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Was chemical attack preventable?

Was chemical attack preventable?


Was chemical attack preventable?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:36 AM PDT

We recently learned that U.S. intelligence agencies had at least three days' warning that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was preparing to launch a chemical attack on his own people, but wasn't able to stop it. At least that's what an intelligence briefing from the White House reveals. With the combined abilities of our national intelligence apparatus -- the CIA, National Security Agency, National Reconnaissance Office and all the rest -- it's not surprising that we had advance notice. It's not known whether the U.S. shared what it knew.

Weiner, Spitzer out; thank you, NY

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 09:58 AM PDT

John Avlon says New York voters wisely chose to reject the comeback attempts of Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer

Lobster's 6 claws look like a hand

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:35 AM PDT

A lobster caught off the coast of Hyannis, Massachusetts, has a rare deformity that caused it to have six claws.

He tries to sway opinion on Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:53 PM PDT

With Americans sick of war, how did President Obama do in laying out the case for military action -- and for a delay to pursue diplomacy?

Crimes on both sides

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:36 AM PDT

A new United Nations report asserts that both sides in the Syrian civil war have committed grave crimes in violation of international law.

Securing arms: Mission impossible?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT

Syria has 1,000 tons of chemical weapons scattered across 50 sites, reports say. Is it really possible for an outside party to control them?

What now?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:20 AM PDT

In a televised address, President Obama hits pause on his hard sell for a strike in Syria, but there's still a lot that has to happen.

Opinion: What Obama did right

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 07:02 AM PDT

Sixty-one percent of Americans polled, who watched President Obama's prime-time speech, told CNN that they support his policy towards Syria.

Diana Nyad fires back against critics

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:57 AM PDT

After dodging sharks and jellyfish during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is now dealing with a different challenge: tough questions from her fellow marathon swimmers about the legitimacy of her achievement.

Drug deaths spur fear of bad batch

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:01 AM PDT

The dad of a University of Virginia student who died after taking "Molly" thinks a bad batch of the drug is responsible.

Girl, 3, starved to death, weighed 11 lbs.

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:33 AM PDT

A Philadelphia couple were charged Tuesday in the starvation death of their 3-year-old daughter, who weighed only 11 pounds, according to police.

Is Miley Cyrus wrecking her career?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:48 AM PDT

7-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan responds to Miley Cyrus' controversial music video "Wrecking Ball."

Surprising celeb hookups

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 09:56 AM PDT

No iPad video in Zimmerman spat

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:32 PM PDT

No charges will be filed in a reported confrontation between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife and her father until investigators can recover video from a smashed iPad, a process that could take months, police said Wednesday.

White man's death a hate crime?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:09 AM PDT

Lashawn Marten, who is black, could face hate crime charges in an attack on a 62-year-old white man who later died.

Man tackles teen's alleged attacker

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:06 AM PDT

A Georgia auto shop manager confronted and tackled a man suspected of attacking a teenage girl.

Bride accused of pushing hubby off cliff

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:24 AM PDT

A Montana newlywed accused of pushing her husband off a cliff to his death will be back in court Wednesday for a detention hearing.

Marine in Iran: I confessed under duress

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT

A 29-year-old former U.S. Marine who has been jailed in Iran since 2011 and accused of being a CIA spy says in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that his confession was made under duress.

Brain-eating amoeba girl leaves hospital

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:20 PM PDT

A 12-year-old Arkansas girl who was infected with a rare brain-eating parasite will finally go home Wednesday, according to Arkansas Children's Hospital spokesman Tom Bonner.

741-pound gator breaks record

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 04:19 AM PDT

A new record-breaking gator has been caught in Mississippi, weighing in at 741 pounds.

Time-lapse shows ground zero rebirth

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 09:47 AM PDT

A time-lapse video shows the beginning of the construction of the new World Trade Center in New York.

Getting the 9/11 museum right

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 08:58 AM PDT

The 9/11 memorial museum is behind schedule to open, but they're making progress. CNN's Deb Feyerick reports.

First impressions of the new iPhones

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 11:52 AM PDT

After Apple unveiled a pair of new iPhones Tuesday, Tim Cook & Co. made the phones briefly available for some hands-on (and fingers-on) testing.

Fake pot effect: Near death to new world

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:45 AM PDT

Nine months after synthetic marijuana destroyed a large portion of her brain, Emily Bauer did something her parents feared they'd never see: She went back to high school.

Where have India's girls gone?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 10:09 AM PDT

The Delhi rape case left the whole world wondering why India is treating its women so badly. In fact, discrimination against women already starts in the womb: India has some of the most distorted sex-ratios in the world. There are regions where fewer than 800 girls are born for every 1,000 boys. For many reasons Indian culture prefers sons. An expensive bride-price, or dowry, is only one of them.

12 years later, thief shocks store owner

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:51 AM PDT

A man that robbed a store at gunpoint in 2001 returned the money and a note to the store owner in 2013.

Husband hits on own wife after surgery?

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:17 AM PDT

Watch drugged hubby smitten with stranger. Wait, she's his wife! CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on "eye candy" and anesthesia.

Sexy selfie ban: Double standard?

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 06:19 PM PDT

A mom blogged last week that she would block any sexy "selfie" photos girls send to her teenage sons. OK, but what if it were boys who sent sexy selfies to girls?

9/11 attacks

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:22 AM PDT

Ceremonies planned on the 12th anniversary.

2,977 died. He was first

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Twelve years ago terrorists killed hundreds at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. Danny Lewin was almost certainly the first to die.

He's sticking with diplomacy, for now

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 03:27 AM PDT

Obama hits pause on his hard sell for a strike in Syria, but there's still a lot that has to happen.

Moments of silence to start anniversary

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 06:12 AM PDT

For the 12th consecutive September 11, many Americans will fall silent at 8:46 a.m. Wednesday.

Is this the world's best password?

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 10:10 PM PDT

The most impressive feature of the new iPhone 5S may be its ability to turn your finger into a password.

A double standard?

Posted: 10 Sep 2013 02:42 PM PDT

A mom blogged last week that she would block any sexy "selfie" photos girls sent to her teenage sons. OK, but what if it were boys who sent sexy selfies to girls?

2,977 died. He was first

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Twelve years ago terrorists killed hundreds at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. Danny Lewin was almost certainly the first to die.

Memorials held for 9/11 victims

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:48 PM PDT

Memorials were held in multiple cities to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Photos: America remembers

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Fast Facts

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:33 PM PDT

Here is some background on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

My son died to save others

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:49 PM PDT

Talat Hamdani says her son, who bravely rushed toward the WTC, should be listed on the 9/11 Memorial.

1,100 near ground zero have cancer

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 12:34 PM PDT

More than 1,100 people who worked or lived near the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, have been diagnosed with cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Remembering 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:21 PM PDT

Twelve years ago terrorists killed hundreds at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania. Danny Lewin was almost certainly the first to die.

Syria

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:21 PM PDT

With Americans sick of war, how did President Obama do in laying out the case for military action -- and for a delay to pursue diplomacy?

George Zimmerman

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:21 PM PDT

No charges will be filed in a reported confrontation between George Zimmerman and his estranged wife and her father until investigators can recover video from a smashed iPad, a process that could take months, police said Wednesday.

Husband pushed off cliff

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT

A Montana newlywed accused of pushing her husband off a cliff to his death will be back in court Wednesday for a detention hearing.

Miley

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:50 PM PDT

7-time Grammy winner Gloria Estefan responds to Miley Cyrus' controversial music video "Wrecking Ball."

Diana Nyad

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT

After dodging sharks and jellyfish during her swim from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad is now dealing with a different challenge: tough questions from her fellow marathon swimmers about the legitimacy of her achievement.

American jailed in Iran

Posted: 11 Sep 2013 01:22 PM PDT

A 29-year-old former U.S. Marine who has been jailed in Iran since 2011 and accused of being a CIA spy says in a letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that his confession was made under duress.

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