Friday, January 11, 2013

Why death comes sooner in America

Why death comes sooner in America


Why death comes sooner in America

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST

Aaron Carroll says a new report shows the U.S. rates behind 16 other wealthy nations for lifespan and health--particularly among younger Americans.

Fonda, Steinem: Let woman head FCC

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:04 AM PST

Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan say media shape attitudes and are largely run and regulated by men. It's time for Obama to close that gender gap.

Obama should override debt ceiling

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:18 AM PST

Neil Buchanan and Michael Dorf: Overriding the debt ceiling is Obama's best and least unconstitutional solution to his dilemma.

A signature that goes 'boing'!

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:31 PM PST

Take some bills out of your wallet. Read the signatures. What do you have?

What halted school shooting? 'Kindness,' says teacher's dad

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:12 PM PST

Amid the lockdown, Ryan Heber's wife -- also a co-worker -- texted to remind him to lock his classroom door, his dad said. The response: "The shooter is in my room."

Victim's dad shouts: Rot in hell, Holmes

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:59 PM PST

The judge in the case against suspected Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes agreed to delay arraignment in the case to allow defense lawyers more time.

French troops attack Islamists in Mali

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:40 PM PST

French troops are attacking Islamist rebels in the African country of Mali with air strikes and ground assaults, French President Francois Hollande says.

Obama, Karzai speed up transition

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:06 PM PST

More than 11 years after the start of the war in Afghanistan, Presidents Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai met Friday to talk about the future of the country and the United States' role there.

Spain: Nuclear items for Iran seized

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 11:08 AM PST

It was not a routine traffic stop.

Ohio lawyer: Move, postpone rape case

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:34 PM PST

A defense lawyer in a rape case that has roiled the town of Steubenville, Ohio, officially asked the court Friday for a change of venue.

Rebels say Syria military base captured

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:50 PM PST

Syrian rebel fighters said Friday they have captured a strategic northern military base used by the government to bomb opposition strongholds.

Cyclone causes 'wall of red dust'

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:51 PM PST

Amazing visuals show a mammoth dust storm passing over Western Australia after a large storm near Onslow.

Viral Facebook app warning is false

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST

Relax. Those "My Birthday Calendar" requests on Facebook might be annoying, but they're not dangerous.

Saving your child's life from flu

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:20 PM PST

How will you know if the flu has crossed the line to become deadly? CNN's Elizabeth Cohen has the story.

Notorious pirate quits; are seas safer?

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:37 AM PST

The retirement of the pirate leader Mohamed Abdi Hassan, also known as "Afweyne," has generated much media coverage, but the real significance of his announcement is the indication it gives of how Somalia's pirates currently view their business model. It appears that hijacking vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden is no longer seen as a relatively risk-free affair.

Robber brings knife to a gunfight

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:31 AM PST

A store clerk pulls a gun on an individual who tries to take money from the cash register.

Sink or swim for soccer's 'rotten apple'

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:45 PM PST

When Silvio Berlusconi and Carlos Tevez are doling out judgements, the time may have come to reassess where your career is headed.

How Manchester United nearly died

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:51 AM PST

Manchester United, one of the world's most successful clubs, was just hours from collapse. This is the story of how one man ensured one of the giants of football survived.

10 reasons we can't get enough Gosling

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:10 AM PST

Gosling frolics with Conan audience

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:18 PM PST

Actor Ryan Gosling recruits a woman from the audience to answer his questions from Conan.

Sailing the world's most beautiful lakes

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:27 PM PST

When it comes to notable water attractions, the humble lake has a hard time keeping up with the swelling oceans, seas and rivers of this world.

How to think like Sherlock Holmes

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:13 PM PST

Author Maria Konnikova uses the latest science to explain Holmes' abilities

No charges over NBC ammo clip display

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:06 PM PST

No NBC employees will face criminal charges over the display of a high-capacity ammunition magazine on "Meet the Press" in violation of local law, prosecutors said.

How guns get into city with ban

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:16 AM PST

Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy is calling for a new state gun law amid increasing violence in the city.

Opinion: How to defeat the NRA

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:59 AM PST

Ethan Bueno de Mesquita and Jens Ludwig suggest people sign up for automatic deductions to a fund devoted to breaking the grip of the NRA.

Maker of gun-related videos shot dead

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 05:52 PM PST

Authorities in Georgia are investigating the apparent homicide of a Georgia man who produced popular gun-related YouTube videos.

Piers accused of standing on graves

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST

Ben Shapiro of Breitbart.com accuses CNN's Piers Morgan of "standing on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook."

Sasha grows up

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:51 PM PST

Watch President Obama's youngest daughter, Sasha, grow up during her four years in the White House.

Malia becomes a teenager

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:50 PM PST

Watch President Obama's oldest daughter, Malia, grow up during her four years in the White House.

Clinton, Bush and Obama gain greys

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:21 PM PST

CNN goes week to week with presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama for their first 198 weeks in office.

'Teen Mom' waxes toddler's unibrow

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:24 AM PST

Farrah Abraham of MTV's "Teen Mom" defends her decision to wax her 3-year-old daughter's unibrow.

Thief tries to tackle stubborn ATM

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:53 AM PST

Thieves in North Miami-Dade, FL, were caught on surveillance video attempting to shoulder tackle a tightly secured ATM.

Invisible driver orders fast food

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:29 AM PST

An invisible driver's prank drives takeout window workers nuts. CNN's Jeanne Moos speaks with a talking car seat.

When photos trick the brain

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:59 PM PST

A couple with fish bowls instead of heads. A magician who can make cards fly in a perfect spiral. These images have to be real, our brains tell us. That's the amazing thing about photography, says Ronen Goldman: If the light falls on the object just the right way, our brains allow us to believe the unbelievable.

Photos: Dreams recreated

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST

Cruise safety, a year after Concordia

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:53 PM PST

One year ago, the Costa Concordia struck rocks and turned on its side off the Italian island of Giglio, killing 32 people and shaking the cruise industry.

Dr. Oz gives Piers a flu shot

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:57 PM PST

Dr. Mehmet Oz administers a flu shot to CNN's Piers Morgan.

Duchess' first portrait is ... well ...

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:28 AM PST

The first official portrait of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been unveiled in London -- but has met with a mixed reaction from art critics and the public.

Falcons' to-do list: Win

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:11 AM PST

The team has a bad history with the playoffs.

Color-shifting squid mass off California

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:02 PM PST

CNN's Miguel Marquez chases the famed Humboldt Squid, appearing in the thousands off Southern California.

Sailing the world's most beautiful lakes

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST

When it comes to notable water attractions, the humble lake has a hard time keeping up with the swelling oceans, seas and rivers of this world.

Photos: Ice festivals around the world

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 02:16 PM PST

Falcons' to-do list: Win

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:11 AM PST

The team has a bad history with the playoffs.

Who will win vs. who should

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:50 PM PST

The best nominees don't always come out on top.

NYC: 800 rape cases possibly botched

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:58 PM PST

The discovery that critical evidence went undetected in 26 incidents has prompted New York City's medical examiner's office to look into rape cases over 10 years, "reviewing and retesting everything."

What he really said about bearing arms

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:44 PM PST

The Founding Fathers are frequently quoted in the gun control debate, but many of those quotations turn out to be fake.

Cops: TV icon abused kids for 6 decades

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:41 PM PST

Jimmy Savile carried out sexual abuses on an unprecedented level across six decades, report concludes.

Students, parents brawl at bus stop

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:30 AM PST

Parents and students are caught on camera brawling by a bus stop over two separate incidents.

Color-shifting squid mass off California

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 07:30 AM PST

CNN's Miguel Marquez chases the famed Humboldt Squid, appearing in the thousands off Southern California.

Duchess' first portrait is ... well ...

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 10:33 AM PST

The first official portrait of Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been unveiled in London -- but has met with a mixed reaction from art critics and the public.

Don't you ever quit? You should

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 01:33 PM PST

For almost 2,000 years, Western culture stopped on Sunday for about 24 hours. We need to bring that back, one doctor says -- or pay the price of higher rates of depression and anxiety.

8 getaways we wish we could afford

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 03:38 PM PST

Imagine kicking back on a private island in the Bahamas where the staff caters to your every whim.

Flu epidemic

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:46 AM PST

The spread of the flu across the United States appears to have slowed in portions of five states in the South and Southeast, a federal official told CNN early Friday, even as a National Institutes of Health director warned of the onset of "a classic flu epidemic."

Jimmy Savile

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 12:37 PM PST

Britain's late TV presenter and radio host Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of people and carried out more than 30 rapes, police said Friday, as they unveiled a report exposing "vast, predatory and opportunistic" abuses across six decades.

Afghanistan

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 06:06 PM PST

Years of tensions between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the U.S. government appeared to fade away like a bad dream, at least in public, when Karzai touched down in Washington this week.

Syria

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 08:48 AM PST

Of all the terrible conflicts facing the world in 2013, Syria is undoubtedly the most complex and dangerous.

Aurora

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 09:00 AM PST

The judge overseeing the case against suspected Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes agreed to delay arraignment in the case to allow defense lawyers more time to pore over 30,000 pages of evidence and hundreds of DVDs and CDs.

Dreamliner

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 04:11 PM PST

The Department of Transportation will announce a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner, including its "design, manufacture and assembly," officials said.

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