Oct 19 32 planets discovered outside solar system

• "Exoplanets" found with device that detects the wobbles the planets impart on stars
• Device has discovered 75 of the planets, out of about 400 known exoplanets
• Team tells of more exoplanets; more study needed before formal announcement

Oct 19 Facebook, Twitter users beware: Crooks are a mouse click away

• The FBI reports nearly 3,200 account hijacking cases since 2006
• Online scam losses amounting to $264.6 million reported in 2008
• Facebook has automated systems that detect compromised accounts
• MySpace.com creates blacklists of phony accounts

Oct 14 Colombian hitmen reveal horror of the kill

• Colombian hitmen talk about their careers to CNN
• One says a kill costs between $2,000 and $10,000
• Second hitman: After the first kill you panic, the second is a medicine
• They live in Medellin, the Colombian city in the middle of a drug war

Oct 12 From an icy slope, a medical miracle emerges

• Woman's accident led to revelation about treating accidental hypothermia
• She was submerged in icy water for 80 minutes, had no pulse, respiration
• Doctors did CPR continuously on trip to hospital; blood was slowly warmed

Oct 9 Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

• President Obama awarded 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
• Nobel committee praised Obama for efforts to "strengthen international diplomacy"
• Obama is third sitting U.S. president, fourth overall to receive award
• Obama to make statement from Rose Garden on Friday morning

Oct 8 Fallen soldiers remembered as devoted fathers, heroes

• Stephan Mace told his father he knew the Taliban were near his base
• "They knew they were there and they couldn't do anything about it," father says
• Staff Sgt. Vernon W. Martin, 25, loved spending time with his kids at Chuck E. Cheese
• Mace, Martin among 8 Americans who died Saturday in attack in eastern Afghanistan

Oct 7 Stone circle suggests Stonehenge part of burial complex

• Discovery of lost stone circle sheds new light on Stonehenge's purpose
• Researchers say "Bluestonehenge" was starting point of funeral processional route
• Bluestonehenge is named after color of Welsh stones from which it was formed
• Some have viewed Stonehenge as temple, astronomical observatory

Oct 7 Scientists discover massive ring around Saturn

• Newly discovered ring is so large it would take 1 billion Earths to fill it
• Ring is made up of ice and dust particles that are so far apart it's hard to see
• Ring material may come from comet, meteor collisions with moon Phoebe

Oct 5 Malawian boy uses wind to power hope, electrify village

• Malawi had gone through one of its worst droughts seven years ago
• Amid shortage William Kamkwamba realized wind offered hope
• Armed with a book the then-14-year-old taught himself to build windmills
• His windmills now generate electricity and pump water in his hometown

Oct 5 Study: More cases of autism in U.S. kids than previously realized

• Study indicates about 1% of children 3 to 17 have autism or related disorder
• Results based on national telephone survey of more than 78,000 parents
• CDC official: "This is a significant issue that needs immediate attention"
• Researchers saying finding could reflect heightened awareness of disorder

Sept 30 Fighter jet missing 5 decades found off California coast

• Air Force jet that disappeared in 1955 found in Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles
• Volunteer searchers were looking for World War II-era plane
• Searchers visited site after computer expert saw anomalies in ocean-floor image
• Jet's two crewmen were on training flight when aircraft disappeared

Sept 24 Englishman's metal detector finds record treasure trove

• Amateur metal detectorist found treasure in a field in Staffordshire, England
• Hoard described as the largest ever found, including more than 1,500 pieces
• Value of find said to be "priceless," team to assess collection over next year
• Hoard includes five kilograms of gold, 2.5 kilograms of silver, jeweled items

Sept 21 U.S. racism 'everywhere,' says Dave Matthews

• Dave Matthews: "I just see [racism] everywhere"; not surprised at anger at Obama
• News media adds to anger, he says, in that it focuses on "loudest" messages
• Dave Matthews Band aims for community, active with charitable efforts
• Matthews calls "Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King" their greatest record

Sept 21 Report: U.S. general calls for more troops in Afghanistan

• NEW: General puts heat on president, secretary of defense
• U.S. commander in Afghanistan says more troops needed or war could be lost
• U.S. has 62,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan; other allies contribute 35,000 more
• Support for Afghan war hit all-time low in opinion poll released last week

Sept 4 'Massive' ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem

• Made of boulders weighing 4 to 5 tons, the 3,700-year-old wall is 26 feet high
• Archaeologist: "I don't know how to do it today without mechanical equipment"
• The wall appears to have been used to defend path that led to spring
• Wall is believed to have been built by Canaanites

Sept 2 A cordless future for electricity?

• Wireless electricity may free laptops and phones from power cord chargers
• Researchers at MIT say new version of wireless electricity will be out in a year
• Technology converts electricity into magnetic field to send it through air
• Other types of wireless electricity are available now

Aug 18 Study: Global warming sparked by ancient farming methods

• Study: Ancient people were fewer in number, but burned 10 times as much land
• William Ruddiman: People would slash, burn "five times in a 20 year period"
• Ken Caldeira, a climate scientist, says study exaggerating impact of early man

Aug 12 Report: NASA cannot keep up with killer asteroids

Aug 12 Oklahoma City defies recession

Aug 12 Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word

Aug 12 Obama presents 16 with Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Medal of Freedom is nation's highest civilian honor
• It was created after World War II to honor civilian service during that war
• Kennedy, Tutu, Poitier, Milk, Hawking, O'Connor among honorees

Aug 12 Eastern Himalayas reveals abundance of new species

• Over 350 new species discovered by ten year project in Eastern Himalayas
• World's smallest deer and a "flying frog" among the animals found
• Region studied by WWF report covered Nepal, China, Myanmar, Bhutan, India

Aug 12 Muslim women uncover myths about the hijab

• The hijab is the head scarf worn by Muslim women
• Wearing one as a Muslim teenager in the U.S. may offer challenges
• Some wearers say they get strange looks and sometimes angry remarks
• But those who voluntarily wear it say it can help them in their faith and teen life

Aug 12 Pipe-wielding inmates wrecked prison, footage shows

• Video gives glimpse of damage to the California Institution for Men in Chino
• Authorities say riot was sparked by racial tensions
• Chino prison and nine others in southern California remain in lockdown

Aug 11 Aspirin fights heart attacks, but daily doses aren't for everyone

• Doctor: Aspirin probably helped save victim of in-flight heart attack
• Widespread practice of self-prescribing aspirin is unwise, experts say
• 45,000 lives could be saved yearly if certain people took low doses of aspirin daily
• But many people don't respond to aspirin's anti-clotting benefits

Aug 10 Commentary: Why 'Cash for Clunkers' works

• Jack Hidary: Cash for Clunkers program boosting economy and auto industry
• He says getting clunkers off the road will help decrease dependence on foreign oil
• He says switching to a more efficient car can improve safety and save cash
• Hidary: Cash for Clunkers is saving jobs up and down the auto supply chain

Aug 8 Rejected by Apple, iPhone developers go underground

• Some would-be iPhone developers are turning instead to an unauthorized app store
• The new store, Cydia, specializes in selling apps that Apple would reject or ban
• To use Cydia or the apps available through it, customers must jailbreak their phones
• Cydia operator: Too soon to tell whether store could earn developers stable incomes

Aug 8 Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi policeman

• Iraqi boy survives two-year hostage ordeal by al Qaeda in Iraq operatives
• Terrorists took the boy to blackmail his father, who was a police officer in Iraq
• "They pulled my teeth out with pliers," the boy tells CNN
• Dad says he won't leave police force despite intimidation, threats

Aug 7 Glaciers a canary in the coal mine of global warming

• A 50-year government study found world's glaciers melting at rapid, alarming rate
• Study is latest in series that found glaciers melting faster than anyone predicted
• Study shows accelerating climate change and warming earth, say authors

Aug 7 First daughters balance privilege and pressure

• Luci Johnson describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege"
• It was "the best of times and sometimes the worst of times," she says
• First daughters often followed by media for remainder of their lives
• The pressure on first daughters has intensified over the years, historian says

Aug 6 Soldier's invisible war: Iraq vet charged with attempted murder

• Soldier accused of trying to kill wife, could face up to 15 years in jail
• Wife says prosecutors have it all wrong -- her husband didn't try to kill her
• Thomas Delgado's case may go before new veterans' court in Colorado
• Wife says her husband was trying to commit suicide and she wrestled gun away

July 30 Moussavi barred, clashes erupt at Neda memorial

• NEW: Witnesses: Security barred opposition leaders Moussavi, Karrubi from site
• 2,000 to 3,000 mourners gathered at the grave site of Neda Agha-Soltan
• Agha-Soltan, 26, was shot in street protests after election on June 20
• Security forces rough up, beat some mourners, witnesses say

July 28 Behind the Scenes: Triumph and tragedy for two wounded soldiers

• CNN's Barbara Starr celebrated a victory and mourned a loss on July 15
• An injured Marine was celebrating getting into Harvard Law School
• On same night, a warrior with a traumatic brain injury was found dead in his car
• Men's stories are linked -- both pleaded with the government to aid injured soldiers

July 28 Five jobs for Facebook addicts

• Employers need people with social networking skills to come on board, says expert
• Jobs: Recruiter, strategist, enterprise architect, director of social media
• Search jobs for social media, interactive marketing or branding manager
• Facebook page boosted applications by 150 per job posting, says staffing exec

July 27 U.S.: No more enemy body counts in Afghanistan

• U.S. will stop publishing number of Taliban and insurgents killed in Afghanistan
• Change is part of a new military strategy that focuses on protecting Afghans
• Issue of publishing enemy body counts has been sensitive to military since Vietnam

July 27 Is the ocean Florida's untapped energy source?

• Scientists researching turbines that turn ocean currents into electricity
• Turbines could generate power for up to 7 million homes in fuel-starved Florida
• Project aims to develop 20-kilowatt underwater turbine by spring 2010
• Scientists unsure how the technology would affect marine wildlife

July 20 Commentary: Where the jobs really are

• John McWhorter: President Obama told NAACP of parents' responsibilities
• He says it's not enough to blame racism and say there are no opportunities
• He says good jobs exist for people with skills learned at community colleges
• Obama's aid to community colleges will help create jobs, says McWhorte

July 20 Kissing, chewing -- the 'germiest ' tourist attractions

• More than 400,000 visitors kissed the Blarney Stone in Ireland in 2008
• Tourists will try make artwork with their chewed gum on Seattle's Gum Wall
• Oscar Wilde's tomb in Paris, France is covered with an array of lipstick kisses
• The Grauman Chinese Theatre that houses celebrity hand prints is washed daily

July 9 No Shriners hospitals for children closing; some may be outpatient-only-

• Fraternity members decide against closing six hospitals
• Facing money crunch, system might change make some facilities outpatient-only
• Hospitals also to start accepting insurance instead of covering all costs
• Hospitals' leaders seek savings after endowment fund shrinks in stock market

June 22 Sexual assaults on the high seas come under scrutiny

• In a five-year period, the FBI opened 184 criminal cases aboard cruise ships
• Lawmakers introduced Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act to improve security
• Attacks are more likely on cruises because of alcohol, experts say
• Cruise lines say they provide 24-hour security, screen passengers' belongings

June 22 Fighting tears, shah's son calls crisis a 'moment of truth

• Reza Shah Pahlavi: Democratic movement needs international support to succeed
• He called Iranian regime a "sinking Titanic" that might not survive the movement
• Pahlavi cited reports security forces go home, change clothes, join protest
• He praised Obama but encouraged countries to be prepared to stand up and help

June 20 Who's Who in Iran's Political System

June 20 Zakaria: 'Fatal wound' inflicted on Iranian regime's ideology

• "We are watching the fall of Islamic theocracy" in Iran, Fareed Zakaria tells CNN
• Zakaria: "Street and state are at odds again, but this time the clerics are divided"
• Obama's overtures make it hard for regime to demonize U.S., Zakaria says

June 19 iPhone 3GS launch has app developers seeing gold

• NEW: Friday's launch could usher in a new era for mobile apps, observers say
• NEW: New software allows iPhone users to make purchases within applications
• NEW: Lines at Apple's stores were shorter than for last July's debut of the iPhone 3G

June 1 Report: Climate change crisis 'catastrophic'

• Report says 300 million vulnerable to climate change, number set to double
• Developing countries expected to suffer worst affects as temperatures rise
• 300,000 lives are lost each year due to malnutrition, diarrhea and malaria
• Kofi Annan: "Climate change is not something waiting to happen"

May 28 Inside Iraq: Living with the enemy

• Raed Wassam was 25 when he was murdered and his body chopped up
• The militiamen responsible for his murder were once friends and neighbors
• Iraqis turned on each other, neighbors killed neighbors, friends betrayed each other
• Only now can we begin to comprehend the magnitude of what Iraqis went [are going?]through

May 27 When sexual bullying turns deadly

• Mothers talk about the pain of their sons' suicides after being bullied
• Expert: Half of pre-high school bullying involves the use of gay slurs
• Parents didn't recognize the signs of depression in their son

May 23 Female Air Force Academy graduate dies in Afghanistan

May 14 Marijuana potency surpasses 10 percent, U.S. says

• Average potency of marijuana passes 10 percent, gov't officials say
• Officials warn marijuana's rise in potency poses serious risk to youth drug users
• Scientists fear marijuana potency could reach 15 percent in next 10 years

May 12 Miss California USA to keep title

• Carrie Prejean to keep title despite disputes over photos, duties
• Donald Trump, who owns the pageant, made final decision
• Seminude photos don't violate contract Prejean signed, Trump says
• Prejean initially in news for her response to question about same-sex marriage

May 10 Weather adds to farmers' financial uncertainty

• Rob Sellard and his wife, Sylvia, farm 14,000 acres in southwestern Kansas
• High crop prices in recent years have yielded profits for farmers such as the Sellards
• But a lack of rain, falling prices and high planting costs could spell trouble this year

May 5 Afghan Taliban spokesman: We will win the war

• Nic Robertson interviews an Afghan Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid
• Taliban strategy is to set up Islamic government, remove foreign forces, he says
• MPs and government officials will be targets if elections go ahead, he says
• On deployment of more U.S. troops he says: "We will win, and they will die"

May 3 Hunting for the secrets of a happy marriage

• New long-term studies show how a baby, boredom affect couples
• Study: Arrival of the first baby puts a sudden, important strain on a marriage
• Boredom has long-term implications on marriage, researchers find
• Study finds link between "smile intensity" in photos and chances of divorce