Video: Gupta breaks down WHO announcement
Editor's note: CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses the WHO's announcement about a possible link between cell phones and cancer.
KTH: WHO says cell phones might cause cancer
Editor's note: Anderson Cooper reports on the World Health Organization's changed position regarding cell phones and cancer risks.
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Congressman Twitter Scandal, Cell Phone Cancer Worries: Join the Live Chat
Rep. Anthony Weiner is trying to downplay the controversy connected to a photo posted on his Twitter page. The photo shows a man wearing underwear. Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart, who broke the story, is calling for a full investigation. He said Weiner's account was hacked or he has something to hide. Today on Capitol Hill it got heated when a CNN Producer asked Weiner questions about the photo. We'll play the exchange for you tonight on AC360°. Plus, a warning that cell phones might cause cancer. We're Keeping Them Honest. And, see who we add to our 'RidicuList.'
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Beat 360° 5/31/11
Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite!
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Ben Finley
“Henry Winkler aka 'The Fonz' explains to Sarah Palin why he'd be a great running mate.”
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Stephanie
“The ‘fire in my belly’ is really just indigestion from lunch at the biker bar!”
Friend: Casey Anthony was 'frustrated' with mother
(CNN) - Casey Anthony's frustration level with her parents, particularly her mother, was rising around the time her 2-year-old daughter disappeared, for reasons including that her mother was increasingly unable to watch the child so Casey could hang out with her friends, one of those friends testified Tuesday.
Amy Huizenga told jurors in Anthony's capital murder trial that the two previously were close friends and that Anthony complained frequently about her parents, particularly her mother. Anthony's relationship with her mother was "strained. It was hard. Her mom was continually agitated with her," Huizenga said. "I remember she told me her mom had told her she was an unfit mother. She was extremely upset about that."
But Anthony was agitated at her mother as well, as she had to cancel plans "fairly frequently" because she had no one to watch her daughter, Huizenga testified. It was happening more frequently during the spring of 2008, Huizenga said, and the "frustration was greater."
In late June, Anthony told her that she was keeping Caylee away from her parents, as they were having marital problems and were considering divorce, and "she wanted to keep Caylee out of the drama."
But actually, by late June, Caylee was missing. The last time the little girl was seen was June 16, and she was not reported missing until July 15 by Cindy Anthony, Casey Anthony's mother.
Casey Anthony, 25, is charged with seven counts in Caylee's death, including first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and misleading police. If convicted, she could face the death penalty.
She has pleaded not guilty and denied harming her daughter or having anything to do with the little girl's disappearance or death. Defense attorney Jose Baez has said that once all the facts were known, it will become clear his client is innocent.
Caylee's skeletal remains were found in December 2008 in a wooded field not far from the home of Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony.
Letters to the President: #862 'Make mine a double dip! Uh…hold on…'
Reporter's Note: President Obama could not have been happy to see the news that home prices are now officially in a “double dip” downward trend. Although I like to think he is always happy to see my daily letter.
Dear Mr. President,
I wish it weren’t true, I’m sure you wish it weren’t true, and I know beyond a shadow of a four-bedroom-split-level that millions of homeowners wish it weren’t true; but this latest report on homes prices is awful. I mean “Worse than German jazz band” terrible. And I hate to say I told you so, but…
Look, for months and months I have warned that you D.C. types can rattle on about all the many factors influencing the economy, but at the core of our economic woes is this monumental collapse in the value of homes and all the poisonous mortgages attached to that landslide. Until you flush all of those out of the weeds, I just can not see how the foundation of the economy can be considered safe and solid again. Let’s add up some weaknesses that have resulted.
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6 tips for minimizing cell phone radiation
On Tuesday, scientists at the World Health Organization announced that the agency will now list mobile phone use in the same "carcinogenic hazard" category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform.
There haven't been enough long-term studies to make a clear conclusion if radiation from cell phones is safe, but there was enough data to persuade the WHO of a possible connection.
Cell phones use non-ionizing radiation, which doesn’t damage DNA the way ionizing radiation does. The cell phone radiation operates more like very low power microwaves, but nobody really likes to think of leaning their face on a low-powered microwave.
If the WHO’s labeling of cell phone use as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" has gotten you alarmed, here are some quick basic tips to limit your exposure.
FULL STORY on the Chart blogCounter-protesters confront Westboro Baptist Church at Arlington
Washington (CNN) - Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an unlikely group of counter-protesters Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Hours before President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances at the Tomb of the Unknowns, three members of the Westboro Baptist Church were challenged by others who disagreed with them - including members claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan.
The Kansas-based church has attracted nationwide attention for its angry, anti-gay protests at the funerals of U.S. military members.
Among those counter-protesting at the cemetery's main entrance: About 10 members of a group that claims to be a branch of the Ku Klux Klan from Virginia called the Knights of the Southern Cross. They were cordoned off separately in a nearby area, but drew little attention as they gave out small American flags behind a banner that read "POW-MIA."
They said they were there to object to the Westboro Baptist Church's anti-troop message.
FULL STORYLiberal congressman plays down Twitter controversy over lewd photo
(CNN) - A prank or a possible glimpse of scandal?
Liberal Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner tried Tuesday to deflect attention away from a controversy involving a lewd photo briefly posted on his Twitter account, saying the matter was undeserving of further attention.
Meanwhile, the conservative blogger who broke the story called for a full investigation of what he called either the hacking of a congressman's account or something Weiner wants to hide.
Weiner told reporters he wasn't interested in talking about the issue any more, saying he already issued statements over the Memorial Day weekend after news of the photo of the lower body of a man wearing underwear turned up on his Twitter account on Friday night.
When asked if the photo was of him, he deflected the question.
FULL STORYIn death, a 13-year-old becomes a symbol of Syrian opposition
(CNN) - The translation of the voice below the macabre YouTube video clip reads, "Look at the bruises on his face along with his broken neck." The clip is a two-and-a-half-minute gruesome catalogue of wounds on a 13-year-old child's body.
The body of Hamza Ali al-Khateeb.
On April 29, demonstrators from villages surrounding Daraa, Syria, marched on the city in an attempt to break the Syrian military siege there. Their intent was to bring in much-needed supplies, including milk for babies and crucial medicines. At the time, the crackdown on Daraa was so intense that eyewitnesses spoke of bodies bloating in the streets and the injured being treated at makeshift secret clinics to avoid detection by the Syrian security forces.
On that day, eyewitnesses say, security forces fired indiscriminately on them, killing and wounding dozens. Countless others were detained in a mass roundup.
Among them, says his family, was Hamza. He got separated from his father in the chaos.
A month later, the family received his body. The video was taken at that time by a relative, the family says.
Much of the video of the child's corpse is too graphic to broadcast. His face is bloated and purple. His body is covered in bruises. There are gunshot wounds to his torso, and his genitals are mutilated.
CNN cannot independently verify what happened to Hamza or the authenticity of the video.
Hamza's family was threatened after the video was initially broadcast by other outlets, intermediaries told CNN, and they became too petrified to talk about what happened, even to close friends.
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