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(CNN) -- Italian newspapers, an archbishop and civil liberties campaigners expressed shock and revulsion on Monday after photographs were published of sunbathers apparently enjoying a day at the beach just meters from where the bodies of two drowned Roma girls were laid out on the sand.

Photographs of the dead Roma girls on a beach caused outrage in Italy.

Italian news agency ANSA reported that the incident had occurred on Saturday at the beach of Torregaveta, west of Naples, southern Italy, where the two girls had earlier been swimming in the sea with two other Roma girls. Reports said they had gone to the beach to beg and sell trinkets.

Local news reports said the four girls found themselves in trouble amid fierce waves and strong currents. Emergency services responded 10 minutes after a distress call was made from the beach and two lifeguards attended the girls upon hearing their screams.

Two of them were pulled to safety but rescuers failed to reach the other two in time to save them.  Watch why the photos have generated anger Â»

The Web site of the Archbishop of Naples said the girls were cousins named Violetta and Cristina, aged 12 and 13.

Their bodies were eventually laid out on the sand under beach towels to await collection by police. Photographs show sunbathers in bikinis and swimming trunks sitting close to where the girls' feet can be seen poking out from under the towels concealing their bodies. A photographer who took photos at the scene told CNN the mood among sunbathers had been one of indifference.

Other photos show police officers lifting the bodies into coffins and carrying them away past bathers reclined on sun loungers.

"While the lifeless bodies of the girls were still on the sand, there were those who carried on sunbathing or having lunch just a few meters away," Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported.

Corriere della Sera said that a crowd of curious onlookers that had formed around the bodies quickly dispersed.

"Few left the beach or abandoned their sunbathing. When the police from the mortuary arrived an hour later with coffins, the two girls were carried away between bathers stretched out in the sun."

The incident also attracted condemnation from the Archbishop of Naples, Cardinal Crecenzio Seppe. "Indifference is not an emotion for human beings," Seppe wrote in his parish blog. "To turn the other way or to mind your own business can sometimes be more devastating than the events that occur."

Recent weeks have seen heightened tensions between Italian authorities and the country's Roma minority amid a crackdown by Silvo Berlusconi's government targeting illegal immigrants and talk by government officials of a "Roma emergency" that has seen the 150,000-strong migrant group blamed for rising street crime.

That has provided justification for police raids on Roma camps and controversial government plans to fingerprint all Roma -- an act condemned by the European Parliament and United Nations officials as a clear act of racial discrimination. Popular resentment against Romanies has also seen Roma camps near Naples attacked and set on fire with petrol bombs by local residents.

In a statement published on its Web site, the Italian civil liberties group EveryOne said Saturday's drowning had occurred in an atmosphere of "racism and horror" and cast doubt on the reported version of events, suggesting that it appeared unusual for the four girls to wade into the sea, apparently casting modesty aside and despite being unable to swim.

"The most shocking aspect of all this is the attitude of the people on the beach," the statement said. "No one appears the slightest upset at the sight and presence of the children's dead bodies on the beach: they carry on swimming, sunbathing, sipping soft drinks and chatting."

CNN's Jennifer Eccleston contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- There's a post-9/11 atmosphere in Kingston, Jamaica, local residents say, after a failed police assault on the stronghold of a suspected drug kingpin wanted by the United States.

"The daytime really isn't a problem, but the night can be. Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. The police can stop you for virtually any reason. It's a similar situation to after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States," one Kingston florist told CNN.

"I wouldn't say I'm afraid," said the woman, who asked that neither she nor her shop be named. But, she said, "You don't know exactly what is happening."

"You are more cautious because you know what's going on, but it's not like you can't come out of your home. ... It's not like you can't go out, but it could be more of a hassle if you do," she said.

Police moved earlier this week to arrest Christopher "Dudus" Coke, a suspected drug lord. They were met with violence that has left at least 29 people dead, including police, a soldier and many civilians. The government said Wednesday that more than 500 people were in custody.

Some people, however, were attempting to get back to business on Wednesday.

"I think by now most people have started to get over the initial shock," iReporter Jason Alliman told CNN in an e-mail. "Most schools are in session, exams are still being held, businesses have started to reopen. People are still a little tense about the whole situation, but I think that's due more to uncertainty about what will happen next than [the] actual threat of violence."

But the florist believes the violence could go on for weeks.

"That's unnerving because everything's being drawn to a standstill. Business was already bad before this because of the recession. Now it's come to a standstill," she told CNN by phone from Kingston.

The florist said she thinks the government could have moved sooner against Coke, possibly avoiding the situation it now finds itself in.

"The government's trying to fix the problem, but it didn't have to reach this point. They could have dealt with this earlier," she said.

At the moment, the violence seems mostly to have passed, but many people still do not dare to go out, they said.

One resident of nearby Port Royal said by telephone that people are staying out of Kingston -- even failing to show up for work or school -- because they do not want to get caught in violence.

"I can't venture to town. I have business that I need to take care of," said the man, adding that there are no banks in Port Royal.

The man said that at the restaurant where he works, business is down "99 percent for the past four days," since the violence began.

People can get essentials in Port Royal, but many go into Kingston to shop, he said, declining to give his name.

At St. Andrews High School for Girls in Kingston, a spokeswoman said the school was open, but that most teachers and students had not showed up.

Alliman, who lives in Red Hills, St. Andrew, outside the city, wrote that he went out to give blood Tuesday, and "even well into the evening when I was returning home, I wasn't overly anxious about being on Red Hills Road, where a lot of shooting had been taking place only a couple days ago."

Some restaurants on the road were still open as he was driving past about 6:30 or 7 p.m., he said.

Alliman on Monday submitted an iReport photo taken from his balcony showing smoke rising from a fire in Kingston. He said he hadn't left home on Wednesday, but "at the very least I haven't heard any more gunshots from here."

Violet Dias, an American citizen from New York, said Tuesday she was locked down in her home in Kingston's Tivoli Gardens neighborhood because of the violence.

"They shot up the front of my house," she said.

Police had taken her nephew and grandson for questioning, she said.

"We did not have any [electricity] yesterday, but it came back. We have no food," she said. "We can't get anything to eat."

Dias, an amputee and an asthmatic, is due to return to the United States on June 14, she said.

The manager of a food distribution company said his business was weathering the upheaval and that things were "getting back to normal."

"Right now it's pretty calm... But people -- especially yesterday -- mostly were cautious and taking the necessary precautions," he said by phone, asking that his name not be used.

He said there's been a "mixed response" to the government's handling of the situation. But, he said, most people "want the security forces to do what they have to do."

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text: Red

text: Hills

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text: Andrew

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text: the

text: city

text: wrote

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text: he

text: went

text: out

text: to

text: give

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text: anxious

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text: being

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text: of

text: shooting

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text: days

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text: road

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text: from

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text: balcony

text: showing

text: smoke

text: rising

text: from

text: a

text: fire

text: in

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text: said

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text: had

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text: home

text: on

text: Wednesday

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text: at

text: the

text: very

text: least

text: I

text: have

text: n't

text: heard

text: any

text: more

text: gunshots

text: from

text: here

text: Violet

text: Dias

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text: American

text: citizen

text: from

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text: York

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text: was

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text: Gardens

text: neighborhood

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text: the

text: violence

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text: my

text: house

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text: nephew

text: and

text: grandson

text: for

text: questioning

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text: said

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text: electricity

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text: June

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text: food

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text: upheaval

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text: that

text: things

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text: back

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text: normal

text: Right

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text: calm

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text: people

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text: cautious

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text: taking

text: the

text: necessary

text: precautions

text: he

text: said

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text: most

text: people

text: want

text: the

text: security

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text: do

text: what

text: they

text: have

text: to

text: do

question: What did Kingston resident say?

answer: "The daytime really isn't a problem, but the night can be. Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. The police can stop you for virtually any reason. It's a similar situation to after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States,"

text: "The daytime really isn't a problem, but the night can be. Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. The police can stop you for virtually any reason. It's a similar situation to after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States,"

question: What does one Kingston resident say?

answer: "The daytime really isn't a problem, but the night can be. Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. The police can stop you for virtually any reason. It's a similar situation to after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States,"

text: "The daytime really isn't a problem, but the night can be. Your rights are reduced after 6 p.m. The police can stop you for virtually any reason. It's a similar situation to after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States,"

question: What can't they do because for fear of violence?

answer: even failing to show up

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(PEOPLE.com) -- Since she decided to come out about her sexuality to help kids who have been bullied, Kristy McNichol says the response has been tremendous.

"I'm overwhelmed with the love and support of my family, friends and fans," McNichol, 49, tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Last week, McNichol, best known for her Emmy-award winning roles as Buddy Lawrence in "Family" and later as Barbara Weston in "Empty Nest," shared a photo of herself with her longtime girlfriend Martie Allen and revealed to PEOPLE: "As I approach 50, I want to be open about who I am."

The openness, she hopes, will help others.

"Kristy feels strongly about fighting bullying and intolerance," says her publicist Jeff Ballard. "She realizes that kids don't always have the coping skills to manage their fear and pain when they feel 'different.' And in her own way, she wants to help others by telling people who she is. She hopes that all these small steps together can make a difference."

See the full article at PEOPLE.com.

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answer: Kristy McNichol

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question: What does Kristy feel strongly about?

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answer: has been tremendous.

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(CNN) -- While most parts of the country grapple with massive job loss and a deficit in new jobs, the South is faring a bit better.

Hundreds stand in line at the Miami Dade College Mega Job Fair 2009 in Florida.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in December the South recorded one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country at 7 percent.

According to Careerbuilder.com, the nation's largest online job site, the South continues to see growth in the oil and gas industries which means more job opportunities in related fields like engineering.

As an attractive destination for senior citizens, the South is also a hot spot for those seeking employment in the health care field or industries that cater to older populations.

Education also continues to be an area that many consider "recession-proof."

CNN affiliates in the South report there is hope for those seeking jobs at job fairs which are drawing big crowds.

Charlotte, North Carolina  In a competitive market, job seekers have to be creative and some are turning to Twitter to give them an edge.

The Web site TweetMyJobs.com is an online service that couples the social networking capacity of Twitter with more traditional online job-search services.

"Pick a location and job type you are interested in -- you subscribe to that. Any time a new job comes out on TweetMyJobs.com, it will automatically be sent to your cell phone," Web site developer Gary Zukowski told News 14 Carolina. Read what developer told News 14 Carolina about the site

Antwon Keith, Mecklenburg County employment security commission manager, said that such an instantaneous job alert may be just what job seekers need to stay ahead of other applicants.

His concern, he told the station, was that older applicants, who are currently flooding his office, may have a difficult time utilizing the online site.

Hope for those in the financial sector  There is an expectation that some financial services companies in Charlotte will be hiring soon, a possible bright spot for those laid off from companies like Bank of America and Wachovia.

Robert Half International conducts a hiring survey every three months and told WCNC that while some companies are planning reductions due to the economy, others will add staff.

"As companies have contracted and realized that their staff may be smaller than they like, they've been looking at the idea of possibly bringing in more talent," Michael Steinitz of Robert Half International said. "And it's actually a really good time to improve your talent pool and make sure you have the best people on your staff." Read about the hopeful survey

Winston-Salem, North Carolina  Many area residents aren't just looking forward to the summer for the warm weather. They are also looking forward to the baseball season which is slated to bring new jobs.

The Winston-Salem Dash baseball team has openings for batboys, ushers, attendants and other hourly positions. Read about resident's excitement over the ballpark jobs

Competition for the 150 positions has been fierce, especially since seasonal workers from last year have also been applying to regain their former jobs.

Job seeker Akila Covington told the news channel that she has not worked in a long time and she hoped to land one of the positions to help provide for her family.

"I need this job badly," she said. "I was working at US Airways last year and lost my job, so I've been out almost a year and most definitely, yeah, need the job."

Even those lucky enough to score a position won't begin immediately. Workers won't start until the new ballpark is completed and that date is still tentative, officials told WXII 12 News.

Miami, Florida  More than 1,000 Floridians stood in line to meet recruiters for the second day of a job fair held at Miami-Dade College's North Campus.  Held March 3-4, the number of recruiters present was fewer than years past, but those on hand told local station WPLG there were jobs for qualified applicants.

Many of the job-far companies were members of "recession-proof fields" like nursing, education and public safety. Read about the employers that attended the job fair

Even Walt Disney World, which shed 5 percent of its workforce and offered buyouts to hundreds of its employees, was represented.

"There are still jobs there and it's a very fun program," Dayo Graham, a Disney recruiter, told WPLG.

The thought of available jobs was very comforting to attendees like applicant Alex Barrino who told the WPLG it's been difficult being unemployed.

"It's been six-and-a-half months," Barrio said. "I've been looking for a job and it's getting ridiculous."

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(CNN) -- The possibility of engine fires has prompted General Motors to recall nearly 1.5 million passenger sedans manufactured between 1997 and 2003, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced Monday.

The recall involves certain GM vehicles in which oil apparently can leak and ignite.

The recall covers certain mid- and full-size passenger sedans under GM's Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac brands.

The affected vehicles have naturally aspirated 3.8 liter V6 engines -- that is, engines that use atmospheric pressure rather than a mechanical blower to bring in air for combustion -- according to documents that GM filed with federal regulators last week.

On Friday, the federal government acknowledged the filing and agreed to the plan.

The problem involves a potential for oil to leak on the exhaust manifold during hard braking. When a car operates under normal conditions, the manifold can get very hot.

Oil that runs below the manifold's heat shield could ignite and spread to plastic channels that hold spark plug wires.

As a solution, the company recommends a change in the bracket that holds spark plug wires, which will be done free of charge.

Owners and dealers affected by the recall will be notified by letter next month with details.

The vehicles involved are: â¢ 1997-2003 Buick Regals. â¢ 1998-2003 Chevrolet Luminas, Monte Carlos and Impalas. â¢ 1998-1999 Oldsmobile Intrigues. â¢ 1997-2003 Pontiac Grand Prix.

GM issued a recall on a similar engine in 2008, according to the company's filing with the government. That problem was traced to a faulty gasket on the engine rocker cover.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- As the man in the Dodgers jersey walked quickly around the perimeter of the infield, fans poured down from the bleachers begging for autographs.

Pitbull says he learns from setbacks: "Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me."

No, it wasn't home run king Manny Ramirez. It was Armando Christian Perez, the Cuban-American rapper better known as Pitbull.

In five years, he's gone from a mouthy Miami street hustler to a chart-topping hip-hop star whose infectious Caribbean beats have enticed crossover audiences to swing their hips and sing along -- even taking on some of the words in Spanish. His fourth studio album, "Rebelution," debuted in the Top 10 on the mainstream Billboard chart.

But Pitbull's growing profile means nada as he takes the mound to throw out the ceremonial first pitch of the game. "I'm the only Cuban who never picked up a baseball in his life," he said, preparing. He awkwardly winds up and releases the pitch. It falls short, bouncing on the ground before reaching the plate.

"One more try!" he signals. The second attempt is closer to the mark.

It's symbolic of Pit's career. "It's not how you start. It's how you finish it," he likes to say.  Watch how Pitbull leads his "Rebelution" Â»

Tommy Lasorda, the legendary Dodgers manager, is waiting to bust his chops as he leaves the infield. Later, we get the scoop on the conversation. (By the way, the Dodgers won that game.)

CNN: Tommy Lasorda was out there giving you a little bit of grief.

Pitbull: Tommy Lasorda told me, "It was the worst throw I've ever seen in my life!" I said, "Well, I'll throw you in the studio. You rap, I'll play baseball." He goes, "I'll rap a whole lot better than that throw!" (Laughs)

CNN: How much do you deflect things with humor?

Pitbull: [Humor is] everything. Everything. Usually the negatives turned out to be the most positive for me. In the music industry, any other artist would have looked at the situation I was in and thought, "Oh man, this is not for me." I looked at it more like [Darwin exploring] the GalÃ¡pagos Islands. You know -- survival of the fittest.

CNN: Were you a troublemaker growing up?

Pitbull: Not a troublemaker. I'm sharp. Slick, if you want to call it. What the street taught me how to do is how to hustle. How to make something out of nothing.

CNN: In the music industry, street cred may help an artist.

Pitbull: Anybody who's made it out of the street -- they want to do this (places index finger over his lips). Shh.

CNN: Even though some of the struggles are similar, there doesn't seem to be a lot of crossover between African-American hip-hop artists and Latin-American hip-hop artists.

Pitbull: You can't get a Diddy or Jay-Z to speak to the Latins. It's not gonna happen. There's a force field where they said, "OK, we're going to let you here -- but that's it." Diddy got the closest. Why? Because he had J. Lo. The only reason my grandmother knows Puff Daddy is because of J. Lo. But he couldn't cross that barrier. So as far as myself -- I guess I'm their role model.

CNN: How much do you want to cross over?

Pitbull: I have respect for Jay-Z and Diddy for what they did in the hip-hop game. But I want to be Celia Cruz. I want to be Gloria Estefan [both were born in Cuba]. I want to enterprise -- open clubs and restaurants. They've done it also -- but those are who I look up to.

CNN: Your parents were both born in Cuba.

Pitbull: They didn't want to leave Cuba! They would have stayed in Cuba. They didn't want to get out of there. There were forced out of that country.

CNN: How did they come to Miami?

Pitbull: My grandmother fought in the [Cuban] revolutionary war actually with Castro, because everybody thought that Batista was corrupt. I'm not saying that he wasn't, but it's almost like the lesser of two evils. [When she became disillusioned with the Castro government], my mother and my aunt got sent off in an operation called Peter Pan without their parents. She didn't see her mother for seven years. As far as my father -- he came over also. He didn't come in the Peter Pan, but they fled the country.

CNN: Would you ever go to Cuba and play a concert there?

Pitbull: No way. I'd never go to Cuba and play a concert. [I'd consider playing there] as soon as I know that it's confirmed that Castro's out of there. I mean, if you ask me, I think Castro's been dead for years. He handed power to RaÃºl, and he slips pictures here and there. He keeps giving these pictures to the media with the same shirt on -- same jacket, same everything.

CNN: How do you feel about other artists of your generation who feel compelled to go and perform in Cuba as kind of an olive branch?

Pitbull: Juanes just did it. Papa, you can't change Cuba. History will tell you that you can't change Cuba. I respect him as an artist -- he's like U2, the Bono of Spanish. I don't respect his decision. Maybe he doesn't really understand it at the end of the day because he's not Cuban. [Juanes is Colombian.]

But to each his own. There's too much suffering, too much pain from people who left that island, that have come over here and tried to change their life.

CNN: Even though you were born in America, how much are you influenced by your Cuban roots?

Pitbull: My mother, she's like, "Look, you're American, son. You were born here in the States." My father? My father said, "You're Cuban-American." My mother would call me Chris, because my middle name's Christian. My father would say, "No, your name's Armando." But in my blood, what it tells me is, "You're Cuban-American." The music is what makes you, the food is what makes you, the way you've been taught mentally.

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question: Who says negatives can lead to positives?

answer: Pitbull

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question: Pitbull has what heritage?

answer: Cuban-American

text: Cuban-American

question: Pitbull sings what genre?

answer: rapper

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question: Who debuted n top 10 his new album?

answer: Pitbull.

text: Pitbull.

question: Who has Cuban heritage?

answer: Armando Christian Perez,

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question: Who says he's not fazed by failure?

answer: Pitbull

text: Pitbull

question: Pitbull's  new album debuted in what position?

answer: in the Top 10

text: in the Top 10