| The secret to TED talks Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:34 AM PDT In February 1984, a group of tech enthusiasts gathered in Monterey, California, to share thoughts on three subjects -- technology, entertainment and design. It was the start of the acronym (and the organization) TED, which marks its first three decades this week with a conference in Vancouver.  |
| Cruz vs. Paul: A GOP going nowhere Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:35 AM PDT A fight has broken out between two of the most prominent members of the Republican Party: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.  |
| Unknowns mount in search for jet Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:44 PM PDT The search for the 777 enters its 11th day, saddled with disparate and sometimes conflicting theories as to what might have happened to Flight 370.  |
| How the satellite knew Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:17 AM PDT There were a lot of planes flying the night MH370 disappeared. Why are officials so confident the satellite pinged the right one?  |
| Bergen: Did terrorists take control? Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:55 PM PDT Peter Bergen says known terrorist groups are unlikely to have had the capability and motive for seizing control of the flight.  |
| Girlfriend packs outfit for passenger Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:55 PM PDT Sarah Bajc has a bag packed, ready to join her partner of two years, a passenger on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, wherever he is.  |
| Passengers' relatives react Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT As investigators search for clues surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, family members struggle to maintain hope.  |
| Jagger's girlfriend found dead Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:42 PM PDT L'Wren Scott, a noted fashion designer who has been Mick Jagger's companion for more than a decade, was found dead in her New York apartment Monday of an apparent suicide, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation. She was 49.  |
| Gun used to shoot pope to be displayed Posted: 17 Mar 2014 11:34 AM PDT The gun used in an assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II is to be displayed in the late pontiff's childhood home in Poland, ahead of his expected canonization next month.  |
| 4.4-quake hits L.A. area Posted: 17 Mar 2014 08:28 AM PDT A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck just west of Los Angeles on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.  |
| SEALs take back hijacked tanker Posted: 17 Mar 2014 04:48 AM PDT U.S. Navy Seals have taken control of a commercial tanker that had been seized by three armed Libyans earlier this month.  |
| N. Korean prisoners 'buried alive' Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:03 PM PDT A former guard of a North Korean prison camp shares the horrors faced by its inhabitants. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.  |
| Stooges drummer dies at 64 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 08:47 AM PDT Scott Asheton, who co-founded and played drums for the influential proto-punk band the Stooges, has died. He was 64.  |
| Abductee's child finally meets family Posted: 17 Mar 2014 05:03 AM PDT Megumi Yokota was only 13 when she was abducted by a North Korean agent in the 1970s. Now, almost 40 years after her disappearance, her aging parents, Shigeru and Sakie Yokota, have traveled to Mongolia to meet her daughter -- their granddaughter.  |
| Lego robot shatters Rubik's record Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:03 PM PDT If you were never able to solve a Rubik's Cube without peeling off the stickers or prying it apart with a butter knife, you're really going to hate this robot.  |
| 63 years ago, this plane vanished, too Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:21 AM PDT Sixty years after Flight 2501 was lost without a trace, one passenger's daughter still copes with unanswered questions.  |
| Hear 911 call from fatal road rage Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:51 AM PDT Police release surveillance video and 911 call from Pennsylvania road rage death.  |
| Lady Gaga's latest dress is made of ... Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:50 AM PDT Singer Lady Gaga appeared on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in a dress made of coffee filters.  |
| Wife loses 100 lbs to surprise Army hubby Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:59 AM PDT When her husband, an Army specialist, was deployed to Afghanistan for a year in 2012, Misty Shaffer decided she wanted to get in shape.  |
| Inside NYC's most exclusive building Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:54 AM PDT Smerconish and Michael Gross talk about the lifestyles of the wealthy in one of the most expensive buildings in NYC.  |
| Hello, Newman ... I see you're still alive Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:51 AM PDT It's not news that the Internet enjoys killing celebrities.  |
| Tour the 'home from the future' Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:54 AM PDT CNN's Laurie Segall tours the "home from the future" where everything can be controlled using a smartphone.  |
| Putin recognizes Crimean republic Posted: 17 Mar 2014 12:30 PM PDT EU foreign ministers are meeting to discuss sanctions against Russia after an overwhelming 96.7% of Crimea residents voted to break off from Ukraine and join Russia, according to final results of a referendum.  |
| Putin recognizes Crimean republic Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:01 PM PDT The Russian Parliament is expected to vote on whether to annex the breakaway territory in the coming days while Ukrainian officials vowed they would never accept the annexation.  |
| Ghitis: Putin's Orwellian theft of Crimea Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:49 AM PDT Frida Ghitis says the spectacle of Russia swallowing pieces of a neighboring country while claiming to defend its people would make George Orwell grimace with recognition.  |
| Amanpour: A 'slowly unfolding bad movie' Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:50 AM PDT Christiane Amanpour tells Michaela Pereira that the Crima referendum has been like a 'slowly unfolding bad movie.'  |
| Return to 'Motherland' Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:47 AM PDT CNN's Anna Coren visits a polling station where an overwhelming majority say they want to return to the "Motherland."  |
| Russia: Vote was legal Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:13 AM PDT Vladimir Putin insists that the Crimean referendum was legal and Moscow will accept it. CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports.  |
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| Flight 370 Posted: 17 Mar 2014 03:34 AM PDT As investigators search for clues to unravel the mystery of where Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went, there were several key developments over the weekend.  |
| Ukraine Posted: 17 Mar 2014 02:33 AM PDT An overwhelming 96.7% of Crimea residents voted to break off from Ukraine and join Russia, according to final results of a referendum that has put the United States and Russia on the kind of collision course not seen since the end of the Cold War.  |
| Navy SEALs Posted: 17 Mar 2014 01:57 AM PDT U.S. Navy SEALs have taken control of a commercial tanker that had been seized by three armed Libyans earlier this month.  |
| Earthquake Posted: 17 Mar 2014 09:59 AM PDT A 4.4-magnitude earthquake shook the Los Angeles area on Monday morning, jolting some people awake just before sunrise but bringing no immediate reports of serious damage.  |