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Cable News Network, almost always referred to by its initialism CNN, is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States. While the news channel has numerous affiliates, CNN primarily broadcasts from its headquarters at the CNN Center in Atlanta, the Time Warner Center in New York City, and studios in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. CNN is owned by parent company Time Warner, and the U.S. news channel is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System.
CNN is sometimes referred to as CNN/U.S. to distinguish the American channel from its international counterpart, CNN International. As of August 2010, CNN is available in over 100 million U.S. households. Broadcast coverage extends to over 890,000 American hotel rooms, and the U.S broadcast is also shown in Canada. Globally, CNN programming airs through CNN International, which...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe - — LONDON, England (CNN) — God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. — Hawking says in his book “The Grand Design” that, given the existence of gravity … |
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Alaska win boosts Palin win-loss tally - — Joe Miller is the latest Sarah Palin-endorsed candidate to win a primary this election season after Sen. Lisa Murkowski conceded the Alaskan Senate Republican primary race Tuesday. — Washington (CNN) - With his victory this week over Sen. Lisa Murkowski … |
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Obama to hold news conference September 10 - — President Obama will hold a news conference on Sept. 10. — Washington (CNN) -President Obama will have a news conference next Friday September 10, his first full-scale question-and-answer session at the White House in nearly four months according to his aides. |
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Judge removes 'birther' elements from Army doc's court martial - — (CNN) - A judge on Thursday denied a request for President Barack Obama to testify as a witness at a court martial for the U.S. Army flight surgeon who refused to deploy to Afghanistan until he saw proof that Obama was born in the United States. |
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Hillary Clinton for president ad hits airwaves - — A new ad advocating for Hillary Clinton for president in 2012 began running in New Orleans Wednesday. — (CNN) - We've still got two months left until the 2010 midterm elections, but we now have our first television commercial of the 2012 presidential campaign. |
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Workers safe after oil platform fire - — (CNN) — A well connected to an oil and gas production platform caught on fire Thursday, engulfing the vessel in flames about 100 miles off the central coast of Louisiana and forcing 13 people overboard, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Thursday. |
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TRENDING: Brewer takes heat for not addressing beheading claim - — A frustrated Brewer wouldn't answer reporter's questions about her beheading statement. — (CNN) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer sparred with her Democratic opponent in an at-times contentious debate Wednesday night … |
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iReport: Did you see the explosion? Share images - — [Updated at 12:31 p.m.] All thirteen people aboard a production platform that exploded in the Gulf are accounted for and safely on a commercial vessel according to initial information, the U.S. Coast Guard said in a statement. |
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iReport: Did you see the explosion? Share images - — [Updated at 11:53 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that 12 people from the production platform are in water immersion suits as they await rescue. — Colclough told CNN there are reports the production platform … |
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Miller questions GOP 'courage and leadership' - — Alaska Senate Republican candidate Joe Miller said the Obama Administration and the GOP establishment are leading America in the wrong direction. — Editor's Note: Watch CNN's “John King, USA” on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. ET for John King's full interview with Joe Miller. |
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