

Question: Who needs to share the blame and help solve the problem?

Question: Who is failling school?

Question: Who are to blame?

Answer: fired all the teachers at Central Falls High

Answer: the parents,

Answer: the teachers

Answer: 50 percent of the students

Answer: teachers

Summary:
Rhode Island school district fired teachers at a failing school .
Teacher Esther Wojcicki says that's not the answer to poorly performing schools .
She says parents, administrators need to share blame, help solve problem .
"No teacher can effectively educate a child without support from the parents," she says .


(CNN) -- Liverpool are waiting to learn the extent of the injury which prevented captain Steven Gerrard playing in the club's 2-0 win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday, manager Kenny Dalglish has said.

England international Gerrard, 31, missed the match after picking up an infection in his right ankle, having only recently recovered from a groin injury which has restricted the midfielder to just four English Premier League appearances this season.

Dalglish also faced questions on the fitness of former England defender Jamie Carragher, who was ruled out of the match at the Hawthorns with a calf strain.

"Carragher has a calf strain. Steven Gerrard has an infection in his ankle," Dalglish, 60, told a press conference. "Steven was in my mind for the game today but it just flared up.

"We are off tomorrow, so we'll have a more accurate idea on Monday or Tuesday when we return to training. We will be more accurate next week than what we can be now."

Dalglish, who also managed the Anfield club between 1985 and 1991, praised the injured duo, while also expressing his delight at seeing his charges pick up three points without two of the team's most influential players.

"We are certainly much better with them in the squad than out of it," he said. "They have done magnificently for this football club and they will continue to do magnificently for us too.

"They will continue to make a contribution, even now. I suppose it is a reflection on the strength of the squad when the two talisman figures are not playing and you still come and put on such a top performance."

Gerrard and Carragher are products of the Liverpool youth academy, with both players part of the team which earned a penalty shoot-out victory over Italian side AC Milan in the 2005 European Champions League final.

Dalglish will hope to have the duo available for the home match against Swansea City on Saturday.

Question: Who was without a defender at the Hawthorn?

Question: What caused Gerrard to miss Saturday's game?

Question: Who is waiting to learn about their captain?

Question: When was the win over West Brom?

Question: Which defender was out?

Question: Which Liverpool player was injured?

Question: What is the name of the injured captain?

Question: Which defender was missing at the Hawthorns?

Answer: Dalglish

Answer: injury

Answer: Liverpool

Answer: Saturday,

Answer: Jamie Carragher,

Answer: Steven Gerrard

Answer: Steven Gerrard

Answer: Jamie Carragher,

Summary:
Liverpool are waiting to learn how long injured captain Steven Gerrard will be out for .
Gerrard, 31, missed Saturday's win over West Brom with an ankle infection .
Kenny Dalglish was also without defender Jamie Carragher at the Hawthorns .


(CNN) -- Liverpool have secured the biggest sponsorship deal in the English Premier League club's history after they announced a four-year deal with Standard Chartered Bank. Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and managing director Christian Purslow confirm the new sponsorship deal. The Reds have confirmed that the bank will replace current sponsors Carlsberg at the start of the 2010-11 season, ending a 17-year association with the Reds, for the beer maker. The figure for the sponsorship has not be disclosed but reports in British newspaper The Guardian suggest the deal is worth $133 million. Liverpool managing director Christian Purslow spoke of his delight on sealing the sponsorship agreement for the Anfield-based side. "I am tremendously excited - it's a hugely important day in the history of Liverpool FC," he told the club's official Web site. "This is the largest commercial agreement we have ever entered into. To have attracted a partner of the caliber of Standard Chartered Bank says everything about where we are trying to take this football club. "They operate in a number of markets around the world where we have a long term plan to increase the family of Liverpool fans and this agreement will be very helpful to us in doing that." Purslow added: "Many branches in these countries will effectively be a shop window for Liverpool FC and a means of attracting more supporters to the cause. "We aspire to be the best at what we do on and off the field. This is the first commercial agreement the club has entered into which can truly be described as the best of its kind in world football. "I hope this tells everyone, especially our fans, what we are trying to do with this football club in the future." The move follows Liverpool's American owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks, concluding a deal in July to re-finance a $380 million bank loan they took out to buy the club in 2007. Plans to develop a new 60,000-seater stadium at a cost of $580 million were shelved due to the recession in 2008 by the club, despite planning permission being granted by the local city council.

Question: how much is the deal worth

Question: what annouced the Liverpool?

Question: How long did carlsberg sponsor the team for

Question: Liverpool is making a deal with whom?

Question: how much is worth the deal?

Question: What is the deal reported to be worth?

Question: Who sponsors Liverpool Football club

Question: what will carry the Liverpool on their shirts?

Answer: $133 million.

Answer: a four-year deal with Standard Chartered Bank.

Answer: 17-year

Answer: Standard Chartered Bank.

Answer: $133 million.

Answer: $133 million.

Answer: Standard Chartered Bank.

Answer: Standard Chartered Bank.

Summary:
Liverpool announce a new sponsorship deal with Standard Chartered Bank .
The means the end of the Reds 17-year association with brewers Carlsberg .
Liverpool will carry the bank's name on their shirts at the start of the 2010/11 .
The deal is reported to be worth approximately $133 million to the club .


(CNN) -- Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists Fernando Torres is happy at the English Premier League club after Manchester City were linked with a multi-million dollar bid for the Spain striker.

Torres has scored 18 goals in 22 league games for Liverpool this season but will miss the rest of the campaign after having surgery on a knee injury, meaning the 26-year-old faces a race to be fit for Spain's opening game in the World Cup against Switzerland on June 16.

City spent over $100 million in the transfer market before the start of this season and are currently battling for fourth spot in the league, which would guarantee a lucrative Champions League place.

Liverpool, meanwhile, sit in seventh place and look set to miss out on qualification for the money-spinning tournament. It has led to speculation that Torres could be top of City's wanted list once the season ends.

City's Italian manager Roberto Mancini told reporters: "We are a top team and I think all the top teams are interested in Torres but sometimes it depends on the player because they want to play in the Champions League.

"For me, he is with Carlos [Tevez], [Wayne] Rooney, [Lionel] Messi, [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic, [Cristiano] Ronaldo as the best in Europe. Fernando is a fantastic striker; all the teams in Europe would like him."

The City manager did admit a successful pursuit of Torres may only come about if the club can secure Champions League football next season: "If we don't get into the fourth position I think it will be difficult," he said.

Liverpool were knocked out of Champions League in the group stages but have progressed to the semifinal of the Europa League against Atletico Madrid. They lost the first leg 1-0 in the Spanish capital on Thursday.

After the game Benitez dismissed the possibility of Torres leaving the club. He told reporters: "Torres is happy. The thing he's thinking about now is being ready as soon as possible and that's it. From the beginning, he's said he's been very happy at Anfield.

"We have said repeatedly that Fernando is not for sale and he still has three years of his contract remaining, so how can they sign a player who does not wish to leave?"

Question: What does Mancini say?

Question: What sport does Torres play?

Question: what Mandhester express an interest about?

Question: What has happened to Torres?

Question: who is the city manager?

Question: where has torres an injury?

Answer: "We are a top team and I think all the top

Answer: football

Answer: multi-million dollar bid for the Spain striker.

Answer: knee injury,

Answer: Roberto Mancini

Answer: knee

Summary:
Manchester City express an interest in signing Liverpool striker Fernando Torres .
City manager Roberto Mancini says many teams in Europe would like Torres .
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists Torres is happy at Liverpool .
Torres is currently sidelined with a knee injury .


(CNN) -- Liverpool's Uruguay international striker Luis Suarez has been accused of giving "unreliable" and "inconsistent" evidence to the disciplinary panel which banned him for eight-games for alleged racial abuse of Manchester United's Patrice Evra.

The findings of the Independent Regulatory Commission were released late Saturday night on the official website of the English Football Association (FA).

The detailed 115-page ruling went over the circumstances of the clash between the pair in the match at Liverpool's Anfield ground on October 15.

It concluded that Suarez had called Evra a "negro" no fewer than seven times during the course of the English Premier League match.

The panel heard evidence from both players and also used linguistic experts to examine television footage of the game.

Their investigations centered on an incident just before the hour mark after Suarez fouled the French international full-back.

Dalglish defends t-shirts supporting Suarez

At a subsequent Liverpool corner, Evra was marking the striker and they became involved in a fierce row.

Evra made a complaint to referee Andre Mariner and again after the game, which

prompted the FA investigation.

Suarez, who was publicly supported by his manager Kenny Dalglish and teammates, argued before the panel that the use of he word "negro" was not offensive.

But the commission rejected his arguments in handing down their lengthy ban and a $62,000 fine.

"Mr Evra was a credible witness," read its report.

"He gave his evidence in a calm, composed and clear way. It was, for the most part, consistent, although both he and Mr Suarez were understandably unable to remember every detail of the exchanges between them.

Blog: Out with the old and in with the new in 2012

"Mr Suarez's evidence was unreliable in relation to matters of critical importance. It was, in part, inconsistent with the contemporaneous evidence, especially the video footage," it added.

However, the commission did not believe Suarez was "racist" but had used "insulting" words, which was the basis of the FA charge against him.

"We have found that charge proved on the evidence and arguments put before us. The FA made clear that it did not contend that Mr Suarez acted as he did because he is a racist.

"Mr Evra said in his evidence that he did not think Mr Suarez is a racist. Mr Suarez said in evidence that he will not use the word 'negro' on a football pitch in England in the future, and we believe that is his genuine and firm intention."

Liverpool have until January 13 to appeal, leaving Suarez free to play, including a

English League Cup semifinal first leg tie against Manchester City two days before.

They issued a statement on their website to confirm receipt of the commission's report.

"The player, the club and our legal advisers will now take the necessary amount of time to read, digest and properly consider the contents of the 115 page judgment and will make no further comment at present," it read.

The Suarez affair comes at the same time England captain John Terry is facing a criminal charge of using racist language against QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during Chelsea's EPL game on October 23.

Terry has vowed to fight the charges "tooth and nail" and like Suarez has received the backing of his club.

The FA is postponing its action until the court proceedings are concluded early this year.

Question: How much was Suarez's fine

Question: Who says Luis Suarez gave unreliable evidence

Question: How many pages is the report about his exchanges?

Question: What was his fine?

Question: How many pages did the report contain?

Question: How long was the report

Question: For how many games was Suarez banned?

Question: How long is Suarez game ban?

Answer: $62,000

Answer: Independent Regulatory Commission

Answer: 115-page

Answer: $62,000

Answer: 115-page

Answer: 115-page

Answer: eight-games

Answer: eight-games

Summary:
FA says Luis Suarez gave 'unreliable' evidence in race abuse case .
Suarez received eight-game ban and $62,000 fine .
115-page report details his exchanges with Patrice Evra .
Liverpool still to decide whether to appeal findings .


(CNN) -- Living Golf's resident pro Adam Scott shows the tricks of the trade that have helped him conquer some of the world's toughest courses. Whether it is acheiving a better drive, improving approach shots to the green or tackling testing bunkers, Scott has the tips to help your game. Improve your game by following the Living Golf lessons every month on CNN.com

Question: Where does he teach?

Question: What does Australia's Adam Scott tell Living Golf?

Question: what did Adam Scott tell?

Question: What can you do to improve your game?

Answer: on CNN.com

Answer: tricks of the trade that have helped him conquer

Answer: the tricks of the trade

Answer: following the Living Golf lessons every month on CNN.com

Summary:
Australia's Adam Scott tells Living Golf the tricks of the trade .
Improve your game by following Scott's lessons each month .


(CNN) -- Local and federal authorities in Enfield, Connecticut, are investigating how a band of burglars broke into a large pharmaceutical warehouse and made off with approximately $75 million in prescription medications.

Police say the well-orchestrated heist at the Eli Lilly and Co. distribution center occurred during a rainstorm shortly after midnight Sunday.

"Based on the sophistication of what was used, this had to be well-executed and planned," Enfield Police Chief Carl Sferrazza said.

According to Sferrazza, the thieves scaled the side of the building onto the roof, where they cut an opening. He said they then rappelled into the building, disabled the alarm and proceeded to steal several dozen pallets of prescription pills, loading them onto one or more getaway vehicles.

Police say the robbery was not discovered until almost 2 p.m. ET Sunday.

When asked whether the crime could have been an inside job, Sferrazza replied, "Anything is possible; we are not ruling anything out at this point."

A spokesman for Eli Lilly, Ed Sagebiel, said the company is working closely with both the Enfield Police and the FBI. Though Sagebiel would not confirm what types of medications were stolen, he said there were no narcotics at the site.

Although the intended destination of the drugs is unknown, the spokesman speculated that the suspects will attempt to sell them on the domestic or international black markets.

"We certainly know that there is a market for these products," Sagebiel said. "We have a closed system here in the U.S. that makes it more difficult to distribute them in the United States for legitimate means."

Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Eli Lilly is the ninth-largest pharmaceutical company in the world.

Question: What does the police chief say?

Question: Was this an inside job?

Question: What facility did thieves break into?

Question: was the heist well organized?

Question: are the Authorities ruling out an inside job?

Question: Where was the facility?

Answer: "Based on the sophistication of

Answer: point."

Answer: large pharmaceutical warehouse

Answer: well-orchestrated

Answer: anything

Answer: Enfield, Connecticut,

Summary:
Thieves broke into Connecticut facility early Sunday, police say .
Chief says heist was well-organized .
Authorities aren't ruling out an inside job .


(CNN) -- Local and state authorities in Northampton, Massachusetts, are investigating nine suspicious fires that have killed two people and left residents shaken, officials said Sunday. In just over an hour early Sunday, five structures -- including a single-family residence -- burned, in addition to "numerous cars," District Attorney Betsy Scheibel told a news conference that included fire and police officials and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. The fires were reported between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m., Scheibel's office said. Two people were found dead on the first floor of a residence, Scheibel said. Identities of the victims are being withheld pending autopsy results. "We know this community is deeply shaken by this series of suspicious fires," Patrick said. "I want the public to know that every resource at the local [and] at the state level is being applied to deal with this to bring comfort and safety to the community" and to find the individual or individuals responsible. A joint task force of local, state and federal fire officials has been formed to investigate the circumstances under which the fires started, Scheibel said. All of the blazes have been extinguished.

Question:
When were the fires reported?
Who is the District Attorney?
Where are the fires taking place?
When did the fires start?
How many fires killed 2 people?
How many structures burned?

Answer: between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m.,

Answer: Betsy Scheibel

Answer: Northampton, Massachusetts,

Answer: between 2 a.m. and 3:15 a.m.,

Answer: nine

Answer: five

Summary:
Officials in Northampton, Massachusetts, say 9 fires have killed 2 people .
5 structures, "numerous cars" burned early Sunday, district attorney says .
Fires reported between 2 and 3:15 a.m., DA says .
Task force of local, state, federal fire officials investigating .


(CNN) -- Local security forces and coalition soldiers in western Afghanistan killed several insurgents Thursday in what the NATO command called a "successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets."

British troops detain suspected Taliban Militants during a recent operation in Afghanistan.

The operation took place in the Shindand district of Herat province. Two Taliban leaders, Haji Dawlat Khan and Haji Nasrullah Khan, and "significant number of other insurgents" were killed, according to a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

It added there was no evidence of civilian casualties or accidental damage in the operation, in which a "number of men were discovered handcuffed and imprisoned in appalling conditions in one of the insurgent compounds."

The incident reflects the increasing violence between troops and Taliban militants across Afghanistan and the growing concern in the United States that the war there should be more of a priority than it has been.

Since May, the deaths of U.S. and allied troops have far outpaced the toll in Iraq. On Thursday, the toll in Afghanistan was 21 compared to six in Iraq. The International Security Assistance Force did not provide the nationality of the soldier who died in Afghanistan Thursday.

Two top Pentagon officials said Wednesday they expect to be able to recommend more troop reductions in Iraq this fall and will try to find ways to increase troops in Afghanistan.

One of the toughest fronts in the war has been the southern province of Helmand.

The British Defense Ministry said its troops in southern Afghanistan killed a senior Taliban leader, two weeks after another leading militant died in a British missile attack.

Mullah Bismullah Akhund was killed Saturday in the Now Zad district of Helmand, long a Taliban bastion.

The Defense Ministry, in a statement on Wednesday, called Bismullah "a senior key facilitator and logistician responsible for the northern Helmand region." The ministry says his death will disrupt the Taliban's leadership structure and hamper the group's ability to conduct attacks.

"He is believed to have commanded numerous fighters and was identified by Task Force Helmand as a key player in the insurgency, and criminality, before the strike," according to ISAF.

British troops, which are part of the assistance force, announced the killing on Thursday. Saturday's operation occurred 15 days after British troops killed another senior Taliban militant, Sadiqullah, in an Apache missile strike.

"Bismullah was closely associated with local Taliban leader Mullah Rahim, whose brother was also killed during this operation," ISAF said.

The Defense Ministry said that "combined with the elimination of Sadiqullah, this is the most significant blow struck against the Taliban logistics and facilitation chain in northern Helmand this year."

The U.S.-led coalition said it also is investigating an airstrike in western Afghanistan's Farah province. Launched after a coalition convoy was attacked Tuesday, it struck a house and killed eight civilians.

CNN's Joe Sterling contributed to this report.

Question: What did NAATO say?

Question: Who is described to be a senior key facilitator?

Question: Who killed another Taliban leader?

Question: Who was attacked?

Question: What did the UK say?

Question: What international organization reported on these events?

Question: Who said its troops killed another senior Taliban leader?

Question: Number of Taliban leaders killed?

Question: Who is described as a "senior key facilitator and logistician?

Answer: the NATO command called a "successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets."

Answer: Mullah Bismullah Akhund

Answer: British troops

Answer: coalition convoy

Answer: "successful operation against high-priority Taliban targets."

Answer: NATO's

Answer: NATO's International Security Assistance Force.

Answer: Two

Answer: Mullah Bismullah Akhund

Summary:
NATO: 2 Taliban leaders and "significant number of insurgents" were killed .
UK said its troops in S. Afghanistan killed another senior Taliban leader .
Mullah Bismullah Akhund described as "a senior key facilitator and logistician"
W. Afghanistan: Airstrike launched after a coalition convoy was attacked .


(CNN) -- Long before fish swam in Macquariums, hipsters got Apple logo tattoos and thousands camped out for days to get into computer store openings, there was a machine. Danielle Brecker found this 1989 photo of friends on their Macs at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh, the first personal computer to draw masses, introduce the mouse and incorporate a graphical user interface, relying on images instead of text. The Apple Inc. watershed product entered American consciousness amid fanfare, with a $1.5 million commercial, made by Ridley Scott, wowing audiences during Super Bowl XVIII. The piece's title, "1984," invoked author George Orwell's message and stood as a warning against conformity. Two days after the ad ran, the Macintosh became available and life, as people knew it, changed. No longer were computers viewed as toys with which to play primitive games or as untouchable tools reserved for degreed engineers. We began to think different. "The Macintosh demonstrated that it was possible and profitable to create a machine to be used by millions and millions of people," said Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, research director for the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto, California, think tank, and chief force behind "Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley," an online historical exhibit. "The gold standard now for personal electronics is, 'Is it easy enough for my grandmother to use it?' People on the Macintosh project were the first people to talk about a product in that way." Pang, 44, remembered being "mesmerized" by the computer when he first saw it up close in his college bookstore. He wasn't alone. Read about how iReporters are preserving Mac history For graphic designers like Zoë Korstvedt, now a Los Angeles creative director, the evolving Mac, with each added feature, was ripe with ah-ha moments. To tinker with a piece, play with the text, "to visualize on your computer was just insane," she said. "My colleagues and I wonder how we did it [their jobs] before." No wonder, then, that when Korstvedt, 44, married her first husband in 1989, she used half of their wedding money to buy her first home computer: a Mac SE/30, for which she forked over extra bucks for an upgrade to a whopping 8 megabytes of RAM. Nothing compared to the 12 gigs she now has. "I was styling," she said with a laugh. Jeremy Mehrle, 30, of the St. Louis, Missouri, area is too young to know a world without Macs. This MacAddict began hoarding and tinkering with tossed-out computers, and then he discovered eBay. Today, the motion graphics designer's 1,400 square-foot basement is a museum to Apple computers, all-white and in gallery-style with about 80 fully-functioning machines on display. "Some people think it's really cool. ... Others say 'It's Jeremy's thing, it's a little weird, whatever,'" he said. "I think if I had stacks everywhere, and you couldn't move in my house, people would be worried." What's Mehrle's hobby, however, became a career for Dan Foust, 38, of Bloomington, Illinois. "Danapplemacman," as he's known on eBay, makes a living out of buying, and when necessary resuscitating, these computers before hawking them online to customers/collectors in places as far-flung as Italy and Australia. So what would people pay for an original Macintosh? "A complete boxed system?," he said. "I can't put a price on that." The extremes to which people have gone in their love and loyalty for Apple (and specifically Macs) knows no bounds. Perhaps no one knows this better than Leander Kahney, news editor at Wired.com and author of Cult of Mac, as well as the more recently published Inside Steve's Brain. That would be Apple co-founder Steve Jobs

Question: on which day marks the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer?

Question: who  launched the Mac in 1984?

Question: When is the anniversary of the first Macintosh?

Question: What did apple launch in 1984?

Question: What does Saturday mark?

Answer: Saturday

Answer: Apple Inc.

Answer: Saturday

Answer: the original Macintosh,

Answer: the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh,

Summary:
Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer .
Apple launched the Mac in 1984 with Ridley Scott's landmark Super Bowl XVIII ad .
Steve Jobs is credited for cult-like worship seen in tattoos, collections, Macquariums .
Fans flock to Macworld expos, Apple store openings and hoard eBay purchases .


(CNN) -- Longtime "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell said he'll be leaving the popular Fox talent show at the end of the season, the network announced Monday at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California.

Cowell's popular U.K. talent show, "The X Factor," will be coming to the United States in the fall of 2011 with the acerbic critic in tow, according to Fox.

"I want to leave 'Idol' this year bigger and better than it was in the past," Cowell said at the TCA tour Monday.

Cowell will be both executive producer and judge on "The X Factor."

"I'm thrilled that we have put a date on the launch of the U.S. version of 'The X Factor,' and delighted to be continuing to work with Fox," said Cowell in a statement. "We have a fantastic relationship, a great team and are all very excited about this." iReport: Will you watch "Idol" without Simon?

Speculation has raged for weeks as to Cowell's future. Though he's well paid for his "Idol" work -- an estimated $36 million per season -- he has expressed a desire to focus on "The X Factor."

Cowell said at the press session that it's taken some time to reach an agreement for his new duties, hence the buzz. (Indeed, he signed the last page of his "contract" on stage with Fox executives Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly.)

"[I] didn't think it was right to do two shows in America at the same time, so [I] decided to leave one and start another," he said.

He said he missed Paula Abdul, the former "Idol" judge who left the show in August, but wouldn't confirm or deny whether she would appear on "X Factor" in the U.S. Cowell and Abdul had a good-naturedly contentious relationship on "Idol," with the tough-minded Brit often acting as bad cop to the "Forever Your Girl" singer's good cop.

Ellen DeGeneres, who's taking over Abdul's judging slot, joked about Cowell's announcement on her talk show Monday -- getting in a dig at NBC's late-night troubles as well.

"So this just happened, Simon Cowell just announced that he's leaving 'Idol.' This will be his last season. He announced he's leaving on my first day. I'm trying not to take it personally," she said. "But seriously, I am going to be very, very sad to see him go, because I think he's made the show what it is. He's a huge part of that show but he wanted a change. I wish him all the luck in the world hosting 'The Tonight Show,' " said DeGeneres, referring to widespread speculation about how NBC will resolve its issues with its late-night talk shows. In reality, of course, Simon Cowell has not been part of that speculation.

Since its premiere in 2002, "Idol" has been an entertainment phenomenon, regularly ranking as TV's top show, creating several musical stars and pulling in millions more viewers than its closest competition. Its new season premieres Tuesday.

Cowell's presence has been credited as a major reason. The British music executive was a judge on the British version of "Idol," "Pop Idol," and came to the United States when Fox imported the show. Unlike judges on many American talent shows, Cowell didn't sugar-coat his criticisms to contestants.

With the show's growing popularity -- by its fourth season it was the top show on television, a rank it has held ever since -- Cowell and fellow "Idol" players Abdul, judge Randy Jackson and amiable host Ryan Seacrest became stars in their own right.

Though the show continues to dominate American TV, ratings have started sliding in "Idol's" past two seasons. But Cowell told the TCA audience he had no doubt about the show's future.

It

Question:
Who is leaving American Idol?
Who is leaving the show?
When is the X factor coming?
What show is coming to the U.S.?

Answer: Simon Cowell

Answer: Simon Cowell

Answer: fall of 2011

Answer: "The X Factor,"

Summary:
Simon Cowell leaving "American Idol" after this season .
Cowell's "The X Factor" coming to U.S. in 2011 .
Cowell's acerbic commentary has been a big reason for "Idol's" popularity .


(CNN) -- Longtime character actor Pat Hingle, a veteran of early television dramas, Westerns and four "Batman" films, has died at age 84, his family announced Sunday. Pat Hingle was a familiar face to moviegoers and TV watchers for his many roles. Hingle died Saturday evening at his home in Carolina Beach, North Carolina, after a two-year battle with the blood disorder myelodysplasia, his cousin, Lynn Heritage, told CNN. "He was awake one moment, and in the next breath, he was gone," Heritage said. Hingle began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in numerous television theater shows. His first movie role was an uncredited appearance in 1954's "On the Waterfront," which won eight Academy Awards; he played the by-the-book judge opposite Clint Eastwood's vengeful marshal in 1968's "Hang 'Em High," and appeared as Sally Field's father in 1979's "Norma Rae." In 1989, he appeared as Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon in Tim Burton's "Batman," carrying on the role through three sequels. His last film role was in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," released in 2006. He also guest-starred in countless TV series, including a memorable turn as a character named Col. Daniel Webster Tucker in a 1980 "M*A*S*H" episode. In the episode, called "April Fools," Hingle's Tucker antagonized the unit's surgeons -- with surprising consequences. Hingle's other TV series included "Hawaii Five-O," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Hart to Hart," "St. Elsewhere," "Magnum, P.I." and "Cheers." Hingle is survived by his wife of nearly 30 years, Julia, and their five children.

Question: Who appeared in many TV series movies?

Question: Where did Hingle live?

Question: Who played Commissioner Gordon in '90s "Batman" films?

Question: Who did Pat Hingle play in "Batman"?

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Question: What other movies was Pat Hingle in other than "Batman"?

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Question: Who played Commissioner Gordon in the 1990's "Batma" films?

Question: How old was Hingle?

Question: How old was Pat Hingle at the time of this article?

Question: What other shows did Hingle have roles in?

Answer: Pat Hingle,

Answer: Carolina Beach, North Carolina,

Answer: Pat Hingle,

Answer: Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon

Answer: "M*A*S*H"

Answer: character actor

Answer: "On the Waterfront,"

Answer: Gotham City's Commissioner Gordon

Answer: Pat Hingle,

Answer: 84,

Answer: 84,

Answer: He also guest-starred in countless TV series, including a memorable turn as a character named Col. Daniel Webster Tucker in a 1980 "M*A*S*H" episode.

Summary:
Pat Hingle appeared in many TV series, movies .
Hingle played Commissioner Gordon in '90s "Batman" films .
Hingle also had roles in "M*A*S*H," "St. Elsewhere," "Cheers"


(CNN) -- Looking directly at the man who murdered his 9-year-old daughter, Mark Lunsford told John Evander Couey, "I hope you hear her cry as you try to sleep at night." "You will never hurt another child again," Lunsford said in testimony Tuesday in a Florida court hearing where a judge will decide whether to give Couey the death penalty. Jessica Lunsford, seen in an undated family photo, was 9 when she was abducted and killed. She disappeared in 2005 from her home in Homosassa, Florida. His eyes fixed on Couey, Lunsford continued, "For 29 months, my daughter has heard me cry and begged God to stop the pain in my heart." Addressing Florida Circuit Court Judge Ric Howard, Lunsford pleaded for Couey to die for his crime. Then he turned back to the man who took his daughter.  Watch Lunsford's emotional testimony » "I hope you see the tears at night when she asked you [if she could] go home. You will never hurt another child again." Lunsford spent much time talking about memories of Jesse Lunsford. "I can remember when she was about 1 year old and would give me kisses and hugs and steal the raisins from my cereal," he said. "From bumps to bruises, from Band-Aids to bicycles, she was a tomboy with her daddy and a very nice little lady for her grandmother." The hearing will continue Wednesday. Couey's attorneys are trying to convince Howard that Couey is mentally incompetent and should be spared the death penalty. "That's a cop-out," Lunsford said Tuesday on Larry King Live. "He is not retarded." The father said he wants Couey to die for his crime. King asked him if he would attend the execution by lethal injection. "I'd hold the syringe if they'd let me," he answered. But a prosecution expert testified Tuesday that the convicted killer had an IQ of between 80 and 90, about low average. "My opinion is that he is not mentally retarded," said Dr. Greg Pritchard, a clinical psychologist. Couey was convicted in March on charges of kidnapping, raping and murdering Jessica. The jury voted 10-2 to recommend the death penalty. In Florida, the vote does not have to be unanimous to recommend the death penalty. The judge is expected to sentence Couey next month. Jessica Lunsford disappeared in February 2005 from her home in Homosassa. Her body was found three weeks later in a shallow grave outside a mobile home about 100 yards from where she lived. Couey, a convicted sex offender, was staying nearby in a trailer with his half-sister. Couey kidnapped the girl from her bedroom and later, in a taped confession, admitted that he buried the child alive. "I went out there one night and dug a hole and put her in it. Buried her," he said. She was found wrapped in garbage bags, holding a stuffed toy dolphin, her hands bound with stereo wire. Jessica died from asphyxiation after being sexually assaulted, according to a medical examiner's report. The judge ruled the confession was inadmissible in court because Couey had asked for a lawyer the day before he told police he committed the crime. Evidence at the trial included Jessica's fingerprints in a closet in Couey's trailer and DNA from Jessica's blood and Couey's semen on a mattress in his bedroom. Lunsford has led a push for stricter sex offender laws since his daughter's death. Then-Gov. Jeb Bush signed the Jessica Lunsford Act into Florida law. The 2005 legislation calls for prison sentences of 25 years to life for sex offenses against children under age 12, better registration of convicted sex offenders and a Global Positioning System notification mechanism to track down probation violators. Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed similar legislation Monday. E-mail to a friend

Question: Who testified at sentencing hearing for 9-year-old daughter's killer?

Question: what was Couey convicted of?

Question: what did the jury recommend?

Question: What was the jury's recommendation for John Evander Couey?

Question: who testified at the hearing?

Answer: Mark Lunsford

Answer: kidnapping, raping and murdering Jessica.

Answer: the death penalty.

Answer: voted 10-2 to recommend the death penalty.

Answer: Mark Lunsford

Summary:
Mark Lunsford testifies at sentencing hearing for 9-year-old daughter's killer .
Jury recommended death for John Evander Couey .
Couey was convicted of kidnapping, raping, killing Jessica Lunsford .
Couey's attorney says he's mentally incompetent .


(CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire Major League Soccer (MLS) season with the Achilles injury that ended his 2010 World Cup dream.

The former England captain has said he will not be able to start running on his ankle for another three months, and is now targeting a November return.

"I won't be running for another three months so I won't be playing again until probably November," Beckham told American broadcaster ABC.

With the U.S. season set to reach its conclusion on November 21, it looks unlikely that the 34-year-old will feature for the Galaxy this term.

While Beckham accepts his injury needs time to heal, he admitted there is a temptation to push along his recovery.

"This is an injury that's going to take time to heal," he said to MLSsoccer.com.

"I started therapy 10 days ago and I'm just doing that everyday. I kind of want to push it, but with this kind of injury you can't. You just have to wait for it to heal and move on."

The former Manchester United and Real Madrid star also spoke of his frustration at having to wear a protective boot, or use crutches, at all times.

"If I haven't got the boot on, which I didn't today for a few interviews, I have to use crutches," said Beckham.

"It's either one or the other at the moment, which is a pain. It's not easy moving around but I have to protect it."

Beckham sustained the injury last month while playing on loan for Italian giants AC Milan, shattering his hopes of playing in a fourth consecutive World Cup finals for England.

It led to speculation that the former Manchester United star would retire, but he clearly remains determined to return to action after having surgery on the injury.

Question: What did Beckham suffer during a loan spell with Italian side AC Milan?

Question: what team is he on?

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Question: What ruled Beckham out?

Question: When will Beckham return to action?

Question: Who is to miss the entire MLS season?

Question: what injury did beckham suffer?

Question: Who hopes to return to action?

Question: Who suffered an Achilles tendon injury ?

Answer: Achilles injury

Answer: Angeles Galaxy

Answer: Los

Answer: Achilles injury

Answer: November

Answer: David Beckham

Answer: Achilles

Answer: David Beckham

Answer: David Beckham

Summary:
David Beckham has revealed he is set to miss the entire MLS season .
Beckham suffered an Achilles tendon injury during a loan spell with Italian side AC Milan .
The former England captain hopes to return to action in November .
The injury ruled Beckham out of a fourth straigth World Cup finals with England .


(CNN) -- Los Angeles Galaxy reached Major League Soccer's (MLS) championship match on Sunday after a 3-1 defeat of Real Salt Lake in the Western Conference final.

The Galaxy, two-time MLS Cup winners, reached the deciding game for a record seventh time thanks to goals from captain Landon Donovan, American Mike Magee and Ireland striker Robbie Keane in front of their home fans at the Home Depot Center.

Manager Bruce Arena's Galaxy will face Houston Dynamo in the post-season's final match, after Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City in the Eastern Conference final.

The final, which will take place at the Home Depot Center, could be midfielder David Beckham's last match for Los Angeles, with the former England captain's contract expiring at the end of the season.

But Beckham, 36, is focused only on the upcoming match with Dynamo, after playing in the MLS Cup 2009 when the Galaxy were beaten by Real Salt Lake in a penalty shoot-out.

"We're happy to be winning the Western final, but we know that there is one more game to go so we're not getting carried away," the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star told the league's official website.

"We did that a couple of years ago and we paid for it. We didn't win the MLS Cup final, so hopefully this will be something that we're happy to win [on Sunday], but we know that we've got one more game."

Galaxy went ahead on 23 minutes when Donovan, 29, converted a penalty after Andy Williams' push on Omar Gonzalez.

Dynamo responded almost immediately, striker Alvaro Saborio scoring with a close-range header to equalize after 25 minutes.

Beckham, capped 115 times by England, helped Galaxy regain the lead on 58 minutes, his pin-point cross headed home by Magee.

Former Tottenham and Liverpool forward Keane secured the win for Galaxy with 22 minutes remaining, wriggling free of his marker before firing a low shot beyond Salt Lake goalkeeper Nick Rimandi.

Dynamo needed second half goals from defender Andre Hainault and forward Carlos Costly to see off the challenge of Sporting Kansas City in front of a record crowd at Livestrong Sporting Park.

The 16th MLS Cup final will complete the 2011 season and will be played on Sunday November 20.

Question: Who did they beat?

Question: What was the score of the winning game?

Question: Who has reached the cup?

Question: Who will they play in final?

Question: Who has reached the MLS Cup?

Question: When will the team face Houston Dynamo?

Question: What sport fo the Los Angeles galaxy play?

Answer: Real Salt Lake

Answer: 3-1

Answer: Angeles Galaxy

Answer: Houston Dynamo

Answer: Angeles Galaxy

Answer: in the post-season's final match,

Answer: Major League Soccer's

Summary:
Los Angeles Galaxy have reached the 2011 MLS Cup .
Galaxy reached the championship game after a 3-1 win over Real Salt Lake .
Bruce Arena's team will face Houston Dynamo in the November 20 match .


(CNN) -- Los Angeles police are searching for a serial killer dubbed the "Grim Sleeper," who is thought to have killed 11 people. Alicia Alexander was one of the Grim Sleeper's victims in the 1980s. The killer, who police say murdered from 1985 to 2007, was nicknamed the Grim Sleeper because he seemed to take a break between homicides, police said. Authorities this week released a 9-1-1 tape recorded shortly after a killing in 1987, in the hope of producing clues. "Yes ... I'd like to report a murder," an anonymous caller says on the tape. "The guy that dropped her off was driving a white and blue Dodge van. He threw her out. ... He threw a gas tank on top of her. All that you can see sticking out is her feet."  Watch the hunt for a serial killer » Police found the scene just as the caller described and found the van. But they are still searching for the caller and members of the now-defunct church that owned the van. The killer is wanted in 11 deaths and another homicide attempt, police say. Detectives say they have the Grim Sleeper's DNA, and a $500,000 reward has been offered for information leading to an arrest and prosecution. The killer shot his victims, police said. Porter Alexander has waited two decades for the Grim Sleeper's arrest. His daughter Alicia Alexander became the Grim Sleeper's eighth victim in 1988, police say. "No one should have to face anything like this," he said. "To experience their daughters or sons taken away as early as she was." CNN's Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report.

Question: Whose DNA does police have?

Question: How many people did he kill?

Question: How much is the reward that is being offered?

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Question: Was there actually a murder?

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Question: Do they have this guy's DNA?

Question: Does he have a nickname?

Question: What was the nickname given to the killer?

Answer: Grim Sleeper's

Answer: 11

Answer: $500,000

Answer: 9-1-1 tape

Answer: police say murdered from 1985 to 2007,

Answer: Alicia Alexander was one of the

Answer: the Grim Sleeper's

Answer: Grim Sleeper

Answer: "Grim Sleeper,"

Summary:
L.A. police this week released old 9-1-1 call: "Yes ... I'd like to report a murder"
Police have Grim Sleeper's DNA and are offering $500,000 reward for information .
Nickname given because killer took a break between murders, police say .


(CNN) -- Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture that appears to show a bruised and battered Rihanna.

Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, before the Grammys on February 8.

The close-up photo -- showing a woman with contusions on her forehead and below her eyes, and cuts on her lip -- was published on the entertainment Web site TMZ Thursday. TMZ said it was a photo of Rihanna.

Twenty-one-year-old Rihanna was allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on a Los Angeles street before the two were to perform at the Grammys on February 8.

"The unauthorized release of a domestic violence photograph immediately generated an internal investigation," an L.A. police spokesman said in a statement. "The Los Angeles Police Department takes seriously its duty to maintain the confidentiality of victims of domestic violence. A violation of this type is considered serious misconduct, with penalties up to and including termination."

A spokeswoman for Rihanna declined to comment.

The chief investigator in the case had told CNN earlier that authorities had tried to guard against leaks. Detective Deshon Andrews said he had kept the case file closely guarded and that no copies had been made of the original photos and documents.

Brown was arrested on February 8 in connection with the case and and booked on suspicion of making criminal threats.

Authorities are trying to determine whether Brown should face domestic violence-related charges.

Brown apologized for the incident this week.

"Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired," the 19-year-old said in a statement released by his spokesman. "I am seeking the counseling of my pastor, my mother and other loved ones and I am committed, with God's help, to emerging a better person."

CNN's Brittany Kaplan contributed to this report.

Question: when The two were scheduled to perform at the Grammys?

Question: What was the investigation about?

Question: when  Los Angeles police investigating leak of photo of a battered woman?

Question: Which celebrity was attacked by her boyfriend?

Question: What wsd the source of the leak?

Answer: February 8.

Answer: that appears to show a bruised and battered Rihanna.

Answer: that appears to show a bruised and

Answer: Rihanna

Answer: entertainment Web site TMZ

Summary:
Los Angeles police investigating leak of photo of a battered woman .
TMZ Web site says photo is of R&B singer Rihanna .
Rihanna allegedly attacked by her boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, on February 8 .
The two were scheduled to perform at the Grammys .


(CNN) -- Lots of kids are into dinosaurs. Tyler Lyson says he just never grew out of it. He grew up in rural North Dakota and says fossils were more widespread there than in other places in the U.S. Tyler Lyson's interest in fossil discovery led him to help create a research foundation. "I was very fortunate to grow up in a very rural area ... that just happens to be one of the best places to find dinosaur fossils," Lyson said. But in 1999, he didn't find just any fossil; he discovered something jaw-dropping: a 25-foot-long dinosaur, complete with skin. Lyson's find was an Edmontosaurus he named Dakota. The 65 million-year-old mummified dinosaur was unearthed with Lyson standing by in 2004. Lyson explained that the dinosaur is one of approximately six "dinosaur mummies" in the world. "This dinosaur mummy has portions that none of the other dinosaur mummies have preserved," he said. "So we're able to get a good look at the feet and the legs and the hands and basically the entire body -- what it actually looked like."  Watch the CNN.com Live interview » Lyson is the co-founder of the Marmarth Research Foundation in his hometown. The foundation is creating a museum and outreach programs to give volunteers hands-on field and lab work with fossils. While getting his doctorate at Yale, Lyson wants to make sure that other kids don't grow out of their fascination with the extinct.  E-mail to a friend

Question:
In what year was the dicovery?
When was the fossil discovered?
What was the length of the fossil?
What did Tyler Lyson discover in 1999?

Answer: 1999,

Answer: 1999,

Answer: 25-foot-long

Answer: a 25-foot-long dinosaur, complete with skin.

Summary:
Tyler Lyson discovered a 25-foot-long dinosaur fossil with skin in 1999 .
Check out the YPWR blog to meet this week's featured young person .
iReport.com: Do you know someone who rocks? Let us know .


(CNN) -- Lourdes Batista wishes she had super powers so she could use them to find her husband, she said Wednesday, 105 days after authorities said he was kidnapped in Mexico.

Lourdes Batista says she has no idea why someone would kidnap her husband, Felix.

Felix Batista, a renowned kidnapping consultant, disappeared after getting into a vehicle outside a Saltillo restaurant December 10. The family has yet to hear a word from his abductors.

"I don't have words to describe the pain," Lourdes Batista said. "It's cruel, very cruel."

Lourdes Batista was getting ready for bed at her Miami, Florida, home when she received a phone call informing her that her husband of 31 years had been snatched. She tried contacting him on both of his phones, but to no avail.

Felix Batista, 53, had arrived four days prior in Saltillo, the Coahuila state capital about 250 miles from the U.S. border, to take part in a security seminar about kidnappings. He was giving talks about kidnappings to a business group in Saltillo and Torreon.

Though the Cuban-American worked as a contract consultant for the Houston, Texas-based ASI Global Response, the trip was not affiliated with the company.

On the day of his kidnapping, Felix Batista was in a restaurant with several other people when he received a phone call, according to a statement from the Coahuila state attorney general's office.

"After speaking for a few minutes, [he] left the restaurant, telling his colleagues that several people in a white pickup truck were going to give him a message," the statement said.

"Afterward, outside the business, at about 7 p.m., he got into a vehicle with different characteristics from those he had mentioned to his colleagues and, since then, no one has had any communication with him," the statement said.

There was no indication of violence at the scene, the attorney general's office said.

Jackie Batista said she has no clue why someone would abduct her brother.

"We can speculate till next year," she said. "We've waited for answers. We don't have any information, and no one has contacted us."

Lourdes Batista added, "It's very perplexing. I don't know. I don't understand why. This is why I can't sleep at night."  Watch Felix Batista's wife, sister plead for his release »

Felix Batista served four years in the U.S. Army before entering private practice. He has 23 years of experience as a crisis responder and had worked with ASI Global Response since May 2007, President Charlie LeBlanc said.

A profile on the company's Web site, which has been taken down, said Felix Batista conducted threat assessments and had been credited with the "successful resolution" of almost 100 kidnap-and-ransom cases.

LeBlanc said Felix Batista was a "multidisciplined security practitioner" who also worked on extortion cases and consulted corporations.

His aptitude as a consultant aside, Lourdes Batista said, he was an outstanding family man: "a great man and a great father and a wonderful husband. I couldn't ask for better."

Since Felix Batista's kidnapping, ASI Global has been working with his family, acting as a liaison with the FBI and Mexican authorities and vetting those offering to help with the case, LeBlanc said.

It's the same kind of work Felix Batista was known for, he said.

ASI Global has been sharing information with the Mexican national police, who have "been very forthcoming in sharing information and asking for advice," LeBlanc said.

"We've had viable leads. They just haven't panned out," he added.

Kidnappings and violence have long been problems in Mexico, but the problem has spiked in the past year, at least statistically.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said this month that there were 6,500 organized-crime killings in 2008, more than double the number from 2007. The nation's human rights ombudsman has reported that there were 5,140 reported kidnappings

Question: Who was kidnapped December 10th?

Question: Who is a skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims?

Question: What was she doing at the time

Question: Who says of perplexing motive, "This is why I can't sleep at night"?

Answer: Felix Batista,

Answer: Felix Batista,

Answer: getting ready for bed

Answer: Lourdes Batista

Summary:
Lourdes Batista says of perplexing motive, "This is why I can't sleep at night"
Felix Batista was kidnapped December 10 outside a restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico .
Felix Batista is skilled crisis responder who helped families of kidnapping victims .
Violence, kidnappings plague Mexico; many abductions go unreported .


(CNN) -- Love was present everywhere at the University of Virginia's Klockner Stadium on Sunday -- in the stands, over the loudspeaker and on the field.

"One Team; One Heart; One Love," read the warm-up T-shirts that members of the school's women's lacrosse team wore. Spectators waved a sign reading "No. 1 Yeardley in our hearts." At the end of the game, as the team celebrated its 14-12 victory over Towson University, the song "Believe" by Cher played over the stadium sound system.

Its lyrics: "Do you believe in life after love?"

The tribute was in honor of slain teammate Yeardley Love, the 22-year-old senior found dead in her off-campus apartment on May 3. A former boyfriend and member of the school's men's lacrosse team, George Huguely, has been charged with first-degree murder in her death.

Sunday's game in the first round of the NCAA championship tournament was the first the team had played since Love's death, and the day was marked with remembrance.

The Virginia team wore black patches on the front of their jerseys with one word: Love. The Towson team wore orange armbands stitched with her initials Y.L. Love's mother and sister, Sharon and Lexie Love, were present in the stands to honor the game she loved.

"I think we're exhausted, we're drained and I think it's never felt so good to win a game," head coach Julie Myers told ESPNU after defeating Towson. "Not only is it an NCAA game, but just to get this hurdle cleared over -- the kids did a great job."

After celebrating the win at midfield, the team surprised those in the stands by emerging from their huddle holding signs emblazoned with the number 1.

It was one last tribute to Love, who wore that number for her team.

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Question: what do shirts say

Question: who wins the game

Question: what is the point to the shirts

Question: who is love's former boyfriend?

Question: who  wore orange armbands stitched with her initials, Y.L.?

Question: who  found dead in apartment May 3?

Answer: orange armbands stitched with her initials Y.L.

Answer: "One Team; One Heart; One Love,"

Answer: University of Virginia's

Answer: in honor of slain teammate Yeardley Love,

Answer: George Huguely,

Answer: The Towson team

Answer: Yeardley Love,

Summary:
Team wears shirts that say, "One Team; One Heart; One Love," for Yeardley Love .
Team wins 14-12 over Towson in first game since Love found dead in apartment May 3 .
Towson team wore orange armbands stitched with her initials, Y.L.
Love's former boyfriend, George Huguely, charged with first-degree murder in her death .


(CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request. Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her older sister, Lynda Bird, pose inside the White House in 1963. "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House," she recalled. "I was very excited about it." His response? A decisive no, "without even any moment of trying to soften the blow," Johnson said in a recent phone interview. The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving. His daughter, however, saw it as a chance to honor "a great talent" and strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britain -- not to mention a golden opportunity for her and her friends. "I could see how different sets of folks could have either perspective. And I suspect my father could see that too," she said. Luci Baines Johnson learned quickly of the scrutiny that came from being a first daughter. Her family moved into the White House in 1963, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Johnson was catapulted into the exclusive fraternity of White House families and embraced what she describes as a role she landed simply by chance. That fraternity has most recently expanded to include President Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia. "I was an eyewitness to history, over and over, during my father's five years in the White House. And I wasn't elected to that option. I had no qualifications that provided me that privilege except an accident of birth," she said.  See famous first kids who grew up in the White House » Johnson speaks fondly of the opportunity she was afforded to dine with kings and queens, meet the movers and shakers of her time, engage with the body of America and hold a front-row seat to history. While most of her memories fall into two categories -- "the fond personal memories" and "the fond memories of public privilege" -- there's one in particular that was a combination of both. "My 17th birthday, I received a handwritten note from my father, the only handwritten note I have, telling me how much he loves me and how much he has delighted in having me as his daughter for all those 17 years," she said. The note was dated noon, July 2, 1964. Six hours later, in the East Room of the White House, Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned discrimination based on race or gender in public places, schools and places of employment. "Can you imagine ever receiving a more momentous, glorious, exciting, thrilling birthday present that lasted forever and ever than something like that, that would change the world for all time and make it a much more decent place? That took place on my birthday," she said. Life in the White House, however, came at a cost. Johnson and the first children before and after her will always have to "pay a big price in terms of personal time," she said. More than 45 years after she moved into the White House, she still receives requests for interviews about the time she spent there. But the public's interest in first daughters is nothing new. Fanny Hayes, for example, who was about the same age as Malia when she moved into the White House in 1877, was followed by the media until the day she died. "She was an American celebrity," said presidential historian Doug Wead. While the interest in first daughters has stayed steady, the pressure on the children has intensified, said Wead, author of "All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families." "It's like the Miss America contest -- it's a real dilemma for the daughter of a president. She's supposed to be gracious. She's mocked and ridiculed if she isn't pretty," he said.

Question: Who is a first daughter?

Question: Who follows first daughters?

Question: What has intensified over the years, according to the historian?

Question: What does Johnson say?

Question: What did Luci Johnson describe?

Question: Who describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege"?

Question: What has intensified?

Question: Luci Johnson described being what as an extraordinary privilege?

Answer: Luci Baines Johnson

Answer: the media

Answer: the pressure on the children

Answer: "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House,"

Answer: a role

Answer: Luci Baines Johnson

Answer: pressure on the children

Answer: the exclusive fraternity of White House families

Summary:
Luci Johnson describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege"
It was "the best of times and sometimes the worst of times," she says .
First daughters often followed by media for remainder of their lives .
The pressure on first daughters has intensified over the years, historian says .