(CNN) -- The future of Iceland's elected government was in question Sunday after another weekend of street protests and the resignation of the government's commerce minister -- both responses to the country's financial mess. Iceland's Prime Minister Geir Haarde, left, talks with business minister Bjorgvin Sigurdsson in October. The minister, Bjorgvin Sigurdsson, resigned Sunday, saying the government had failed to restore confidence in the three months after the collapse of several of the country's leading banks, currency and stock market. Senior government officials from the two parties that make up Iceland's coalition government -- the prime minister's Independence Party and the Social Democrats party -- met Sunday to discuss the government's future but nothing was resolved, a spokesman for the prime minister said. Another meeting was scheduled for Sunday night and it was "highly likely" that the parties would decide whether the current government would remain, the spokesman, Kristjan Kristjansson, said. Sigurdsson's resignation followed Saturday's demonstration in which about 6,000 to 7,000 people in front of the parliament building called for the government of Prime Minister Geir Haarde to step down. Protests have been staged regularly since the collapse, but Saturday's was one of the biggest to date, a spokesman for the prime minister said. Saturday's demonstration was peaceful, the spokesman, Kristjansson, said. Watch iReport of Saturday demonstration Riot police intervened during protests earlier in the week, using pepper spray and arresting some demonstrators. In his resignation letter to the prime minister, Sigurdsson said he was taking his part of the responsibility for the economic situation in the country. But he also said that there were many more who shared responsibility, Urdur Gunnarsdottir, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told CNN. No other officials were named. The night before he resigned, Sigurdsson dismissed the head of the country's financial supervisory authority and requested the authority's board resign. Haarde announced Friday he has a malignant tumor on his esophagus and would not run for re-election as chair of the Independence Party. He also proposed that early elections be held on May 9, two years ahead of schedule. The country's five-party parliament has not yet taken up the proposal, Kristjansson told CNN. Iceland's financial system and currency collapsed in October following a series of bank failures, forcing the International Monetary Fund to intervene. Iceland sought IMF help after its government was forced to nationalize three banks to head off a complete collapse of its financial system. Trading on the country's stock market was suspended for nearly a week, and inflation jumped to more than 12 percent. The IMF announced in November it would pump about $827 million into the Icelandic economy immediately, with another $1.3 billion coming in eight installments. Iceland's Nordic neighbors -- the governments of Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden -- announced they would lend Iceland another $2.5 billion. In his resignation letter, Sigurdsson said after the country's financial crash, he hoped the government would re-create trust and restore the country's finances. But he said the effort failed, and he was resigning to help facilitate a restoration of public trust. Sigurdsson is legally entitled to keep receiving his salary for several months after his resignation, but said in his letter he would not accept it. CNN's Per Nyberg in London contributed to this report.

Question: What is the name of the business minister?

Question: Who was the minister?

Question: Which country is involved in the story?

Question: Who resigned after the collapse of the country's leading banks?

Question: What are leaders meeting to discuss?

Question: Who is the business minister?

Question: Who resigned after the collapse of leading banks and stock market?

Answer: Bjorgvin Sigurdsson

Answer: Bjorgvin Sigurdsson,

Answer: Iceland's

Answer: Bjorgvin Sigurdsson,

Answer: the government's future

Answer: Bjorgvin Sigurdsson

Answer: minister, Bjorgvin Sigurdsson,

Summary:
NEW: Leaders meet to discuss future of Iceland's coalition government .
Business minister resigns after collapse of the country's leading banks, stock market .
Business minister Bjorgvin Sigurdsson says many share responsibility for problems .


(CNN) -- The games begin Thursday, and March Madness buzz will soon take over the lunchroom. Everywhere you turn, co-workers will chat about their favorite teams, the upsets, the injuries.

Maybe you will watch the games. Maybe you won't. But maybe, irrespective of whether you plan to follow the tournament, you've ponied up to be part of the office pool.

And you don't have to worry about explaining how you made your picks while filling out out your bracket. Everyone is hoping to choose that one team that comes from behind to win.

So what if you always pick Gonzaga just because you like saying the name? Should it matter if you take Louisville out of the running just because that jerk who once strung you along came from there?

You are in the running like everyone else, and, heck, you might surprise yourself and actually win.

In these coming weeks, though, you don't want to sound like an idiot. It would be nice, you think to yourself, if you actually appeared to know what you were talking about.

CNN reached out to Stewart Mandel, a senior writer at SI.com who covers basketball, as well as sports fans in the CNN.com newsroom to get some tips for how you can bluff your way through the tournament. With their sage advice, we offer this wisdom:

• Be careful not to talk about a "buzzer beater" unless it's actually happened. When they do happen, when a player scores at the buzzer (in the last second) to change the game's outcome, throw the term around wildly. It'll be what everyone is reliving, and if you feel especially bold, you can try to give someone a high-five while saying, "How about that buzzer beater?"

• Discussing injuries in vague terms is always safe, since most every team has suffered some. Ideas: "They really can't afford any more injuries this season." Or, "Didn't they have a big injury this year?" You don't have to know the answer, but it's an easy way to engage with a sports nut who will gladly tell you more about some stranger's ankle than you ever wanted to know.

• Tell people around the water cooler that you really admire a team's "tenacity." Mandel says that's "a good fastball no one can argue with," because by virtue of making it to the tournament, a team's got to have some serious tenacity. Other terms you can throw around to describe a team: "smart," "experienced" and "well-coached."

• Something called "guard play" is apparently very big this time of year. You might shake your head and mutter, "I don't know if their guard play is good enough." Or, conversely, you can say, "Oh, yeah, I think they have a good chance because they've got good guard play."

• There are some things you might say that could be risky, as they may prompt others to ask you a question in return. For example, if you were to say, "Gosh, that was a big shot," someone might ask, "Which one?" This would be a good time to spill your coffee, diverting attention.

• In basketball, the word "press" (short for pressure) is used when discussing defense. So you might want to express your heartfelt concern about a team "having trouble with the press."

• There are different conferences that make up the NCAA. The Big East dominated this year. You can talk about how the "Big East ruled," but make sure you don't misspeak and talk about the Big North, because no such thing exists. There is a Big 10, but it's made up of 11 teams.

• "Ball movement" refers to how a team passes a ball. Any team that's made it to the "tourney," as some insiders like to say, must be

Question:
What are some tips for the clueless?
What is a tip for the clueless?
What begins on Thursday?
When does the tournament begin?

Answer: Be careful not to talk about a "buzzer beater" unless it's actually happened.

Answer: Be careful not to talk about a "buzzer beater" unless it's actually happened.

Answer: games

Answer: Thursday,

Summary:
NCAA basketball tournament begins Thursday, as does workplace obsession .
Among tips for the clueless who want to take part in chatter, use terms shared by experts .
"Buzzer beater," "Cinderella," "ball movement," "press" are good gems to consider .


(CNN) -- The gigolo former lover of Germany's richest woman has been jailed for six years after confessing to blackmailing her and other women out of millions of dollars, a court official said Monday. Helg Sgarbi has admitted blackmailing Germany's richest woman, Susanne Klatten. Susanne Klatten, the BMW heiress, complained to police last year that Helg Sgarbi had threatened to release pictures of them if she did not pay him nearly $60 million. Munich's state prosecutor Anton Winkler said Sgarbi, who was accused of blackmailing several wealthy woman, had made a written confession which was read by his lawyer to the court. "He confessed that he blackmailed the victims, told them untrue stories," Winkler told CNN. However, Sgarbi had not revealed what had happened to the estimated $12.5 million he had taken from his victims nor where the pictures had gone. "It is really only half a confession. We asked him about where the money is, about accomplices and videos... and he refused to say anything about that," Winkler said. Authorities said Klatten, who is married with three children, had an affair with Sgarbi. He started to ask her for money, and she paid several million at first, but when she refused to provide more he threatened to send compromising videos to her husband and the media. Klatten went to the police in January 2008, telling them she was the victim of a fraud and blackmail. At the time, her spokesman, Joerg Appelhans, told CNN that Sgarbi's goal had always been to con her. "She rigorously notified authorities even in light of the uncomfortable public repercussions this would have for her," Appelhans said. Sgarbi's lawyer, Egon Geis, said he was surprised by all the media attention. "This is all because of Mrs. Klatten, take the same amount of money and any other person and no one would care." Sgarbi allegedly maintained relationships with a number of woman, telling them he was a special Swiss representative in crisis zones. Klatten, the daughter of the late BMW chief Herbert Quandt, holds a 12.5-percent stake in the German carmaker and a 51.1-percent share of chemical company Altana. Forbes magazine lists her as the world's 55th richest person, with a personal fortune of $13.2 billion. CNN's Fred Pleitgen contributed to this report.

Question: What did the lover of BMV heiress threaten to release?

Question: What admission did Sgarbi make?

Question: What amount of money was the woman blackmailed for?

Question: Who told the police she was being blackmailed?

Question: Who is the wealthiest woman in Germany?

Question: What was the name of the blackmailer?

Question: What did the ex-lover threaten?

Question: What did the heiress's former lover threaten?

Question: Who is Germany's richest woman?

Answer: pictures of them

Answer: blackmailing Germany's richest woman,

Answer: $60 million.

Answer: Susanne Klatten.

Answer: Susanne Klatten.

Answer: Helg Sgarbi

Answer: to release pictures

Answer: to release pictures of them

Answer: Susanne Klatten.

Summary:
Germany's richest woman told police she was being blackmailed for millions .
BMW heiress said former lover threatened to release images of them .
Helg Sgarbi's admits trying to blackmail BMW heiress and others .


(CNN) -- The gigolo former lover of Germany's richest woman has been jailed for six years after confessing to blackmailing her and other women out of millions of dollars, a court official said Monday. Helg Sgarbi has admitted blackmailing Germany's richest woman, Susanne Klatten. Susanne Klatten, the BMW heiress, complained to police last year that Helg Sgarbi had threatened to release pictures of them if she did not pay him nearly $60 million. Munich's state prosecutor Anton Winkler said Sgarbi, who was accused of blackmailing several wealthy women, had made a written confession which was read by his lawyer to the court. "He confessed that he blackmailed the victims, told them untrue stories," Winkler told CNN. However, Sgarbi had not revealed what had happened to the estimated $12.5 million he had taken from his victims nor where the pictures had gone. "It is really only half a confession. We asked him about where the money is, about accomplices and videos... and he refused to say anything about that," Winkler said. Authorities said Klatten, who is married with three children, had an affair with Sgarbi. He started to ask her for money, and she paid several million at first, but when she refused to provide more he threatened to send compromising videos to her husband and the media. Klatten went to the police in January 2008, telling them she was the victim of a fraud and blackmail. At the time, her spokesman, Joerg Appelhans, told CNN that Sgarbi's goal had always been to con her. "She rigorously notified authorities even in light of the uncomfortable public repercussions this would have for her," Appelhans said. Sgarbi's lawyer, Egon Geis, said he was surprised by all the media attention. "This is all because of Mrs. Klatten, take the same amount of money and any other person and no one would care." Sgarbi allegedly maintained relationships with a number of women, telling them he was a special Swiss representative in crisis zones. Klatten, the daughter of the late BMW chief Herbert Quandt, holds a 12.5-percent stake in the German carmaker and a 51.1-percent share of chemical company Altana. Forbes magazine lists her as the world's 55th richest person, with a personal fortune of $13.2 billion. CNN's Fred Pleitgen contributed to this report.

Question: Germany's richest woman is an heiress from which famous German corporation?

Question: Who is the BMW heiress?

Question: What company is the woman an heiress to?

Question: Which nations richest woman was blackmailed

Question: What did Germany's richest woman tell police?

Question: Who admitted to the blackmail?

Question: Who tried to blackmail the heiress?

Question: Who was being blackmailed?

Question: Who was blackmailing the BMW Heiress?

Answer: BMW

Answer: Susanne Klatten,

Answer: BMW

Answer: Germany's

Answer: Helg Sgarbi had threatened to release pictures

Answer: Helg Sgarbi

Answer: Helg Sgarbi

Answer: Susanne Klatten.

Answer: The


(CNN) -- The girlfriend of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair had grown frustrated with their relationship and was struggling with financial difficulties in the days before she killed him and herself in July. Steve McNair, former NFL quarterback, was a married father of four when he was killed last summer. Details of their relationship were revealed in a case summary released by Nashville police Monday. McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20, were found fatally shot in a condominium in downtown Nashville on July 4. Police have since ruled their deaths a murder-suicide. "My life is just s--- and I should end it," Kazemi said the night before the couple were found dead, according to Sonya New, her shift manager at a Dave & Busters restaurant. New also said Kazemi was not her usual self and seemed down. Though McNair was a married father of four, he was seeing Kazemi and at least one other woman, Leah Ignagni, according to Nashville police. McNair had spent the night at Ignagni's apartment on July 2, two nights before he was killed, Ignagni told police. On the morning of July 4, Kazemi texted McNair, saying she was stressed and needed money to pay bills. "Baby I might have a break down im so stressed," Kazemi said in one text message. "baby i might need to go to the hospital. baby whats wrong w(ith) me i can hardly breath(e)." Chris Wall, who provided security for McNair and his family, told police he knew about McNair's relationship with Kazemi. McNair was tired of her calling when he was with his family, Wall said. Kazemi continued to text McNair throughout the day, asking for money and when she could see him next. "baby what are u doing," Kazemi asked. "At the pool with the kids. I got the guy transferring the money," McNair replied. At 4:04 p.m. on July 3, Kazemi said, "baby I have to be w(ith) u 2nite. I dnt care where." The messages continued for more than eight hours before McNair said he was on his way to the condo. He had told Kazemi earlier that he wouldn't leave the house "til the kids fall asleep." McNair and Kazemi exchanged a final series of messages early July 4, when he asked her to leave the front door to the condo open for him. A final message, sent at 1:14 a.m., simply said, "its open." About 12 hours later, a friend of McNair's found their bodies.

Question: Who were found to have been fatally shot in a Nashville condo?

Question: When were they fatally shot?

Question: What did the text messages indicate?

Question: What did the last text messages say about the door?

Question: Who were fatally shot?

Answer: McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi,

Answer: July 4.

Answer: she was stressed and needed money to pay bills.

Answer: "its open."

Answer: McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20,

Summary:
McNair and Sahel Kazemi were found fatally shot in a Nashville condo on July 4 .
Text messages show Kazemi's financial stress, desperation .
Last message said door was open; hours later, the pair's bodies were found .


(CNN) -- The global economic crisis has caused a spike in world hunger that has left more than a billion undernourished, United Nations agencies said in a new report. The report says the stabilization of financial markets has meant less investment in agriculture, food distribution. "It is unacceptable in the 21st century that almost one in six of the world's population is now going hungry," said Josette Sheeran, executive director of the World Food Programme. "At a time when there are more hungry people in the world than ever before, there is less food aid than we have seen in living memory." The report by the WFP and the Food and Agriculture Organization was released Wednesday, ahead of World Food Day on Friday. Nearly all the world's undernourished live in developing countries, according to the report. An estimated 642 million people are suffering from chronic hunger in Asia and the Pacific. An additional 265 million live in sub-Saharan Africa while 95 million come from Latin America, the Caribbean, the Near East and North Africa. The final 15 million live in developed nations. Should developed economies be doing more to eradicate hunger, poverty? The number of hungry spiked as the global economic crisis took hold and governments pumped resources into stabilizing financial markets. The move meant smaller investments in agriculture and food distribution. "World leaders have reacted forcefully to the financial and economic crisis, and succeeded in mobilizing billions of dollars in a short time period. The same strong action is needed now to combat hunger and poverty," said Jacques Diouf, director-general of the FAO. "The rising number of hungry people is intolerable." The report calls for greater investment in agriculture to tackle long and short-term hunger by making farmers productive and more resilient to crises. "We know what is needed to meet urgent hunger needs -- we just need the resources and the international commitment to do the job," Sheeran said.

Question: What is the ratio of hungry to not hungry people in the world?

Question: What do they need to tackle long and short-term hunger?

Question: How much of the world's population is going hungry

Question: Where do most of the undernourished live?

Question: who are hungry

Question: What kind of measures have been called for to tackle hunger, long term?

Question: When did the number of hungry spike?

Question: How many people are going hungry?

Question: Where do most of the world's undernourished live?

Question: Where do the majority of the world's hungry live?

Question: What caused a spike in the number of hungry people?

Question: How many people in the world are going hungry?

Question: Greater investment in agriculture could do what?

Question: What is the solution in long and short term hunger?

Question: Where live the undernourished?

Answer: one in six

Answer: greater investment in agriculture

Answer: one in six of the

Answer: in developing countries,

Answer: almost one in six of the world's population

Answer: greater investment in agriculture

Answer: as the global economic crisis took hold

Answer: 642 million

Answer: developing countries,

Answer: Asia and the Pacific.

Answer: global economic crisis

Answer: more than a billion

Answer: to tackle long and short-term hunger by making farmers productive and more resilient to crises.

Answer: greater investment in agriculture

Answer: developing countries,

Summary:
World Food Programme: One in six of world's population is now going hungry .
Nearly all the world's undernourished live in developing countries .
Number of hungry spiked as the global economic crisis took hold, report says .
Calls for greater investment in agriculture to tackle long and short-term hunger .


(CNN) -- The government of earthquake-ravaged Haiti must become more visible now, even amid a global outpouring of aid as the impoverished island nation struggles to recover, Brazil's foreign minister said Monday.

"The government, in spite of all the difficulties, should appear more to the people," Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

"I think it's important because after all, they are the ones who transmit the needs of the Haitian people to us, to the international community."

Amorim, speaking from an international conference on Haiti in Montreal, Canada, said it's important for the world to follow the priorities of the Haitian government.

"We cannot lose sight of the central role of the elected leaders of Haiti," he said. "Haiti is a country that has an elected government."

Amorim was among more than a dozen foreign ministers and leaders, including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, attending the Montreal conference. Representatives of many international institutions such as the United Nations and the European Union were also there.

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Speaking in Montreal, Clinton said, "As part of our multilateral efforts to assist Haiti, we should look at how we decentralize economic opportunity and work with the Haitian government and people to support resettlement, which they are doing on their own, as people leave Port-au-Prince and return to the countryside."

Haiti's Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive was also in Montreal. He said the international aid effort has only just begun.

"I can simply tell you that the population is in need of more and more and more to confront the massive task of reconstruction," Bellerive said.

The aim of the Montreal meeting is to develop a strategy for early recovery and longer-term reconstruction. Once the strategy is set, a donors' conference to secure funding for Haiti would take place.

Amorim told Amanpour he expected the donors' conference is likely to take place at the end of March, possibly in New York, though that was not confirmed at the time of the interview.

"We cannot endure, we cannot see a disaster of the size of Haiti, with the poverty that exists in Haiti, and not do anything," he added.

"If you don't act for development, for emergency now and development immediately, you'll be having an enormous security problem."

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Amorim told Amanpour that as part of his country's efforts to bolster security in Haiti, the Brazilian Congress Monday approved a plan to almost double the number of Brazilian troops in the U.N. force in Haiti, to as many as 2,600 soldiers.

The U.N. force there, known as MINUSTAH, has been led by a Brazilian general since 2004. It lost dozens of its civilian headquarters staff during the earthquake.

Amorim, who has just been to Haiti, said it was also vital to rebuild the country's national symbols.

"I think this is very important so that the Haitian people feel also not only that they are receiving food and water, but also they are recovering their self-esteem," he said.

Question: What did Brazil's foreign minister say about the Haiti Government?

Question: What was the goal of the conference in Montreal ?

Question: Who was among ministers and leading attending conference on Haiti ?

Question: How many foreign ministers are attending the conference on Haiti?

Question: How many foreign ministers attended the conference on Haiti?

Question: What did the Brazil's foreign minister said ?

Question: What country was hit by an earthquake?

Question: What does the Conference in Montreal aims to develop?

Question: In what Canadian city was the conference held?

Answer: must become more visible now,

Answer: develop a strategy for early recovery and longer-term reconstruction.

Answer: Celso Amorim

Answer: more than a dozen

Answer: more than a dozen

Answer: "The government, in spite of all the difficulties, should appear more to the people,"

Answer: Haiti

Answer: a strategy for early recovery and longer-term reconstruction.

Answer: Montreal,

Summary:
Government of quake-hit Haiti must become more visible, Brazil's foreign minister says .
Celso Amorim: "We cannot lose sight of the central role of the elected leaders of Haiti"
Amorim was among over a dozen foreign ministers, leaders attending conference on Haiti .
Conference in Montreal aims to develop a strategy for recovery and reconstruction .


(CNN) -- The great paddlewheel turned the Ohio River water to a froth as the Delta Queen steamboat, a floating National Historic Landmark, departed Cincinnati, Ohio, on its final scheduled voyage this week.

The Delta Queen is the last running steam-driven, paddlewheeled overnight passenger boat.

The boat is a throwback to the 1800s and the era of Mark Twain, when thousands of steam-driven paddlewheelers plied the Mississippi River system.

The Delta Queen is the last of those operating as overnight passenger boats on U.S. waterways, giving riders a 19th-century experience on cruises complete with the carnival-like sounds of the steam-whistle calliope.

But it will dock permanently if Congress doesn't grant a safety exemption.

It left Cincinnati on Tuesday on a 10-day cruise down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Memphis, Tennessee, where it will unload what could be its final passengers.

"There are so few really authentic things left. Everything is a re-creation or a tied up old dusty museum," said Vicki Webster, leader of the grassroots Save the Delta Queen Campaign. "The Delta Queen is a breathing part of history and we have to keep as many of those as we can."

The frequent riders and steamboat aficionados are being punished, Webster insists.

Sherrin Kraus, 66, admires the Delta Queen as it passes by her home in Hanover, Indiana, each year.

"I've been in love with this boat since I was 5 years old," Kraus told CNN affiliate WLWT-TV when the ship arrived in Cincinnati. iReport.com: Share your photos, videos and memories of the Delta Queen

Kraus and her husband Ken boarded the Delta Queen's possible final voyage to celebrate their 45th anniversary. They told WLWT they decided to celebrate the occasion early out of concern the ship would not get another exemption.

"This was our 45th anniversary trip because we don't know what the future's going to bring, but we're worried," Kraus said. "If she doesn't survive this last onslaught, it's the end of an era."

The Delta Queen will go out of service if Congress does not grant the ship another exemption from a 1960s federal law, the Safety at Seas Act, which bans boats made largely out of wood because of fire hazards.

The current exemption, which expires at the end of October, has been given to the ship nine times over 40 years.  See the Delta Queen's life in photos »

Supporters of the boat, which has roamed the nation's waterways since 1927 and helped the Navy ferry survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor to San Francisco hospitals in 1941, are hopeful the ship will not play its famed calliope for the last time.  iReport.com: Watch the ship depart as a calliope concert plays

The grassroots campaign is gaining traction and the support of high ranking politicians. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement he would work with Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, to try to get an exemption granted if the House returns for a lame duck session to address economic issues following the election.

Supporters, including several mayors, agree with Webster that granting an exemption to the Delta Queen would be a way to help stimulate the economy without it costing taxpayers a dime.

Lee Powell, director of the Mississippi Delta Grassroots Caucus said the boat provides economic opportunities.

By docking and unloading nearly 200 passengers up to a dozen times a year,  the Delta Queen helps to pump money into small cities along the heartland's rivers that are not normally tourist destinations.

Helena, Arkansas, which Mark Twain wrote in Life on the Mississippi "occupies one of the prettiest situations on the river," could suffer if the boat ceases operation.

"There are places in Helena that are essentially at virtually the levels of a third world country," Powell said. "They were impoverished before and now with the economic suffering, to choke off one of the good things they have is ridiculous."

The fight ahead is not uncharted territory for the

Question:
When did the Delta Queen first serve?
what has been in service
What does the boat provide?

Answer: 1927

Answer: The Delta Queen

Answer: economic opportunities.

Summary:
Delta Queen paddlewheeler has been in service since 1927 .
Boat is last steam-powered paddlewheeler providing overnight passenger cruises .
Vessel needs new exemption from 1960s federal law .
Safety of Seas Act bars largely wooden ships from overnight cruises .


(CNN) -- The growth of the Hispanic population in the United States is outstripping pre-census estimates, the Pew Hispanic Center report released Tuesday says.

"The number of Hispanics counted in the 2010 Census has been larger than expected in most states for which the Census Bureau has released detailed population totals so far," the report says.

The Census Bureau has released its tally of Hispanics in 33 states.

"Those states' combined Census 2010 total of 38.7 million Hispanics was higher by 590,000 people," the report says. Data on the remaining states will be released by the end of March.

Last month, a Pew Hispanic Center report said a two-year decline in the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States had leveled off.

A rebounding economy may be a counteracting force, one of the study's authors, Jeffrey S. Passel, said.

"What we've seen historically is that when employment opportunities have increased, we've seen increased flows" to the United States, he said.

The economy in 2009 was better than in 2008, and indications are that the numbers will be even better for 2010, hinting that illegal immigration numbers could potentially creep back up, he said.

Question: What is The number of Hispanics?

Question: What is the estimate of Hispanic number in those states?

Question: What is the number of Hispanics in most states?

Question: who published the count Hispanics?

Answer: 38.7 million

Answer: 38.7 million

Answer: larger than expected

Answer: The Census Bureau

Summary:
The number of Hispanics is 'larger than expected' in most states .
The Census Bureau has released its tally of Hispanics in 33 states .
There are an estimated 38.7 million Hispanics in those states .


(CNN) -- The guitarist stands in front of a mirror messing with his mohawk. The drummer strikes a wild tempo. The singer rips off his T-shirt and begins to scream the lyrics. Basim Usmani is bassist for The Kominas, a group that blends traditional sounds with punk rock beats. They're young. They're punk. And they're rocking both their Muslim and American worlds with their music, lyrics and style. "A lot of times people say, 'Oh wow, look, brown people playing music' [but] it's more than that," said 25-year-old Pakistani-American Shahjehan Khan, the lead singer for a Muslim punk band, The Kominas. The Boston-based band is one of a handful of Muslim punk bands that emerged in the United States in the past few years. The members of this four-person rock group with South Asian roots hold varying views on religion. One says he's an atheist; three others identify as Muslims -- both practicing and non-practicing. For them, punk music is a way to rebel against their conservative cultural upbringing and the frustrations of growing up a young Muslim in America. "We aren't [just] some alternative to a stereotypical Muslim. We actually might be offering some sort of insights for people at large about religion, about the world," said 26-year-old bassist Basim Usmani. Blending traditional South Asian rhythms with punk rock beats, they sing in both English and Punjabi. (Kominas means "scum-bag" in Punjabi, according to the band.) Their songs can be at once political, serious, satirical and insinuating.  Audio slide show: On tour with Muslim punk rockers » Their risqué lyrics and provocative song titles such as "Sharia Law in the USA," "Suicide Bomb the GAP" and "Rumi was a Homo" -- a protest song against homophobia in the American Muslim community -- have drawn the attention of Muslims, non-Muslims, fans and critics alike. "You sort of have to throw it in peoples' faces and be shocking in order to give people a different way to think about stuff," said Usmani. "These punk, metal and rap scenes - so-called extreme music scenes -- are addressing issues that mainstream music doesn't," said Mark LeVine, a professor of Middle Eastern history at University of California, Irvine, who is also a musician and author of "Heavy Metal Islam." "[Punk] allows them to rebel against society and their own culture at the same time," he said. iReport: Is Islam at odds with American values? Before the Islamic punk movement in North America had a voice, it had a story. The Muslim punk scene began to gel in 2003 when novelist and convert to Islam, Michael Muhammad Knight self-published his book, "The Taqwacores" about a fictional Muslim punk scene in Buffalo, New York. The book opens with a poem called "Muhammed was a Punk Rocker" and describes both conventional and unconventional characters including a Shi'ite skinhead, a conservative Sunni Muslim, a burka-wearing feminist punk and a Sufi who sports a Mohawk and drinks alcohol. "The punk rock kids I would hang out with weren't even Muslim," 31-year old Knight recalls. "They were so fiercely individualistic -- I wish that I could be a Muslim in that way: not be ashamed of my confusion, not be ashamed of my doubts. Just be myself and be proud of who I am." The novel's title, "Taqwacore," is a hybrid word stemming from the Arabic "taqwa," meaning "god consciousness," and "core" referring to "hardcore" -- a genre of punk music. It's now a general term for Muslim punk rock. The popularity of the book, which Knight said was born out of a search to find his identity as a Muslim-American, grew in underground youth circles and online. It didn't take long before real-life "taqwacore" bands

Question: What kind of muslim bands have emerged ?

Question: How many years did they emerge?

Question: What has emerged in the last few years?

Answer: punk

Answer: in the past few

Answer: Muslim punk bands

Summary:
A handful of Muslim punk bands have emerged in the last few years .
A fictional portrayal of a Muslim punk scene helped set the real-world stage .
Some conservative Muslims disapprove of the suggestive and irreverent lyrics .


(CNN) -- The gunman who opened fire at Washington's U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week is no better than a suicide bomber, a survivor of the Holocaust said. Sel Hubert, seen here with his wife, says education is the best weapon against bigotry. Sel Hubert, 83, of Rye Brook, New York, said he also fears that through the shooter's "ultimate act of Holocaust denial," he has invigorated others who embrace hate and who might wish to exact violence against others. "By doing this, he gives worldwide notoriety to himself and his ideals of hatred," said Hubert, who at 13 escaped Germany on a transport to England just weeks before World War II erupted. "He chooses martyrdom to glorify his hatred similar to a suicide bomber." Authorities have charged James von Brunn with murdering Stephen Tyrone Johns, 39, a security officer who opened a museum door Wednesday for the 88-year-old reputed white supremacist.  Watch more on who von Brunn is » Authorities say von Brunn acted alone, but Hubert says he represents all those who share his views. "This empowers these people to think that this is how you get to be famous, gain notoriety, and they hope other people will mimic him -- and that's scary," he said. Eva Rich Blumberg, 85, of Rockville, Maryland, also worries that the shooting may have emboldened others to attack Jews and symbols of Jewish culture, she said. Blumberg, whose father was killed by Nazis and who spent about a year at Majdanek concentration camp in Poland in 1942, was scheduled to speak Sunday at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, but is now having second thoughts.  Watch author discuss importance of combating Holocaust denial » "I lost everyone in the Holocaust. This incident just shook me up so that I don't know what to say," she said. Anytime a group asks Blumberg to speak about the Holocaust, she obliges, she said, out of a sense of duty to educate people so that the atrocities perpetrated by Nazi Germany are never repeated. However, she said Thursday, the shooting at the museum leaves her wrestling with the decision on whether to deliver her speech this weekend. "I'm frightened. I don't know what to do," she said. "I couldn't sleep all night because things keep coming back." Regina Spiegel, 83, also of Rockville, believes education is one of the best weapons against bigotry. She volunteers at the museum on Wednesdays and was there when von Brunn allegedly opened fire with a .22-caliber rifle.  See photos from the museum » Fortunately, Spiegel was downstairs and didn't hear the shots, but that did not dampen her anger and disgust over the incident. Spiegel, who met her husband of more than 60 years, Samuel, at a slave labor camp in Auschwitz, teaches children to shun hate in hopes they will blossom into productive adults unfettered by ignorance and prejudices -- "just the opposite of what he is," she said, referring to the museum shooter. "We don't teach hate," she said firmly. "This guy, every time I think about it, it makes me sick that there are such people around." Hubert, who is a board member of the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center, said the Holocaust museum stands as an important educational tool, particularly to young Americans, for providing lessons on the follies of hatred and genocide.  Map of museum » "It's an ultimate act of Holocaust denial and I and all Jews -- especially survivors -- feel violated all over again," he said. "To attack that symbol is striking at the very heart of what the museum is trying to do, what America stands for -- the fight against bigotry and hatred." The Southern Poverty Law Center has described von Brunn as a "hardcore neo-Nazi" and Internet postings attributed to von Brunn allege that the Holocaust and Christianity are hoaxes. The postings further state that President Obama is a tool of "Jew owners

Question: What do Holocaust survivors fear?

Question: What importance is highlighted?

Question: What is Evan Rich Blumberg pondering?

Question: Who was pondering whether to deliver the speech?

Question: What do the Holocaust survivors fear?

Question: What couldn't Blumberg supposedly do?

Answer: invigorated others who embrace hate

Answer: combating Holocaust denial

Answer: the shooting may have emboldened others to attack Jews and symbols of Jewish culture,

Answer: Eva Rich Blumberg,

Answer: denial," he has invigorated others who embrace hate and who might wish to exact violence against others.

Answer: sleep all night

Summary:
Holocaust survivors fear museum shooting emboldens others who embrace hatred .
Shooting leaves Eva Rich Blumberg pondering whether to deliver speech Sunday .
Blumberg: "I couldn't sleep all night because things keep coming back"
Shooting highlights importance of "placing greater emphasis on prejudice, hatred"


(CNN) -- The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday that U.N. nuclear experts can inspect a uranium enrichment plant, according to a report from Iran-funded Press TV. Iranian soldiers are shown in the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms south of Tehran, in 2006. Ali Akbar Salehi said officials are trying to settle on a date for the inspection by the International Atomic Energy Agency. GeoEye, a U.S.-based satellite imagery company, released two photos dated Saturday from what it says is the second facility. The image shows quarry equipment, a surface-to-air missile site, and more construction equipment surrounding a mountain, according to image analysis by IHS Jane's, an intelligence firm. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment facility near the Shia Muslim city of Qom, about 100 miles southwest of Tehran. He said the plant won't be operational for about 18 months. Ahmadinejad told reporters Friday that Iran had met IAEA requirements by informing it about the plant at least six months before it is slated to begin operating.  Watch Ahmadinejad hit back at Obama » The watchdog agency confirmed that it received a letter Monday from Iran revealing the existence of the underground facility on a military base. Iran told the IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site, an agency spokesman said. Iran has denied its goal is to develop nuclear weapons, a concern of the United States and other Western nations. Esmail Kowsari, a senior Iranian lawmaker, said Iran's need for nuclear fuel is outpacing the limited amount of uranium it can enrich at its only other plant in Natanz. But Iran's activities, along with its anti-Western and anti-Israel rhetoric, have troubled international powers working to stop the development of an Iranian nuclear program. The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it is planning to stage "massive missile exercises" or war games on Sunday to promote the armed forces' "deterrent power," the semi-official Fars News Agency reported. The tests are code named "Payambar-e Azam 4, or "The Great Messenger," the corps said in its announcement. Iran's announcement came ahead of a planned meeting October 1 between it and the five permanent United Nations Security Council members, plus Germany. Leaders from the United States, France and Britain made a joint announcement, accusing Iran of violating international agreements by keeping the construction plan a secret. "This is a serious challenge to the global non-proliferation regime and continues a disturbing pattern of Iranian evasion," President Obama said Saturday in his weekly radio address. "That is why international negotiations with Iran scheduled for October 1 now take on added urgency," he said. "My offer of a serious, meaningful dialogue to resolve this issue remains open. But Iran must now cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency and take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions." Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, told Press TV Saturday that Iran is "very disappointed with the hasty, unjustified hostile reaction yesterday by three leaders." He was referring to Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  Watch world leaders react to Iran » "What I suspect is a hidden agenda, which is going to jeopardize our excellent cooperation with the IAEA, and perhaps long-term jeopardize the integrity and credibility of the IAEA," he said. "We are working with the agency in a very technical and smooth manner to arrange the inspection to the site." Other Iranians also reacted to the criticism over the new plant. iReport.com: Dissidents discuss Iran enrichment plants "God willing, this plant will be put into operation soon, and will blind the eyes of the enemies," Fars reported Saturday, quoting a senior Iranian official. The senior official, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, heads the office of the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Also Saturday, the Web site of the Iran Student News Agency carried comments from an Iranian legislator who warned Western nations not

Question: Where is the plant located?

Question: who is planning missle exercies

Question: Who is planning missile exercises, according to the report?

Question: What did Iran tell IAEA

Question: What did the Head of Iran's atomic energy program say

Answer: Natanz,

Answer: The country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Answer: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Answer: there is no nuclear material at the site,

Answer: a uranium enrichment plant,

Summary:
NEW: News agency: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps plans "missile exercises"
Head of Iran's atomic energy program says U.N. experts can inspect plant .
Iran told IAEA there is no nuclear material at the site, IAEA spokesman says .
U.S. has known about unfinished site since Bush administration, officials say .


(CNN) -- The head of Iran's soccer federation issued a public apology and a member of his staff resigned after the federation mistakenly sent a New Year's greeting to its counterpart in Israel, Iranian officials announced Sunday. "It was a big mistake sending an e-mail to Israel's football federation," Ali Kaffashian, president of the Iran Football Federation, said in a statement carried by the semi-official Mehrs News Agency. "However, I am sure the director of the foreign relations office didn't do it on purpose." Kaffashian said Iran's soccer league routinely sends New Year's greetings to all members of FIFA, the sport's global federation, except for Israel. Iran does not recognize Israel, which it dismisses as the "Zionist entity," and the two countries' teams do not meet in international competitions. Mohammad-Mansour Azimzadeh Ardebili, the head of the league's foreign relations office, resigned over the matter, Kaffashian said.

Question:
What did Iran say about the email?
what did the head say
Who did Iran leave out in greetings?
what was a mistake
what doesnt iran regocnize
when he resigned this man
Who does not recognize Israel?

Answer: "It was a big mistake sending an e-mail to Israel's football federation,"

Answer: "It was a big mistake sending an e-mail to Israel's football federation,"

Answer: Israel.

Answer: sending an e-mail to Israel's football federation,"

Answer: Israel,

Answer: after the federation mistakenly sent a New Year's greeting to its counterpart in Israel,

Answer: Iran

Summary:
New Year's e-mail to Israel was a mistake, Iranian officials say .
Iran doesn't recognize Israel .
Iran's soccer federation usually sends greetings to all FIFA members except Israel .
Head of the Iranian federation's foreign relations office resigns .


(CNN) -- The head of JetBlue is apologizing for a "confluence of events" that left a plane filled with passengers stranded on the tarmac at Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut, over the weekend.

Chief Operating Officer Rob Maruster said in a video posted on the company's blog and its YouTube Channel that the airline had six flights divert to Hartford during the freak weekend snowstorm "due to various runway, congestion and other operational issues at Newark and JFK Airports" and that the airline "did not deplane those aircraft in our target time allotted."

One of those flights, JetBlue 504 from Fort Lauderdale spent nearly eight hours stranded on the tarmac before passengers were allowed to deplane.

"At no point in this weekend was safety ever compromised," Maruster said, stressing that safety was the airline's number one concern.

"But let's face it, you count on us at JetBlue for a lot more -- and we promise a lot more -- and we know we let some of you down over the course of this weekend and for that we are truly sorry."

Maruster said the airline intends to "fully participate with the Department of Transportation and cooperating with their investigation into events over the weekend, and we're also going to conduct an internal evaluation so that we can learn from this event because at the end of the day, you deserve better -- and we expect better from our crewmembers and our operation."

"We can only earn your loyalty and trust one flight at a time and we ask you to give us a second chance."

JetBlue Flight 504 departed Fort Lauderdale at 10:07 a.m. ET Saturday -- 32 minutes late.

The flight made it to Newark -- just not to the runway, thanks to the weather before it was diverted to Hartford. It landed at 1:07 p.m.

What came next was an eight-hour ordeal for passengers -- and crew -- as the plane sat stuck on the tarmac with little food or water.

"I got a problem here on the airplane. I'm going to need to have the cops onboard," a flight crew member told the tower in a conversation posted on LiveATC.net, a website that monitors air traffic control conversations. "I need some air stairs brought over here and the cops brought onboard the airplane."

Passenger Roseann Kozma explained the situation in a phone interview with CNN affiliate WTIC-TV from the plane.

"A couple passengers are fighting and there's a baby on here that's been crying the whole time," she said.

"We cannot go to the bathrooms anymore. There's no running water," said Todd Bailey, another passenger. "They tell us that we're going to be going in soon, going in soon, going in soon -- and it just never happens."

Adding to the frustration and tension were passengers with medical conditions.

"I have a paraplegic that needs to come off," the pilot said. "I have a diabetic here that's got an issue ... I've just got to get some help."

But the plane was still not at a gate, further frustrating the pilot.

"Look, you know, we can't seem to get any help from our own company," the pilot told the tower. "I apologize for this, but if there is any way you can get a tug and a tow bar out here to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something. I don't care, take us anywhere."

The pilot, though frustrated, offered thanks to Bradley International officials.

"Listen, I just want to put in my two cents worth in for whatever it worth. Thank you very much," he said. "It's Capt. Thompson over here on (Flight) 504 ... I think we've got more help from you guys than our own people."

The passengers broke into applause when the door finally opened, saying "Let us out! Let us out! Let us out!"

Passengers deplaned around 9 p.m., according to

Question:
Whats the name of the companys head?
What did the head say
Did the company apologize?
what has jet blue done to its customers
Whats the airline company called?
what caused tension to ramp up
what caused the backlog
Who asks for a second chance

Answer: Rob Maruster

Answer: apologizing for a "confluence of events"

Answer: we are truly sorry."

Answer: left a plane filled with

Answer: JetBlue

Answer: passengers with medical conditions.

Answer: freak weekend snowstorm

Answer: head of JetBlue

Summary:
JetBlue head says the airline let some of its customers down .
Rob Maruster asks for a "second chance"
Pilot: Crying baby, fighting, two passengers' medical conditions ramped up tension .
JetBlue apologizes, saying weather and size of airport contributed to backlog .


(CNN) -- The heady days of New York epitomized by Wall Street excess and rampant wealth may seem a far-flung memory, but the city still retains its buzz, its high-octane spirit that is the essence of its magical personality as a place where anything can happen. The original 24 hour city, but still the best? You can turn a trip to NYC into anything you want it to be. New York remains firmly in first place as the world's 24 hour city, with nearly anything accessible at any hour. There is a frustratingly vast number of sights to see, places to eat, shopping, partying and serious cultural gems dotted throughout the place. So many films, books, television shows and musicians have personified New York that it's hard not to feel you already know it before you arrive. While many of those stereotypes ring true, entering the city -- whether the first or twentieth time -- with an open mind will make each visit seem an adventure. At first, the glittering, noisy and even rude aspect of the city may send timid visitors running. Look below the surface and you may see more than just shimmering skyscrapers and neatly manicured inhabitants but a multifarious bunch of people somehow co-existing astonishing well within the city's grid structure. Despite their sometimes alarming candor, New Yorkers are as much a part of the city's entertainment as catching a Broadway show. A starting point for 24 hours in the city should begin with breakfast or brunch New York style: eggs (however you'd like) and some good strong coffee to charge you up for the day. Almost every corner of Manhattan has a local diner, otherwise head downtown to breakfast stalwarts Bubby's or Kitchenette in Tribeca, or more recent favorite New French in the West Village. Continue south to Lower Manhattan, with an excursion on the free, 25-minute (each way) Staten Island ferry. The views of downtown, the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island give a closer glimpse of what it must have been like to arrive in the city as an immigrant in days past. Next head up to lively Chinatown to shop and bargain for knock-off designer handbags and various tat around Canal Street. If feeling peckish, have dim sum at New Green Bo Restaurant, known for its no-frills decor and delicious dumplings. Or continue on to Nolita (via Little Italy) to lunch at cool, low-key Café Gitane, or in SoHo at the beautiful French restaurant Balthazar (often a hangout of celebs). Shoppers will want to save time for the boutiques of Nolita and the higher-end designer shops in SoHo. If strolling is your thing, don't miss the opportunity to wander the leafy, village-like streets of the West Village. Loads of tiny boutiques (many of which have gone high-end in years past), inviting sidewalk cafes and the general laid-back style of the place seem the perfect antidote to otherwise hectic areas of town. Art enthusiasts should head straight to West Chelsea next, where there are enough galleries to spend several days. The Chelsea Gallery District is home to New York's contemporary art scene and sits over near the Hudson River, spanning several streets going north. Outdoor lovers will also be enticed to the West Chelsea neighborhood as the New York High Line is opening in June 2009. The former elevated railroad has been converted into a park including floating ponds, sundecks and lookout spots over the Hudson River and Manhattan. One of the city's most exciting recent projects, the public park will span 22 blocks (once it's all open in 2010), a huge accomplishment after many locals fought for years to turn it into green space. After a rest in the park, take in Midtown for its neck-wrenching skyscrapers. Admire the Chrysler Building, the city's homage to art deco, and gape up at the city's tallest building, the Empire State Building. Stop in Grand Central Terminal, taking note of its Beaux Arts beauty and its constellation-inspired ceiling, where you may have time to sneak a drink in the

Question: Where is the original 24-hour city?

Question: Where should you head?

Question: What does the original 24-hour city offer?

Question: Which city is being discussed?

Question: What can be seen in mid-town?

Answer: New York

Answer: lively Chinatown

Answer: anything accessible at any hour.

Answer: New York

Answer: neck-wrenching skyscrapers.

Summary:
The original 24-hour city has plenty of offer for first- or tenth-time visitors .
Fuel up for the day with a typical NYC breakfast and head to lower Manhattan .
Mid-town sights and shopping can provide plenty to delight and distract .
It remains an international city where you can make your own adventures .


(CNN) -- The health care bill's passage has struck such an emotional chord that more than 10,000 people have posted comments and sometimes deeply personal stories about it on CNN.com.

Under the bill, which President Obama is expected to sign Tuesday at the earliest, most Americans will now be required to have health insurance or pay a fine. Larger employers will be required to provide coverage or risk financial penalties. Total individual out-of-pocket expenses will be capped, and insurers will be barred from denying coverage based on gender or pre-existing conditions.

Democrat Alison Victoria, who was a financial manager at a hospital for 15 years, supported the bill. As it's written, the bill "isn't perfect, and it's not everything I wanted, but it will save lives," Victoria said in an iReport video.

"Doctors, nurses and financial officers see a part of our health care system that many Americans don't, if they're lucky," she said.

"We have seen benefits denied based on false allegations that the treatment is not medically necessary. We have seen families and whole small businesses dropped from insurance coverage because one person on the plan got sick. We have seen people unable to find insurance because of a pre-existing condition," she said, likening the bill to a form of "justice" promised in the Constitution.

See complete coverage of the health care bill

Another reader used sarcasm to suggest that people will find a way around paying premiums. "This is cool. I'm just going to drop my insurance now, pay the $700 yearly fine, and then pickup insurance when I get sick since insurance companies can't deny me," he wrote on the Sound Off section of a CNN.com news story published after the bill passed. "I'll save a bundle of money every year."

"I suspect this is what most 'smart' Americans will do," he continued. "And then guess what? Insurance companies will collapse because they'll have no pool of money to pay for the claims that start coming in, and we'll be in a world of hurt again."

What will health care reform mean to you?

Many people who responded to CNN's coverage said they were happy the bill passed simply because the current system was not working. Government-backed health care is "the best compromise possible," Egberto Willies said. He's relieved that his wife, who has lupus, and his daughter, a pre-med student, won't have to worry about health care as much under the new bill, he said. "America has joined the civilized world," he said in his iReport video.

iReporter Cameron Harrelson, however, said he is afraid that his generation will end up paying for the bill. "We're going to have to endure it the longest," the 15-year-old from Georgia said.

Cliff Olney's daughter was born premature, and he's had to spend more than two decades caring for her with Medicaid, the U.S. health program funded by state and federal governments available to low-income people or people with disabilities.

"After 22 years of fighting health insurance companies, me and my daughter have vindication," he told iReport. But he also thinks the fight is far from over. "You know what's going to happen now ... the insurance companies will begin to cut people who are sick as quickly as they can before the window of opportunity is over ... they'll also increase premiums as the banks did after legislation was passed for credit card reform."

Michael Ingram, of Milford, Pennsylvania, says he's in good health and feels like he doesn't need health insurance. As a Navy veteran, he goes to a Veterans Affairs hospital when he's ill, he said.

"Forcing me to take a health care package that I may not need is dictatorial and not in keeping with the spirit or a free nation," Ingram wrote in his iReport. He said he's written to his representatives about the bill and said

Question: What will the bill do according to a hospital manager?

Answer: save lives,"

Summary:
Former hospital financial manager says bill "isn't perfect ... but it will save lives"
Navy vet who uses VA system says it would be unfair to force him to pay for health care .
Recent college graduate who's on chemotherapy hopes "this bill will help our situation"
Others worry about cost, potential to cheat system .


(CNN) -- The hefty last meal ordered but not eaten by an executed Texas inmate brought a complaint from a state senator and the end Thursday to the practice of special menus.

Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, wrote Thursday that he opposed the practice of providing a last meal of choice to the condemned.

"It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege. One which the perpetrator did not provide to their victim," Whitmire wrote.

The Democrat, who represents Houston and parts of north Harris County, said "enough is enough" after Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet with other ingredients, a large bowl of fried okra with ketchup, three fajitas, a pint of Blue Bell ice cream and a pound of barbecue with a half-loaf of white bread.

The meal request also included a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts, a pizza and three root beers.

Brewer declined to eat the last meal Wednesday, said Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark.

Whitmire, in asking the state to stop special requests, said he would seek the change by law if necessary.

"I believe Senator Whitmire's concerns regarding the practice of allowing death row offenders to choose their last meal are valid," Brad Livingston, executive director of the Department of Criminal Justice, said in statement released Thursday. "Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made. They will receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit."

Brewer, 44, was executed for his involvement in the infamous racially motivated 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr.

CNN's Phil Gast contributed to this report.

Question: When was Brewer executed?

Question: What did Lawrence Russell Brewer do?

Question: What did State senator say?

Question: Did Lawrence Russell Brewer finished his extensive meal?

Question: Brewer was executed for the death of who?

Question: Who ordered a extensive last meal that they didn't eat?

Question: What Chief of criminal Justice department ordered?

Answer: Wednesday,

Answer: declined to eat the last meal

Answer: he opposed the practice of providing a last meal of choice to the condemned.

Answer: ordered but not eaten

Answer: James Byrd Jr.

Answer: Lawrence Russell Brewer

Answer: "Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made.

Summary:
Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered extensive last meal and didn't eat it .
State senator said allowing such a request was "ridiculous"
Chief of criminal justice department orders change to protocol .
Brewer was executed for the 1998 dragging death of James Byrd Jr.


(CNN) -- The highest-level talks between the United States and North Korea since President Barack Obama took office unfolded Wednesday in Pyongyang, with a virtual lock-down on information.

The top U.S. envoy for North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, is on a three-day visit for meetings to determine whether North Korea will return to six-party talks on its nuclear program.

The veteran diplomat is the first senior official from the Obama administration to hold direct talks with Pyongyang.

The White House offered no new details about the talks, and North Koreanstate media only acknowledged Bosworth's arrival in a one-line report.

North Korea abandoned the six-party talks last April, declaring them "dead," in anger over international criticism of its nuclear and missile tests. But the North also sent signals that it wanted to pursue bilateral talks with the United States instead of a multilateral dialogue.

Meanwhile, the North also has cooled its tough rhetoric against the United States.

Many are wondering what's behind the North's latest moves.

"The visit gives North Korea a lot of 'face,' a sense of importance," said Wenran Jiang, political science professor at the University of Alberta in Canada.

Some analysts say North Korea might just be trying to buy time. Earlier reports in Seoul claimed that North Korea is in the final stages of restoring its Yongbyon nuclear plant, which Pyongyang had begun to disable before walking away from the six-party talks in April. Given the secrecy of the North, those reports could not be verified.

Analysts say North Korea is also desperate to break out of its diplomatic isolation and ease its economic pain, especially after the U.N. Security Council imposed tougher sanctions on the communist country in response to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile tests earlier this year.

Another reason for Pyongyang's moves, analysts say, is neighboring China.

When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Pyongyang in October, China pledged much-needed economic, trade and military aid to its communist ally.

During the three-day visit, President Kim Jong Il indicated that North Korea was willing to return to the stalled six-party talks -- on condition that there would be progress in direct talks between North Korea and the United States.

China has hosted several rounds of the six-party talks, which bring together the United States, North and South Korea, Japan, Russia and China. The talks aim to negotiate a deal for North Korea to abandon its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees and aid.

In the end, Pyongyang wants direct talks with Washington that will eventually lead to diplomatic ties, a peace treaty and economic and trade relations.

"China can only act as a go-between, but in the end, the U.S. and North Korea will have to resolve critical issues between themselves," Jiang said.

A U.S. State Department official said Bosworth would not carry any new proposals or new initiatives on his visit.

"Our goal here is, of course, the resumption of the six-party talks and to secure North Korea's reaffirmation of the September 2005 joint agreement," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said a few days before Bosworth's trip.

He added: "The complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula ... will be the focus of Ambassador Bosworth's trip to Pyongyang."

Some observers point to a wide difference in the United States and North Korea's negotiating positions.

Selig Harrison, an expert on North Korea who has visited the North many times said, "the U.S. side always says we don't want to buy the same horse twice. Defense Secretary (Robert) Gates actually said that several months ago, meaning that we keep giving North Korea things to get results which we don't get and we feel that we've been cheated and we're making the same deal over and over again. But actually the North Koreans feel that they're the ones who don't get what we have promised."

Bridging their differences, observers say, will not be easy.

"If Bosworth can persuade the North Koreans to

Question: Where are the high-level talks taking place?

Question: Who condemned North Korea's missile launches and nuke test?

Question: What is the name of the U.S. envoy?

Question: When did North Korea test nukes?

Question: Who is the US envoy?

Question: Where are the talks being held?

Answer: Pyongyang,

Answer: Stephen Bosworth,

Answer: Stephen Bosworth,

Answer: earlier this year.

Answer: Stephen Bosworth,

Answer: Pyongyang,

Summary:
Highest-level talks between U.S. and N. Korea since President Obama took office unfold in Pyongyang .
U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth will try to determine if North will return to six-party talks on its nuclear program .
U.S. officials maintain Bosworth does not know in advance Pyongyang's position .
North Korea's missile launches and nuke test in April brought U.N. Security Council condemnation .


(CNN) -- The homeless Florida woman who made a tearful plea for help from President Obama earlier this year is still jobless and struggling financially.

President Obama greets Henrietta Hughes during a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, on February 10.

Henrietta Hughes caught the nation's attention in February when she cried for help during one of Obama's town hall meetings.

After her plea, Hughes was given a free home to live in temporarily, but she is still struggling to find a job and might soon lose that home, CNN affiliate WINK reported Thursday.

Hughes, who is in her 60s, faithfully goes to an employment center in Fort Myers in hopes of finding a job.

"It's almost our second home," Hughes told WINK.

She and her son have taken a computer class at the center to help land work. Hughes said she has applied for as many jobs as possible but has struck out. Her son has had no luck either.

Now Hughes says she feels time is running out. The home she lives in was donated by the wife of a Florida lawmaker, Chene Thompson, who has been trying to sell the vacant home in the Fort Myers suburb of Lavelle since 2006. Once the house sells, Hughes will have to leave.

But Thompson told CNN that she will do everything in her power to make sure Hughes is not back out on the streets even if her house sells.

"I've told Miss Hughes ... she will never again be homeless, even if I have to personally assist her with her rent," said Thompson, who is a longtime advocate of the homeless.

Thompson said Hughes reminds her of her grandmother and that she and her son are "upstanding, good-hearted people."

"Her concern is that she doesn't want to be a freeloader," Thompson said, but Hughes and her son have helped deter vandals who have targeted vacant homes in the area.

"They really are a blessing for me," Thompson said.

But Hughes told WINK that she worries that she could end up living in her truck again if she has to move without a job.

Her plea to Obama came as he promoted his economic stimulus plan at a town hall meeting in southwest Florida.

After talking about the plan, the president opened the floor to questions from the crowd.

"I have an urgent need -- unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in," Hughes said at the time. "The housing authority has two years' waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help."

Hughes said her son had lost his job, leaving them homeless.

Obama gave Hughes a kiss on the cheek and a promise: "We're going to do everything we can to help you, but there are a lot of people like you."

Question:
What did Obama tell her?
What did Hughes do?
what says Obama?

Answer: "We're going to do everything we can to help you, but there are a lot of people like you."

Answer: cried for help

Answer: "We're going to do everything we can to help you, but there are a lot of people like you."

Summary:
Homeless Henrietta Hughes made tearful plea for help from President Obama .
Hughes still jobless, was given a free home but fears she will lose it .
Hughes and son striking out on jobs despite retraining, visits to job center .
Obama told Hughes he would help, "but there are a lot of people like you"


(CNN) -- The international draw of its star players, the huge sums paid for rights to broadcast live action and the loyal nature of its consumers have long made the English Premier League an attractive home for investors.

In recent years this has included a number of American billionaires who, having made their money with sport franchises in the United States, saw ownership of teams including Manchester United (Malcolm Glazer), Liverpool (Hicks and Gillett) and Aston Villa (Randy Lerner) as the best way to expand a global portfolio.

Stan Kroenke -- owner of the Denver Nuggets basketball team, the National Hockey League's Colorado Avalanche and Major League Soccer's Colorado Rapids -- could be the next to join this elite group after a major shareholder at London-based Arsenal confirmed that she is looking to sell her stake.

Kroenke already owns 29 percent of the Champions League quarterfinalists, and needs only one more percent to trigger a complete takeover.

Blog: Should Stan Kroenke buy Arsenal?

But with the economic downturn compounding both Liverpool and Manchester United's struggles with debt and growing fan unrest -- coupled with Kroenke's recent confirmation of a takeover bid for the St Louis Rams -- would it be wise for the American to aim his sights on owning Arsenal now?

CNN's business correspondent Jim Boulden helps break down Kroenke's decision.

Why invest in the English Premier League?

The recent sale of their overseas television rights amounted to over $1.5 billion, while the domestic rights went for much more. This means the Premier League clubs can sign expensive players on big wages, according to Boulden. "A lot of the league's strength is to do with Sky and its multi-billion dollar deal to show the games around the world," he said. "Sky gives an enormous amount of money to Premier League clubs."

Could Kroenke expect much profit from Arsenal?

Boulden says the main way to maximize profit is to keep a club healthy, and deliver success on the pitch before selling it on down the line for a profit. He said: "I look upon Stan Kroenke like these other guys in America: the Glazers own a NFL team, the guys who own Liverpool own hockey clubs in America. They only make money if they hold onto them for a really long time and sell them."

Is Arsenal a financially healthy club?

Yes, according to Boulden. He says the club had to take out a big loan to build its new stadium -- the Emirates, which opened in 2006 -- but that is being chipped away. He explained: "There is a small section of seats at Arsenal's new ground that generates as much money on a match day as the entire former ground did. All other seats are gravy, so the amount of money they make per game is phenomenal." The site of the former ground has been turned into flats, which has also generated a considerable amount of money, Boulden said.

Boulden believes Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger's model of investing time and money into youth players is also a shrewd move. "Arsene Wenger's theory is to buy someone when they are young and other clubs haven't even noticed them. By the time they come good, and most of them do, he would have to pay $20 million to get these guys." He says these players can also be sold on for huge profit, like in the case of France striker Nicolas Anelka, who came through the Arsenal youth system before being sold to Real Madrid for $35 million.

Would Kroenke put the club in debt to buy it, as did the owners of Manchester United and Liverpool?

The Glazer family bought Manchester United by putting the debt onto the club, and their most recent accounts show they are over $1 billion in debt. Boulden says any similar move at Arsenal may not do the club any good. "Arsenal already has a debt from the building of the new stadium, so it would be hard to see how Kroenke would get a bank to agree to give them more debt," he said.

Does Kroenke's extra investment in

Question: who is largest shareholder

Question: Who is largest shareholder at English soccer club Arsenal?

Question: Jim Boulden says Kroenke's Rams move means he may not what?

Question: who wants to buy the st louis rams

Question: who bought rams

Question: who is the largest shareholder

Answer: Stan Kroenke

Answer: Stan Kroenke

Answer: do the club any good.

Answer: Stan Kroenke

Answer: Stan Kroenke

Answer: Stan Kroenke

Summary:
U.S. businessman Stan Kroenke is largest shareholder at English soccer club Arsenal .
Kroenke has just signaled his intention to buy NFL side the St Louis Rams .
CNN's Jim Boulden says Kroenke's Rams move means he may not buy Arsenal .


(CNN) -- The intrusive voices popped into William "Bill" Garrett's head. "They're coming for you," the voices told the 18-year-old. "Find somewhere to hide; they're going to get you." In the left shows William "Bill" Garrett in high school, and the right is a 2007 photo of the Maryland teenager. They told the Johns Hopkins University freshman that his father had poisoned the family dog, his sister had injected crystal methamphetamine into his pet lizard and his grandmother had put human body parts into his food. As schizophrenia took hold, the Maryland teenager became lost within his own mind and had to leave college after winning a full, four-year scholarship. Garrett's experience echoes the teenage years of Nathaniel Ayers, a promising string bass player whose musical training at the Juilliard School was cut short by schizophrenia, a brain disorder that blurs a person's ability to distinguish between reality and delusions. Ayers became homeless and played Beethoven pieces on a broken violin in the streets of Los Angeles, California. His struggles with schizophrenia and his friendship with a Los Angeles Times columnist inspired the movie "The Soloist," which releases Friday. His sister, Jennifer Ayers-Moore, hopes the movie will raise awareness about schizophrenia and has established the Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation for the artistically gifted mentally ill. "I know there are thousands of Nathaniels, and they deserve a chance, too," said Ayers-Moore, an Atlanta-based social worker. Teen interrupted Schizophrenia is the result of disrupted brain development. Males typically get symptoms during their teens or early 20s, as Ayers and Garrett did. "It's a critical time for the brain," said Dr. Jon McClellan, the medical director of the Child Study and Treatment Center at Seattle Children's Hospital. "It's the CEO part of the brain that pays attention, makes decisions and filters. The prefrontal cortex, that's the last area of the brain to develop.  As that area comes online, that's when the illness presents." In high school, Garrett won elected offices in student government and headed the lacrosse and cross country teams. A gifted student, he wanted to study political science and biology at Hopkins. At home, he cooked family dinners, helped his little sister with homework, and surprised his mother with pancakes on her birthday. "People likened him to the perfect child before he got sick," said his mother, Kristan Kanyuch. In 2007, the unusual behaviors started. He slept a lot. He emptied an entire can of bug spray in his bedroom. When he came home for a weekend from college, he pointed to a blister on his hand that had formed from playing lacrosse. "Look, I have gangrene," he said.  "My hand is going to rot." Then he tried to cut off his hand with a paring knife. His family stopped him and took him to an emergency room for a psych evaluation, but Garrett refused to wait and left. A week later, Kanyuch got a call from the university. Her son was failing every class. When confronted, Garrett looked at the F's and calmly replied, "I'm not failing anything." In the 1970s, Ayers-Moore saw the symptoms when her family picked her brother up from Juilliard to head home to Cleveland, Ohio, for summer. "The look in his eye was so different," she said. "It was like you could see into his soul, he could look into yours. It sort of startled me a little bit. I didn't know what to say to him. On the way from New York, I pretended I was asleep. I didn't know what to say." Paranoid schizophrenia About three decades later, Nickole Kanyuch, 15, watched a similar scenario unfold as her brother, Garrett, struggled with paranoid schizophrenia and obsessive compulsive disorder. "I watched the big brother who I had looked up to all my life fall apart

Question: Whois the subject of the film "the Soloist"?

Question: What disease forced a Maryland teen to leave college?

Question: What is the name of the film?

Question: What forces a teenager to leave college?

Question: What is the family struggling with?

Question: What disrupts the Maryland teenagers life?

Question: What does the teen's life experience echo?

Answer: William "Bill" Garrett's

Answer: schizophrenia

Answer: "The Soloist,"

Answer: schizophrenia

Answer: Schizophrenia

Answer: schizophrenia

Answer: the teenage years of Nathaniel Ayers,

Summary:
Schizophrenia disrupts Maryland teenager's life, forces him to leave college .
Teen's story echoes experience of Nathaniel Ayers, subject of film, "The Soloist"
Family struggles to learn how to best help teenager deal with mental illness .


(CNN) -- The investigation of the E. coli outbreak linked to Nestle Toll House cookie dough is nearly over, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cause of the contamination has not been identified. Nestle recalled all its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products made at a Danville, Virginia, plant. David Acheson, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods, says the samples of cookie dough his agency has tested do not contain the E. coli strain that sickened 74 people in 32 states. On June 19, Nestle recalled all its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products made at a Danville, Virginia, plant. Thirty-four people have been hospitalized; no deaths have been reported. The CDC reports that the majority of the patients were teenage girls who reported eating the cookie dough raw. Last month, the FDA found E. coli in a production sample of Toll House cookie dough, but after testing, investigators found that the strain in the sample did not match the outbreak strain. "We are still in speculation mode," Acheson said, but the E. coli "most likely came from raw ingredients" such as flour. The E.coli strain that caused the outbreak, 0157:H7, is typically found in fecal contamination from animals such as cows, sheep or goats. Acheson points out that it's not unusual for those animals to be carrying more than one strain of the bacteria. But he believes that the root cause of the contamination may never be known. "We have to conclude we're unlikely to have a definitive determination," he said. Most people with E. coli 0157:H7 experience diarrhea and abdominal cramps within eight days of infection. The FDA notified Nestle USA on Thursday that its investigation at the Danville plant was over. Nestle says FDA inspectors were at the plant for more than a week and found no E. coli on equipment. More than 1,000 tests have been conducted at the facility after the outbreak. "We've dismantled the production line and done extensive testing on all equipment and not found any E. coli," Nestle USA spokeswoman Laurie MacDonald said. MacDonald announced that Nestle is easing back into production at the plant. The company has purchased new lots of eggs, flour and margarine and says it is thoroughly testing the new products and all raw ingredients. Consumers will have to wait to see cookie dough back in grocery stores. "You're not going to see anything on the shelves for quite some time," MacDonald said. But when it does appear, the company will mark the cookie dough with a new label that clearly designates it as a new batch. It will also continue to carry a reminder to not eat the dough raw.

Question: What doesn't contain the particular strain of E. coli?

Question: Who were sickened?

Question: What did the FDA say about the samples?

Question: How many people were sickened?

Question: Who recalled all dough made at Virginia plant?

Question: How many people got sick?

Question: Who made a recall?

Question: What did Nestle recall?

Answer: Nestle Toll House cookie dough

Answer: Thirty-four people

Answer: of cookie dough his agency has tested do not contain the E. coli strain that sickened 74 people in 32 states.

Answer: 74

Answer: Nestle

Answer: 74

Answer: Nestle

Answer: Toll House refrigerated cookie dough products

Summary:
FDA says Toll House samples don't contain particular strain of E. coli .
Nestle recalled all dough made at Virginia plant after outbreak .
74 people in 32 states were sickened; there were no deaths .
Plant resuming test production of cookie dough .


(CNN) -- The junta leading Niger following last week's coup and suspension of the constitution is working to return the country to democratic rule, a United Nations official said Sunday.

"The political party is very keen to return power to civilians and transition to an all-inclusive democracy," U.N. Special Representative for West Africa Said Djinnit told CNN. "This transition began with the occurrence of the coup and the expiration of the constitution and implementation of a new constitution."

The new constitution already is in the works, said Djinnit, who along with representatives from the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States met with junta leaders in Niamey, Niger, on Sunday to push for a quick resolution to the conflict.

"The mission of this meeting is to assure this coup is the last," Djinnit said. "No coup can be tolerated."

President Mamadou Tandja is said to be detained in a military camp following Thursday's coup. Soldiers reportedly stormed the presidential palace, according to the United Nations, and the French Embassy reported hearing intermittent gunfire less than a mile from the palace.

A military official announced the suspension of the constitution later that day and attributed the order to the Superior Council for the Restoration of Democracy.

The violence may have been prompted by a collapse of talks between the government and the opposition over a recent referendum allowing the president to hold power indefinitely, according to the United Nations. Tandja had been in office since 1999, but Niger's previous constitution mandated only two, five-year terms for president, according to the CIA World Fact Book.

General public sentiment in the west African nation of 15 million appeared to favor the coup, according to Djinnit, who said life had returned to normal for civilians and many had gathered in rallies of support. Djinnit's observations back earlier reports that the situation was calm in Niger, with children returning to school and shops open for business.

CNN's Andreena Narayan contributed to this report.

Question: Who is detained in the military camp?

Question: What does the general public appear to favor?

Question: Who is said to be detained in a military camp?

Question: What did the U.N official say regarding the general public sentiment?

Question: Where is the president of Niger?

Question: What may have led to the coup?

Question: Mamadou Tandja is President of which country?

Question: What is in the works?

Answer: President Mamadou Tandja

Answer: the coup,

Answer: President Mamadou Tandja

Answer: "The political party is very keen to return power to civilians and transition to an all-inclusive democracy,"

Answer: Mamadou Tandja is said to be detained in a military camp

Answer: a collapse of talks between the government and the opposition over a recent referendum allowing the president

Answer: Niger

Answer: The new constitution

Summary:
General public sentiment in Niger appears to favor last week's coup, U.N. official says .
U.N.: Collapse of talks over president's effort to supersede term limits may have led to coup .
President Mamadou Tandja is said to be detained in a military camp .
New constitution in the works, U.N. official says .


(CNN) -- The jury that convicted O.J. Simpson of robbery and other charges relied mostly on audio and video evidence -- and very little on testimony from prosecution witnesses -- jury members said Sunday. O.J. Simpson, convicted of robbery and kidnapping last week, could be sentenced to life in prison on December 5. "We honestly felt we could not rely on that witness testimony," said Michelle R. Lyons, one of seven jurors who spoke to reporters in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday. "There was not one decision we made that was based only on witness testimony." Jury foreman Paul Connelly said some of the prosecution's witnesses didn't seem trustworthy. At least three former Simpson co-defendants who cut deals to testify in the case had criminal records. Asked whether the jury trusted the witnesses, Connelly answered: "Not entirely, no."  Watch jurors explain their verdict » Prosecutors produced an audiotape of the confrontation in which authorities said Simpson and five men burst into a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel on September 13, 2007. The men allegedly made off with pillowcases containing Simpson sports memorabilia. Several jurors said audiotapes of the incident and conversations between Simpson and others that were recorded surreptitiously before, during and after the heist made the prosecution's case. "It would have been a weak case" without the tapes, juror Dora Pettit said. The jury of nine women and three men found Simpson and co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart guilty Friday of 12 charges, including conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Simpson, 61, could get life in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for December 5 in Las Vegas. Prosecutors alleged that Simpson, a former football star, led a group of men who used threats, guns and force to take the memorabilia and other items from memorabilia dealers Bruce Fromong and Al Beardsley. Four men who had been charged with Simpson cut deals with the prosecution and testified against him. One testified that Simpson instructed him to bring a gun to the hotel encounter. "Everything was based on the recordings," juror Dora Pettit said of the panel's decisions. Simpson, who did not testify during the trial, told police he didn't know the people with him were armed. He also claimed the items had been stolen from him, and the hotel encounter was just about him retrieving his items. Simpson's lawyer has indicated he plans to appeal the conviction, partly because some of the jurors had indicated during jury selection that they disagreed with a 1995 verdict in which he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.  Watch Fred Goldman hail the verdict » Teresa Owens, one of the jurors in the Simpson robbery case, said any suggestion that the jury found Simpson guilty because of the verdict 13 years ago is "terrible." "There's reports right now that we've had some kind of vendetta against Mr. Simpson for ... 13 years ago," she said. "That in no way had anything to do with this case whatsoever." Connelly said the murder trial "never came up." "I don't think it was on anybody's minds. For that, I can say I'm proud of the jury," he said. Before the robbery and kidnapping trial, the jurors promised they could disregard Simpson's past and solely consider the evidence against him and Stewart, 54. Owens also said it would be "preposterous" for anyone suggest that the makeup of the jury -- 11 jurors were white, and one said she was Hispanic, while Simpson is black -- hurt the defense's chances. "They chose us. Five hundred people ... filled out these questionnaires," Owens said. "They had the [opportunity] to pass us." Pettit said the jury has been painted by some "as an all-white jury that hates O.J." "That's just not true," she said. "It couldn't be further from the truth

Question: Who cut deals to testify?

Question: What did the jury foreman say?

Question: What never came up?

Question: How many witnesses had criminal records?

Question: what did jury foreman say

Answer: At least three former Simpson co-defendants

Answer: some of the prosecution's witnesses didn't seem trustworthy.

Answer: the murder trial

Answer: At least three

Answer: some of the prosecution's witnesses didn't seem trustworthy.

Summary:
Some witnesses didn't seem trustworthy, jury foreman says .
At least three witnesses who cut deals to testify had criminal records .
"Not one decision" was made based solely on testimony, juror says .
Jurors: Simpson's 1995 acquittal on murder charges never came up .


(CNN) -- The label on the package claimed that it contained T-shirts and baby toys. When customs officials in Sydney scanned the parcel, they found five pythons and two venomous tarantulas. But when customs officials in Sydney X-ray scanned the parcel, they found instead five pythons and two venomous tarantulas. On Tuesday, authorities raided the house in Sydney to which the parcel had been addressed. Officials seized evidence but expect to file charges later, the customs agency said. Importing live animals without a permit is illegal in Australia and can yield a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars ($92,000 U.S.). The parcel was sent from the United States last week, but officials would not say specifically where it had been mailed from. The snakes were wrapped within white calico bags and the spiders were packed in clear plastic containers, the customs agency said. The creatures were later killed because they posed a quarantine risk, the agency said in a press release. It titled the press release: "Spiders and snakes on a plane."

Question: where were the customs officials

Question: How many creatures were mailed?

Question: what did customs officials in australia find?

Question: what did Customs officials find in the package.

Question: Where did the parcel come from?

Question: Who euthanized these creatures?

Question: where were pythons and tarantulas found?

Answer: Sydney

Answer: five pythons and two venomous tarantulas.

Answer: five pythons and two venomous tarantulas.

Answer: five pythons and two venomous tarantulas.

Answer: the United States

Answer: officials in Sydney

Answer: Sydney

Summary:
Customs officials in Australia find pythons and tarantulas in package .
The parcel had been sent from the United States .
The creatures were later killed because they posed a quarantine risk .


(CNN) -- The last eight years In the United States have included momentous events including the September 11 attacks, the Iraq war, Hurricane Katrina and an economic recession. Ted Stanke of New York created a symbolic map of the United States out of toy soldiers to protest the Iraq war. Historic moments defined President Bush's time in office, and now the world must wait to see how history will define him. Just 27 percent of the respondents to a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll said they approved of Bush's handling of his job as president. Respondents also indicated they didn't want him to have future influence, with 66 percent saying they didn't want to see the president return to public life. We asked readers to share their views on Bush's legacy on iReport.com. The majority of the responses expressed disappointment with the president's performance. Many readers with whom we spoke said they were deeply frustrated with the way Bush handled issues such as the Iraq war, the economy and Hurricane Katrina.  Watch Bush discuss handling of Katrina » Cathy Cott, 49, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, vented her "boiling anger" on iReport.com. She voted Republican for 22 years until after the 2000 election when Bush won a narrow victory over Democrat Al Gore. She says she is now a registered Democrat who voted for Barack Obama. iReport.com: Bubbling over "I guess the simplest reason for my boiling anger is I have three kids and they will spend their lives paying for Bush's policies, wars, economic disasters and the general mess he is leaving behind both monetarily and in their general quality of life," Cott said. "Eight years of frustration" over the Iraq war and other military decisions inspired New York artist Ted Stanke to create painstakingly detailed and unmistakably symbolic artwork from toy soldiers. One piece shows a map of the United States with an inset globe made from the tiny fighters, while another depicts a bush constructed from the soldiers. iReport.com: See Stanke's toy soldier art Some iReporters say they still support Bush, while others said they voted for him but changed their minds about him later. Kathi Cordsen is a Republican who describes herself as a Bush supporter. The Fullerton, California, resident says the September 11 attacks profoundly changed the way people perceived Bush. She says many people were too unwilling to give him a chance. iReport.com: In defense of Bush "He is a funny man, a kind man, a bit of a goofball and not very well-spoken," Cordsen said. "But, he would not have been treated the way he is being treated now if not for 9/11. His presidency was thwarted by the 'evildoers.' I love that term of his." Chuck Burkhard of Windber, Pennsylvania, hopes history will remember Bush as a strong man who loved his country. Burkard said the president juggled unprecedented challenges during his term, including dealing with terrorism and facing up to financial forces that may not have been under his control. Critics of Bush should look within themselves for answers, he said. iReport.com: Working overtime "Most of us are spoiled by a have-it-our-way-now and reckless generation that must stop borrowing so much and start working more. We shift blame instead of looking to ourselves for resolve and drive." Burkhard said he feels Bush is one of the most overworked presidents in history and has shouldered too much blame for the current state of the economy. "I personally have never seen this much responsibility thrown onto our country, in such a small amount of time," Burkhard said. "We are responsible for the world economy, the global war on terror, global warming. You name it, we have our hands in it." Chris Molisani of Rochester, New York, says September 11 was a defining moment, not just for Bush's presidency, but also in his own life. He was in high school and college during Bush's eight years in the White House. iReport.com: Look back on how Bush changed the country He can scarcely remember the

Question: Who was frustrated?

Question: Who feels frustration?

Question: who share  impassioned, often angry, thoughts?

Question: Are readers angry about Bush?

Question: Who can't remember Bush's years before September 11?

Question: Who was angry?

Answer: Many readers

Answer: Ted Stanke

Answer: Cathy Cott,

Answer: The majority of the responses expressed disappointment

Answer: Chris Molisani

Answer: Cathy Cott,

Summary:
iReport.com: Readers share impassioned, often angry, thoughts on Bush .
Cathy Cott says she feels frustration coming to a boil at the mention of him .
Chris Molisani says he can't remember  Bush's years before September 11 .
Maria Davis wants to see him give a unifying departing speech .