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(CNN) -- A three-judge federal appeals court panel Tuesday overturned a lower court's order blocking key parts of a Texas law requiring doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion, potentially clearing the way for enforcement of the law.

In August, just before the law was set to take effect September 1, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in Austin, Texas, found several portions of the law "unconstitutionally vague," and ruled it violated the First Amendment by compelling doctors and patients to engage in government-mandated speech.

But a panel on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Sparks' injunction against enforcing the law, saying opponents did not prove it violated the Constitution. The panel remanded the suit back to the lower court for further proceedings.

As written, the law would require women seeking an abortion in Texas to view a picture of the embryo or fetus and hear a description of its development before having the procedure.

Sparks' injunction blocked Texas from enforcing any penalties against a doctor who failed to place sonogram pictures where a pregnant woman may see them, or does not make the fetus' heartbeat audible. It also blocked penalties against the woman.

A previous U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Pennsylvania case "held that the fact that such truthful, accurate information may cause a woman to choose not to abort her pregnancy only reinforces its relevance to an informed decision," U.S. Circuit Judge Patrick Higginbotham wrote in a concurring opinion. "Insisting that a doctor give this information in his traditional role of securing informed consent is permissible."

"Today's ruling is a victory for all who stand in defense of life," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said in a statement. "Every life lost to abortion is a tragedy, and this important sonogram legislation ensures that every Texas woman seeking an abortion has all the facts about the life she is carrying, and understands the devastating impact of such a life-ending decision.

"We will continue to fight any attempt to limit our state's laws that value and protect the unborn," Perry said.

The suit was filed by the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights. Nancy Northrup, the center's president and CEO, said the court decision was "extreme."

"This clears the way for the enforcement of an insulting and intrusive law whose sole purpose is to harass women and dissuade them from exercising their constitutionally protected reproductive rights," Northrup said in a statement. "Until today, every court that has reviewed similarly intrusive laws have ruled the laws unconstitutional."

The law, she said, "serves only to place multiple hurdles between women and the free and full exercise of their reproductive rights." The center, she said, is evaluating "all available means" to challenge the Texas law "and all laws that seek to undermine women's fundamental rights."

The bill generated some controversy in Texas, but easily passed through the state's House and Senate, both of which are controlled by Republicans.

The law says that at least 24 hours before an abortion is performed, women must undergo a sonogram, a procedure that uses ultrasound to create an image.

The doctor is required to give, "in a manner understandable to a layperson, a verbal explanation of the results of the sonogram images, including a medical description of the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, the presence of cardiac activity and the presence of external members and internal organs," the law says.

CNN's Jamie Crawford contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Nicole Nagy had gone back to school hoping that a new career would lead to a better job. When she was turned down for financial aid, Nagy was told she could, as a song goes, "sing for the money." She was directed to a contest called Careereoki.

Nicole Nagy enlisted the help of her children and her husband to make her videotape.

Anyone brave enough to videotape themselves singing -- and sometimes dancing -- about their dream career karaoke-style was qualified to enter the competition.

More than 60 videos were submitted, from which five finalists were chosen to compete for online votes that will determine the winner. Most contestants were from Central Florida, likely because the grand prize includes tuition for a certificate program at an Orange County technical school.

Nagy, a mother of three, was laid off in 2007. When she couldn't find a job, her husband supported her decision to enroll in nursing school. But tuition and books are costly, and the Nagys are a month behind on the mortgage payment.

So risking embarrassment, Nagy decided a better future might lie in her music video.

"I can't sing to save my life, but I will go ahead and try this because I am willing to do anything to get school paid for," Nagy said. Her husband, obviously a good sport, appears in the video along with her children.  Watch the contestants' videos Â»

Dressed in a bathrobe, she sits on the couch with her kids as her husband starts the video with the bad news, "OK guys, I have to go to work. Sorry we can't send you to nursing school, Mom. We just don't have the money." Nagy replies, "Ahh man."

Addressing her children, she says, "know what we can do instead, we can sing about it." Nagy takes off the robe, revealing a nursing uniform and the stethoscope which acts as her microphone.

Nagy then dances around her living room, belting out her tune, "Doctor, doctor give me the news; I got a bad case of nursing blues." She sings her original lyrics to Robert Palmer's "Bad Case of Loving You" as her young, obedient children wait for the song to end.

Nagy's video was good enough to gain her a spot as a Careereoki finalist. But winning the contest won't be as easy as making it to the finals. The Careereoki competition is stiff.

American Idol judging it was not for this first-time contest. To choose the final five videos, judges considered three categories. Points were awarded based 50 percent on the contestant's originality, 25 percent on creativity and 25 percent on the video's humor.

Whether Nagy's performance will be good enough to win will depend on how many people vote for her on local radio station WPYO's Web site where the videos are posted.

Fans of the musical Grease may feel inclined to vote for Julia Langston of Lake Mary, Florida. Langston does a nice job singing what is supposed to be a duet, "Summer Nights." She creatively sings, "Unemployment happened so fast, never thought this recession would last."

Langston was laid off a few months ago after working for 15 years as an office manager. As with her fellow contestants, the grand prize would be a huge help for her. She is living off the money she had set aside to remodel her kitchen.

Finalist Jennifer Faulk of Deltona, Florida, sums up the recurring theme of the five still standing: "The day does not go by that I don't go online and look for something and there's just nothing out there."

The Careereoki contest was sponsored by the Orange County School Board; Workforce Central Florida, an Orlando-area job placement organization; and a local advertising agency.

Workforce Vice President Kimberly Cornett said her organization's participation in the singing contest helped spread the word on their "no-cost services" to the community.

"It was a way to connect to job seekers, and also for job seekers to take a little break from the stress of unemployment," Cornett said. She said she sees that stress first hand; the Orlando organization she works for offers job placement. Unemployment in Central Florida is the highest it has been in 16 years, according to Cornett.

The grand prize is worth $8,000 and includes a career training scholarship, personal and resume makeovers and a $100 gas card. Two first-place winners will also get tuition help, resume makeovers and $50 gas cards. The finalists are keeping their fingers crossed that the song in their heart doesn't end up a song sung blue.

The winner will be announced on Monday.

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(CNN) -- The chief executive of American Airlines, which has grounded almost 2,500 flights over the past three days, accepted "full responsibility" Thursday for failing to meet government inspection standards.

"I am profoundly sorry that we've gotten ourselves into this situation, and I thank our customers for their patience under very difficult circumstances," American CEO Gerard Arpey said Thursday afternoon.

The airline canceled 933 flights on MD-80 jets Thursday and announced  570 would be scrapped Friday.

Potential wiring hazards in wheel wells that could cause fires or problems with landing gear prompted the action.

American canceled several hundred flights for the same reason about two weeks ago.

Earlier Thursday, American said it expected all of its MD-80 jets to be flight-worthy by Saturday night.

The airline has offered to make amends to travelers with refunds, vouchers and compensation for overnight stays.

The cancellations have delayed and stranded more than 140,000 passengers.

Roger Frizzell, an airline spokesman, said the inspections involve technical compliance as opposed to flight safety.  Watch how air travelers deal with disruptions Â»

Although American was most affected by the inspections, the Federal Aviation Administration's orders for safety checks have also affected Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines and Midwest Airlines, which was the latest airline to ground planes: 13 on Thursday.

The FAA launched its inspection campaign in March, after CNN obtained documents given to congressional investigators that showed more than 100 Southwest aircraft had not had mandatory safety inspections.   At a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration's safety division, Nicholas Sabatini, was told that his agency's performance was woeful.

"I think [it's] approaching losing the confidence of the American people and the Congress," said Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virginia.

Lawmakers said the agency has become too close to the airline industry.

Sabatini defended the FAA's record but said any lapse was cause for concern.

"We found we had achieved 99 percent safety compliance," he told lawmakers. But, he added, "It's the other 1 percent that keeps me up at night."

Passengers scheduled to fly on an American Airlines MD-80 between Tuesday and Friday can receive a full refund or apply the value of their ticket to a future flight, the airline said.

People who stayed overnight as a result of a canceled flight can go to the company's Web site to inquire about receiving compensation.

Arpey said that the MD-80 has been a great plane for American Airlines and that the inspection problems should have "no impact on our long-term fleet plan."

"The FAA is stepping up their surveillance and doing their job," Arpey said. "In this case, we failed to get it right, and we're trying very hard to get it right."

He said American plans to hire an independent consultant to examine the company's inspection system.

Meanwhile, airports are doing their best to keep frustrated travelers happy.

"Getting stuck at the airport is not like a day at the beach, but we sure are trying to make passengers as comfortable as possible," said Ken Capps, vice president of public affairs for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas.

Eateries were staying open all night, some provided free pastries and coffee, and some even handed out diapers.

The situation at American's hub at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, "was what you might see on a normal Thursday morning," CNN's Susan Roesgen reported. American employees handing out free coffee and granola bars found few takers.  Watch a report from O'Hare Â»

At Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, American passengers reported frustration but complimented the carrier's efforts to get them to their destinations.

"We were rerouted," said Chad Duncan of San Angelo, Texas, who was in Georgia to watch practice rounds of the Masters golf tournament. "They were very helpful and everything, but it's frustrating. Instead of having one stopover, we now have three." E-mail to a friend

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NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- As floodwaters washed away homes in the Lower 9th Ward, Robert Green watched with horror as his mother got swept away in the storm.

Robert Green stands on the porch of his family's FEMA trailer in front of his new home earlier this year.

Four months later, Green and other family members found Joyce Green's remains in the splintered wreckage of the house where they left her. Robert Green's granddaughter Shanay also drowned the night Hurricane Katrina hit.

Green spent almost the entire last four years living in a small FEMA trailer on his land, sharing his story with anyone who came through the Lower 9th.

One of the people he met was Tom Darden, executive director of the Make It Right Foundation, Brad Pitt's nonprofit vision for building green, sustainable houses in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans.

Only a handful of homes have returned to the Lower 9th, one of the areas hardest hit by the killer storm.

"We have 14 neighbors and feel crowded," Green said "But we have 3,000 houses that are gone, and we would love to see those houses come back."

Darden and Pitt felt compelled to help provide Green and his family a second chance, and on July 9 Green officially became a proud homeowner once again.

Getting a fresh start has helped Green and his family deal with the tragedy that turned their lives upside down and took away their loved ones.

"That's what gave me the strength to endure all that we've been through," Green said. "People constantly coming by, volunteers constantly coming by. People that really care about us and let us know that we weren't in this alone. It gave us the hope that one day we would come back and be a community again."  Watch as Green talks about his family's tragedies and life in New Orleans after Katrina Â»

The Make It Right Foundation has built 15 homes in the Lower 9th so far; the group's goal is to have 150 built by the end of next year.

Darden said the program is designed as a hand up, not a handout.

"We ask the families to contribute as much as they can afford," he said. "On average that's been about $75,000, but we work with the families very closely to make sure that a family is not spending more than 30 percent of their income towards housing costs, and that's how we ensure they are affordable."

Safety and energy efficiency are among the group's primary concerns.

"[The houses] are all elevated at least above Katrina-level flooding. A family has the option to build even higher than that if they want. We've got hurricane-resistant features like impact-resistant glass, or a certain type of fabric that protects the windows," Darden said.  See photos detailing the features of the Make It Right homes Â»

Another of the driving forces instrumental in rebuilding the Lower 9th Ward in a sustainable fashion is Global Green, the American arm of former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's Green Cross International.

"Immediately after the storm, we saw a failure in government in every level: local, state and federal," said Matt Petersen, president of Global Green. "There's still so much work to be done that we can't wait, we can't rely on the federal government.

"This is an era where I think the citizens of this great country need to take responsibility for our nation, and it starts right here. How we respond affects the future of our country."

Shaun Donovan, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, knows mistakes were made in the efforts to get people back into their homes, both in the Lower 9th Ward and other devastated parts of New Orleans.

"We have to be more flexible, we have to be more responsive, and make sure the programs don't just work in theory, but they will work for families," Donovan said.

"We've been very focused in the first seven months [of the Obama administration] on cutting red tape, making sure that recovery moves ahead. And that we can get as fast as possible to the completion of the recovery phase."

Donovan said HUD's plans will help hundreds of millions of federal dollars be directed to areas across New Orleans, helping rebuild communities and get families into permanent houses.

But Donovan also said this could still take another 18-24 months, and that if it weren't for nonprofits there would be little to no progress, even four years after the storm.

"We have to say, 'Look, there are groups on the ground that have solutions, they are able to make it work, we've put barriers in the way for them to be able to get their work done as quickly and effectively as possible. We've got to get those barriers out of the way.' "

For Robert Green, seeing any progress at all gives him hope that one day the place he calls home will no longer be dominated by concrete slabs, abandoned homes and overgrown weeds.

"We have children back in this community, we have families back," Green said. "So basically when those families come back, it gives the other relatives and friends and other people a jump off point."

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text: goal

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text: have

text: built

text: by

text: the

text: end

text: of

text: next

text: year

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text: program

text: is

text: designed

text: as

text: a

text: hand

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text: not

text: a

text: handout

text: We

text: ask

text: the

text: families

text: to

text: contribute

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text: much

text: as

text: they

text: can

text: afford

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text: average

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text: families

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text: make

text: sure

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text: family

text: is

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text: spending

text: more

text: than

text: percent

text: of

text: their

text: income

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text: housing

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text: that

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text: how

text: we

text: ensure

text: they

text: are

text: affordable

text: Safety

text: and

text: energy

text: efficiency

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text: group

text: 's

text: primary

text: concerns

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text: all

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text: flooding

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text: option

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text: windows

text: Darden

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text: features

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text: the

text: Make

text: It

text: Right

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text: Â

text: Another

text: of

text: the

text: driving

text: forces

text: instrumental

text: in

text: rebuilding

text: the

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text: Ward

text: in

text: a

text: sustainable

text: fashion

text: is

text: Global

text: Green

text: the

text: American

text: arm

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text: former

text: Soviet

text: President

text: Mikhail

text: Gorbachev

text: 's

text: Green

text: Cross

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text: Immediately

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text: storm

text: we

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text: a

text: failure

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text: in

text: every

text: level

text: local

text: state

text: and

text: federal

text: said

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text: Petersen

text: president

text: of

text: Global

text: Green

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text: still

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text: work

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text: citizens

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text: it

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text: the

text: future

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text: our

text: country

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text: the

text: U.S.

text: Department

text: of

text: Housing

text: and

text: Urban

text: Development

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text: mistakes

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text: made

text: in

text: the

text: efforts

text: to

text: get

text: people

text: back

text: into

text: their

text: homes

text: both

text: in

text: the

text: Lower

text: Ward

text: and

text: other

text: devastated

text: parts

text: of

text: New

text: Orleans

text: We

text: have

text: to

text: be

text: more

text: flexible

text: we

text: have

text: to

text: be

text: more

text: responsive

text: and

text: make

text: sure

text: the

text: programs

text: do

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text: work

text: in

text: theory

text: but

text: they

text: will

text: work

text: for

text: families

text: Donovan

text: said

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text: 've

text: been

text: very

text: focused

text: in

text: the

text: first

text: seven

text: months

text: of

text: the

text: Obama

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text: on

text: cutting

text: red

text: tape

text: making

text: sure

text: that

text: recovery

text: moves

text: ahead

text: And

text: that

text: we

text: can

text: get

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text: fast

text: as

text: possible

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text: completion

text: of

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text: recovery

text: phase

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text: of

text: federal

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text: to

text: areas

text: across

text: New

text: Orleans

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text: communities

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text: get

text: families

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text: houses

text: But

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text: also

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text: take

text: another

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text: that

text: if

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text: years

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text: storm

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text: ground

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text: way

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text: done

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text: quickly

text: and

text: effectively

text: as

text: possible

text: We

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: get

text: those

text: barriers

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: way

text: For

text: Robert

text: Green

text: seeing

text: any

text: progress

text: at

text: all

text: gives

text: him

text: hope

text: that

text: one

text: day

text: the

text: place

text: he

text: calls

text: home

text: will

text: no

text: longer

text: be

text: dominated

text: by

text: concrete

text: slabs

text: abandoned

text: homes

text: and

text: overgrown

text: weeds

text: We

text: have

text: children

text: back

text: in

text: this

text: community

text: we

text: have

text: families

text: back

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text: said

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text: families

text: come

text: back

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text: gives

text: the

text: other

text: relatives

text: and

text: friends

text: and

text: other

text: people

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text: jump

text: off

text: point

question: How many families did Brad Pitt's Make It Right nonprofit assist with housing?

answer: 15

question: What did the HUD secretary say?

answer: "We have to be more flexible, we have to be more responsive, and make sure the programs don't just work in theory, but they will work for families,

text: "We have to be more flexible, we have to be more responsive, and make sure the programs don't just work in theory, but they will work for families,

question: Where does Robert Green live?

answer: Lower 9th Ward,

text: Lower 9th Ward,

question: Who did Robert Green lose in the hurricane?

answer: his mother

text: his mother


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(CNN) -- World leaders are often measured by what they do in their first 100 days in office. But what about business leaders?

As of Friday, it has been 100 days since Apple co-founder and longtime CEO Steve Jobs passed the company torch to Tim Cook.

Since that first day, August 24, Wall Street and legions of Apple fans have had their gazes fixed on Cook. As the man heading arguably the most influential and valuable technology company in the world, Cook wields a great deal of power.

After Cook took over, Jobs held the role of executive chairman but lost his long battle with cancer some six weeks later, on October 5. The day before Jobs died, Cook led a news conference to announce the iPhone 4S.

"I consider it the privilege of a lifetime to have worked here for 14 years," Cook said at that event. "I am so incredibly proud of this company."

Analysts described the presentation as crisp but lacking the excitement of a Jobs production.

"It's not going to be the Steve Jobs show that generates headlines worldwide," John Jackson, an analyst at Boston-based market research firm CCS Insight who attended the keynote, said in a recent interview. "These events aren't going to be the same as they ever were."

Even without Jobs' dramatic stage presence, the iPhone 4S became the fastest-selling phone over its launch weekend, selling 4 million units worldwide. Financial analysts worried that the aging glass-and-steel design would stunt sales, but the faster processor, better camera and Siri voice assistant -- plus the addition of a third major carrier, Sprint Nextel -- helped the smartphone maintain momentum.

Siri, which Apple describes as beta software, has experienced occasional outages since its October launch, but iCloud has fared much better than Apple's previous endeavors into Internet services. About 20 million people activated their free iCloud accounts in its first week, Apple said. ITunes Match, a $25-a-year music synchronization service, was delayed by a few weeks but has received positive reviews.

Like Jobs had done, Cook began e-mailing with some customers. He also personally addressed an inquiry by e-mail from Nancy Keenan, the president of a pro-choice foundation who was writing in response to a controversy over Siri directing abortion questions to pro-life clinics.

"These are not intentional omissions meant to offend anyone," Cook wrote.

So after a few robust launches, and a few bumps in the road, where do Cook and Apple go from here?

Jobs recruited Cook from Compaq Computer in 1998 to run Apple's operations. People who have worked with Cook at Apple describe him as quiet and confident, the peacekeeper at the conference room table. He'd entrust a roomful of Apple employees with company secrets and expect trust in return, according to Michael Grothaus, a former consultant for the company.

Jobs was hands-on in product development and had a knack for identifying which markets were ripe for invasion. Walter Isaacson's new "Steve Jobs" biography reveals that digital textbooks and Internet-enabled TV sets were among Jobs' next areas of focus for Apple. In the book, Jobs said Cook is "not a product person."

Analysts say Jobs provided guidance on products that wouldn't see store shelves for at least another year. But by August 2013, Jobs' magic touch is likely to have worn off and the products will be those of a Cook regime, said Gartner analyst Michael King.

Cook hasn't been given reasons to run away from the challenge.

He will be able to lean on a "strong bench" of executives that Jobs recruited and that Cook has long worked with, said Jackson, the analyst. "It's going to be business as usual for Apple in Steve's absence," he said.

Shortly after taking over, Cook broadened the role of Eddy Cue, a longtime executive working with Jobs. Cue is now the senior vice president of cloud services, which includes overseeing iCloud and iAds, the fledgling mobile advertising unit.

To give Cook a strong financial incentive to stay, Apple's board of directors granted him a million shares of restricted stock. The first half will be made available to him five years from when Cook officially became CEO, and the rest will vest five years after that, as long as he stays.

Cook had promised in a recent e-mail to his staff that Apple wouldn't change under his leadership, but he introduced at least one corporate program that would have been out of character for Jobs. In September, Apple began matching employees' charitable contributions up to $10,000. Jobs was not much of a philanthropist.

"Steve made our world a better place," Cook said at the Apple memorial for Jobs. "He left his fingerprints all over society, all over the world. He also leaves behind a company that only he could have built and a spirit that will be the foundation for this company forever."

Cook has instilled confidence in investors during his brief stints as CEO. In the last 100 days, Apple stock has gone up 4.3%. Now, he will need to continue to build on Jobs' steady foundation.

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(CNN) -- A bus carrying members of a Marine Corps Reserve unit overturned at an Alabama military base Sunday, leaving 23 Marines injured, four of them critically, the military said in a news release.

A bus overturned Sunday in Alabama, injuring 23 Marines, the military said.

The passengers, members of E Company, Anti-Terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division, had been taking part in a training exercise at Fort Rucker, an Army post outside Ozark, Alabama.

They were departing the range at 9:20 a.m. when the accident occurred.

The unit is made up of reservists from Tallahassee, Florida, and Bessemer, Alabama. The injured were from First and Headquarters Platoons out of Bessemer, a Birmingham suburb.

By mid-afternoon, 11 of the injured had been released to their unit from the hospital.

Pictures of the wreck were provided to the news media by the military.

Ozark is about 175 miles south of Birmingham. E-mail to a friend

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(CNN) -- Looking directly at the man who murdered his 9-year-old daughter, Mark Lunsford told John Evander Couey, "I hope you hear her cry as you try to sleep at night."

"You will never hurt another child again," Lunsford said in testimony Tuesday in a Florida court hearing where a judge will decide whether to give Couey the death penalty.

Jessica Lunsford, seen in an undated family photo, was 9 when she was abducted and killed. She disappeared in 2005 from her home in Homosassa, Florida.

His eyes fixed on Couey, Lunsford continued, "For 29 months, my daughter has heard me cry and begged God to stop the pain in my heart."

Addressing Florida Circuit Court Judge Ric Howard, Lunsford pleaded for Couey to die for his crime. Then he turned back to the man who took his daughter.  Watch Lunsford's emotional testimony Â»

"I hope you see the tears at night when she asked you [if she could] go home. You will never hurt another child again."

Lunsford spent much time talking about memories of Jesse Lunsford.

"I can remember when she was about 1 year old and would give me kisses and hugs and steal the raisins from my cereal," he said.

"From bumps to bruises, from Band-Aids to bicycles, she was a tomboy with her daddy and a very nice little lady for her grandmother."

The hearing will continue Wednesday.

Couey's attorneys are trying to convince Howard that Couey is mentally incompetent and should be spared the death penalty.

"That's a cop-out," Lunsford said Tuesday on Larry King Live. "He is not retarded."

The father said he wants Couey to die for his crime. King asked him if he would attend the execution by lethal injection. "I'd hold the syringe if they'd let me," he answered.

But a prosecution expert testified Tuesday that the convicted killer had an IQ of between 80 and 90, about low average.

"My opinion is that he is not mentally retarded," said Dr. Greg Pritchard, a clinical psychologist.

Couey was convicted in March on charges of kidnapping, raping and murdering Jessica.

The jury voted 10-2 to recommend the death penalty. In Florida, the vote does not have to be unanimous to recommend the death penalty.

The judge is expected to sentence Couey next month.

Jessica Lunsford disappeared in February 2005 from her home in Homosassa. Her body was found three weeks later in a shallow grave outside a mobile home about 100 yards from where she lived.

Couey, a convicted sex offender, was staying nearby in a trailer with his half-sister. Couey kidnapped the girl from her bedroom and later, in a taped confession, admitted that he buried the child alive. "I went out there one night and dug a hole and put her in it. Buried her," he said.

She was found wrapped in garbage bags, holding a stuffed toy dolphin, her hands bound with stereo wire. Jessica died from asphyxiation after being sexually assaulted, according to a medical examiner's report.

The judge ruled the confession was inadmissible in court because Couey had asked for a lawyer the day before he told police he committed the crime.

Evidence at the trial included Jessica's fingerprints in a closet in Couey's trailer and DNA from Jessica's blood and Couey's semen on a mattress in his bedroom.

Lunsford has led a push for stricter sex offender laws since his daughter's death.

Then-Gov. Jeb Bush signed the Jessica Lunsford Act into Florida law. The 2005 legislation calls for prison sentences of 25 years to life for sex offenses against children under age 12, better registration of convicted sex offenders and a Global Positioning System notification mechanism to track down probation violators.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry signed similar legislation Monday. E-mail to a friend

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Four people found dead in a southeastern Afghan compound appear to be victims of an honor killing, a senior U.S. military official said on Friday.

The bodies were discovered during an operation by Afghan and NATO-led forces in Paktia province, a volatile region along the border of Pakistan.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force said the bodies of two men and two women were found, with the women bound and gagged, and the U.S. official said the people were shot "execution-style."

An honor killing is a murder carried out by a family or community member against someone thought to have brought dishonor onto them.

The U.S. official said it isn't clear whether the dishonor in this case stemmed from accusations of acts such as adultery or even cooperating with NATO forces.

"It has the earmarks of a traditional honor killing," said the official, who added the Taliban could be responsible.

Afghan and NATO officials are investigating the incident, which occurred in the village of Khatabeh in the province's Gardez district.

The operation unfolded when Afghan and international forces went to the compound, which was thought to be a site of militant activity. A firefight ensued and several insurgents died, several people left the compound, and eight others were detained.

Paktia is the same province where a military base was the target of an assault that wounded five U.S. soldiers on Thursday, authorities said. Both the U.S. official and a Paktia province spokesman confirmed that a suicide attacker, apparently wearing police garb, carried out the action.

The U.S. official said it may never be fully determined if the uniform was stolen or the bomber was a turncoat.

On December 30, a suicide attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan killed seven CIA officers and a Jordanian army captain. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, also on a base in eastern Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, more than 20 "enemy militants" were killed Friday by Afghan and international forces in the country's western region, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said.

The deaths occurred during an operation in Farah province targeting a Taliban commander thought to be responsible for planning suicide attacks, the military said.

When a militant threw a grenade at troops approaching a building, the forces called for his surrender, it said. The troops tried to enter the building when the militant detonated a suicide vest.

After that blast, a large number of armed militants tried to confront troops, who killed the insurgents, the military said. One alleged militant was injured and five were detained, it said. Troops found weaponry, such as grenades, firearms and handheld radios.

Farah borders Helmand province, where international and Afghan troops are gearing up for a major assault on the Taliban.

CNN's Barbara Starr contributed to this report.

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question: what happened to bodies

answer: were shot "execution-style."

text: were shot "execution-style."

question: what was found in compound

answer: Four people

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question: where were bodies found?

answer: a southeastern Afghan compound

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question: where were the bodies found?

answer: southeastern Afghan compound

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question: how many bodies were found?

answer: Four

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question: where were bodies hidden?

answer: southeastern Afghan compound

text: southeastern Afghan compound