~~~~~~~~~~~ TOP STORIES ~~~~~~~~~~~ > SYDNEY GUNMAN REPORTEDLY DEMANDS ISIS FLAG AS SOME HOSTAGES ESCAPE A gunman holding hostages in a Sydney cafe is said to be demanding an ISIS flag and a phone call with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/15/world/asia/australia-sydney-hostage-situation/index.html > AL-SHABAAB BLAMED FOR FIVE BEHEADINGS A Quran teacher in central Somalia was the fifth beheading victim in one week at the hands of Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked militant group based in Somalia. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/15/world/africa/somalia-violence/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~ U.S. NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > COSBY BREAKS HIS SILENCE Amid mounting allegations against him, Bill Cosby has broken his silence. Well, sort of. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/14/us/cosby-breaks-silence/index.html > N.C. TEENS HANGING DEATH RULED A SUICIDE; MOTHER SAYS IT WAS A LYNCHING Claudia Lacy says she can accept anything: even that her youngest son committed suicide -- if its proven and explained to her. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/15/justice/north-carolina-lennon-lacy/index.html > DESPITE DISCREPANCIES, DORIAN JOHNSON CONSISTENT IN ACCOUNTS OF BROWN SHOOTING Dorian Johnson, who was walking with Michael Brown before Officer Darren Wilson fatally shot Brown in August, told remarkably similar stories in an interview with county and federal authorities in August and in testimony to the grand jury in September. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/14/justice/ferguson-dorian-johnson-statements/index.html > SPECTACULAR METEOR SHOWER WOWS STARGAZERS A spectacular meteor shower delighted and awed skyward eyes over the weekend in the Northern Hemisphere. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/14/tech/geminid-meteor-shower/index.html ..... More U.S. stories at cnn/US ~~~~~~~~~~~ WORLD NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > IN TURKEY, POLICE ARREST JOURNALISTS AND EXECUTIVES Turkish police on Sunday arrested senior journalists, media executives and even the scriptwriter for a popular television series on charges of forming, leading and being a member of an armed terrorist organization. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/14/world/europe/turkey-media-crackdown/index.html > FLIGHT DIVERTED AFTER PASSENGER REPORTEDLY THROWS HOT WATER AT CREW MEMBER Earlier this month, nut rage prompted the pilot of a Korean Air flight on the tarmac of New Yorks JFK airport to turn back to the gate. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/15/travel/beijing-airasia-hot-watergate/index.html > NO WEDDINGS, NO FUNERALS: CHINA DECREES NEW RULES WHEN SINGING NATIONAL ANTHEM Chinas 1.3 billion citizens may soon find it much harder to belt out their national anthem at will. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/15/world/asia/china-national-anthem-rules/index.html > JAPANS OCEAN SPIRAL PROPOSED AS GIANT UNDERWATER CITY What would happen if the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis was crossed with the screenplay of Kevin Costners 1995 hit movie Waterworld? .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/14/business/underwater-city-japan/index.html ..... More World stories at cnn/WORLD ~~~~~~~~~~~ BUSINESS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > ELIZABETH WARREN ENDS UP A WINNER IN SPENDING FIGHT Senator Elizabeth Warren lost her battle over the government spending bill. But she ended the week a winner. .... FULL STORY: money.cnn/2014/12/14/news/economy/elizabeth-warren-spending-bill/index.html > SONY LAWYER TELLS MEDIA TO STOP REPORTING ON MATERIAL STOLEN BY HACKERS As it tries to recover from a devastating cyber attack, Sony Pictures is asking news organizations, including CNN, to stop examining and publicizing the corporate secrets that hackers have made public. .... FULL STORY: money.cnn/2014/12/14/media/sony-hack-lawyer-media/index.html ..... More Business stories at CNNmoney ..... For market numbers see CNNmoney/markets ~~~~~~~~~~~ HEALTH NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > PLAYING THROUGH THE PAIN: HOW ONE HOCKEY PLAYER PUT HIS PAIN ON ICE Greg Ozubko never thought hed be tending goal at this point in his life. Not just because hes 50, but because 16 years ago he was having so much pain in his hands and feet he couldnt walk across a parking lot, let alone put his feet in a pair of skates or drop to his knees to stop a puck. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/11/health/human-factor-hockey/index.html > 5 WAYS TO FAT-PROOF YOUR HOME, NO WILLPOWER NECESSARY Think youre immune to temptation? Lets be honest: Even the most disciplined healthy eater will occasionally give in to runger (running hunger). One minute youre walking past a box of granola sitting on the kitchen counter; five minutes and 500 calories later, you probably wish youd hidden that box in a cabinet instead. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/12/health/fat-proof-home/index.html ..... More Health stories at cnn/HEALTH ~~~~~~~~~~~ TECHNOLOGY NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > YOUTUBES MOST POPULAR VIDEO OF 2014 WAS... Mutant horrors, singers and kissing strangers had a big year on YouTube. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/09/tech/web/top-youtube-videos-2014/index.html > THE FLYING FUNGUS: NASAS BIODEGRADABLE DRONE THAT FLIES AND DIES A bio-drone that dissolves after use leaving no trace it ever existed may sound like the stuff of a James Bond film, but NASA and a team of researchers are actually building one. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/10/tech/innovation/nasa-dissolving-drone/index.html ..... More Technology stories at cnn/TECH ~~~~~~~~~~~ ENTERTAINMENT NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~ > STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS CHARACTER NAMES REVEALED Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams has come up with a nostalgic way to reveal the names of the movies characters. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/12/showbiz/movies/star-wars-the-force-awakens-character-names/index.html > FAMED MODEL BEVERLY JOHNSON SAYS BILL COSBY DRUGGED HER In an essay for Vanity Fair, famed model Beverly Johnson accuses Bill Cosby of drugging her in a meeting at his Manhattan residence in the 1980s -- adding herself to the list of women who have made accusations against the comedian in recent weeks. .... FULL STORY: cnn/2014/12/11/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/beverly-johnson-cosby-allegations/index.html ..... More Entertainment stories at cnn/SHOWBIZ ...
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