(CNN) -- The music of Woodstock was a draw that attracted hundreds of thousands of people to the festival. Similarly, the name of Ang Lee is a draw that attracted a number of actors to his new film, "Taking Woodstock." From left, "Taking Woodstock's" Emile Hirsch, director Ang Lee and Demetri Martin at the movie's premiere. "Taking Woodstock," which is out August 28, features performers who were either not born or very young when the monumental festival occurred in 1969, but many were enticed to join the movie because of Lee's involvement. "I'd read the Sunday paper for Ang Lee. I'd do anything. He's a filmmaker I've always admired and [was] sort of eager to work with," said Liev Schreiber, who plays a transvestite. "So when he approached me, you know: Dress, shmess, I'll do whatever you want." Lee's work, which includes the renowned films "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain," has garnered him three Oscar nominations. The lighthearted "Taking Woodstock" is a mild departure for a man whose films tend toward serious drama. The film's plot concerns Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), son of the owners of a fading Catskills hotel, who helped attract the Woodstock festival to the area. It's based on Tiber's memoir. The film also stars Emile Hirsch, Jonathan Groff and Eugene Levy. The 36-year-old Martin, who is best known for his standup, his contributions to "The Daily Show" and hosting "Important Things with Demetri Martin," might have benefited the most from working with Lee. "Taking Woodstock" is his first film as star, and he's made only a handful of others. "Ang is not really going to hold your hand and reassure you through the whole thing. He's going to be more like a sensei, kind of a tough-love thing," Martin said. "He's like, 'Punch this wall,' and you'll be like, 'Why?' and he's like, 'Punch the wall, and do it.' "And then it's like, 'Oh, good performance, great. I'm glad I punched the wall,' and you don't understand, but it's really a lesson in trust," he added. Jonathan Groff also came to "Taking Woodstock" with limited big-screen experience and was excited to work with Lee. "He's your fearless leader. He's everything that you want to be when you grow up," Groff said. Woodstock may have been 40 years ago, but it's recent enough that a number of the principals are still alive. Groff had the opportunity to meet Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang, whom he plays in the movie. Lang opened his memories to Groff and also visited the set. "He came to the first day on set, and that was a little nerve-wracking, but it then became comforting because as we would be between takes he would, you know, be giving you a little thumbs-up," Groff recalled. "I'm sure it must have been a little out-of-body. I mean, I can't imagine watching someone playing me in a movie, from 40 years earlier." The 24-year-old Groff thinks Woodstock resonates today. "Coming from my generation and looking back and seeing such innocence and seeing such passion and seeing such faith in each other, and the ability to come together and actually make something huge happen, is really inspiring," he said. Although there haven't been similar watershed events since, Schreiber and Groff said that the most similar event could be the 2008 election campaign, during which many young people rallied behind Barack Obama. "Well, I gotta say that there is an air of optimism and potential in the election of Barack Obama," Schreiber said. "I certainly feel a return to that sense of

Question: what is the movie about?

Question: what does it tell the story of

Question: Who are the stars in the Taking Woodstock?

Answer: Elliot Tiber

Answer: Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), son of the owners of a fading Catskills hotel, who helped attract the Woodstock festival to the area.

Answer: Emile Hirsch, Jonathan Groff and Eugene Levy.

Summary:
"Taking Woodstock" stars Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber and Eugene Levy .
The film tells the story of how Woodstock festival came to fruition .
The actors said election of Barack Obama shares similiarities with Woodstock .
"Taking Woodstock" is due out August 28 .


(CNN) -- The mysterious deaths of 21 prized polo horses Sunday at a club in Florida provides a peek inside the private world of a sport that generally is off limits to all but the very wealthy. The Lechuza Caracas polo team may not recover from the loss of 21 ponies for years, a polo executive says. The University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville and the state-run Kissimmee Diagnostic Laboratories near Orlando are conducting necropsies on the animals. Initial tests failed to reveal a cause, said Liz Compton, a representative of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Tissues, organ samples and blood are now being screened for toxic agents, she said. Scientists have ruled out any contagious disease because the animals died so quickly, said state Agriculture Department spokesman Mark Fagan. Authorities initially requested necropsies for only the eight horses that were insured, according to Sarah Carey, a representative of the veterinary school, which got the bodies of 15 horses. Later, the order was expanded to all 15 horses, she said. The U.S. Polo Association is among the parties cooperating in the investigation. "In the meantime, we all mourn the loss of these horses," U.S. Polo Association Executive Director Peter Rizzo said in a news release. "There are no words to describe the grief and sadness shared by everyone -- particularly the devastated owners of those magnificent horses."  Watch what investigators are studying » Players form strong emotional bonds with the horses they ride, said John Wash, operations president of the International Polo Club Palm Beach in Wellington, Florida, where the horses fell ill. "I've heard a couple of polo players who were affected with this loss the other day, a couple of them I don't think have left their house since Sunday night," Wash said. "There were a lot of tears there -- these big, tough guys just on their hands and knees, crying over what happened." The U.S. Open Polo Championship that was interrupted by the tragedy will resume Wednesday with semifinal matches, Wash said. Lechuza Caracas, the team whose horses died, was offered spare mounts from other competitors so they could remain in the competition, but the devastated team chose to withdraw, Wash said. The Wellington tournament is one of the sport's three major championships, on a par with the U.S. Open in tennis or golf. Authorities say they believe that the competition facility is safe for the other horses and that whatever killed the 21 horses entered their bodies away from the site. Fifteen of the animals fell ill shortly before they were to compete Sunday; some died immediately and others lingered for almost an hour. Six others died overnight Sunday to Monday as they were kept in the same trailer in Wellington. Animals are not kept overnight at the competition site, so no special precautions are in place regarding food, water or bedding, Wash said. Organizers are planning a short memorial and laying of wreaths in honor of the horses, he said. Grief counselors are on hand at the facility to help employees deal with the trauma, Wash said. "The scene can be described as almost like an airplane crash that involved not human life, but horses," he said. "It was horrific." Polo ponies in the United States are not drug-tested, but the U.S. Polo Association has been considering taking up the practice for several years, Wash said. "People are calling for reform, and maybe that needs to happen, but until toxicology reports come back, and autopsy reports, we don't even know if [Sunday's incident is] anything related to that." The Humane Society of the United States has no record of abuse of polo ponies, but that may be a function of the sport's exclusive nature, society spokeswoman Holly Hazard said. "We are learning about this, as is everyone else," she said. "It may be that perhaps because it's not televised or not as popular as other sports, it's not something that either our constituents or our program is

Question: Where were the tissue samples sent for analysis?

Question: What were killed in Floriday?

Question: How many polo ponies were killed?

Question: What was ruled out?

Question: what ruled out?

Answer: University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine in Gainesville

Answer: 21 prized polo horses

Answer: 21

Answer: any contagious disease

Answer: contagious disease

Summary:
Investigators try to determine what killed 21 polo ponies in Florida .
Contagious disease ruled out; tissue samples sent for further study .
Players form close bonds with horses, club executive says .
Humane Society of the United States sends official to watch investigation .


(CNN) -- The mysterious visitor stands in a patch of scrubland in Somalia, surrounded by Islamic militants wielding AK-47s. His face is covered by a white-and-red headscarf; he is slim and seems young. But there is something puzzling about him: His skin is fair, and when he speaks in an audio recording, his English is near perfect and spoken with a North American accent.

The militants -- belonging to Al-Shabaab -- say his name is Abu Abdulla Almuhajir (the foreigner). And they say he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, thousands of miles away in Pakistan.

Almuhajir has turned up in the desolate scrubland, they say, to offer al Qaeda's help with famine relief. Photographs show him at what appears to be an aid camp that Al-Shabaab claims it has set up for victims of the famine. The recording says he is delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected, including food, clothing and $12,000 converted into Somali currency.

A video showing the images and audio recording was posted to Islamist websites last week. U.S. counter-terrorism agencies are still trying to ascertain Almuhajir's identity and whether he really was an al Qaeda envoy -- about which there is some doubt.

The event, at which a large group of Somalis were shown sitting crossed-legged on the ground, was clearly a propaganda ploy by Al-Shabaab to boost its popularity -- and that of the al Qaeda brand. International aid agencies have sharply criticized the group for banning or obstructing aid in areas in central and southern Somalia worst hit by the famine. The group's brutal imposition of Taliban-like practices in territory under its control has also alienated many Somalis.

If authentic, the event suggests a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda. Though factions of the group have long been allied with al Qaeda and share its vision of global jihad, the video of the meeting would be a rare demonstration of such ties.

The so-called emissary told his Somali audience that al Qaeda felt their pain and urged Muslims to support Al-Shabaab, which is fighting Somalia's government in an effort to implement a stricter form of Islamic law. He also recalled Osama bin Laden's long interest in Somalia, saying he "played a major role in repelling invading forces of the Muslim land in Somalia."

And Almuhajir promised that al Qaeda's new leader, Zawahiri, would continue that support.

"In a recent release, Sheikh Ayman brought the drought in Somalia to the attention of the Muslim Ummah (or global Muslim community) and encouraged them to support their brothers in Somalia," he said.

Western counter-terrorism analysts have been puzzling over the identity of "the foreigner." Several Americans and Canadians are believed to have joined al Qaeda in Pakistan in recent years and risen through the group's hierarchy. The most prominent has been Oregon-born Adam Gadahn, 33, al Qaeda's English-language spokesman who joined forces with the group around a decade ago. But counter-terrorism analysts say that Gadahn's voice (and waistline) is very different from that of the mysterious al Qaeda envoy pictured in the Al-Shabaab video.

Another candidate is Adnan Shukrijumah, 36, an American citizen born in Saudi Arabia who spent much of his youth in New York and South Florida, who joined al Qaeda around the time of 9/11 and rose up the ranks to become a planner for the group's external operations. But the envoy appears to have fairer skin than Shukrijumah. And then there is Jude Kenan Mohammed, 22, from Raleigh, North Carolina. He is believed to be still at large in Pakistan after leaving the United States in October 2008 to allegedly wage jihad. Just after he arrived, he was arrested by Pakistani officials, charged with weapons possession and released on bail. The following year, he failed to show up to his court hearing, suggesting he may have slipped into tribal areas.

It may be that the whole event was manufactured in an effort to bolster Al-Shabaab

Question: What does the event suggest?

Question: what did the militants say

Question: what did the event suggest

Question: What is the name of the leader?

Question: Where does the Al-Shabaab militants say he's from?

Question: The event suggests a strengthening of ties between whom?

Question: what was the recording about

Question: Which websites are the recordings and images on?

Answer: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

Answer: he is an envoy from the al Qaeda leader,

Answer: a strengthening of the relationship between hard-line factions of Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda.

Answer: Ayman al Zawahiri,

Answer: Pakistan.

Answer: al Qaeda.

Answer: delivering aid that al Qaeda had purportedly collected,

Answer: Islamist

Summary:
Recording, images on Islamist websites purport to show fair-skinned man fluent in English .
Al-Shabaab militants say he's from al Qaeda leader al Zawahiri, in Somalia to dispense aid .
Event suggests a strengthening of ties between Al-Shabaab and al Qaeda hard-liners .
But the identitiy of the man hasn't been determined, and the event may be a ploy .


(CNN) -- The name "Vampire Weekend" describes the band perfectly: distinctive and eccentric. Vampire Weekend has earned a following for its upbeat, surf-laden songs. Made up of four guys who attended Columbia University, the band's sound is distinguishable from other bands competing for attention in the indie pop arena with its percussive use of drums, shakers and guitars, as well as upbeat, surf-inflected melodies. The group -- Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio -- earned generally favorable reviews for its first, self-titled CD release in 2008, which landed on many year-end best-of lists. Among its songs: "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and "A-Punk." The band is working on a new album, scheduled out early 2010. And what about that name? It comes from a film Koenig was making in his backyard, which was in turn inspired by the 1987 film "The Lost Boys." In Koenig's version, a character had to go to Cape Cod and fight vampires on the way there.  Watch Koenig talk about the source of "Vampire Weekend" » The band was originally going to be called simply "Weekend," but opted for the slightly longer version. "It feels right," Koenig said. So does their sound, though it's not likely to earn them any No. 1 singles in the current musical environment. "Ultimately we wanted to make music we listen to, and like most people we listen to a lot of music outside of rock and roll," Koenig said. The members talked to CNN about the band's origins, the forthcoming album and maintaining Facebook accounts.

Question: Where did the band's name come from?

Question: what is the name of the band?

Question: When was Vampire Weekend's first CD?

Question: Who is working on their second album?

Question: Vampire weekend is working on what?

Question: on what year did the band created splash with first CD?

Question: where does the name come from?

Answer: film Koenig was making in

Answer: "Vampire Weekend"

Answer: 2008,

Answer: Vampire

Answer: new album,

Answer: 2008,

Answer: inspired by the 1987 film "The Lost Boys."

Summary:
Vampire Weekend working on second album .
Band created splash with first CD in 2008 .
And that name? It comes from a film one member was making .


(CNN) -- The name is already taken, but "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" might be a fitting title for a new interactive view of the Milky Way unveiled this week by the European Southern Observatory. Hundreds of photos taken with a regular digital camera, along with computer crunching, formed this panorama. The 800-million-pixel panorama shows an edge-on view of the plane of our galaxy, complete with points of interests such as the 12-billion-year-old, star-packed globular cluster Omega Centauri and the beautiful, reddish Rosette Nebula. Want to stay closer to home? The panorama also points out familiar landmarks such as Jupiter, noting it's the third-brightest object in our night sky after the moon and Venus. For a bit of a head-rush, you can choose to zoom in and click on "Tour Destinations," which will take you on a trip from one end of the galaxy to another, stopping at your selected point of interest. Users can explore the image in magnificent detail, uncovering millions of individual stars forming a dustlike haze, or superimpose a map of the different constellations in the sky. The beautiful panorama is the first to be released as part of the GigaGalaxy Zoom project, which seeks to "link the sky we can all see with the deep, 'hidden' cosmos that astronomers study on a daily basis," according to ESO. The image is composed of almost 1,200 photos, which were taken by French astrophotographer Serge Brunier with a regular digital camera from ESO observatories at La Silla and Paranal in Chile and from one of the Canary Islands. "I wanted to show a sky that everyone can relate to, with its constellations, its thousands of stars, with names familiar since childhood," Brunier said. The images were then crunched into the single panorama using special software, an effort that took about 340 computing hours to finish, according to the ESO. You can chart your own trip across the Milky Way at GigaGalaxyZoom.org. The next GigaGalaxy Zoom image will be released Monday.

Question: How many pixels is the panorama?

Question: What can users do?

Question: What is the Omega Centauri?

Question: How many pixels are there in the panorama?

Question: What does the panorama show?

Question: What is the project called?

Answer: 800-million-pixel

Answer: explore the image in magnificent detail,

Answer: 12-billion-year-old, star-packed globular cluster

Answer: 800-million-pixel

Answer: an edge-on view of the plane of our galaxy,

Answer: GigaGalaxy Zoom

Summary:
The 800-million-pixel panorama shows an edge-on view of the plane of our galaxy .
Users can zoom in and tour destinations such as globular cluster Omega Centauri .
The image can be explored in magnificent detail, showing millions of individual stars .
The image is the first of three to be released as part of the GigaGalaxy Zoom project .


(CNN) -- The name of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie surfaced once again in the national news this week, floated by some as a possible new entrant in the ever-widening, fickle field of Republican presidential contenders.

But Christie got even more attention on his own by heading straight to the "Jersey Shore" -- the TV show.

On Monday, Christie vetoed a $420,000 tax break previously granted to MTV's most popular program -- the highly viewed and just as highly derided reality series featuring Snooki, The Situation and other often inebriated free-range narcissists. In denying the show's producers the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's 20% tax credit on TV shows filmed or produced in the state, Christie said it was unjustifiable "for a project which does nothing more than perpetuate misconceptions about the state and its citizens."

Like a rain-slicked Atlantic City boardwalk as it snakes its way to the shore, that's some slippery ground on which Christie is treading.

It's difficult, maybe even impossible, to disagree with him on the position of being anti-"Jersey Shore": Anything that slows the spread of that video virus is, almost by definition, a good thing. But what if the same logic and political tactics had been used on, say, HBO's "The Sopranos"? Even if that sort of concern amounts to fiscal responsibility, it also amounts to artistic irresponsibility.

Politicians have attacked TV before, but the attention they draw rarely has them getting the last word, or being awarded the final victory. Dan Quayle vs. "Murphy Brown"? The CBS sitcom won that one, handily; the single mother about whom Quayle was so upset was, after all, a fictional TV character.

George H.W. Bush, in 1992, campaigned by promising to make American families "a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons." Bart, one of the animated characters on "The Simpsons," retaliated almost instantly in a quickly dubbed opening credits sequence, replying, "We're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the Depression, too."

Christie, by pulling the state purse strings tighter and refusing to hand over rebate tax credit money to TV productions that make New Jersey look bad, is wielding a heavy club. Where else, after all, could "Jersey Shore" film its reality-show escapades? Italy? (Actually, yes. They've done just that. But MTV and "Jersey Shore" haven't yet gone to the original Jersey shore, nestled in the English Channel and part of the United Kingdom. Maybe next year.)

Or maybe, if CW's "H8R" lasts another season (which is doubtful), Christie could come on as a Snooki "hater," as a nonfan did to confront the "Jersey Shore" standout star in this month's season premiere, and take away her show's tax credits on camera.

But really, the biggest media storm he could generate here, and the one that would score him even stronger political points, would be to make the tax credits, or the denial of them, qualitative as well as quantitative, and thus support the arts in the most measurable way possible.

Bear with me here: Christie could make it a policy to give tax rebates for the quality shows, and levy fines -- tackiness taxes, if you will -- for those that besmirch New Jersey in particular and the lively arts in general.

Make good TV and movies, you get money back. Make bad TV and movies, you pay a surcharge.

Under such a system, the better the TV show or movie, the higher the tax incentives. (This works for the other arts as well: Bruce Springsteen could do whatever he wants in Jersey, which is kind of the way things are now anyway.) Conversely, the lower a visiting TV or film production sets the crassness bar, the higher the state should set the additional taxes for filming in Jersey.

That way, when something as outstanding and artistic as "The Sopranos" shoots on

Question: Christie denied show tax credit because

Question: what did Christie denied show tax credit ?

Answer: it was unjustifiable

Answer: 20% tax credit

Summary:
David Bianculli notes Gov. Chris Christie is in news for "Jersey Shore" decision .
Christie denied show tax credit because it fed "misperceptions"about state .
Bianculli says pols have weighed in before, but why "Shore" and not "Sopranos"?
Bianculli: Maybe new policy should be tax credits for quality shows, fines for tacky ones .


(CNN) -- The nation's foreclosure crisis threatened a high-profile victim this week:  TV legend Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show." Ed McMahon and his wife, Pam, talk to CNN's Larry King about their mortgage problems. The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that McMahon was $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan for a home in Beverly Hills, California, and his lender had filed a notice of default. McMahon and his wife, Pam, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday night to talk about their financial woes and other topics. Some highlights: Larry King: What did happen, Ed? Ed McMahon: It's a combination, it's like a perfect storm. Economy problems. Selling the house right now is a tremendous operation .... We've had this house on the market for two years. We've shown it, I don't know how many, 50 organizations or people. Nobody has made an offer. I mean, it's just a lovely home. I hate to leave it. I want to keep the home. I want this all to work out.  Watch McMahon tell King what went wrong » King: And the payments, you can't make -- what's the problem? Ed McMahon: Well, if you spend more money than you make, you know what happens. And it can happen. You know, a couple of divorces thrown in, a few things like that. And, you know, things happen. You want everything to be perfect, but that combination of the economy, I have a little injury, I have a situation. And it all came together. King: Did you break your neck? Ed McMahon:  I broke my neck. I had a fall. ... King: Has that stopped you from working? Ed McMahon: Oh, sure. You know, you can't work with this [brace] around your neck. And I have to wear this. King: But, Pam, the assumption is that the McMahons are multimillionaires and multimillionaires -- how much behind are you, $644,000, right? That's what's reported? ... If you're a millionaire, shouldn't you be able to pay $644,000? Pam McMahon: I think over the years, you know, it's just a kind of a combination of maybe Ed working so hard and not kind of looking at proper management, which happens a lot. ... Because you're a celebrity, people think you have a lot more than you have. And you always want to take great care of all of your friends and your family and everybody, and you do. And you don't, and I think, you know, we didn't keep our eye on the ball. We made mistakes. King: And are they foreclosing? Pam McMahon: Yes, they are. ... King: So you will lose this home? Ed McMahon: It's possible, yes. But now, I'll tell you what's happened, oddly enough. Today, all kinds of wonderful things have happened. New things have happened. And new interest in this house. Where the house had no interest, now there's all kinds of, tons of interest. So who knows what's going to happen. I'm optimistic. ... King: Ed, why have you gone public? Ed McMahon: Well, I figured I wanted to, in a sense, speak for the million people you mentioned [facing foreclosure]. I heard that figure today and I just couldn't believe it. Anyway, the million people that now have foreclosure signs on their house, or nearby. And I just want to give them hope, give them optimism, give them some kind of guidance. Get the best corrective people you need around you. Keep working on it. Don't stop. There's a lot of people that are hard workers, did everything right, didn't do anything wrong

Question: What does McMahon tell Larry King?

Question: What is Ed McMahon in danger of?

Question: Who does the TV legend say he wants to speak for?

Question: is a TV legend a celebrity?

Question: What does McMahon blame?

Question: How long has Ed McMahon's home been on the market?

Question: What did McMahon tell to Larry King?

Answer: about their mortgage problems.

Answer: foreclosure

Answer: the million people

Answer: Ed McMahon,

Answer: Economy problems.

Answer: two years.

Answer: about their mortgage problems.

Summary:
Ed McMahon in danger of foreclosure on his multimillion dollar home .
Home has been on market for two years with no offers, McMahon tells Larry King .
McMahon blames bad economy, broken neck for difficulty making payments .
TV legend says he wants to speak for all who are in danger of losing homes .


(CNN) -- The nation's new "first dog" has heightened interest in its breed -- Portuguese water dog -- but not necessarily a thorough understanding of the dogs' needs, a pair of owners and breeders told CNN. Bo the Portuguese water dog meets the camera. Bo was a gift to the Obama girls from Sen. Ted Kennedy. The dog, Bo, has triggered "the most publicity the breed has ever had since its introduction into the U.S. in the late 1960s," the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America said in a news release. President Obama and his family welcomed Bo into the White House this week. Shortly afterward, the club's Web site was receiving a million hits an hour, said Susan Teasley, a club member. Jane Harding, a fellow member of the club, said she has "received about a 10 percent increase in calls" since Tuesday, and some of the other breeders she knows also have reported more calls. "Thankfully, people want to know more about the breed," Teasley said. "But water dogs are not for everybody, and it would be sad to see people getting the dog without doing the proper research." Portuguese water dogs are "active athletes," far from couch potatoes, she explained. In fact, they are more likely to rip a couch into pieces than lounge on it, Harding said, recalling a friend who had lost a sofa that way.  Watch more water dog fun » Portuguese water dogs can be miserable and destructive when alone, Teasley said. And don't think you can close the door and keep them out. "They want to be with you at all times -- even if it's in the bathroom or your bed," she said. Teasley and her husband breed Portuguese water dogs and often allow them to run free on the two and a half acres of land they own. They are "not apartment dogs," she said. Harding agreed. "They aren't for people who want a tie-out dog or an apartment dog. For people like that," she joked, "we recommend a stuffed dog." Portuguese water dogs love the outdoors, particularly if they have a garden to eat from, Teasley said as she wrestled to keep 7-month-old Misty Morning from eating the family's flowers. Harding said she believes the first family will be successful with their new dog because "they have access to the best trainers, and they want to make this work." For other Americans thinking about following suit, she cautioned, "Buyers beware. Do your homework and first read the information on the breed." Teasley wants people to understand the breed to help avoid what she called the "Dalmatian syndrome." After the movie "101 Dalmatians" came out in 1996, "thousands of people rushed to get the dog, and thousands of dogs ended up in rescue kennels," Teasley said. What those who followed the Dalmatian trend may not have known is that Dalmatians shed profusely and they develop hearing problems, making it hard to train and call them, she said. Both Teasley and Harding advised owners to get a mentor, as they expect Sen. Ted Kennedy to be to the Obama family. Kennedy owns Portuguese water dogs himself and recommended the breed to the Obamas.  Watch Obamas introduce dog » "For the first six to seven months of the puppy's life, they need training," Harding said. She has diligently trained 8-year-old champion Bessie, who she said "produces phenomenal litters ... and has multiple titles" from the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America. Such organizations provide guidance to first-time dog owners. But it takes time to get a membership, Teasley said. Prospective members must apply for a one-year associate membership before they can receive a permanent one, she explained. That provides a cushion while they decide whether the dog is the right fit. "It sounds like I'm trying to discourage people from getting (a Portuguese water dog),"

Question: What dog breed is described as "active athletes"?

Question: What are Portugese water dogs like?

Question: Who is more likely to rip up the couch, than lounge on it?

Question: What issue is the breeders concerned about?

Question: Who is Bo the dog?

Answer: Portuguese water

Answer: are "active athletes," far from couch potatoes,

Answer: Portuguese water dogs

Answer: a thorough understanding of the dogs' needs,

Answer: gift to the Obama girls from Sen. Ted Kennedy.

Summary:
Breeders fear too many people will try to get dog like the Obamas' Bo .
Breeder: Portuguese water dogs are "active athletes," not couch potatoes .
They are more likely to rip up couch than to lounge on it .
Dogs bond quickly with family and want to be with them all the time .


(CNN) -- The new coach of Penn State's embattled football program acknowledged criticism from alumni over his hiring, vowing to work to earn their trust and saluting the team's iconic former head coach Joe Paterno.

Bill O'Brien's selection as the Nittany Lions' next coach has stirred the ire of some former Penn State football players, angry that he didn't attend the university and had never before been a head coach.

He becomes the 15th head football coach in the program's 125-year history after replacing interim coach Tom Bradley, a former player and longtime coach at Penn State. Bradley himself stepped in after school trustees fired Paterno in November after he didn't go far enough in reporting an alleged child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

O'Brien, most recently the offensive coordinator for the NFL's New England Patriots, said Saturday he is aware of the "controversy," though he predicted that "in time, we will find that we have more common interests and goals than not."

"We admire one's loyalties to Penn State, Penn State football, its grand tradition, coach Paterno and all his football staffs," O'Brien said. "We respectfully request the opportunity to earn your trust through communication and ... through our (shared) abilities, ethics, beliefs, work ethics and commitment to Penn State."

A riot erupted on the Pennsylvania school's campus after Paterno was dismissed, days after Sandusky was arrested and accused of sexually abusing young boys. Paterno, 84, who his family has said is being treated for lung cancer, left the program as the all-time winningest football coach in Division I history.

O'Brien said Saturday that "there will never be enough words to say what he did for this program -- as far as wins, as far as off-the-field (by) graduating student-athletes every single year." The new coach said he hadn't met yet with predecessor, but he looked "forward to that as soon as I can."

SI: Many Penn State alumni angry over choice

Paterno himself issued a statement Saturday, after news broke about O'Brien's selection. He referenced the fact that both men attended and played football at Brown University.

"I understand Bill O'Brien has been named head coach and I want to congratulate him on his appointment," Paterno said. "I don't know Bill, but I respect his coaching record, and I am particularly pleased we share a connection to my alma mater, Brown."

Paterno defended the program under his watch, against criticisms that it made winning and control of the program the top priorities over developing student-athletes.

"Despite recent commentary to the contrary, Penn State football has always been about more than winning," he said. 'I came to Penn State with the simple but unshakeable view that this great institution could and should have a football program that is both fiercely competitive and deeply committed to education and community service.

"The proof of our success is the hundreds of former players who have graduated and gone on to become great husbands, fathers, businessmen and community leaders. I am hopeful this tradition will continue."

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick lauded O'Brien in a statement Saturday, calling him an "inspirational leader" for the team.

"Bill O'Brien has met every personal and professional challenge head on with great passion and competitiveness," Belichick said. "This is a great match between a storied program and a old-school football coach. Bill will be up to the task."

Penn State's quarterback, Matt McGloin said earlier this week that he and other players are "excited" for a "fresh start." McGloin told CNN affiliate WBRE that he hopes the selection of O'Brien will help "erase some of the things that have happened in the past year."

"It should be exciting for everyone," said McGloin, acknowledging that some Penn State alumni have voiced dissatisfaction with the move since O'Brien didn't attend the State College school. "The most important thing is that the players are happy."

Question:
Who is the Patriots coach?
whos trust is he vowing to earn?
who coached penn state?
Paterno respects what?
What does O'Brien acknowledge?
What does Paterno say?

Answer: Bill Belichick

Answer: alumni

Answer: Joe Paterno.

Answer: his coaching record,

Answer: over his hiring,

Answer: "I understand Bill O'Brien has been named head coach and I want to congratulate him on his appointment,"

Summary:
NEW: Bill O'Brien acknowledges criticism of his hiring and vows to earn alumni's trust .
NEW: He praises iconic, and recently fired, Penn State coach Joe Paterno .
Paterno himself says that he respects O'Brien's coaching record .
Patriots coach Bill Belichick lauds O'Brien, saying he and Penn State are a "great match"


(CNN) -- The new district attorney of Boulder County, Colorado, said he plans to take a fresh look at the investigation into the 1996 slaying of JonBenet Ramsey.

The DA's office assumed responsibility for the investigation in 2002. But District Attorney Stan Garnett told CNN that he wants to decide during his first 30 days in office whether the case should be returned to Boulder police.

"I'm trying to determine whether it's efficient to have the ongoing investigation handled by my office or somebody else," said Garnett, who was sworn in as district attorney January 13.

The DA's office is relatively small, he said, with 27 lawyers and six investigators handling between 2,000 and 2,500 felony cases a year.

Although the Ramsey case has not generated news since last year, tips and information regularly come in to authorities. Whoever is handling the investigation is charged with checking them out and deciding whether they are worth pursuing, Garnett said.

He said reports that he is considering reopening the case are inaccurate. "It's not closed. It hasn't been solved, and it's been open the whole time."

The case is one of the nation's most famous unsolved murders.

On December 26, 1996, John Ramsey discovered the body of his 6-year-old daughter, JonBenet, in the basement of the family's Boulder home. The girl had been strangled and beaten. A ransom note was found on the stairs of the home, demanding $118,000.

Early in the case, Boulder police said JonBenet's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, were under "an umbrella of suspicion" in her death. But they were never formally named as suspects, and a grand jury refused to indict them. Patsy Ramsey died in 2006 after a lengthy battle with ovarian cancer.

In July, Garnett's predecessor, Mary Lacy, issued a public apology for the suspicion surrounding the Ramsey family after a DNA test performed using new technology showed that DNA found on JonBenet's underwear and under her fingernails belonged to an unidentified man. The test results, Lacy said, were "powerful evidence" that allows investigators to think the Ramsey family were victims, not suspects.

That same third-party DNA exonerated John Mark Karr, a one-time teacher, after he was arrested in Thailand and brought to Colorado. Authorities said Karr told a University of Colorado professor in e-mails that he was involved in JonBenet's death. He told reporters after his arrest that he was with the child when she died, although he called her death an accident and said he loved her.

Lacy was widely criticized, including by then-Gov. Bill Owens, for the handling of Karr's arrest.

Boulder police also have long faced criticism over their handling of the investigation.

But, Garnett said Friday, "I've been very impressed by the Boulder P.D. They are a fine department now and have handled a number of cases very well. ... They've done a very nice job."

The department has 24 investigators, four times as many as the DA's staff, he said.

Garnett was elected DA in November to replace Lacy, who could not run again because of term limits. Before he was elected, he served as a trial lawyer for 22 years, according to the DA's Web site.

Question: when was the case taken

Question: when did the prosecutors exonerate JonBenet's mother, father and brother

Question: Where was the Ramsey case ?

Question: Who is Stan Garnett?

Question: Who were exonerated?

Answer: 2002.

Answer: July,

Answer: Boulder County, Colorado,

Answer: District Attorney

Answer: Ramsey family

Summary:
Stan Garnett says he'll take fresh look at JonBenet Ramsey case .
Garnett says he hopes to decide who should follow up on tips .
Case was taken from Boulder police in 2002 .
Last year, prosecutors exonerated JonBenet's mother, father and brother .


(CNN) -- The news editor of the Zambian newspaper The Post has gone on trial for allegedly circulating obscene material to politicians, the newspaper states on its Web site. Zambia President Rupiah Banda has branded the childbirth photos pornographic. In early June, Chansa Kabwela wrote to the country's vice president, health minister and several non-governmental organizations to highlight problems in the country's health-care system -- especially the problems pregnant women faced during a strike by health-care workers. In her letter, Kabwela included several photos of a woman giving birth in a parking lot outside a hospital from which she had been turned away, according to Reporters Without Borders. The country's president, Rupiah Banda, branded the photos pornographic and called for Kabwela's arrest and prosecution, according to the press freedom organization. "Kabwela's arrest is shocking and the grounds are ridiculous," the organization said in a statement on its Web site after the arrest. Now the trial into the alleged obscene photos has begun in the Lusaka magistrate's court, the newspaper Web site says. One of the first witnesses, Kenneth Ngosa, a senior private secretary to the vice president, told the court he was immediately disturbed by the pictures he found inside the letter, according to the paper. The Post described the courtroom as "packed to capacity" and said "people from all works of life including musicians and opposition political party members" had come to support Kabwela. Defense lawyer George Chisanga has asked the court to look into whether the president's order to arrest and prosecute Kabwela could influence the course of justice. A joint statement from several Zambian media organizations, published on The Post's Web site, calls for the government to amend the law on obscenity to clarify what constitutes obscenity and material that can corrupt morals. The statement concedes that the pictures were in bad taste, but notes that they were sent on behalf of a good cause: to end the strike. CNN efforts to obtain comment from both The Post and the Zambian government have been unsuccessful. According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, in 2004 the mortality rate of children under 5 years old in Zambia was 182 per 1,000 live births. In the United States, under-5 mortality rate was 8 per 1,000 live births in 2006. Skilled health personnel attended only 43 percent of childbirths in Zambia in 2002, according to the health organization.

Question: What did president banda do?

Question: Where is President Banda president of?

Question: Who is Chansa Kabwela?

Question: Where is Chansa Kabwela from?

Question: What did she send pictures of?

Question: Which Zambian newspaper?

Question: Who is on trial?

Question: What she said for the reason she did that?

Question: what is the newspaper

Question: What type of material did the Zambian news edtor circulate?

Question: who sent pictures

Question: what was circulating

Answer: branded the childbirth photos pornographic.

Answer: Zambia

Answer: news editor of the Zambian newspaper The Post

Answer: Zambia

Answer: childbirth photos

Answer: The Post

Answer: news editor of the Zambian newspaper

Answer: highlight problems in the country's health-care system

Answer: The Post

Answer: obscene

Answer: Kabwela

Answer: obscene material

Summary:
News editor of Zambian newspaper on trial for circulating obscene material .
Chansa Kabwela sent pictures of a woman giving birth in a parking lot to President .
She says she wanted to highlight problems in country's healthcare system .
President Banda branded the images pornographic and had Kabwela arrested .


(CNN) -- The news that one of America's TV icons is suffering from cancer brought sadness. Learning the type of cancer she had made some squeamish. Farrah Fawcett, shown here in 2004, learned she had cancer in 2006. Former "Charlie's Angels" actress Farrah Fawcett, 62, was hospitalized this week. She received a diagnosis of anal cancer in 2006. This type of cancer is less common than rectal and colon cancer, and the location of the tumor and risk factors make people squeamish about discussing it openly, doctors said. Colon cancer at one time also was not openly talked about, because of the body part  and functions affected, but with the public awareness campaigns and celebrities advocating for screenings, it has been largely destigmatized. Anal cancer is less familiar. Fawcett has not publicly confirmed the specifics of her illness, but is working on a documentary, titled "A Wing and a Prayer," about her health battle. Anal cancer affects more women and the illness is usually found in people who are in their early 60's. The American Cancer Society estimates that 5,000 new cases of anal cancer are diagnosed each year and about 680 people die from it annually. Meanwhile, colorectal cancer has 148,000 new cases and about 50,000 deaths each year. The numbers of anal cancer cases are rising, although experts haven't been able to pinpoint why. Cultural squeamishness about certain body areas could prevent early diagnosis and treatment of anal cancer, said Dr. Petr F. Hausner, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. "Patients in the United States hate to be examined in these areas," said Hausner, who trained in Czechoslovakia. "They like to keep their private parts more private than in Europe. In the U.S., the patients hate those exams and physicians hate to do them. The examination is incomplete." The cultural discomfort might be a minor factor, though. "The bigger role is the virus," he said referring to the human papilloma virus, a key risk factor for anal cancer that also can cause cervical cancer. Getting vaccinated against HPV is a step in prevention, Hausner said. More than half of anal cancer patients experience bleeding as a symptom. Others have no symptoms or report common conditions, such as hemorrhoids, fissures, or warts. Symptoms also include itching or pain in that area, changes in the diameter of stool, abnormal discharge, swollen lymph nodes in the anal or groin areas, according to the American Cancer Society. "The most common thing is people think it's a hemorrhoid," said Dr. Cathy Eng, associate professor in the department of gastrointestinal medical oncology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Patients should consult with their physicians, she said. Anal pap smears are routine only for HIV-positive patients, who are at higher risk for this cancer. There are no anal cancer screening recommendations for non-HIV individuals, because it remains a rare disease, Hausner said. People whose immune system are suppressed, from HIV or drugs taken after organ transplants are at risk for anal cancer. Other risk factors include a sexual history with many partners, a medical history of human papilloma virus (HPV), sexually transmitted diseases or gynecological cancers. People tend to view anal cancer negatively, because they associate the cancer with a few of its risk factors -- such as sexually transmitted diseases or anal sex, Eng said. "It's one of the risk factors, not the only risk factor," Eng said. "It's fair to say people are stigmatized, she said, primarily because of the disease's association with that type of sex. When anal cancer is caught early, chemotherapy and radiation are highly effective. But if the cancer doesn't respond to treatment and spreads to other areas of the body, the five-year survival rate plummets to 20 percent, Eng said. "Anal cancer is unique," she said. "The majority of time you can cure the patient, but if you have recurrent or residual

Question: What are risk factors for anal cancer?

Question: What becomes more difficult to treat if tumor spreads?

Question: What was the risk factor?

Question: What's the number of new cases every year?

Question: What cancer is treatable?

Question: What was the number of death per year?

Answer: People whose immune system are suppressed, from HIV or drugs taken after organ transplants are at

Answer: anal cancer,

Answer: location of the tumor

Answer: 5,000

Answer: anal

Answer: 50,000

Summary:
Risk factors for anal cancer include suppressed immune system, HPV, STDs .
New cases of anal cancer number about 5,000 a year, with 680 deaths per year .
Anal cancer it treatable, but becomes more difficult to treat if tumor spreads .


(CNN) -- The news was devastating, the aftermath surreal. Diena Thompson clutched a tissue in her right hand, frequently wiping her eyes as she told reporters that she couldn't believe it was her daughter whose body was found in a Georgia landfill. Her visage revealed the weight of grief and a yearning for justice. Standing outside her home in Orange Park, Florida, Thompson looked into the camera and, with her voice cracking, sent out a stern warning to her daughter's killer. "I want you to know that I will not sleep until this person is found. I hope they get you, and I hope they make you pay for a long, long time. You don't take from somebody. You didn't just take her from me. You took her from my family; you took her from all these people. And you don't do this to a little baby and put my baby in the trash like she's nothing. That's not OK, this is not OK." The body of her daughter, 7-year-old Somer Thompson, was found in a South Georgia landfill, Clay County, Florida, Sheriff Rick Beseler said Thursday. On Monday, Somer became separated from her siblings and schoolmates on her way home from school in Orange Park. She was seen in a fight at school before disappearing, according to a police report Thursday. Her 10-year-old sister told police that Somer had gotten into a fight with another girl at school earlier in the day. The sister said she brought up the fight while she and her brother walked Somer home from school, and that Somer ran off from them, apparently upset. The sister said she lost sight of Somer in a group of other kids leaving the school, according to the police report. A medical examiner in Savannah, Georgia, used dental records to identify the body positively as Somer's, said Clay County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Mary Justino. The sheriff told the girl's mother Wednesday night that her daughter had been identified. Thompson was devastated, he said. "It was the hardest phone call I've ever had to make in my life, and I hope I never have to make another one like that," Beseler said at a Thursday news conference. Authorities are turning their full attention to finding the child's killer. The landfill where her body was found is near Folkston, Georgia, 55 miles north of where the girl became separated from her schoolmates.  Authorities will work to pinpoint where the garbage load that contained the girl's body came from, Beseler said. The garbage brought into that part of the landfill was collected in the Orange Park area, he has said, noting that authorities routinely search garbage when a missing person case has been initiated. The investigation has turned into a murder probe. "There is a child killer on the loose," the sheriff said. "I fear for our community until we bring this person in." Investigators in Georgia are combing through a "tremendous mountain" of garbage at the landfill, searching for clues, said Justino, the sheriff's office spokeswoman, on Friday. Some possible evidence has been removed from the landfill, but authorities won't describe what they found, Justino said. Police have no suspects, she said. She said other law enforcement teams are focusing on the locale where the child apparently was last seen. Justino said witnesses, including some children, saw her on the sidewalk in front of a vacant house under renovation after a fire. "Since Monday, we have been trying to figure out who frequents that area," including anyone working on the home, she said. Rewards totaling $30,000 have been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible. Justino said of the 810 leads called in to a tip line, 231 were being actively pursued by a group of 50 detectives. Overnight, detectives finished interviewing 90 registered sex offenders or predators within a five-mile radius of the Thompson home, the spokeswoman said. Somer's

Question: Who was the body identified as

Question: Whose body was found in a landfill using dental records?

Question: What did the grieving mother say to the killer?

Question: What did the mother say

Question: How many suspects do the police have?

Question: What age was somer

Question: What age was Somer on the day of the disappearance?

Question: Whose body was found in a landfill?

Question: What was Somer in on the day of her disappearance?

Answer: her daughter, 7-year-old Somer Thompson,

Answer: Somer Thompson,

Answer: know that I will not sleep until this person is found. I hope they get you, and I hope they make you pay for a long, long time. You don't take from somebody. You didn't just take her from me. You took her from my family; you took her from all these people. And you don't do this

Answer: "I want you to know that I will not sleep until this person is found. I hope they get you, and I hope they make you pay for a long, long time. You don't take from somebody. You didn't just take her from me. You took her from my family; you took her from all these people. And you don't do this to a little baby and put my baby in the trash like she's nothing. That's not OK, this is not OK."

Answer: no

Answer: 7-year-old

Answer: 7-year-old

Answer: Somer Thompson,

Answer: a fight with another girl

Summary:
Body found in landfill identified as Somer Thompson, using dental records .
Somer, 7, was in school fight on day of disappearance, police report says .
Grieving mother's message to killer: "I hope they get you"
Police have no suspects in killing of Florida girl, official says .


(CNN) -- The nomination of Elena Kagan to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has caused quite a stir on the political left and right, as operatives on both sides try to ascertain exactly where she stands.

But it has also opened another fissure in the complex relationship that exists between black organizational leaders and President Obama, the nation's first African-American president.

Over the past year we have seen criticisms leveled by grass-roots activists, civil rights groups and the Congressional Black Caucus.

But instead of taking on the president, the beefs are largely aimed at "those around the president." In previous administrations, these same individuals wouldn't have hesitated to call out Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush or Ronald Reagan.

Why the hesitance? Because they also understand that a direct attack on President Obama could hurt them in two ways: They could find themselves cut off from the administration or they could anger their base by making the president's job more difficult when he is facing daily attacks from Republicans.

Even among African-American commentators, columnists and radio and TV show hosts, if you are too harsh on President Obama, the backlash has been swift and vicious.

The organizations know this, and trust me, the White House knows this, and has used it to its advantage.

That's why I call it the Obama-Black-Two-Step.

I've been told countless times by folks on both sides that Obama can't be seen as favoring African-Americans over others, and his White House has been especially scared of touching anything dealing with race.

As a result, black civil rights leaders and prominent Democrats have largely bitten their tongues, unwilling to publicly take on the president and some of his decisions. Instead, they quietly fume, mumbling under their breath and offering their critiques in measured tones.

Yet I have gotten the sense that black civil rights and political leaders may stop the racial solidarity and stand up on the principles they have long fought for. I've been expressly told that some have no interest in working hard or raising money in the fall on behalf of Democrats to hold on to the House and Senate.

The nomination of Kagan has become a flash point in this uneasy relationship, because this is the second time in a year that President Obama has made a Supreme Court appointment and his administration didn't seriously consider an African-American woman for the job.

The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor certainly was historic in that she became the first Hispanic to sit on the high court, and it was embraced by civil rights groups. Yet this time, for highly qualified African-American female judges, such as Leah Ward Sears, the retired chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, to never make the cut for a face-to-face interview with the president has ticked off a number of leaders I've talked with over the last several days.

What's the big deal about including a black woman? A Democratic pollster told me that black women have a higher voter turnout than any other ethnic-gender demographic -- 65 percent -- and it's vital for Obama to appeal to them. When Obama was behind Sen. Hillary Clinton in the polls, it was because black women hadn't embraced him yet. When they did, the race changed.

The uneasiness with Kagan's appointment among civil rights groups has focused on the hiring record of minorities during her tenure at Harvard Law School, which was followed by the White House pushing back to insulate her from criticism by saying the Harvard faculty makes the recommendations about hiring for tenured positions.

They were quick to blast out blogs, columns and articles written by African-Americans at Harvard to make clear Kagan is a major advocate of diversity.

When a meeting with civil rights leaders and administration officials was held at the White House on Tuesday with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, I was told "more listening than talking" was done by the administration.

Civil rights leaders made clear that they felt they were being taken for granted in the process, and were

Question: who is not  considered an African-American woman for high court?

Question: what are they ticked off ab out

Question: What has ticked off a number of leaders?

Question: what woman has he considered

Answer: Elena Kagan

Answer: nomination of Elena Kagan to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul

Answer: nomination of Elena Kagan to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul

Answer: Elena Kagan

Summary:
Martin: Twice Obama hasn't seriously considered an African-American woman for high court .
This has ticked off a number of leaders Martin has talked with .
Martin: Distance growing between Obama and many of his presumed natural allies .
Some leaders may not help Democratic House, Senate candidates, says Martin .


(CNN) -- The notoriously private Janet Jackson opened up about her brother's death on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Friday, admitting that the family knew he had a problem.

"People think we were in denial but we weren't. We tried intervention several times. He was very much in denial -- he didn't think he had a problem."

When the news first broke that Michael was ill, Jackson said she first heard about it from an assistant while she was home in New York. The last time she saw her brother was about a month before, she said, at a party she had thrown for their parents. "He was thin then, and we knew that he had a problem; we all did," she said.

His death, she told Winfrey, is "hard to believe still to this day. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about it -- that all of us in the family don't think about it -- every single day."

Her brother's passing happened right as Janet Jackson had started production on Tyler Perry's new film, "Why Did I Get Married Too?" and the emotional turmoil she was in comes through in the film, Winfrey said.

"It was very therapeutic," Jackson said of her role.

Tyler Perry, she added, was by her side the entire time, asking her how she wanted to be treated on set, making sure no one had access to images of Jackson crying in character (lest a tabloid run them as evidence of what Jackson was going through at the time), and even changing the ending of the movie, which opens nationwide Friday, for her.

"I changed the ending because at first she was going to speak at the funeral, and the things that she was going to say, it was too eerie," Perry, who also was on the show, told Winfrey. "She didn't want to change it, but I did."

Veering from the topic of his movie, Perry told Winfrey he felt the need to reiterate how hard the Jackson family worked to try to save their brother.

"I'm sorry, but I want people to know this," Perry said. "I want people to know how much they tried. They really, really tried -- the entire family. I want the whole world to know how much they tried."

The family was worried, Jackson said, and did several interventions. At one of them, Jackson said she became so overwhelmed, "seeing him and knowing that there was an issue that he was in denial about," she had to leave the room. "A lot of the relationships I've been in, they've had issues with addiction. It's difficult when you see it. [I] recognize it so quickly because I've dealt with it in past relationships."

For Jackson, it's difficult to even look at pictures of Michael as an adult or listen to his music; the only images she can stand to view are those of the pair as children.

"When we were kids, we had so much fun together," she said. "We used to spend every day, all day, together. I have a beautiful picture in my home of he and I when we were just babies. It takes me to that place, even when he was still here, that I missed, that we would talk about. That [picture] I can look at."

The emotional turmoil Jackson was dealing with, both in her role in Perry's movie as well as personally, began to affect her physically as well: Jackson said she's definitely an emotional eater.

"When I'm feeling down, I do turn to food," she told Winfrey. Her struggle with her weight has even led Jackson to write a book about it, to answer those persistent questions everyone always has about her weight.

"Instead of writing about nutrition, I decided to go into my childhood, where I've

Question: What did Jackson say was therapeutic?

Question: What does Janet Jackson open up about?

Question: Who's death does Jackson think about every day?

Answer: her role.

Answer: her brother's death

Answer: her brother's

Summary:
Janet Jackson opens up about her new movie and life after her brother's death .
Jackson said her role in Tyler Perry's "Why Did I Get Married Too?" was very therapeutic .
Jackson said she thinks about Michael's death every day .
She added that the family knew he had a problem, and tried to intervene .


(CNN) -- The number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus has jumped nearly 30 percent with 331 people being infected so far, the World Health Organization said Friday.

A young couple in Mexico City wear surgical masks in an attempt to avoid contamination from the virus.

The WHO added that the virus had spread to 11 countries, but the hardest hit areas were in the western hemisphere.

"We have not seen sustained human to human transmission anywhere outside the Americas region," said WHO spokesman Thomas Abraham.

Two more countries, Denmark and China, reported cases of the 2009 H1N1 "swine flu" virus on Friday, but they were still to be confirmed by the WHO.

The largest outbreak was in Mexico which had 156 confirmed cases, while there were 141 cases confirmed and one death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The WHO said Mexico had 9 deaths attributed to the virus. But Mexican officials said the death toll had risen to 12.

However, more than 150 deaths in Mexico are suspected to have been caused by the virus and are being investigated, officials there said.

The higher totals do not necessarily mean that incidence of the disease is increasing, but rather that health investigators are going through their backlog of specimens, said Dr. Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of WHO.

In addition to Mexico and the United States, the following countries have so far confirmed non-lethal cases:

Austria: 1  Canada: 34  China: 1 Denmark: 1 Germany: 3 Israel: 2  Netherlands: 1  New Zealand: 3  Spain: 13  Switzerland: 1  United Kingdom: 9

An additional 642 cases are being investigated in the United Kingdom, and Spain has 84 suspected cases.

Australia, which has had no confirmed cases, was investigating 114.

Question: how many countrys affect the virus?

Question: How many counties encountered the virus?

Question: Where was the largest outbreak?

Question: in what country was largest outbreak?

Answer: 11

Answer: 11 countries,

Answer: Mexico

Answer: Mexico

Summary:
Largest outbreak was in Mexico which had 156 confirmed cases .
The virus had spread to 11 countries, with western hemisphere hardest hit .
Mexico suspects 150 deaths have been caused by H1N1 virus .
U.S. and Mexico the only countries showing human-to-human spread so far .


(CNN) -- The number of deaths linked to cantaloupes contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria has risen to 23, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Wednesday.

At least 116 cases of listeria have been reported in 25 states, the agency said. The two latest fatalities came in Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals confirmed this week that an 87-year-old Baton Rouge woman died earlier this month. Last week the department also indentified a Shreveport-area woman, 81, who died from the same strain.

Health officials have said the number of cases could continue to grow, citing reporting lags and the fact the disease can develop slowly in some people, taking up to two months.

The listeria outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998.

Five people each have died in New Mexico and Colorado from consuming the tainted fruit, along with two people each in Kansas, Texas and now Louisiana. One has died in Indiana, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma and Wyoming, the CDC said. In addition, one woman who was pregnant at the time of the illness had a miscarriage.

Cases have also been reported in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Idaho, Illinois, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Groups at high risk for listeria include older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women, officials have said.

The grower, Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado, issued a voluntary recall of its Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes on September 14. The tainted cantaloupes should be off store shelves, the CDC said.

Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms should be disposed of immediately, even if some of them have been eaten, the CDC said. If consumers are uncertain about the source of a cantaloupe, they are urged to ask their supermarket. If the source remains unknown, the fruit should be thrown out, officials have said.

Refrigerating a cantaloupe will not kill the bacteria, which can grow at low temperatures, authorities have said, and consumers should not try to wash off the bacteria.

Question: The two latest victims are from which state?

Question: How many cases have been reported?

Question: Where are the two elderly woman from?

Question: What were recalled last month?

Question: How many states have reported cases?

Question: What is the report's subject?

Question: In what state were the latest victims found?

Answer: Louisiana.

Answer: At least 116

Answer: Baton Rouge

Answer: Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes

Answer: 25

Answer: cantaloupes contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria

Answer: Louisiana.

Summary:
At least 116 cases have been reported in 25 states .
The tainted cantaloupes were recalled last month .
Two elderly woman from Louisiana are the latest victims .


(CNN) -- The number of deaths linked to cantaloupes contaminated with the Listeria monocytogenes bacteria has risen to 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

A total of 133 people in 26 states have been infected, according to the CDC. Additionally, a woman who was pregnant at the time of her illness had a miscarriage.

Although health officials have said it is too early to declare the outbreak over, the number of new cases is falling.

"The peak in illnesses appears to have occurred from late August until the middle of September," Dr. Barbara Mahon of the CDC said last week, adding that additional monitoring will be needed for at least another two weeks.

The grower, Jensen Farms of Granada, Colorado, issued a voluntary recall of its Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes on September 14. The tainted cantaloupes should be off store shelves, the CDC has said.

Unsanitary conditions at the Colorado cantaloupe farm's packing facility are a possible contributing cause of one of the nation's worst outbreaks of listeria contamination in food, health officials have said.

The listeria outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998.

Groups at high risk for listeria include older adults, people with weakened immune systems and pregnant women.

Cantaloupes from Jensen Farms should be disposed of immediately, even if some of them have been partially eaten, the agency recommended. If consumers are uncertain about the source of a cantaloupe, they are urged to ask their supermarket. If the source remains unknown, the fruit should be thrown out.

Refrigerating a cantaloupe will not kill the bacteria, which can grow at low temperatures, and consumers should not try to wash off the bacteria.

Question: How many cases have been reported in 26 states

Question: The outbreak has been deadliest since when

Question: What was recalled?

Question: In how many states were the cases reported?

Question: What is not over

Question: How many cases have been reported?

Answer: 133

Answer: 1998.

Answer: Rocky Ford brand cantaloupes

Answer: 26

Answer: the outbreak

Answer: 133 people

Summary:
At least 133 cases have been reported in 26 states .
The outbreak is not over, but new cases are on the decline .
The tainted cantaloupes were recalled last month .
The outbreak is the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in the United States since 1998 .


(CNN) -- The number of girls being raped has increased sharply since fighting intensified in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a humanitarian group said Tuesday.

A survey of children at refugee camps finds rapes of girls under age 17 are increasing.

Also, the recent fighting between rebels and the Congo government has heightened the threat of children being recruited as soldiers, said World Vision.

"A silent war has been waged against women and children," said Sue Mbaya, the humanitarian group's Africa advocacy director. "Women and girls in the hundreds have been targets of opportunistic and brutal rape, while children are also being targeted for recruitment or re-recruitment as child soldiers."

World Vision said they surveyed children at six refugee camps in the country, finding that 120 girls under the age of 17 reported being raped in October. That's compared to five reported cases in April and June.

Mbaya was scheduled to address the issue Tuesday during a report to the United Nations Security Council.

The fighting, which began in August, prompted the U.N. Security Council to approve sending more than 3,000 troops in coming weeks to bolster the 17,000-strong peacekeeping force already there. A U.N. envoy has also been sent to Congo to conduct peace talks between the government and rebel leader Laurent Nkunda.

The spiraling violence in eastern Congo has displaced an estimated 250,000 people -- many of whom have fled to refugee camps.

The fighting is spurred by lingering tensions over the 1994 slaughter of ethnic Tutsis by majority Hutus in neighboring Rwanda. Nkunda has said his forces are fighting to defend Congolese Tutsis from Hutu militants who escaped to Congo.

Question: what does the Aid group says about Rape reports?

Question: What group surveys girls under 17?

Question: what was the age of the girls at the refugee camps?

Question: What says aid group?

Question: How many people has displaced at violence?

Question: how many people estimated?

Answer: number of girls being raped has increased sharply since fighting intensified in the Democratic

Answer: a humanitarian

Answer: 17

Answer: number of girls being raped has increased sharply since fighting intensified in the Democratic

Answer: 250,000

Answer: 250,000

Summary:
Aid group says rape reports increase as fighting intensified .
Group surveys girls under 17 at various refugee camps .
Violence in eastern Congo has displaced an estimated 250,000 people .


(CNN) -- The number of minors treated in hospital emergency rooms for drinking on New Year's Day 2009 was nearly four times the average daily figure, according to a federal study.

The study, published this week in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, was based on data from the Drug Abuse Warning Network, which estimated that 1,980 emergency room visits on New Year's Day 2009 involved underage drinking, versus 546 such visits on an average day.

"This stunning increase in underage drinking-related emergency room visits on New Year's Day should be a wake-up call to parents, community leaders and all caring adults about the potential risks our young people face for alcohol-related accidents, injuries and death during this time of year," Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration chief Pamela S. Hyde said in a statement about the agency's study.

"Parents, clergy, coaches, teachers and other role models must do everything they can to positively influence young people -- including talking with them early and often about the many health dangers underage drinking poses to their physical and emotional health and well being."

The findings translate into an increase in sobering statistics, said Kenneth R. Warren, acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

"For example, during Christmas and New Year's, two to three times more people die in alcohol-related crashes than during comparable periods the rest of the year," he said. "And 40% of traffic fatalities during these holidays involve a driver who is alcohol-impaired, compared to 28% for the rest of December."

The New Year's Day levels outstripped those of other holidays. For example, Memorial Day emergency room visits for drinking by minors were 676; the Fourth of July level was 942.

"Whereas all underage alcohol consumption is of concern, consumption that leads to ER visits on New Year's Day should be of particular concern to parents and young people because such consumption may increase other risky behaviors," it said.

"Greater access to alcohol, less parental oversight and mixed messages from parents may fuel surges in underage drinking, which can result in visits to hospital emergency departments because of overconsumption or alcohol-involved accidents or injuries. The New Year's holiday may be particularly risky because underage individuals may drink more than during most other times of the year, including other holidays."

Question: how many on an average day

Question: what is the number of visits on an average day

Question: who was urged to pay attention

Question: When did they occur

Question: How many emergency room's visit has occurred?

Question: who many emergency room visits occurred on new years day

Question: Who urged to pay attention?

Question: How many visits on an average day?

Answer: 546

Answer: 546

Answer: "Parents, clergy, coaches, teachers and other role models

Answer: New Year's Day 2009

Answer: 1,980

Answer: 1,980

Answer: parents, community leaders and all caring adults

Answer: 546

Summary:
Study estimates 1,980 emergency room visits occurred on New Year's Day 2009 .
That compares with 546 such visits on an average day .
Parents, community leaders urged to pay attention .


(CNN) -- The number of people killed by a typhoon that slammed into Taiwan and China earlier this month continues to rise, Taiwan announced Thursday. Tsai Sung Yu holds photos of his mother, brother, sister-in-law and niece who were all killed in the mudslides. At least 543 people are now known to have died when Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan, the country's Central Emergency Operation Center said Thursday. At least 117 people are still missing, and at least 46 people were injured. Emergency services also reported that 60 human limbs had been found, separately from the number of dead and wounded. Kaohsiung county was the worst hit, with 472 dead, 72 missing and 13 hurt, one seriously, the emergency center said. Morakot dropped 102 inches of rain on Taiwan August 8 before it roared on to mainland China the next day. More than 1.4 million people in China were forced to relocate because of the storm and more than 6,000 homes were destroyed. At least six people were killed there, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs said after the storm passed. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou apologized last week for the slow response to the typhoon. He said he plans sweeping changes to the country's rescue agencies and may punish some government officials. "We will try our best to do a better job in the rescue work that has been criticized for being too slow," said Ma. "There are things that we have to correct and we also will be responsible for whatever mistakes or neglect that government officials have made." Rescuers have struggled to locate many who were missing in remote mountainous areas of southern Taiwan. Ma also apologized a week earlier for failings of the rescue effort as he traveled around the typhoon-battered island. He said heavy rain grounded rescue helicopters in the first few days after the storm hit, delaying relief efforts. Ma said the storm destroyed buildings, homes, roads and farms, causing about NT$100 billion (U.S. $3 billion) in damage. CNN's Eileen Hsieh contributed to this report.

Question: Who is Taiwan's president?

Question: What did the Taiwan president apologize for?

Question: How many people died from the Typhoon?

Question: What was the name of the typhoon

Question: How many people are missing?

Question: How many people are still missing?

Question: What number of people are missing?

Question: What is the name of the President of Taiwan?

Question: How many people died when typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan?

Answer: Ma Ying-jeou

Answer: the slow response to the typhoon.

Answer: At least 543

Answer: Morakot

Answer: least 117

Answer: are

Answer: At least 117

Answer: Ma Ying-jeou

Answer: 543

Summary:
At least 543 people are now known to have died when Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan .
At least 117 people are still missing, and at least 46 people were injured .
Emergency services have also found 60 human limbs .
Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou apologizes for the slow response to the typhoon .


(CNN) -- The number of people worldwide without access to a toilet -- no public restroom, no outhouse, no latrine, no smallest room -- is a whopping 2.6 billion. That's four out of ten people.

The bucket toilet is the only thing on offer for millions of black South Africans.

According to the World Toilet Organization, 2.2 million people, predominantly children, die every year from diarrhea -- more than from malaria, from AIDS, from TB. That number dwarfs any casualties related to violent conflict.

These figures are intrinsically related. The underestimation of fecal contamination is staggering, sobering -- and unfortunately, silencing.

Singaporean social-entrepreneur Jack Sim founded the non-profit World Toilet Organization ("the other WTO") in 2001, as a support network for all existing organizations.

It now includes 151 members from 53 countries, which meet once a year to network, discuss sanitation issues and work together toward "eliminating the toilet taboo and delivering sustainable sanitation."

Goal number one: Making sanitation speakable. "What we don't discuss, we can't improve," insists Sim.

This year, the World Toilet Summit & Expo 2008 was held from November 4-6 in Macau under the theme "Driving Sustainable Sanitation through Market-Based Initiatives."

Indeed, not only is sanitation a good idea, it's a good investment.

Biosolids can be composted into fertilizer, sewage can be processed into methane biogas, and even simple latrines in India are producing compost and fertilizer.

"Globally, if universal sanitation were achieved by 2015, it would cost $95 billion, but it would save $660 billion," writes Rose George in her newly released book "The Big Necessity."

Real-world examples follow: "When Peru had a cholera outbreak in 1991, it cost $1 billion to contain but could have been prevented with $100 million of better sanitation measures."

Or even more alarming: "Pakistan, for example, spends 47 times more on its military budget than on water and sanitation, though it loses 120,000 people to diarrhea a year."

So while 2.6 billion people have no toilet, how many millions of us simply "flush and forget"?

Eco-sanitation, or the problem of dealing efficiently and ecologically with sewer systems, wastewater, treatment and purification, is no less a serious one.

In the UK alone, the sewage system emits some 28.8 million tons of carbon dioxide a year.

As sewers become overloaded with urban development, drought strikes various regions of the earth, and potable water becomes increasingly scarce, even the flush toilet is now put into question.

Today, those who care are looking at innovative toilet and waste-disposal solutions from India, China and other parts of the developing world, where attitudes and habits are still evolving and open to change.

Don't forget, World Toilet Day is November 19.

Question: How many die annually?

Question: How many die annually fro diarrhea?

Question: How much would universal sanitation cost?

Question: how many people die annually from diarrhea?

Question: How many countries are included?

Question: How many members does World Toilet Organization have?

Question: How many countries are the members from?

Question: How many people have no access to a toilet?

Answer: 2.2 million

Answer: 2.2 million

Answer: $95 billion,

Answer: 2.2 million

Answer: 53

Answer: 151

Answer: 53

Answer: 2.6 billion.

Summary:
2.6 billion people have no access to toilet; 2.2 die annually from diarrhea .
World Toilet Organization includes 151 members from 53 countries .
Rose George: Universal sanitation by 2015 would cost $95bn, save $660bn .
Flush toilet, sewer systems also pose problem to ecological sanitation .


(CNN) -- The number of uprooted people across the world dropped slightly last year, but new displacement this year in conflict zones like Pakistan, Somalia and Sri Lanka so far "has already more than offset the decline," the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. Pakistani displaced battle severe winds and dust at Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar. "Today, we are seeing a relentless series of internal conflicts that are generating millions of uprooted people," U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a news release. This is one of the main points in Global Trends, an annual report by the U.N. agency on developments regarding refugees, internally displaced people, asylum seekers and stateless people. The number of "uprooted people worldwide" in 2008 was 42 million, a drop of about 700,000 from 2007, according to the report. "In 2009, we have already seen substantial new displacements, namely in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Somalia," Guterres said. "While some displacements may be short-lived, others can take years and even decades to resolve. We continue to face several longer-term internal displacement situations in places like Colombia, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia. Each of these conflicts has also generated refugees who flee beyond their borders." The number of refugees and internally displaced people who returned home in 2008 was around 2 million, a decline from 2007, the report said. Refugee repatriation, which was 604,000, was down 17 percent. Displaced people's returns were down by 34 percent at 1.4 million people. "Traditionally the largest durable solution for refugees, it was the second-lowest repatriation total in 15 years," the report said. "The decline in part reflects deteriorating security conditions, namely in Afghanistan and Sudan." The report listed other statistics and trends in 2008:

Question: largest number of refugees in the world at 1.8 million

Question: What shows slight decline in global refugee numbers to 42 million in 2008?

Question: To what did the global refugee numbers decline?

Answer: who returned home in 2008 was around 2

Answer: "uprooted people worldwide"

Answer: 2 million,

Summary:
U.N. reports shows slight decline in global refugee numbers to 42 million in 2008 .
But numbers set to rise in 2009 because of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Somalia conflicts .
Pakistan hosted the largest number of refugees in the world at 1.8 million .
Around 2 million refugees returned home in 2009 .


(CNN) -- The ocean water around Chatham, Massachusetts, is playing host to some unwelcome guests this holiday weekend: sharks. Only 41 unprovoked shark attacks have been reported in the U.S. since 2008. At least one large shark sighting was confirmed Friday by Greg Skomal, shark expert for the state's Division of Marine Fisheries. That sighting occurred off the eastern shore of Monomoy Island, a National Wildlife Refuge off the southern elbow of Cape Cod, according to Lisa Capone, Massachusetts Department of Energy and Environmental Affairs press secretary. The species, though not confirmed, was "most likely" a great white shark, she said. The sighting came a day after Skomal reported as many as five large sharks were seen near the island, about a mile or more away from Chatham's Lighthouse Beach, a public swimming area. Capone said Skomal was searching the area of the island Friday afternoon, though weather conditions were "not ideal," with fog and wind. Meanwhile, officials were advising residents and visitors to be cautious while visiting the beaches this weekend. "It is the eve of the last holiday weekend of summer, and we want to make sure folks on the Cape are aware," Capone said. Chatham's Harbor Master's office issued a public notice after the sightings Thursday, saying the waters surrounding Chatham are "now a year-round home to a few thousand seals." Seals are a main source of food for large sharks, and as recently as August 28, a large shark was seen feeding on the body of a seal near Chatham's waters, the notice said. It advised people to avoid swimming near seals. A statement issued Friday by Chatham town officials said "beaches will be closed immediately" if a shark is sighted. Paul Zuest, general manager of the Chatham Bars Inn, said he and his staff also have been instructing their guests to be cautious. The hotel, about two miles away from where the sharks were spotted, has posted signs providing information on the sightings. George H. Burgess, director of the Florida Program for Shark Research and curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History's International Shark Attack File, said that on average, sharks have killed four people annually worldwide for the past several years. "The chances of us as individuals entering the sea and not coming back as a result of a shark attack are slim to none when you consider the millions upon millions of people that go into the sea each year," he said. The museum's shark attack file lists 41 unprovoked shark attacks in U.S. waters in 2008, with one fatality, in California. Most of the attacks, 32, occurred in Florida. Massachussetts has recorded only four shark attacks since 1670, two of which have been fatal. The last fatal shark attack in Massachussetts occurred in 1936.

Question: what was the species?

Question: have sharks been sighted

Question: what number of people do sharks kill every year

Question: how many sharks were spotted on friday?

Question: how many people are killed per year?

Question: Which type of shark do experts believe was seen

Answer: "most likely" a great white shark,

Answer: one large shark sighting was confirmed

Answer: four

Answer: At least one

Answer: four

Answer: great white

Summary:
Shark expert confirms at least one large shark sighting Friday .
Species unconfirmed, but "most likely" was a great white, expert says .
As many as five large sharks were seen on Thursday near Monomoy Island .
Expert: On average, sharks kill about four people per year, worldwide .


(CNN) -- The oldest-known hominid skeleton was a 4-foot-tall female who walked upright more than 4 million years ago and offers new clues to how humans may have evolved, scientists say. This sketch shows what a 4 million-year-old hominid, nicknamed Ardi, may have looked like. Scientists believe that the fossilized remains, which were discovered in 1994 in Ethiopia and studied for years by an international team of researchers, support beliefs that humans and chimpanzees evolved separately from a common ancestor. "This is not an ordinary fossil. It's not a chimp. It's not a human. It shows us what we used to be," said project co-director Tim White, a paleontologist at the University of California, Berkeley. Ardipithecus ramidus, nicknamed "Ardi," is a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Aramis, Ethiopia. That makes Ardi more than a million years older than the celebrated Lucy, the partial ape-human skeleton found in Africa in 1974. Ardi's 125-piece skeleton includes the skull, teeth, pelvis, hands and feet bones. Scientists say the data collected from Ardi's bone fragments over the past 17 years push back the story of human evolution further than previously believed. "In fact, what Ardipithecus tells us is that we as humans have been evolving to what we are today for at least 6 million years," C. Owen Lovejoy, an evolutionary biologist at Kent State University and project anatomist, said Thursday. Analysis of Ardi's skeleton reveals that she weighed about 110 pounds, had very long arms and fingers, and possessed an opposable big toe that would have helped her grasp branches while moving through trees. Ardi's brain was believed to be the size of a chimp's, but she also had many human-like features, such as the ability to walk upright on two legs. Her "all-purpose type" teeth indicate that she probably ate a combination of plants, fruits and small mammals, scientists say. "The anatomy behind this behavioral combination is very unexpected and is certain to cause considerable rethinking of not only our evolutionary past, but also that of our living relatives: the great apes," said Alan Walker, professor of biological anthropology at Pennsylvania State University. Many scientists hypothesize that humans took a different evolutionary trajectory from those of chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas. Ardi's findings help challenge earlier beliefs that humans evolved from chimpanzees, their closest genetic relatives, scientists say. Researchers are still trying to pinpoint when the two lineages -- chimps and humans -- split from their common ancestor. Digging up the past has not been easy. Scientists stumbled upon the Ardipithecus fossil in 1994 when a graduate student found a single upper molar tooth. The rest of Ardi's fossilized bones, sandwiched between layers of volcanic rock, took three years to be recovered and many more to be analyzed. "In many ways, the discovery of Ardipithecus has been like a marathon," White said. "Ardipithecus ramidus and its prevailing anatomy revolutionize the way most of us understood the earlier part of our evolutionary history," said team member Yohannes Haile-Selassie, paleontologist at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Ardi findings are the work of 47 paleontologists and geologists representing 10 countries. The results will be published Friday in 11 articles in a special edition of the journal Science. Until now, Australopithecus, nicknamed "Lucy," was the oldest fossil studied by scientists seeking to explain human evolution. Lucy is believed to have lived about 3.2 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia. Many scientists credit Ethiopia with taking the lead in helping the world better understand the origins of humans. "This finding points to a deeper sense of our [humans'] interconnectedness," Samuel Assefa, Ethiopian ambassador to the United States, said Thursday. "We are all Ethiopians at heart." Ardi's skeleton resides in the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.

Question:
what its the name of fossil?
What has been unveiled?
What has the fossil been nicknamed?
What did humans and chimps evolve from?
who replaces lucy?
Whar is the fossil's nickname?

Answer: Ardi,

Answer: Ardipithecus ramidus,

Answer: Ardi,

Answer: common ancestor.

Answer: Ardi

Answer: Ardi,

Summary:
Researchers have unveiled a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton of a hominid female .
The fossil, nicknamed Ardi, may be the oldest hominid skeleton ever found .
It replaces Lucy, a much-publicized skeleton that dates back about 3 million years .
Scientists: Ardi suggests humans and chimps evolved from a common ancestor .


(CNN) -- The operation on Ronaldo's injured left knee "went well" but the Brazilian striker faces a lengthy rehabilitation as he bids to save his football career.

Ronaldo leaves the field in agony after suffering his latest injury blow against Livorno.

Ronaldo had surgery in Paris on Thursday, the two-hour operation perfomed by Dr. Eric Rolland with Dr. Gerard Saillant, who carried out a similar repair to his right knee in 2000, in attendance.

"The operation went well," said Saillant. "The intervention was of the same type as the one in 2000. The healing period should last nine months," he said in sports paper L'Equipe.

Ronaldo was injured playing for AC Milan in a 1-1 draw with Liverno on Wednesday night and teammate Clarence Seedorf gave CNN a graphic description of the incident.

"It was like a film I already saw," said the Dutch star who was on the pitch when Ronaldo suffered his previous serious injury.

"I saw his reaction, I was frozen by the reality, a bad, bad thing. My heart went out to him because it was his second injury. I hope he has the will to come back," added Seedorf.

Ater the two-hour operation at Pitie-Salpetriere hospital, the three-time FIFA World Player of the Year is likely to need about 10 days of physical therapy, L'Equipe said.

Ronaldo, 31, has battled serious injuries throughout his career, and has played sparingly since joining Milan from Real Madrid in January 2007.

Wednesday's match was only his fifth in Serie A this season after injuring his thigh during preseason training on July 31. He returned in November, but has been in and out of the team due to a series of recurring problems. E-mail to a friend

Question: Who is recovering in Paris?

Question: What team was Ronaldo playing for at the time of his injury?

Question: What was Ronaldo's surgery for?

Question: Was the operation long?

Question: When did his injury occur

Question: Where is Ronoldo recovering

Question: What was the duration of the surgery?

Question: Where did he get injured?

Question: What did Ronoldo have surgery on

Answer: Ronaldo's

Answer: AC Milan

Answer: injured left knee

Answer: two-hour

Answer: playing for AC Milan in a 1-1 draw with Liverno on Wednesday night

Answer: Paris

Answer: two-hour operation

Answer: left knee

Answer: injured left knee

Summary:
Ronaldo recovers in Paris following surgery on his ruptured left knee tendons .
The surgeon who performed the two-hour operation said it went "very well"
Ronaldo sustained injury playing for AC Milan against Livorno on Wednesday .