New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Seventeen people died after drinking a toxic, illegal home-brewed liquor over the New Years weekend in southern India, authorities said Monday.

At least 18 people were also poisoned by what authorities have described as contaminated moonshine in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district, P.V.S. Ramkrishna, the district police chief, said.

Police in India have been cracking down recently on businesses selling the illegally-made alcohol, Ramkrishna said.

In December, authorities arrested 10 people for making contaminated moonshine that left at least 168 people dead in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hundreds more were sickened by it, authorities said.

Moonshine is not uncommon in poverty-stricken communities in India because it is cheap to make.

Question: What is not uncommon in poverty-stricken India?

Question: What country is poverty-stricken?

Question: Who has been cracking down illegal sales of moonshine?

Question: Who has been cracking down on moonshine?

Question: What has the police been cracking down on?

Question: What is not uncommon?

Question: Where is moonshine not uncommon?

Question: What kind communities are they?

Question: What type of communities is moonshine found in?

Answer: Moonshine

Answer: India

Answer: Police in India

Answer: Police in India

Answer: businesses selling the illegally-made alcohol,

Answer: Moonshine

Answer: in poverty-stricken communities in India

Answer: poverty-stricken

Answer: poverty-stricken

Summary:
Moonshine is not uncommon in poverty-stricken communities in India .
Police in India have been cracking down on the sales of the illegal brew .


New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- The lone survivor of a deadly home invasion wrapped up his testimony Tuesday afternoon after taking the stand against the second man charged with brutally killing his wife and two daughters.

With relatives packed shoulder to shoulder in the two rows closest to the jury, Dr. William Petit testified in detail about the tragic events at his Cheshire, Connecticut, home on July 23, 2007, beginning with him being awakened by being hit by a bat.

After his hands and feet were tied and a cloth was thrown over his head, he said, he heard a voice say, "If he moves, shoot him." Some of the evidence presented in court Tuesday included a handgun and photos of the rope used to bind Petit. The jury also saw pictures of his bloody head injuries.

Petit told the court that while he was tied to a pole in the basement, he could hear "loud thuds" and "moaning," likely from his wife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit. Shortly before hearing his wife, Petit was told by one of the intruders, "Don't worry. It'll all be over in a few minutes." Petit said that's when he knew "I had to get out."

Petit managed to escape but could not summon help in time to save his family.

He described his eldest daughter, Hayley, as captain of her varsity basketball team, a crew participant and soccer player, and Dartmouth-bound. His younger daughter, Michaela, was a piano player, a flute player, into sports and a member of a Brownies troop, he said.

Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, faces 17 charges in connection with the brutal home invasion. The first defendant to stand trial in the case, Steven Hayes, was sentenced to death in December after being convicted on 16 of the 17 charges filed against him.

Testimony in the trial began Monday, with witnesses describing the final moments of Petit's wife and daughters inside their burning home and the futile attempts to save them.

Prosecutors declined to give an opening statement to start the trial. But they did introduce tapes from two 911 calls, a bank teller who claimed the mother tried to withdraw $15,000 as ransom and a police officer who found Petit fighting for life outside his family's burning home.

Prosecutors allege that Hayes and Komisarjevsky went into the Petit home, beat and tied up Petit, raped and strangled his wife, molested one of their daughters and set the house on fire before attempting to flee.

The two daughters, who were both tied to their beds, died of smoke inhalation. William Petit managed to escape.

Entering the New Haven court on Monday, the first day of the trial, Petit succinctly told reporters, "I just hope justice is served." Several other members of the victims' family packed the courtroom, many of them wearing pins that Judge Jon C. Blue allowed over defense lawyers' objections that they might sway the jury.

While he didn't present a comprehensive statement, New Haven State's Attorney Michael Dearington briefly spoke to jurors Monday, explaining that prosecutors believe the jury will be able to listen to the evidence and render a decision. As allowed by law, Dearington said, Komisarjevsky is charged both as a principal and an accessory.

Komisarjevsky's defense attorney, Walter Bansley, told jurors that his client never intended to kill anyone, that his sole purpose in breaking into the Petit home was to steal.

Bansley said Komisarjevsky did not have a weapon. He told jurors that in order to convict Komisarjevsky of capital murder, they must determine he intended to kill someone.

It was Hayes, Bansley said, who raped and strangled Hawke-Petit, poured gasoline in the house and lit a match. Komisarjevsky was a willing participant in the break-in and theft but not the murders, according to Bansley, who recounted mounting dissension between Hayes and Komisarjevsky as the home invasion progressed that morning.

Hayes felt that the Petits needed to be killed, Bansley claimed, but Komisarjevsky refused to kill anyone.

Bansley did allude to a "

Question:
What was he charged with?
How many charges Joshua is facing?
Who was killed in February 2007?
What did he describe?
What did Dr. William Petit described?
Who was killed?

Answer: brutally killing his wife and two daughters.

Answer: 17

Answer: Jennifer Hawke-Petit.

Answer: the tragic events

Answer: the tragic events at his Cheshire, Connecticut, home on July 23, 2007,

Answer: wife and two daughters.

Summary:
Dr. William Petit describes the details of the deadly home invasion .
Petit's wife and two daughters were killed in the February 2007 incident .
Joshua Komisarjevsky faces 17 charges, including murder and arson .


New Orleans (CNN) -- Two people were killed and more than 50 others injured Thursday in a 40-car pileup that shut down Interstate 10 in eastern New Orleans, authorities said.

Both eastbound and westbound lanes were closed following the crashes, which began about 4 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET), said Garry Flot, New Orleans police spokesman. It was unknown how long the interstate would be closed, he said.

Twenty-two people were transported to hospitals with minor to critical injuries. Another 37 complained of minor injuries at the scene but refused medical care, Flot said.

One firefighter suffered a cut on his face while performing his duties at the scene, Flot said. He was taken to a local hospital for stitches.

The area was experiencing heavy fog at the time the crashes occurred, according to CNN meteorologists.

CNN's Sara Pratley contributed to this report.

Question:
What were the driving conditions?
I-10 where shut down?
When did the crashes begin?
What was shut down?

Answer: heavy fog

Answer: eastern New Orleans,

Answer: about 4 a.m. local time

Answer: Interstate 10

Summary:
The crashes began occurring about 4 a.m. local time .
Heavy fog was in the area at the time .
I-10 is shut down in both directions .


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- A mechanical problem prevented BP from inserting a tube into a ruptured pipe that would help siphon off oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, BP official Doug Suttles said Saturday.

Suttles said the device was hoisted back to the surface Friday for readjustments and the company expects to have it working by Saturday night. The plan is for the mile-long tube to collect the oil and send it to a surface vessel.

Millions of gallons of crude have gushed into the Gulf since the fiery explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig more than three weeks ago.

Suttles, BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production, cautioned that the method is designed to contain  the flow, not stop it.

The tactic was dealt a setback Friday night when the frame holding the insertion tube shifted and prevented the surface vessel from connecting to it, Suttles said.

Meanwhile, Suttles said the application of underwater dispersants -- a tactic approved for use Friday -- "appears" to be working.

"The oil in the immediate vicinity of the well and the ships and rigs working in the area is diminished from previous observations," he said after flying over the area Saturday.

He did not provide further details.

What are oil dispersants?

The Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday that the decision to use subsea dispersants is an "important step" at reducing potential damage from the spill, because dispersant can be more effective underwater than on the ocean's surface.

Oil dispersants are chemicals that can break the oil down into small drops and prevent it from reaching the surface or the shore. Dispersants are generally less harmful than the oil itself, which is highly toxic, and they biodegrade more quickly, the Coast Guard said.

The underwater gusher began after an April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon. The explosion and subsequent fire caused the Deepwater Horizon to sink two days later, prompting oil to begin spilling from the well. BP was leasing the rig from Transocean.

On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security released a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar addressed to BPchief executive Anthony Hayward, calling on the company to state its "true intentions" for compensating those affected by the spill.

"The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill may prove to be one of the most devastating environmental disasters this nation has ever faced," said the letter, which was dated Friday. "As one of the responsible parties for this event, BP is accountable to the American public for the full clean-up of this spill and all the economic loss caused by the spill and related events."

What can BP do to combat growing oil spill?

The letter also asks BP to confirm it will not "seek reimbursement from the American taxpayers, the United States government or the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for any amount."

There was no immediate response from BP.

Question: What "appears" to be working according to the BP official?

Question: The method is designed to do what?

Question: Who says use of underwater dispersants "appears" to be working?

Question: When will BP try again to insert the  tube?

Question: Who  it will try again Saturday night to insert tube ?

Question: When will they try again to insert tube?

Answer: application of underwater dispersants

Answer: contain

Answer: Suttles

Answer: Saturday night.

Answer: BP

Answer: Saturday night.

Summary:
NEW: BP official says use of underwater dispersants "appears" to be working .
BP says it will try again Saturday night to insert tube .
The method is designed to contain  the flow, not stop it, BP official says .


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP said Wednesday that efforts to contain and clean up oil gushing from a ruptured pipe in the Gulf of Mexico have made a "measurable difference" even as Louisiana's governor announced that thick, heavy oil has begun polluting the state's wetlands and estuaries.

Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production, said at a news conference that the company is "very pleased" with the performance of an insertion tube that was put in place over the weekend to suck crude oil from the well and funnel it to a surface vessel.

The flow rate from the tube has reached 3,000 barrels of crude (126,000 gallons) and 14 million cubic feet of gas a day, Suttles said, adding that crews hope to increase those numbers in coming days.

He said favorable weather conditions have also played a major role in cleanup efforts. About 14,000 barrels of oily water was skimmed Tuesday, and 50 percent of that mixture was oil, he said, adding that crews continue to deploy boom and conduct controlled burns.

But Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana says the efforts haven't stopped oil from reaching his state's coastline. Thicker, heavier oil than seen in previous days has blanketed some of the state's precious interior wetlands, he said, and he called for the Army Corps of Engineers to approve an emergency permit to dredge sand from barrier islands to create sand booms as another line of defense.

"These are not tar balls, this is not sheen, this is heavy oil that we are seeing in our wetlands," Jindal said.

Video from Pass a Loutre in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, showed oil with a syrupy consistency lapping against reeds in a small area of marshland after creeping past booms and barriers.

"Everything that that blanket of oil has covered today will die," parish President Billy Nungesser said.

"Imagine [this oil] on top of a turtle or on top of a frog," he said as he held a stalk of reed that coated his hands in oil.

CNN iReporter Eileen Romero, touring the state's Chandeleur Islands by boat on Tuesday, described a "foamy sheen on top of the water" left by the oil and dispersants, and she said she counted between 10 and 15 dead Portuguese man-of-wars trapped in debris.

"While we were out there, my nose and the back of my throat began to burn as I inhaled the putrid-smelling air," Romero said.

Jindal compared the fight to head off the approaching oil to "knowing your body has cancer. ... We've got to stop this cancer from spreading [and] we'd much rather fight it on these coastal barrier islands than inland."

"We need more than just boom or skimmers," Jinadal said. "We need multiple lines of defense."

iReport: Track the spill, or share your story

Meanwhile, BP said it is continuing to mobilize equipment and perform testing in preparation for the first effort to actually stop the flow of oil.

Suttles said the first attempt at a "top kill" procedure could come as early as Sunday.

In that procedure, a large amount of heavy "mud" -- a fluid used as a lubricant and counterweight in drilling operations -- is inserted into the well bore. If that succeeds, the well will be cemented shut, officials have said.

Suttles cautioned, as he has with previous efforts, that the procedure will be performed at a depth of 5,000 feet, "which has never been done before."

"We're absolutely holding out hope that top kill works," said Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry. "Everybody is anxious to see success with this intervention. ... Let's keep our fingers crossed [and] let's all say our prayers."

Oil has been leaking at an estimated rate of 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day for nearly a month after an April 20 explosion aboard the drilling rig the Deepwater Horizon. The rig burned for two days and then sank, causing the ruptured pipe.

Question: What is being done in the ocean?

Question: what BP says it hopes to begin effort to "mud"?

Question: what said louisiana governor?

Question: who says "measurable difference" on ocean surface?

Question: who will be in communication about projected movement of oil?

Question: what Louisiana governor says thicker oil than previously seen?

Question: What the governor says?

Answer: efforts to contain and clean up oil gushing from

Answer: a ruptured pipe

Answer: thick, heavy oil has begun polluting the state's wetlands and estuaries.

Answer: BP

Answer: Doug Suttles,

Answer: Gov. Bobby Jindal

Answer: thick, heavy oil has begun polluting the state's wetlands and estuaries.

Summary:
Cleanup efforts have made "measurable difference" on ocean surface, BP says .
Louisiana governor says thicker oil than previously seen has hit wetlands .
BP says it hopes to begin effort to "mud" well shut as early as Sunday .
U.S., Cuba in communication about projected movement of oil .


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- BP will try again within the next day to cap a well that has gushed millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, the energy company said Friday.

The latest attempt will involve inserting a tube into a ruptured pipe, collecting oil and sending it to a vessel on the surface, said Mark Proegler, a BP spokesman.

The insertion tube was on the sea floor, and engineers planned to move it into place later in the day, Proegler said.

The company has lowered a smaller containment dome for use if the insertion tube does not stem the flow of oil into the water, Proegler said.

But Adm. Thad Allen, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, said twice Friday that the containment dome, referred to as a "top hat," was the first choice, followed by the insertion tube.

Officials could not explain the discrepancy.

Neither procedure would be a permanent solution, Allen said Friday in Mississippi. The procedures, he said, "will reduce the leakage, not stop the leakage."

The ultimate solution, Allen said, will be achieved by relief wells that are being drilled near the leak site. Those will take weeks, if not months, to complete, BP has said.

After much discussion over whether the use of subsea dispersants could cause ecological damage, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry said Friday that officials have concluded that it "is an option we can consider and will move ahead with."

The decision was made after the results of three tests were analyzed, she said. "This is not a decision that was made lightly, but it is a series of tradeoffs. You're really trying to minimize the impact on the environment as best as possible."

Doug Suttles, BP's chief operating officer for exploration and production, said the company has spent more than $450 million responding to the spill and that more than 14,000 people are involved in the effort.

To date, more than 1.2 million feet of boom have been deployed and another 400,000 feet of boom have been staged for deployment, he said. In all, the company is trying to accumulate 3.5 million feet of boom.

The forecast this weekend and early next week "looks very favorable to use all tools," he said, citing burning, skimming operations and use of surface and subsurface dispersants.

Suttles said the spill has had "limited impact" on shore, with oil being found in four locations in Louisiana, two in Alabama and one in Mississippi.

In Washington, President Barack Obama criticized executives from BP and two other companies for blaming each other for the catastrophe.

"It is absolutely essential that, going forward, we put in place every necessary safeguard and protection so that a tragedy like this oil spill does not happen again," Obama said after meeting Friday with Cabinet members to discuss the spill.

Read about oil spill responses

"This is a responsibility that all of us share," Obama said. "The oil companies share it. The manufacturers of this equipment share it. The agencies in the federal government in charge of oversight share that responsibility. I will not tolerate more finger-pointing or irresponsibility."

BP's efforts to plug the leak come amid growing concern that the company has been low-balling how much oil has poured out of the well.

Rep. Edward Markey, D-Massachusetts, sent BP a letter Friday asking for details from federal agencies about the methods they are using to analyze the oil leak.

Markey, who chairs a congressional subcommittee on energy and the environment, said he would launch a formal inquiry after learning of independent estimates that are significantly higher than the amount BP officials have provided.

"The public needs to know the answers to very basic questions: how much oil is leaking into the Gulf and how much oil can be expected to end up on our shores and our ocean environment?" Markey said in a letter to BP. "I am concerned that an underestimation of the flow may be impeding the ability to solve the leak and

Question: How many feet of boom was deployed?

Question: where did this happen

Question: Who is critical of company executives for trying to shift blame to one another?

Question: How many people were involved in the clean-up?

Question: How many people are involved in clean-up and efforts?

Question: What was deployed to prevent oily water from reaching shore?

Question: Who was critical of company executives for trying to shift blame to one another?

Answer: more than 1.2 million

Answer: Gulf of Mexico,

Answer: President Barack Obama

Answer: 14,000

Answer: 14,000

Answer: more than 1.2 million feet of boom

Answer: President Barack Obama

Summary:
NEW: Subsea dispersants 'an option we ... will move ahead with'
14,000 people involved in clean-up and efforts to stop the leak .
1.2 million feet of boom deployed to prevent oily water from reaching shore .
Obama critical of company executives for trying to shift blame to one another .


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Copenhagen, Denmark, is 5,000 miles away from New Orleans, Louisiana. But representatives of the 192 nations gathering this week at the climate change conference need to keep the memory of a flooded New Orleans in mind.

Two years ago this month, the Make It Right Foundation was launched to help the families of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward rebuild their lives and community. That was already two years after Katrina, and the once-vibrant neighborhood was still in ruins, failed by government and frustrated by a lack of progress.

Working with the Lower 9th Ward community, with families who lost everything in Katrina, with cutting-edge architects and inventive builders, we learned some truths and made some discoveries we would like to share with the climate change negotiators in Copenhagen:

We need urgent action. Climate change is real and happening now. The world already is reeling from the consequences -- rising sea levels, more violent storms, more frequent flooding and prolonged droughts. Hurricane Katrina, the killer heat wave in Europe, China's floods and the enduring drought in Australia are not anomalies, they are harbingers.

It is not enough to attack what causes global warming; we also must prepare to live with it. We must reduce carbon emissions and adapt to the changing climate.

Even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped increasing today, the climate would continue to change for generations because of the gases that are already in the atmosphere.

People will go home, even if home is in harm's way. The pull of family, friends and happy memories proved irresistible for many in the Lower 9th Ward. The common history and culture of any community will keep people living in flood plains, along earthquake faults, and on shorelines, if those places are home.

More people are moving into harm's way. The number of people who live at the water's edge will continue to grow. The Lower 9th Ward is not unique -- more than 50 percent of America's population lives within 50 miles of a coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The same percentage applies to the world's population.

In the United States, NOAA  predicts the number will rise as high as 75 percent by 2050 or sooner. Governments were formed to protect their citizens -- and not just from armed marauders.

Solutions exist to protect people and allow them to live safely in their homes. The consequences of climate change require every community to make changes that will increase safety and survivability. In post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, we are building affordable homes designed to use less energy, reduce carbon emissions and run on solar power, as well as weather the next storm.

Our storm-resistant features include high foundations to keep homes well above base flood levels; hurricane-resistant fabric to protect windows; increased structural durability to withstand 130-mph or higher winds; and access to the rooftop -- because so many of Katrina's victims died trapped in their attics.

This approach should be adopted by coastal-area builders around the globe.

Government has a unique and powerful role to play. Individual actions add up, but they pale compared to the reach and resources of government. We saw firsthand after Katrina how deadly and devastating it can be for a government to fail its citizens.

Today, we still see boarded-up houses, razed landscapes and blighted neighborhoods across New Orleans -- over four years after the Army Corps of Engineers-built levees failed. There are large-scale solutions that only governments can provide -- such as setting emissions standards and initiating adaptation measures. These options are available to the participants in Copenhagen.

It is time for the world's governments to step up. We are facing the most serious challenge to the health and well-being of the world since World War II. But instead of putting shoulders to the wheel, the leaders of the world are busy lowering expectations and tempering outcomes.

Instead, we ask them to act with urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and embrace solutions that will help our children survive and thrive in a changing climate. They have the

Question: who directs foundation that helps New Orleans residents rebuild their community?

Question: What did Darden say about global warming?

Question: Is global warming affecting the world?

Question: who needs to step up?

Question: what hurricane flooded New Orleans ?

Answer: Make It Right

Answer: We need urgent action.

Answer: Even if greenhouse gas emissions stopped increasing today, the climate would continue to change for generations because of the gases that are already in the atmosphere.

Answer: world's governments

Answer: Katrina,

Summary:
Tom Darden directs foundation that helps New Orleans residents rebuild their community .
He says Hurricane Katrina, flooded New Orleans offer lessons for Copenhagen meeting .
Darden: World is reeling from global warming; effects will continue and we must adapt .
Solutions exist, but it's time for the international community to step up, he says .


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- New Orleans police lined up "like at a firing range" and fatally shot an unarmed man in the back as he fled from them in the days after Hurricane Katrina swept ashore, a witness to the shooting told CNN.

It marks the first time a witness has come forward publicly with information about the shooting of Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old mentally retarded man whose death has sparked a police investigation and a grand jury probe into what happened in and around the Danziger Bridge that day.

"He just fell like he was collapsing," Kasimir Gaston told CNN. "Like something just wiped him out."

Gaston was one of many flood refugees living on the second floor of the Friendly Inn, a low-income motel on the city's east side. On Sunday, September 4, 2005, he says he woke up and stepped onto the balcony of the motel and saw a man running, hands outstretched and being fired upon.

Former officer pleads guilty in shooting

Initial police accounts said that Madison reached for his waistband and turned on police, but Gaston said Madison did not appear to have a weapon and that he was running away from police "hands out, full speed" when he was shot.

Police declined CNN's request for an interview.

After the shooting last year, police said officers had responded to reported gunshots on the Danziger Bridge and that a running gunbattle ensued with six suspects.

One teenager was killed near the base of the bridge and three other people were wounded, according to police reports.

A police department press release from October 4, 2005, said Madison, described as an unidentified gunman, was "confronted by a New Orleans Police officer. The suspect reached into his waist and turned toward the officer who fired one shot, fatally wounding him."

When asked if Madison had a gun, Gaston said, "I didn't see any on him."

No gun was found on Madison's body.

An autopsy obtained previously by CNN and verified by the Orleans Parish Coroner said Madison suffered five gunshot wounds to his back and two in his shoulder.

Gaston said he came forward now because he is still troubled by what happened. He said he decided to break his silence after watching a "CNN Presents" documentary, "Shoot to Kill," about the days after Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005.

CNN has visited the room where Gaston was staying. From that balcony, it is about 100 feet to where Madison was shot and killed.

The police department has said the shooting has been thoroughly investigated. But Gaston said no officer or detective approached him about what he saw. He was not asked for his name or phone number, Gaston said.

Gaston said his only contact with police on that day was when officers told him not to touch Madison's body, which was lying behind Gaston's truck, parked in the motel entranceway.

CNN has obtained a newspaper photo taken that Sunday morning that shows where the body fell. The back of a truck with a rusted trailer hitch and broken tail light can be seen in the photo. The photo appears to be Gaston's truck, which now sits in a parking lot in Dallas, Texas, where he now lives.

"They notified me that I had two bullet holes in the passenger side," he said. Two bullet marks can be seen at the right rear of the truck today.

Mary Howell, an attorney suing New Orleans police on behalf of the dead man's family, says there were several potential witnesses living at the Friendly Inn at the time of the shooting. She has accused police of violating procedures by failing to even write down their names.

Howell said Ronald Madison and his older brother, Lance Madison, were trying to avoid the shootout between police and others that day when they ran up the Danziger Bridge, toward the other side of the Industrial Canal.

Lance Madison has said a policeman pointed what looked like a rifle or shotgun at his brother and shot Ronald near the top

Question: What was Madison ailed with?

Question: When was Ronald Madison shot?

Question: where did  was shot on September 4, 2005?

Question: What did the witness say to CNN?

Question: When was Madison shot?

Question: what sparked a police investigation?

Question: when  appeared unarmed and was shot in the back?

Question: What is Madison's age?

Question: Who was shot in the back?

Answer: mentally retarded

Answer: Sunday, September 4, 2005,

Answer: Ronald Madison,

Answer: "He just fell like he was collapsing,"

Answer: Sunday, September 4, 2005,

Answer: the shooting of Ronald Madison,

Answer: days after Hurricane Katrina

Answer: 40-year-old

Answer: an unarmed man

Summary:
Ronald Madison, a 40-year-old mentally retarded man, was shot on September 4, 2005 .
His death sparked a police investigation .
In 2006, a witness to CNN gave his accounting of the shooting .
He said Madison appeared unarmed and was shot in the back .


New York (CNN)  -- Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffering from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago. Police say a CNN viewer in Maryland identified the young woman, who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago, claiming to have no memory of her family, her home or even her own name. The 18 year old whose name is not yet being released, is in the process of being reunited with her family. They are from Washington state and are on their way to New York, New York Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said on Saturday. A photo of the woman, who has been referred to as Jane Doe, was circulated by police and aired on CNN this week. The viewer in Maryland was familiar with her situation and knew she had been missing from her family earlier this month. The girl was found in Midtown Manhattan around 12:30 a.m. October 9 outside the Covenant House youth shelter, although the organization said that she was not a resident at the time and did not appear as if she intended to seek refuge at the facility. "I just want to know who I am," the girl said in a statement from the New York City Administration for Children's Services. "I want to know who I am and what happened to me." According to its Web site, "Covenant House New York is the nation's largest adolescent care agency serving homeless, runaway and at-risk youth." Nearly 7,000 youths reportedly seek shelter there per year. A security guard for the shelter noticed the girl walking on the sidewalk near Covenant House and approached her. Finding her unresponsive, he called the New York City Police Department. Police officers interviewed the young woman, but it became clear that she couldn't provide authorities with any information about herself. The police said she was wearing military green camouflage pants, a black shirt and a pair of black sneakers when she was discovered. The children's services agency said the girl recently wrote down the name "Amber" and has responded to it on one occasion, but she has no idea whether it is her true name. On another occasion she is said to have recalled certain words, which turned out to be an excerpt from the fantasy novel "Fool's Fate" by Robin Hobb. The girl also is apparently writing a fantasy story of her own that features a heroine named Rian, "who's been raised by the commander of the guard post on the edge of a fantasy kingdom," the young woman said. Judging from her poor dental hygiene, said Lt. Christopher Zimmerman, she appeared to have been living on the streets for some time. Evan Buxbaum, Susan Candiotti and Vanessa Juarez contributed to the report.

Question:
When was she found in Manhattan?
When was she found?
Where was the CNN viewer from?
Who identified the young woman?
On October 9, where was she found?
Where is her family?
Which state is the family from?

Answer: around 12:30 a.m. October 9

Answer: 12:30 a.m. October 9

Answer: Maryland

Answer: a CNN viewer

Answer: the streets of New York

Answer: Washington state

Answer: Washington

Summary:
NEW: New York Police say the 18-year-old is being reunited with family in Washington state .
NEW: CNN viewer in Maryland identified the young woman, police say .
She was found October 9 outside Manhattan youth shelter .
Agency says girl wrote down "Amber" and responded to name .


New York (CNN)  -- Dennis deLeon, former New York City human rights commissioner and long-time AIDS activist, has died, according to the organization he helped launch. He was 61.

The Latino Commission on AIDS issued a news release Monday, saying that deLeon was a "pioneer" and a "visionary," as well as a "tireless advocate for social justice and one of the first openly HIV-positive Latino leaders in the country."

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised deLeon on Monday, saying in a statement that the activist "demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public service."

After being appointed as the director of the mayor's Commission on Latino Concerns in 1986, deLeon went on to serve in other civic roles, including being selected by then-Mayor David Dinkins in 1990 to head the New York City Commission on Human Rights.

In 1994, he returned to the private sector and helped found the Latino Commission on AIDS, where he served as its president for 15 years.

According to its Web site, "The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community."

"It will be a challenge to pick up the mantle Dennis has left for us at the Commission. Dennis was a friend, a mentor and an example of what a national leader should be. ... His work and his dedication to our community will not be forgotten," said Guillermo Chacon, current Latino Commission on AIDS president, in the release.

Question: Who was Dennis deLeon?

Question: Who was the human rights commissioner, long-time AIDS activist?

Question: What did the New York mayor do?

Question: What names The Latino Commission gave to deLeon?

Question: Who called him a pioneer?

Answer: former New York City human rights commissioner

Answer: Dennis deLeon,

Answer: praised deLeon

Answer: "pioneer" and a "visionary,"

Answer: The Latino Commission on AIDS

Summary:
Dennis deLeon was a human rights commissioner, long-time AIDS activist .
The Latino Commission called him a "pioneer," "tireless advocate for social justice"
Commission president: "It will be a challenge to pick up the mantle Dennis has left for us"
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praises deLeon .


New York (CNN)  -- In the schoolyard of American politics, President Obama is the big, smart kid with all of the test answers who's being bullied by a bunch of Neanderthal ankle-biters from all sides. Meanwhile, all the teachers are wondering, "Why does he take this crap? He's bigger and smarter than all the other kids." It's no surprise the Glenn Becks of the world have been attacking Obama since the moment he stepped into the Oval Office. Beck and his blathering buddies on the right -- you know, the stinky kids in the coatroom who eat their own boogers. Always pick on the kids least likely to fight back. That being said -- we did elect President Obama to change things, and so far the only thing he seems to be changing are his faux-patriotic lapel pins ... and his mind. With the public option in the public toilet, not asking or telling about "don't ask, don't tell," the Gitmo Hilton still entertaining guests, and same-sex marriage so far off Obama's radar that it's now on his sonar, seeds of doubt have been planted in the left's collective mind. If this guy can't get his own party to step in line on health care reform, they wonder, then how the hell will he get other countries to do what he wants them to do? Although in some ways, that might be easier then dealing with these Blue Dogs who hump your leg ... and not in a good way. It's a valid concern. However, we can't expect him to accomplish all this sweeping change in less than a year. It's important that he lay the groundwork instead of just going all "Decider" on everyone and making gut choices. But he can't just be "The Thinker," either. Last time I looked, "The Thinker," by Rodin, had been sitting on his butt in the exact same place, for years. Unfortunately, laying groundwork doesn't win you any fans -- well, besides a few Nordic voters on the Nobel panel. Flexing muscles, now that wins you fans. Just ask the Governator. That's why the Financial Times said it's time for President Obama to pick a fight and win it in a knockout. But instead of working on that knockout, President Obama and his White House cronies are feuding with Fox News. While I'm loving this Fox hunt, the White House's strategy boggles my mind. This is not a war of necessity. Picking a fight with them is kinda like going to a biker bar after midnight -- as my mother used to say, "Nothing good can happen." That is, unless this heavyweight bout keeps escalating and we actually get to see Glenn Beck prancing around in a pair of sequined boxing shorts. When you disregard the action against Fox News, Obama seems to be paralyzed, like a frog that's had it stomach rubbed -- which may the reason he's got problems on both sides of the lily pad. Admittedly, I might be overreacting just a bit. The majority of the country is behind Obama. The situation just seems worse than it is because we're not used to this new era, in which you can actually criticize the president without being shouted down as an unpatriotic, Socialist, traitorous, granny-killing, freedom hater. After eight years of a presidency shrouded in darkness, we're not used to seeing the president's supporters, of all people, shining a light on his shortcomings. Back to the schoolyard, where Barry Obama is being bullied. You know what? He's big, he can take it. You know why? Because not only is he right in his beliefs, but he knows that if push comes to shove, he can lay out the rest of these runts with a couple of good smacks of his presidential pen. It's not time to panic, but President Obama needs to size up one of these twerps, cock back his arm, and take a swing soon, because the

Question: What is Obama described as changing?

Question: What name does Behar use to describe Obama?

Answer: his faux-patriotic lapel pins

Answer: "The Thinker,"

Summary:
Joy Behar: Obama the big, smart kid bullied by Neanderthal ankle-biters in the schoolyard .
Behar: Teachers think: "Why does he take this? He's bigger and smarter" than them .
Behar: Obama elected for change, but so far changing only lapel pins and his mind .
Joy talks politics with "Joe the Plumber" Joe Wurzelbacher on tonight's "Joy Behar" HLN 9 p.m. ET .


New York (CNN)  -- Rapper Lil Wayne will go directly to jail after he is sentenced by a Manhattan judge Tuesday afternoon for a gun conviction, according to a person familiar with the case.

Dwayne Carter, as he is known legally, pleaded guilty to felony gun charges in a deal with prosecutors October 2009. He is expected to get a one-year prison sentence.

His sentencing was delayed three weeks so he could get some dental work done, including removal of his diamond-studded braces.

The person familiar with the case would not confirm where Wayne would serve his sentence.

The plea agreement was a result of the rapper's 2007 arrest outside New York's Beacon Theater.

According to police, Wayne had a .40-caliber pistol on his tour bus.

"It's not his gun, they know whose gun it is," Wayne's attorney, Stacey Richman, said after a hearing last month.

In an unrelated case, Wayne also faces felony drug possession and weapons charges in the state of Arizona.

Lil Wayne is a multiplatinum-selling and Grammy-winning rap artist. His hits include "The Block is Hot" and "Lollipop," and his album "Tha Carter III" was the top-selling disc of 2008. His latest album, "Rebirth," was released last month.

CNN's Jennifer Rizzo contributed to this report.

Question: Carter's sentencing was postponed so he could get what?

Question: Rapper Dwayne Carter will be sentenced for what kind of conviction?

Question: What does the work?

Question: Who will be condemned?

Question: Work includes removal of diamond-encrusted what?

Answer: some dental work done,

Answer: gun

Answer: removal of his diamond-studded braces.

Answer: Rapper Lil Wayne

Answer: braces.

Summary:
Rapper Dwayne Carter will be sentenced for a gun conviction .
Carter's sentencing was postponed so he could get dental work .
Work includes removal of diamond-encrusted braces .


New York (CNN)  -- Spider-Man's alter ego cannot escape the harsh realities of the current economic times and will lose his job in an issue of the Amazing Spider-Man hitting stores this week.

Peter Parker, official photographer of the mayor by day and New York City crime fighter by night, is going to face new challenges, including unemployment.

"He's going to struggle with unemployment and trying to save the city while he can barely afford to keep a roof over his head," said Steve Wacker, Marvel Comics senior editor.

Parker has always been a grounded character with real-world problems, Wacker said. His aunt is frequently sick, he has girlfriend troubles, and he sometimes struggles to find work. In addition, Spider-Man story lines are often set against a backdrop of current events.

In the near future, Parker will have to juggle paying bills and buying "web-fluid" and other materials to fix his superhero costume in addition to keeping his dual identities under wraps.

Parker's work history includes photographer, assistant high school coach, science teacher and scientific researcher, according to his biography on the Marvel Web site. His education includes a college degree in biophysics and some postgraduate work in biochemistry.

It was at a science exhibit he attended as a teenager that he was bitten by a radioactive spider and acquired the creature's strength, agility and weaving ability, says Marvel Comics.

And although Parker has skills few other others can claim, he probably won't list these on his resume: superhuman strength, ability to cling to most surfaces, fast traveling ability aided by web-slinging and spider-sense danger avoidance system.

The Amazing Spider-Man comic was first published in 1963.

Question:
What will be Parker's struggle?
Who will lose his job this week?
Who is Peter Parker?
What will happen to Peter Parker?
what is the alter's name?

Answer: unemployment and trying to save the city while he can barely afford to keep a roof over his head,"

Answer: Spider-Man's alter ego

Answer: photographer

Answer: lose his job

Answer: Peter Parker,

Summary:
Spider-Man's alter ego, Peter Parker, will lose his job this week .
Parker's going to struggle with unemployment, try to save city, pay his bills .
Marvel comics tries to have story lines set against backdrop of current events .


New York (CNN) --  Two people have died and 28 people have fallen ill with matching strains of E. coli after an outbreak in ground beef, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Sixteen of those people are in hospitals and three have developed kidney failure as a result of the contamination, the CDC said late Monday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week that Fairbank Farms in Ashville, New York, was recalling more than half a million pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with a strain of E. coli, a potentially deadly species of bacteria. The products subject to recall were sent to retailers including Trader Joe's, Price Chopper, Lancaster and Wild Harvest, Shaw's, BJ's, Ford Brothers, and Giant Food Stores. The exact products affected are listed on the USDA's Web site. The recall was for distribution centers in eight states, but Fairbank Farms said some retailers may have sent the affected beef to other states. Each package is printed with "EST. 492" inside the USDA mark of inspection or on the nutrition label. They were packaged on September 15 and 16 and may have been labeled at the retail stores with a sell-by date from September 19 through 28, the USDA said. Consumers should ask at their point of purchase if the products they have purchased are subject to recall, the USDA said. E. coli can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure. The very young, seniors and people with weak immune systems are the most susceptible to foodborne illness. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service advised consumers to safely prepare raw meat products, whether they are fresh or frozen, and only consume ground beef that has been cooked to a temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. The only way to be sure ground beef is cooked to a high enough temperature to kill harmful bacteria is to use a food thermometer to measure the internal temperature, the FSIS said. Of the 28 people infected with E. coli from the outbreak, eight are in Massachusetts; four each are in Connecticut and New Hampshire; two each are in Maine, Pennsylvania and South Dakota; and one each is in California, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York and Vermont, according to the CDC.

Question: What symptoms can E.coli cause?

Question: what should you do to make sure the beef is cooked

Question: What do you use to measure internal temperature of beef?

Question: What is E.coli?

Question: What should you use to measure the temperature of beef?

Question: How many people died in this outbreak from E. coli?

Question: what have two people died from

Question: How many people have died from E.coli?

Answer: bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and in the most severe cases, kidney failure.

Answer: use a food thermometer

Answer: a food thermometer

Answer: a potentially deadly species of bacteria.

Answer: food thermometer

Answer: Two

Answer: E. coli

Answer: Two

Summary:
Two people have died after becoming infected with E. coli in this outbreak .
E. coli is a bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, kidney failure .
Use a food thermometer to measure the internal temperature of beef .


New York (CNN) -- "Unauthorized and unprofessional" is how an internal memo describes the conduct of an air traffic controller, who allegedly allowed his two young children to speak with pilots on an air traffic control frequency, and his supervisor, who allegedly allowed it to happen.

The memo, dated February 25, was written after the facilities manager for the air traffic control tower at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport learned about the incident, a source who has seen the memo told CNN.

"The display of professionalism in the past by the control personnel at this facility has been exemplary," the memo said. "However, a lapse in judgment for what may seem a minor transgression diminishes our credibility and slights the high standards of professionalism."

It was not immediately clear what prompted the manager to write the memo or how he found out about the incident, the source said.

The incidents occurred on succeeding days last month at JFK, the Federal Aviation Administration said this week, and the controller and the supervisor have been placed on paid administrative leave.

"We have an incredible team of professionals who safely control our nation's skies every single day. This kind of behavior does not reflect the true caliber of our workforce," FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said in the statement Wednesday.

Babbitt was referring to the February 16 incident involving the controller's young son, who is heard in a recording -- posted on liveatc.net -- clearing a JetBlue flight for takeoff and later speaking to an apparent Aeromexico flight.

Later, an FAA official, who asked not to be identified because of the ongoing investigation, said the controller brought his daughter into the same tower the following day, and the child was allowed to talk with pilots of two planes.

A separate source said the supervisor "should be making sure that things like this don't happen."

Yet another source familiar with the investigation said the two children are twins.

The controller who brought the children to work later reported that he had done so, the source said. The controller and supervisor involved are veteran employees, the official said.

Dave Pascoe owner of the Web site where the recording of the air traffic communications is posted, told CNN he thinks the attention the incident has drawn is "ridiculous" and it has been "blown out of proportion."

In the recording, a child says, "JetBlue 171, cleared for takeoff."

A man then tells the plane, "Here's what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school."

The pilot chuckles and says, "Wish I could bring my kid to work." The same pilot later tells the child, "Awesome job."

During the recording, which is dated February 17, the child also speaks to an apparent Aeromexico flight. A recording from the following day, when the daughter was reportedly in the tower, also was posted on the Web site.

FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown later said the incident took place about 7:30 p.m. February 16.

Pascoe said most people "in the aviation community felt like this was (not) anything more than a noble thing, that a father would take his kid to work."

"It was one incident where a kid was up in the control tower," he said. "If you know anything about aviation, you know that the air traffic control towers are highly supervised. ... A father was taking a child to work and let the kid clear planes for takeoff and now the world thinks it's an unsafe place."

The FAA has suspended all unofficial visits to air traffic control operational areas during its investigation into the incident. Babbitt has directed a team to review air traffic control policies and procedures related to facility visitors.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the union representing controllers, issued a statement, saying its members "do not condone this type of behavior in any way."

CNN's Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

Question:
What was suspended?
What slights the agency's credibility?
What did Memo say?
Who had a lapse in judgement?
What did the memo say?

Answer: unofficial visits to air traffic control operational areas

Answer: allegedly allowed his two young children to speak with pilots on an air traffic control frequency,

Answer: "Unauthorized and unprofessional"

Answer: air traffic controller,

Answer: "Unauthorized and unprofessional"

Summary:
Memo says conduct of control personnel in the past "has been exemplary"
Memo goes on to say the "lapse in judgment" slights the agency's credibility .
The FAA has suspended all unofficial visits to air traffic control operation areas .


New York (CNN) -- A New York City crackdown on suspects allegedly involved in forged credit cards and identity theft led authorities to a $13 million global crime ring, Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown said Friday.

He called it the largest and perhaps most sophisticated ring of its kind in U.S. history.

Authorities hired translators to eavesdrop on a series of conversations in Arabic, Russian and Mandarin that led police to 86 suspects in a series of raids that started Tuesday, Brown said.

He said the defendants, who were charged with stealing the personal credit information of thousands of unwitting American and European consumers, are allegedly members of five organized crime rings with ties to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Twenty-five others remain at large, Brown added.

All of the 111 suspects were indicted in the theft case, while nearly two dozen of them were also charged in six indictments related to burglaries and robberies.

Several suspects are believed to have engaged in "nationwide shopping sprees, staying at five-star hotels, renting luxury automobiles and private jets, and purchasing tens of thousands of dollars worth of high-end electronics and expensive handbags and jewelry with forged credit cards," the Queens County District Attorney's Office reported.

The two-year probe, dubbed Operation Swiper, involved physical surveillance, intelligence gathering and court-authorized electronic eavesdropping on dozens of telephones in which thousands of conversations were intercepted, it said.

Question: What did the DA's office say about the suspects?

Question: What did the suspects do according to the DA's office?

Question: What did the DA say?

Question: What did the suspects do?

Question: Where did the credit information come from?

Answer: "nationwide shopping sprees, staying at five-star hotels, renting luxury automobiles and private jets, and purchasing tens of thousands of dollars worth of high-end electronics and expensive handbags and jewelry with forged credit cards,"

Answer: identity theft

Answer: Several suspects are believed to have engaged in "nationwide shopping sprees, staying at five-star hotels, renting luxury automobiles and private jets, and purchasing tens of thousands of dollars worth of high-end electronics and expensive handbags and jewelry with forged credit cards,"

Answer: engaged in "nationwide shopping sprees, staying at five-star hotels, renting luxury automobiles and private jets, and purchasing tens of thousands of dollars worth of high-end electronics and expensive handbags and jewelry with forged credit cards,"

Answer: American and European consumers,

Summary:
The ring is the largest of its kind ever discovered in the United States, the DA says .
Credit information came from thousands of American and European consumers, he says .
The suspects went on "nationwide shopping sprees," the DA's office says .


New York (CNN) -- A New York judge Friday postponed a decision on a proposed $657 million settlement for people who became ill after working on the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

The settlement, announced Thursday, would cover about 10,000 plaintiffs, said Marc Bern, one of the lawyers representing the workers.

The postponement appeared to take attorneys -- and Mayor Michael Bloomberg -- by surprise. Attorneys for both sides and the mayor earlier made statements assuming the proposal would be approved by U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein.

The judge is particularly interested in making sure the attorneys' cut of the settlement is equitable for all parties.

"This will not be a giveaway," Hellerstein said Friday. "This will be a fair and just settlement."

Christine LaSala, president of WTC Captive Insurance Co., which announced the settlement, repeated after the judge's announcement a statement issued Thursday night.

"This agreement enables workers and volunteers claiming injury from the WTC site operations to obtain compensation commensurate with the nature of their injuries and the strength of their claims, while offering added protection against possible future illness," she said.

The agreement comes after six years of legal wrangling -- a sometimes excruciating wait for his clients, Bern said.

Many of his clients worked rescuing victims from the terrorist attacks or removing debris after the World Trade Center toppled. After the work, some found their health deteriorated, with many suffering from asthma, other respiratory issues and blood cancer, Bern told CNN Radio.

"I am quite gratified that we been able to reach a settlement for the heroes of 9/11," said Bern. "The men and women who were exposed at the site have waited a long time for some type of resolution."

The WTC Captive Insurance Co. announced the settlement on Thursday.

"This agreement enables workers and volunteers claiming injury from the WTC site operations to obtain compensation commensurate with the nature of their injuries and the strength of their claims, while offering added protection against possible future illness," the organization said in a statement.

WTC Captive was created with a $1 billion FEMA grant and provides insurance coverage to the City of New York and its debris-removal contractors. In the aftermath of 9/11, New York was unable to get adequate amounts of liability insurance for the rescue, recovery and debris-removal work done at the World Trade Center site.

The settlement would provide a system to pay for the compensation of the injury claims made by workers. This would include construction workers, firefighters, police officers and other workers and volunteers. The settlement would also fund a special insurance policy, which provides additional compensation to any plaintiff contracting certain types of cancer in the future.

The settlement agreement will be presented to a judge Friday morning who then could give preliminary approval of it by afternoon, Bern said.

If the judge gives his OK, Bern's law firm will send letters to the plaintiffs to tell them what money they are eligible for.

"The payments could range from thousands of dollars to nearly $2 million for clients," Bern said.

In order to make a claim, plaintiffs will have to submit proof they were present and participated in the post-9/11 efforts. They will also have to present specific medical documentation, including a diagnosis confirming their illness or injury.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said of the resolution, "This settlement is a fair and reasonable resolution to a complex set of circumstances. Since September 11th, the city has moved aggressively to provide medical treatment to those who were present at Ground Zero, and we will continue our commitment to treatment and monitoring." A spokesman for the mayor declined further comment.

After the 9/11 attacks, individuals who worked or volunteered in the rescue, recovery and debris-removal project were entitled to and have received free medical care, which has been funded by the City of New York and the federal government. Participating in the settlement would not deter access to that care.

Former New York firefighter Kenny Specht told CNN's Campbell Brown, "You really can't put a price on

Question: How many plaintiffs were there?

Question: What does WTC Captive provide coverage to?

Question: how many plaintiffs were announced for settlements?

Question: Does the settlement include injury claims

Question: What should the settlement provide?

Question: what does the WTC captive provides?

Question: What does WTC captive provide coverage for

Question: what is the settlement providing on?

Answer: 10,000

Answer: City of New York and its debris-removal contractors.

Answer: 10,000

Answer: would provide a system to pay for the compensation of the

Answer: a system to pay for the compensation of the injury claims made by workers.

Answer: insurance coverage to the City of New York and its debris-removal contractors.

Answer: 10,000 plaintiffs,

Answer: provide a system to pay for the compensation of the injury claims made by workers.

Summary:
NEW: .
WTC Captive Insurance Co. announced settlements with more than 10,000 plaintiffs .
WTC Captive provides coverage to the city and its debris-removal contractors .
Settlement would provide system to pay for compensation of injury claims .


New York (CNN) -- A New York man is suing two airlines for $10 million, saying he was injured when he tackled the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

Theophilus Maranga filed the lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York, alleging that he sustained physical and psychological injuries during the incident.

He is suing Delta Airlines and Air France-KLM for neglecting to prevent Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab from boarding Flight 253 on Northwest Airlines, which merged with Delta Airlines.

Both airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit.

It is unclear how federal agencies partner with authorities abroad to screen for potentially dangerous passengers aboard U.S.-bound flights and what responsibilities airlines bear in that process.

The 2009 incident -- referenced in the lawsuit -- started when passengers heard a loud noise aboard the plane, sounding much like a firecracker, according to Jonathan Tukel, chief of the National Security Unit for the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Michigan.

AbdulMutallab became enveloped in a fireball that then spread to the wall and carpeting of the plane, yet he remained in his seat "expressionless, completely blank," Tukel said.

Four passengers restrained him and helped put out the fire, he added, and AbdulMutallab was escorted up to the first-class section of the plane.

Georgia resident Dimitrios Bessis said he was among the passengers who put out the fire. Michael Zantow, a 20-year Army veteran, was another of those who tried to restrain the suspected bomber.

Within a minute of the loud sound on the plane, a passenger said to AbdulMutallab, "Hey man, your pants are on fire!" Zantow later testified.

The Nigerian native, who in October pleaded guilty to trying to blow up the airplane, is facing the prospect of life behind bars.

U.S. officials say the terror group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was behind the bombing attempt.

Earlier this week, AbdulMutallab -- who has been acting as his own court representative -- asked U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds to replace attorney Anthony Chambers, who had been advising him.

In a handwritten letter to Edmunds, he said wants a different adviser, preferably a Muslim male attorney, citing that his relationship with Chambers had been strained.

Question: Who injured him?

Question: What man is saying he was injured

Question: How much is a man suing two airlines for?

Question: Both airlines declined to do what?

Question: What was the man injured doing?

Question: Who is he suing?

Question: What man is suing two airlines

Answer: "underwear bomber"

Answer: Theophilus Maranga

Answer: $10 million,

Answer: comment on the lawsuit.

Answer: tackled the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas Day in 2009.

Answer: two airlines

Answer: Theophilus Maranga

Summary:
A man is suing two airlines for $10 million .
He says he was injured after tackling the "underwear bomber" during a Detroit-bound flight .
Both airlines declined to comment on the lawsuit .


New York (CNN) -- A New York man suspected in the death of an elderly woman who was set on fire in the elevator of her Brooklyn apartment building over the weekend was arraigned Monday on charges of murder and arson.

Jerome Isaac, 47, is being held without bail, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney's office, and is scheduled to appear in court again on Friday.

He wore a white jumpsuit and did not speak during the arraignment. The left side of his face appeared to be badly burned.

Isaac's attorney requested his client receive medical attention and be placed in protective custody because of the "publicity and the nature of the offense."

Isaac is accused of attacking 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie. He told police Gillespie owed him $2,000 for work he claims he did for her, said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne. He turned himself in to police overnight Saturday or early Sunday morning.

Neighbors said the woman was returning home to her fifth-floor apartment in Prospect Heights after a grocery store trip Saturday.

A preliminary investigation showed Isaac standing outside the elevator on the fifth floor and attacked the woman as she was attempting to exit, authorities said. The incident was caught on surveillance cameras inside and outside the elevator, and police have the videotapes, Browne said.

Authorities believe Isaac initially sprayed the woman with a flammable liquid, presumably gasoline, and continued to spray her as he followed her back into the elevator, Browne said. The woman was first sprayed in the face, he said.

Then, using "one of those long lighters that you would use for a grill, he lit a Molotov cocktail and used the burning leg on top of that to ignite her body," Browne said.

The suspect stepped out of the elevator, threw the Molotov cocktail inside, then returned again to spray more liquid on the woman as she burned, he said.

"This is as bad as it gets," Browne told CNN's Don Lemon.

Authorities responding to a 911 call of a fire found the woman's body inside the elevator. She was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.

Isaac lived about 10 minutes away from Gillespie's apartment building, Brown said. After the incident, he apparently returned home and ignited the door to his own apartment, he said.

He was concerned he had burned himself in the second incident, although no one else was injured, Browne said. He then hid out on a rooftop for a while and fell asleep, later going into a police station "reeking of gasoline" and telling officers he was responsible for a fire. During questioning, Browne said, he implicated himself in Gillespie's death.

CNN's Jason Kessler contributed to this report.

Question:
What is Jerome Isaac accused of?
What is Isaac accused of doing?
What age is Jerome Isaac?
What is Jerome Isaac's age?
When is he scheduled to be in court?
When does Isaac appear in court again?
What date is he to appear in court?
What is Jerome Isaac charged with?
When was this crime committed?

Answer: attacking 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie.

Answer: attacking 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie.

Answer: 47,

Answer: 47,

Answer: Friday.

Answer: Friday.

Answer: Friday.

Answer: murder and arson.

Answer: Saturday.

Summary:
47-year-old Jerome Isaac is being held without bail .
He is accused of setting a 73-year-old woman on fire .
Isaac is scheduled to appear in court again on Friday .
His lawyer requests he be placed in protective custody .


New York (CNN) -- A New York medical examiner's office said Saturday that a body discovered this week along a remote stretch of Long Island beach was that of Shannan Gilbert, the missing New Jersey woman whose disappearance led investigators to 10 sets of human remains and the hunt for a possible serial killer.

Gilbert, 24, vanished in May 2010 after visiting a client. The Jersey City resident, police said, had advertised for prostitution services on websites such as Craigslist.

Her body was uncovered Tuesday in the wooded marshes of Suffolk County's Oak Beach. The cause of her death has not yet been determined, police said in a statement.

"Our condolences to the Gilbert family and her friends," said Police Commissioner Richard Dormer. "We hope this brings them closure and peace."

Investigators cut through a fresh thicket of brush and bramble along Long Island's southern shoreline earlier this week, expanding their investigation across a recently drained swampland on the barrier island before uncovering Gilbert's remains.

They were found at 9:14 a.m. Tuesday by police divers and detectives riding atop amphibious vehicles, roughly a quarter-mile from where her purse was found a week before.

The purse was discovered near a cell phone, shoes and a pair of jeans, according to investigators.

After Gilbert vanished last year, the hunt for her led police seven months later to four bodies stuffed in bushes along a quarter-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway in Oak Beach.

All four were later identified as women and, like Gilbert, had advertised for prostitution services online.

The bodies were found in various stages of decomposition.

Additional remains were later uncovered in neighboring Gilgo Beach and in Nassau County, about 40 miles east of New York City.

Unlike other victims found scattered across the two counties, Gilbert is not thought to have been murdered by the suspected serial killer, police have said.

But on Thursday, top law enforcement officials publicly sparred over competing theories in the case.

Dormer has said a single person is likely responsible for the alleged murders.

"The theory is now that we're dealing with one serial killer," he told reporters in November, reiterating his position during a county legislative hearing on Thursday.

Moments later during the same hearing, Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota took the stand and rejected Dormer's statement.

"I very very much disagree with that theory," said Spota. "I don't know of anybody who, in the police department, who is actively conducting the investigation who shares that theory.

"Quite frankly, I don't know why there was a unilateral change in theories."

In May, Spota told reporters that a collection of human remains were not believed to be connected to the first four victims.

Dormer, who initially told reporters the bodies could be the work of a killer or multiple killers, later pointed to a similar dumping ground as one common aspect of the investigation that could support the notion of a single killer.

Authorities have sifted through more than 1,000 tips related to the case. But it's unclear whether that has shed any light on an investigation that continues to garner national attention.

In June, police upped the ante in their search for a culprit.

The reward for information leading to an arrest -- once topping out at $5,000 -- was raised five-fold, making it the largest offered in Suffolk County history in an apparent bid to fill out a case that some fear has gone cold.

Question: Whose body was found?

Question: When did Gilbert disappear?

Question: Did Gilbert`s May disappearance led to anything else?

Question: What did police say about cause of death?

Question: Who's body was discovered?

Question: Where were other bodies found?

Question: Did Police said anything about the cause of her death?

Question: Did Authorities confirm that body found is Shannan Gilbert?

Answer: Shannan Gilbert,

Answer: May 2010

Answer: investigators to 10 sets of human remains and the hunt for a possible serial killer.

Answer: has not yet been determined,

Answer: Shannan Gilbert,

Answer: stuffed in bushes along a quarter-mile stretch of Ocean Parkway in Oak Beach.

Answer: has not yet been determined,

Answer: along a remote stretch of Long Island beach was

Summary:
Authorities confirm that a body discovered this week was that of Shannan Gilbert .
Police say the cause of her death has not yet been determined .
Gilbert's May 2010 disappearance led to the discovery of other bodies on Long Island .


New York (CNN) -- A New York woman releases a deep sigh of relief as she reflects on a court ruling that her spouse will not be torn from her by the looming threat of deportation.

"Now we can make plans, and we have all the time in the world," Cristina Ojeda, 26, tells CNN.

Monday, she received a letter confirming the ruling by Immigration Judge Terry Bain that will allow her wife, Argentina-born Monica Alcota, 36, to stay in the United States, according to the couple's attorney, Lavi Soloway.

Soloway said this is the first time the government had asked an immigration court to close removal proceedings against a spouse in a same-sex couple since the Department of Homeland Security announced November 17 that a "working group" would be reviewing all pending immigration cases.

The group began the process of identifying and closing "low priority" deportation cases three days after Soloway submitted the request to close Alcota's immigration case, the attorney said.

"We're really gratified because we feel that government moved in the right direction in the time we needed," Soloway told CNN.

He made the request to halt deportation based on Alcota's marriage to Ojeda, who is a U.S. citizen, and on Alcota's "strong moral character, family presence, and deep ties to members of the community." Alcota lives with Ojeda in Queens, where she restores antiques.

Until Monday, life for Alcota and Ojeda had been put on hold for two years.

Alcota had been living in the United States for more than 10 years since overstaying her tourist visa, when she was pulled off a Greyhound bus in July of 2009 and taken into a detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Ojeda explained.

Ojeda, a social worker in Queens, traveled two expensive hours by subway, bus, train, and sometimes cab -- there and back every day for three months -- to see Alcota.

"Looking back on those days, we have come so far, we have accomplished something really big," Ojeda said.

The couple was married in Connecticut in 2010, before New York law allowed same-sex marriages.

"We have gone through a really rough road these past two years. The burden was horrible. We never knew what was going to happen," Ojeda said.

"We lived in fear we were going to be torn apart," she told CNN.

While celebrating their success, Ojeda said "the battle is not over."

She told CNN that Alcota's effort to be granted a green card, which was originally denied, now has been submitted for appeal.

"Of course, we will not have full equality until DOMA is gone," the couple said in written statement.

The Defense of Marriage Act bans federal recognition of same-sex marriages. The act also says that states cannot be forced to recognize such marriages performed in other states.

Despite the battle ahead, the happily wed lesbian couple is excited to have their life back.

"At least we have this. We know she is not going to be taken away, we can live our lives a little better, we can do things we haven't been able to do," an emotional Ojeda told CNN between joyous gasps.

The couple is even turning over the idea of renting a new apartment and perhaps getting a new car.

CNN's Kristen Hamill contributed to this report.

Question: What threat does a woman in a same-sex marriage no longer face?

Question: Who is Monica Alcota as described by others, what are her qualities?

Question: What does Cristina Ojeda explain she can now do?

Question: What did a court order take away?

Question: What does Ojeda say?

Answer: of deportation.

Answer: "strong moral character, family presence, and deep ties to members of the community."

Answer: make plans,

Answer: that her spouse will not be torn from her by the looming threat of deportation.

Answer: "Now we can make plans, and we have all the time in the world,"

Summary:
A court ruling takes away the threat of deportation for a woman in a same-sex marriage .
Monica Alcota's "strong moral character, family presence, and deep (community) ties" are cited .
"Now we can make plans, and we have all the time in the world," Cristina Ojeda says .


New York (CNN) -- A Picasso painting fetched nearly $106.5 million at auction Tuesday, a record for any single work of art, Christie's New York said.

"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold for $106,482,500 to an unidentified telephone bidder, the auction house said in a news release.

"Silence fell over the packed saleroom as Christopher Burge conducted nine minutes of bidding that involved eight clients," it said. "Christie's lead auctioneer took bids from a client in the saleroom as well as those on the phone before the competition settled down to two bidders at the $88 million mark and a one-on-one battle ensued. The final bid was hammered down at 7.32 p.m. at $95 million."

The buyer's premium -- the additional fee paid to the auction house -- took the price of the painting to $106.5 million.

"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust," or "Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur," is from the collection of Los Angeles philanthropist Frances Lasker Brody, who died last November and was the wife of the real estate developer Sidney F. Brody. The collection, amassed primarily during the 1940s and 1950s, had been in the family's home since.

Experts had referred to the 1932 work as "lost" because it had never been published in color. It shows Picasso's muse and mistress, Marie-Therese Walter.

The previous highest price for a work at auction was $104,327,006 paid for "L'Homme Qui Marche I, bronze" (Walking Man 1), 1960, by Alberto Giacometti. It sold during an auction at Sotheby's to an anonymous telephone bidder in February, 2010.

The previous high for a Picasso was $104,168,000 for "Garcon a la Pipe" ("Boy with Pipe"), 1905, in May 2004.

Those who missed a chance to bid on the Picasso can bid on its prior owners' 2.27-acre estate in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. The 11,500-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-staff bedroom house was built in 1950 and is listed at $24.95 million, according to Coldwell Banker Previews International.

Question:
What does the painting show?
What was the previous record?
How much did the painting sell for?
What painting sold for $106.482,500?
Who was Picasso's muse?

Answer: Picasso's muse and mistress, Marie-Therese Walter.

Answer: $104,327,006

Answer: $106,482,500

Answer: "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust"

Answer: Marie-Therese Walter.

Summary:
"Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sells for $106,482,500, the most ever paid for single work of art .
The 1932 painting shows Picasso's muse and mistress, Marie-Therese Walter .
Previous record was $104 million for Alberto Giacometti's "L'Homme Qui Marche I, bronze"


New York (CNN) -- A Somali suspect in the hijacking of the U.S.-flagged Maersk Alabama in the Indian Ocean last April has been charged with involvement in two additional hijackings, authorities said Tuesday.

One of the hijacked vessels is still being held hostage, federal prosecutors said in announcing a 10-count indictment filed against Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse. The vessels are identified in court documents as "Ship-1" and "Ship-2."

Under the indictment, Muse faces charges including piracy; seizing a ship by force; kidnapping and hostage taking, along with charges of possessing a machine gun in the commission of other offenses. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. He was to be arraigned on the additional charges Tuesday afternoon in federal court, authorities said.

Muse is accused of participating in the two hijackings before the Maersk Alabama was hijacked April 8, prosecutors said in a statement.

Ship-1 was seized by pirates in March in the Indian Ocean, according to the indictment and a criminal complaint. Authorities say Muse and others "known and unknown" boarded the vessel while armed with guns, threatened its captain and took control, holding the ship's captain and crew hostage.

While on the ship, prosecutors said, Muse aimed a gun at one of the hostages and threatened to kill him. He also showed a hostage what appeared to be an improvised explosive device, the statement said. "Muse placed the IED in the vicinity of the hostage, and indicated that if the authorities came the IED would explode and the hostage would be killed."

In April, Muse and the others left Ship-1 on a small boat, called "the skiff," prosecutors said. When the skiff returned, the ship and the skiff "were made to rendezvous" with another ship, Ship-2.

"The captain of Ship-1 was ordered to pull Ship-1 up to Ship-2. Ship-1 was then attached to Ship-2," according to the statement. "Muse and others held hostage, on board Ship-2, both the captain and the crew of Ship-1 and the captain and crew of Ship-2."

On April 8, Muse and three others left Ship-2 and boarded the Maersk Alabama, the indictment said. Prosecutors allege the four fired shots at the Maersk Alabama before boarding it.

The captain and crew of Ship-2 are still being held hostage, according to the documents. The indictment does not say what happened to Ship-1, its captain or crew.

The Maersk Alabama was attacked about 350 miles off the Somali coast, authorities have previously said. Muse allegedly demanded that the ship be stopped, then he and others allegedly took a life boat and held the captain of the ship -- Capt. Richard Phillips -- hostage on it.

The USS Bainbridge came to the assistance of the vessel, and in radio communications, Muse and the others threatened to kill Phillips if they were not guaranteed safe passage away from the scene, authorities have said.

On April 12, Muse boarded the Bainbridge and demanded safe passage for himself and the others in exchange for Phillips' release, according to a criminal complaint. While he was away from the lifeboat, Navy SEALs shot and killed the three remaining pirates, authorities said. Muse was taken into custody.

"Piracy on the high seas is a threat against the community of nations," Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in the statement Tuesday. "Today's indictment alleges criminal conduct that extends beyond the attack against the captain and crew of the American-flagged Maersk Alabama. Modern-day pirates who wreak havoc off faraway coasts will be met with modern-day justice in the United States."

The investigation is continuing, Bharara said.

A federal judge ruled in April that Muse could be tried as an adult. His father in Somalia told defense attorneys he was born November 20, 1993, meaning he would have been 15 at the time of the hijackings. However, the prosecution argued otherwise, saying Muse made statements suggesting he was older.

Question: Who are new charges filled against?

Question: Who is prosecuted in hijackings?

Question: who prosecuted in hijackings of two other ships?

Question: who killed three pirates?

Question: Who faces new charges?

Question: who filed against abduwali Abdukhadir Muse?

Question: How many pirates were killed?

Answer: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse.

Answer: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse.

Answer: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse.

Answer: Navy SEALs

Answer: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse.

Answer: federal prosecutors

Answer: three

Summary:
Alleged Somali pirate prosecuted in hijackings of two other ships .
New charges filed against Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse .
Other ships not identified; pirates still hold one .
Snipers killed three pirates who had hijacked Maersk Alabama in April .


New York (CNN) -- A driver for Naomi Campbell told police that he was assaulted by the supermodel Tuesday, according to the New York Police Department.

NYPD Deputy Commission of Public Information Paul Brown said Campbell left the scene of the alleged assault on Manhattan's East Side on foot. He said police were interested in speaking with her but did not know her whereabouts.

Campbell's spokesman, Jeff Raymond, told CNN in a written statement, "There shouldn't be a rush to judgment. Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye."

Brown said the 27-year-old male driver pulled over about 3 p.m. in the vicinity of 58th Street and Second Avenue and reported to a traffic agent that he had been assaulted by Campbell. Campbell fled the scene while the traffic agent called for police, Brown said.

The driver told officers that Campbell had struck him in the back of the neck and caused his head to hit the steering wheel, according to police. The driver, who was taken to a local precinct for questioning, had a small bruise and swelling under his right eye, according to police.

The driver had been hired for the day to drive Campbell to a studio in Queens.

Campbell, 39, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor assault charge in 2007, admitting she hit her former housekeeper with a cell phone in March of 2005.

In 2000, she pleaded guilty to a 1998 charge of assault against an assistant. And in October 2006, she was arrested again, this time in London, for allegedly attacking her drug counselor.

Last month Campbell admitted on CNN's Connect The World she had been working on controlling her anger after her recent outbursts. "I took a lot of time out," she said. "Everybody has their demons and I had to look in the mirror and face mine.

"Until I did that there was not going to be a change in my life. I didn't want to be the way I was. I'm a work in progress Every day is a new day ... every day I'm learning something new. But I know I'm taking a step forwards and not backwards."

Question: What did Campbell's spokesman say?

Question: What is model Naomi Campbell accused of?

Question: What did Campbell spokesman say?

Question: What did the Campbell spokesman say?

Question: What did the male diver tell police?

Question: What did driver tell police?

Question: What did police say Naomi did after the alleged assault?

Question: Where did the alleged assault take place?

Answer: "There shouldn't be a rush to judgment. Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye."

Answer: assault

Answer: "There shouldn't be a rush to judgment. Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye."

Answer: "There shouldn't be a rush to judgment. Naomi will co-operate voluntarily, and there is more to the story than meets the eye."

Answer: he was assaulted by the supermodel

Answer: he was assaulted by the supermodel Tuesday,

Answer: left the scene

Answer: Manhattan's East Side

Summary:
Male driver, 27, tells police model Naomi Campbell struck him in back of neck .
Police say she left scene of alleged assault on Manhattan's East Side on foot .
Police say they would like to question her but don't know her whereabouts .
Campbell spokesman: "There is more to the story than meets the eye"


New York (CNN) -- A group of union-backed organizations joined the loosely defined Occupy Wall Street movement again Tuesday, leaving behind the confines of New York's financial district for the posh neighborhoods that dot Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to multiple group representatives.

Crowds also swelled in Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where demonstrators waved placards and chanted slogans attacking corporate greed and social inequality.

The union-organized march, meanwhile, took protesters past the homes of well-to-do residents like billionaire David Koch, News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.

Organizations such as UnitedNY, the Strong Economy for All Coalition, the Working Families Party, and New York Communities for Change were accompanied by protesters typically based in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned park in New York's financial district.

The Upper East Side march was "in support" of the Occupy Wall Street movement, but was not organized by it, said T.J. Helmstetter, a spokesman for Working Families Party, a coalition of New York community and labor groups.

Protesters hopped on the subway, emerging at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street near Central Park, where organizers held a press conference that addressed both New York-centric themes, such as state taxes, and the movement's broader concerns of social inequity.

"We are the 99%," the group chanted, a reference to their insistence that most Americans lack the influence in their country's political and financial affairs enjoyed by the elite 1%.

"I think it's time that these people realize that people are hurting in this country and it's time to reform what's going on in Washington," said New York resident Lenore Silverstein, who attended Tuesday's march.

Emily Monroe , a North Carolina college student and marcher, said the city's wealthiest "are buying billion-dollar apartments and living lavishly, while we are just trying to sustain ourselves."

"The American dream is no longer possible because these people are stealing from the middle class," she told CNN Radio.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, meanwhile, said authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate, but he doesn't appreciate "the bashing of all of the hardworking people who live and work here."

"Our city depends on the jobs that the financial services industry provides," Bloomberg said during a news conference in the Bronx.

He added that he didn't understand what the picketing of wealthy and prominent New Yorkers is intended to achieve.

The mayor's comments coincided with a state comptroller report released Tuesday that predicts Wall Street could lose an additional 10,000 jobs by the end of next year, raising the total number of jobs lost in the securities industry since 2008 to 32,000.

Earlier, in Boston, 129 protesters were arrested during a similar demonstration Tuesday, mostly for "unlawful assembly and trespassing," said police spokesman Eddy Chrispin.

The group allegedly blocked traffic and refused to disperse while marching to "areas of the city where they hadn't been previously," he said.

Protesters have been occupying Dewey Square Park in downtown Boston, but expanded to the neighboring Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway on Monday night. Protesters were given a 1:30 a.m. deadline to move back to Dewey Square. Those who did not were arrested.

The nationwide Occupy movement has been largely peaceful, though it has led to some skirmishes with police and arrests. It has also stoked fervent public debate, including among politicians. Democrats have generally offered sympathy for protesters' concerns while several Republicans, among them 2012 presidential candidates Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich, have described the demonstrations as "class warfare."

The movement shows few signs of slowing down. Rallies and marches have been held in numerous towns and cities in recent days, with many more planned.

That includes a "Call to Action Against Banks" planned for Saturday, which New York's Occupy Wall Street announced on its Facebook site.

"No longer will banks take our homes. No longer will banks rob students of our future. No longer will banks destroy the environment. No longer will banks

Question: The New York securities sector could lose how many jobs?

Question: Who says he doesn't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve?

Question: What are the number of jobs

Question: What did Bloomberg say

Question: People are stealing from whom according to a protester?

Question: What do protestors say

Answer: 10,000

Answer: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,

Answer: 10,000

Answer: "Our city depends on the jobs that the financial services industry provides,"

Answer: middle class,"

Answer: "We are the 99%,"

Summary:
NEW: "People are stealing from the middle class," a protester says .
NEW: Bloomberg says he doesn't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve .
NEW: He says authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate .
NEW: The New York securities sector could lose 10,000 jobs by 2012 year, report says .


New York (CNN) -- A human skull and crossbones, valued at up to $20,000, won't appear at a Christie's auction Friday after another party claimed rights to the remains, the auction house announced.

Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used the skull and crossbones as a ballot box, Christie's said in its advertisement of the item in an auction catalogue. The auction house estimates the 19th century ballot box is worth between $10,000 and $20,000.

The skull, crossbones and accompanying book of Skull and Bones members between 1832 and 1877 were "withdrawn from sale due to a title claim," Christie's said in a statement Friday. The global auctioneer did not say who claimed rights to the items.

Earlier this month, the World Archaeological Congress condemned the sale, calling the sale of human body parts an "affront to human dignity." The group also suggested the skull might be that of a Native American and thus be subject to federal laws protecting Native American remains.

This isn't the first time Skull and Bones has been entangled in a debate over human remains.

The great-grandson of famed Chiricahua Apache warrior Geronimo sued Skull and Bones last year, claiming the society had Geronimo's remains. Historians disagreed on whether the society had ever dug up Geronimo's grave.

The collegiate society has existed since 1832 and has prominent alumni such as former President George W. Bush and his grandfather, Sen. Prescott Bush.

Question: What does another party claim rights to?

Question: What is used as a ballot box?

Question: Which university does this?

Question: Who has claimed rights?

Question: How much were the skull and crossbones valued at?

Question: What did archaeological congress call the sale?

Question: What did Yale University use as ballot box?

Question: Who calls sale of human remains "affront to human dignity"?

Answer: A human skull and crossbones,

Answer: crossbones

Answer: Yale

Answer: another party

Answer: up to $20,000,

Answer: "affront to human dignity."

Answer: the skull and crossbones

Answer: World Archaeological Congress

Summary:
Another party claims rights to human skull and crossbones valued at up to $20,000 .
Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used them as ballot box .
World Archaeological Congress calls sale of human remains "affront to human dignity"
Group suggests skull might be Native American, subject to legal protection .