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Hostage Situation In Alabama Ends With Child Safe

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:52 +0000

The nearly week long hostage situation in Alabama involving a five-year-old boy has finally come to an end. According to officials in Alabama, the boy has been recovered safely by officers. His kidnapper, Jimmy Lee Dykes, was killed, when authorities stormed his underground bunker. The boy was taken from a school bus last week, [...]

Rachel Nichols Leaving ESPN for CNN — Roster of People to Report On Tim Tebow Gets Smaller

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:47:30 +0000

ESPN’s cavalcade of reporting stars is shrinking quicker than the Falcons lead over the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. Rachel Nichols is leaving ESPN for a competing set of non-alphabetical letters. The reporter, who spent nine years with the all-sports cable channel, is joining CNN and Turner Sports and will waste no time getting [...]

CNN Looking To Reality TV and Late-Night Talk Shows. Oh Joy.

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:11:41 +0000

Understandably, all TV networks have to adapt to keep pace with a changing landscape. Just a few short years ago, we relied on The History Channel for educational programming rather than extra-terrestrial conspiracy theorists and original series, and now it seems that the notoriously stagnant CNN is looking to shake up its image in the coming years as well. Just what do they have in mind, and who might be the new face of the network?

CNN and Fox News Botch Report on Supreme Court Health Care Mandate

Don Deane — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:20:53 +0000

Sometimes, even the most diligent news network can make a mistake. But when two networks botch a report only minutes apart? Well, that qualifies as news itself. Both CNN and Fox News reported that the Supreme Court struck down the centerpiece of President Obama’s health care bill today. But in reality, the court upheld the [...]

Nikki Sixx Blasts Celebrity-Enabling Physicians on CNN

Jeff Giles — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:30:59 +0000

In the wake of Whitney Houston‘s untimely death, some of her fellow pop stars are coming out of the woodwork to discuss their own struggles with addiction, as well as the way the entertainment business can help enable patterns of destructive behavior. Motley Crue‘s Nikki Sixx added his two cents via an appearance last night (Feb. 15) on ‘Piers Morgan Tonight.’

Virginia Earthquake Felt as Far Away as New York, Toronto, and Washington D.C.

Amory Gritta — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:44:55 +0000

An earthquake epicentered in Virginia occurred Tuesday afternoon, with people in Washington, DC, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Toronto reporting they felt the tremors, as well.

Search and Rescue Group Files Civil Suit Against Casey Anthony

Amory Gritta — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 22:13:44 +0000

The search and rescue group that organized the search for Caylee Anthony has filed a civil suit against her mother, Casey Anthony, to recover money spent in the search to find the girl.

Anthony, 25, was found not guilty in her daughter's 2008 death last week and is scheduled to be released from prison on Sunday after receiving credit for time served on a four-year sentence, CNN reported.

Casey Anthony Found Not Guilty in Daughter Caylee's Death

Amory Gritta — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:05:26 +0000

After deliberating for 10 hours and 40 minutes, a jury found Casey Anthony not guilty in the death of her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. The seven-woman, five-man jury found the 25-year-old Anthony not guilty after a more than six-week long trial, CNN reported. Anthony, who openly wept in the Florida courtroom as the verdict was read [...]

Nick Charles, CNN's First Sports Anchor, Dead at 64

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:00:17 +0000

Sportscaster Nick Charles has died of bladder cancer at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 64.

As CNN’s first sports anchor, his work with Fred Hickman on the nightly-roundup show ‘Sports Tonight’ sometimes drew a larger audience than even that of sports network ESPN.

Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passes in New York

Stephanie Berning — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:00:35 +0000

New York legislators passed a bill legalizing gay marriage in the state on Friday night, with the state Senate approving the bill to a cheering room before 11 p.m. The state’s Assembly passed a version of the bill that included an amendment about religious institutions earlier in the day, CNN reported. The late-night vote now [...]

24,000 Pages Of Sarah Palin E-mails Released

Amory Gritta — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:00:38 +0000

The Palin administration e-mails were released by Alaska state officials in response to Freedom of Information Act requests filed by numerous new agencies shortly after Palin was named Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential running mate. Media agencies began scrambling through the contents of the e-mails immediately after their release, with numerous outlets, including CNN, The [...]

Soldier Gets Train to Sing 'Marry Me' During Proposal [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Fri, 20 May 2011 11:00:50 +0000

Chalk another one up to the creative proposal department. CNN reports a soldier popped the question by getting the band Train to play its hit, ‘Marry Me.’ Soldier Jonathan Tremblay got the band to help him propose to Angela Ceravolo while a crowd in a food court looked on. Of course, she said yes and [...]

Marijuana Found Growing Outside Osama bin Laden's Compound

Amory Gritta — Thu, 05 May 2011 10:55:55 +0000

For those wondering what recently killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden did to pass the time at his secret compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, we may have an answer.

According to the NY Daily News (via CNN), small crops of marijuana were found in the deserted lots on the compound's perimeter.

Passenger Attacks Flight Attendant With Nail Clippers

Amory Gritta — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 11:00:25 +0000

An Alitalia Flight heading to Rome from Paris was forced to make a detour stop in Libya on Sunday after a passenger grew increasingly agitated mid-journey.

According to CNN, flight attendants were eventually forced to immobilize the man after he tried attacking a flight attendant with his nail clippers.

Foldable, Electric-Powered Bicycles [VIDEO]

Amory Gritta — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:10:10 +0000

If you've got $3,600 to spare and don't mind folks gawking at you from behind the wheel, it might be time to invest in a "YikeBike." Conceived as a faster and lighter alternative to the Segway, the YikeBike is a foldable electric bicycle that was ranked by Time Magazine as one of the best inventions of 2009.

It looks kind of like a unicycle with a training wheel, but its inventors say it could change the way we get around. What do you think — wacky invention or wave of the future?

CNN's full video story on the YikeBike is after the jump.