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Poll: 4 in 10 Southerners Still Side With Confederacy

A century and a half after the opening shots of the U.S. Civil War, nearly four in 10 Southerners say they still sympathize with the Confederacy. That's according to a new CNN poll released on the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, when Union soldiers raised a U.S. flag over Fort Sumter in South Carolina and...

Libyan Woman Who Claimed Rape Gets Death Threats

NEW YORK - A Libyan woman who says she is the person who burst into a Tripoli hotel to tell foreign journalists that she had been gang raped by Moammar Gadhafi's troops told a CNN interviewer Monday that she is out of custody but is receiving death threats from regime loyalists. CNN said it was confident that the woman...

Parry-Romberg Syndrome: 5 Facts on the Rare Facial Disorder

For 11-year-old Christine Honeycutt, the mirror presented an unwanted reflection. Afflicted with Parry-Romberg syndrome, one half of Honeycutt's face seemed to age faster than the other, leaving a whole that was visibly out of sync with itself. Her story, reported by CNN, has drawn attention to the facial disorder that...

Kathleen Parker Leaving CNN Show With Spitzer

NEW YORK -- CNN's prime-time talk show "Parker/Spitzer" is no more with the departure of Kathleen Parker. Her partner, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, will remain in the time slot in a new show called "In the Arena," working with E.D. Hill, Will Cain and others. CNN described Parker's exit as a mutual decision. The...

Anderson Cooper Tells Twitter He's Sore but OK After Egypt Attack

He's back in action. After a somewhat harrowing experience today in Cairo's Tahrir Square, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper responded to the tweets from concerned fans on his Twitter feed, assuring them that he is fine, if not a bit the worse for wear. .bbpBox32931682394841090...

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