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Official: Pakistan can help broker U.S.-Taliban talks

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:55:56 EDT

The Pakistan military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States.

Michael Jackson's boyhood home pays tribute

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:45:58 EDT

Michael Jackson was the pride of Gary, Indiana, growing up, and on Tuesday his hometown paid tribute to the late entertainer with a memorial and celebration in his honor.

Cemetery with missing grave sites declared crime scene

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:32:05 EDT

A Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday.

Churches find a new house of worship at movie theaters

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:49:30 EDT

People steadily file into movie theater No. 4, but they're not carrying buckets of popcorn or soda -- instead, it's Bibles and coffee.

Social Security number study raises fears

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:25:42 EDT

A report earlier this week that a pair of academics had discovered a way to figure out a person's Social Security number based on information people commonly post online has raised new concerns about identity theft.

'Blue Dog' Democrats: Current health bill not acceptable

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:26:03 EDT

House Democrats' push on health care legislation hit a snag Thursday when a group of fiscally conservative Democrats, known as "Blue Dogs," put on the brakes, pressing the Democratic leadership for significant changes to the draft bill.

Report: Domestic surveillance program relied on flawed analysis

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:16:07 EDT

The highly controversial no-warrant surveillance program initiated after the September 11 terrorist attacks relied on a "factually flawed" legal analysis inappropriately provided by a single Justice Department official, according to a report to Congress on Friday.

House Dems propose tax on wealthy to fund health care

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:10:12 EDT

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday proposed a graduated tax on wealthy Americans to pay for health care reform, several Democratic sources told CNN.

Vatican, White House: Abortion one topic of Obama-pope chat

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:24:49 EDT

U.S. President Obama and Pope Benedict XVI discussed current affairs, the Catholic Church's teachings and abortion as they met for the first time Friday, according to the White House and the Vatican.

The Fareed Challenge

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:15:30 EDT

Turkey's rich culture, culinary delights charm iReporters

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:05:48 EDT

Intervening against an adult's will is complicated, painful

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:34:30 EDT

Mike Loverde was 29 when his family intervened in his addiction to prescription painkillers. He remembers his parents driving him from Chicago, Illinois, to a rehab center in rural Indiana. He was crying because he wanted to get high.

Family roots lure many African-Americans back to South

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:32:29 EDT

Anita Davenport's curiosity about her family's past began with the photographs that surrounded her. She said she wanted to know the stories behind the images of her parents and uncles.

Cookie dough inquiry nearly over, but without answers

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:29:08 EDT

The investigation of the E. coli outbreak linked to Nestle Toll House cookie dough is nearly over, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The cause of the contamination has not been identified.

Portrait of Jackson's pill consumption emerges

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:33:44 EDT

Singer Michael Jackson took more than 10 Xanax pills a night, asking his employees to get the prescription medicine under their names and also personally traveling to doctors' offices in other states to obtain them, said a confidential document from 2004 that CNN obtained Thursday.

Poll: Nearly half support Sotomayor's confirmation

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:53 EDT

Days before the start of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings, a new national poll indicates that by a narrow margin, Americans would like the Senate to confirm her as the next Supreme Court justice.

Couple who adopted 12 children slain

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:06 EDT

Eight children were found in the Florida home of their slain parents, who apparently were the victims of a home invasion, police confirmed to CNN Friday.

McNair taped suicide prevention ad before death

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:22:34 EDT

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair taped a youth suicide prevention public service announcement before he was fatally shot in a murder-suicide, Tennessee health officials said.

Man killed in Pamplona's running of the bulls

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:14:14 EDT

A man died after being gored in the neck during the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, the Navarra regional government said Friday on its Web site.

As nation gains, 'overweight' is relative

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:40:06 EDT

The little number on the tag on a pair of pants that indicates size can mean a lot to a person, and retailers know it.