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A “Wild” Mother’s day tribute

Candy remembers a friend of both young and old in this week's edition of "And Finally Related Blogs

Overheard on CNN.com: Beaten man’s cries for ‘Daddy’ leave some readers in tears

Editor's note: This post is part of the Overheard on news series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community Josh Lucky Blumenthal: "This article suggests holding cops to the same standards as everyone else. I think the police should be held to a higher standard aginghippy2: "I watched the entire video on [...]

Task force meets to look at Florida’s ‘Stand Your ground’ law

A task force created by Florida Gov. Rick Scott to examine the state's "Stand Your Ground" law in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting meets for the first time Tuesday "We're not walking into this with any preconceived notions," Gov. Rick Scott said at an April 19 news conference. If there are "logical changes [...]

The business of being Dick Clark

CNN's Tom Foreman reports on Dick Clark's business savvy and the empire he built Related Blogs

Tonight: Former NFL cheerleader accused of underage sex abuse

Former teacher and Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones is charged with sexually abusing an underage student.  Her mother, Cheryl Jones, is charged with tampering with evidence in the case.  Why would a family side with the person accused of sexually abusing their child?  Dr.   The alleged victim's family actually supports Sarah Jones. Drew and his panel explore [...]

Tibetan activist who set himself alight in India dies

— The Tibetan protester who set himself alight in the Indian capital ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit this week has died Activists say the disturbing acts of self-immolation reflect an increasingly repressive environment under China’s control President Hu was due to arrive in India for Thursday’s BRICS summit of emerging economic powers, which [...]

Did Trayvon Martin’s shooter use slur in 911 tapes?

CNN's Gary Tuchman explores a crucial part of the 911 call George Zimmerman made to police before Trayvon Martin died. A warning, some of the language you'll hear is offensive. It's uncensored because it is evidence, and bleeping it could make it even harder to hear anything. Jeffrey Toobin explains why it's significant to the case [...]

Zakaria: The Republican Party’s demographics problem

By Fareed Zakaria, CNN These are all very plausible arguments and, as an experienced candidate, Mitt Romney is the perfect candidate to make them So if you lose blacks, women, Latinos (and Republicans have probably already lost Arab and Muslim Americas), what are you left with? You can’t win a general election with the angry, [...]

CNN prime time: 3-year-old pat-down, outrage escalates in Florida teen’s killing

New details are emerging about the life of the Army soldier suspected of killing 16 innocent civilians in Afghanistan. As friends and family describe Robert Bales as fun-loving, good-hearted and patriotic, CNN’s Dan Simon looks at what may have been a darker side Outrage ramps up in a racially-charged case in Florida. 17-year-old Trayvon Martin [...]

American held captive for 9 months turned over to U.S. Embassy in Iraq

Baghdad — An American said to have been held captive for months was turned over Saturday to the technology. Embassy, a United Nations spokeswoman said The website of the Defense Prisoner Of War/ Missing Personnel Office on Saturday showed three Defense Department contractors as still missing from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Michael was not among them [...]

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