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Sunday, March 15, 2015

Today's headlines from CNN

Today's headlines from CNN
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Nun, 70, raped during robbery in India, official says
A gang of robbers struck a Christian school in eastern India on Saturday, and one of them raped a 70-year-old nun, a senior official said.

Rare photos reveal Osama bin Laden's Afghan hideout
The house is primitive, constructed of baked mud and stone. The landscape is sparse and mountainous, with snow cover in the winter. The terrain is rugged and challenging for the long walks the owner liked to take with his sons.

U.S.
Law enforcement officials push back against latest Secret Service flap
The headline Wednesday seemed clear: Two top ranking and allegedly inebriated Secret Service agents reportedly careened into a barrier at the White House in a government car, interrupting an active threat investigation.

Minister Creflo Dollar asks for $60 million in donations for a new jet
Creflo Dollar is hoping a few folks will see fit to bless him.

Robert Downey Jr. presents child with his own 'Iron Man' robotic arm
Robert Downey Jr. may be Iron Man in the popular Marvel superhero films, but he recently dealt in some advanced bionic technology himself.

The cyber warrior 'princess' who guards Google
In fairy tales, it's usually the princess that needs protecting. At Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley, the princess is the one defending the castle.

WORLD
Cleanup begins in Vanuatu after cyclone batters islands
The mayhem of Tropical Cyclone Pam, one of the most powerful storms ever to make landfall, is gone, but the misery it left behind in the islands of Vanuatu is just becoming apparent.

U.S. Army sending armored convoy 1,100 miles through Europe
Eastern Europe, here comes the cavalry.

Video purportedly shows missing UK teens at Turkey-Syria border
A video purportedly shows three British schoolgirls preparing to cross the Turkish border last month into Syria, where the teens are believed to have traveled to join ISIS, a Turkish TV network reported Friday.

Snow place like this Italian village when it comes to one-day accumulation
The next time the people of Capracotta, Italy, hear the folks in Boston complain about a snow season of more than 100 inches, they'll be like: "That's nice. We've been known to get that much in one day."

BUSINESS
Saved $1 million and living my dream retirement
Roy Nash long dreamed of retiring at the age of 55.

4 easy ways to combat tax fraud
As seen with the massive TurboTax refund scam earlier this year, refund fraud and other tax-related identity theft has really taken off.

HEALTH
Doctors claim first successful penis transplant
South African doctors have achieved what they call the world's first successful penile transplant operation.

Raise the smoking age? Report predicts big health benefits if we do
The public health benefits of barring people under age 21 from buying cigarettes could be tremendous, including "4.2 million fewer years of life lost" among the next generation of American adults, according to a report released this week by the Institute of Medicine.

TECHNOLOGY
30 years of .com
There's a bit of video that goes around the Internet every so often, showing a couple of clueless 1990s television hosts trying to decipher the mysteries of the Internet.

6 traits successful entrepreneurs share
As a writer at The Idea Village in New Orleans, I've interviewed dozens of entrepreneurs, ranging from new founders of fledgling companies to seasoned leaders who have launched several successful businesses.

ENTERTAINMENT
It's finally happening! 'Frozen 2' on its way
If you (or, more likely, your kids) are still singing those "Frozen" tunes over a year later, you'll have a brand new set of tunes in the not-too-distant future.

Cinderella vs. Belle: Which princess raps supreme?
These princess rap battles are dope.

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