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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- The United States ambassador to Afghanistan, William Wood, said Friday that changes in communications with Afghan military forces have been made in the aftermath of a disputed U.S. air raid on an Afghan village.

Civilians are overcome with emotion outside a home destroyed by a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan.

And despite Afghanistan's outrage over the loss of life, he said, the incident has not undermined the nations' relationship.

The Afghanistan government has said that as many as 90 civilians -- including many children -- were killed in the August 22 air attack on a village in the Shindand district of Western Afghanistan. The United States had said that only seven civilians died, along with dozens of insurgents.

A number of investigations into the incident are under way, including a "senior level" review by the United States.

"People who are reviewing our findings have been in Afghanistan for a while, and I don't know when they will complete their review," Wood said at the State Department late Friday.

"There is no American involved who doesn't feel a personal sense of pain and regret any time any civilian casualty occurs," he said. "Speaking as an official of the American government, I can say there is no one who works harder than the United States does to minimize such casualties.

"I know as a matter of absolute certainty of operations that have been canceled precisely because there was a risk of civilian casualties," he added.

"I think there is no question there has been what one Afghan official referred to as 'sort of a bumpy time' over this issue in the last few weeks. I think that it has never threatened the underlying relationship of confidence between our two countries and between our peoples or between our military and the people of Afghanistan.

"That said, we are certainly committed to taking the steps necessary to ensure that such casualties are reduced to the absolute minimum and to working closely, even more closely, with the Afghan government to successfully carry out the military mission."

The ambassador said the United States has made changes in communication between the U.S. and Afghan forces.

"Steps are already not simply under way but have been taken to improve coordination," he said.

U.S. and Afghanistan officials have just completed a new round in what is called the United States-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership.

A joint U.S.-Afghanistan statement released Thursday referred to the attack.

"The United States delegation expressed regret over the loss of any innocent civilian lives incurred during security operations," the statement said. "In response to concerns expressed by the government of Afghanistan, the United States is conducting a senior level review and assessment of the August 22 Shindand operation. In addition, both sides recognize the need for establishing a mutually agreed-upon framework and mechanism to minimize civilian casualties and to maintain the strong support of the Afghan people in fighting terrorism."

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London, England (CNN) -- A woman's body was found in a river in Wales, police said Tuesday, the second death from severe flooding that has hit England and Wales since late last week.

The body of the woman, who was not named, was found in the River Usk near the village of Talybont, in mid Wales close to the coast, Brecon police said. Search teams had been looking for her since Sunday.

Talybont is about 250 miles south of Cockermouth, England, which has experienced some of the worst flooding seen in decades.

Friday, parts of Cockermouth were under several feet of water after heavy rainfall the night before. The town sits at the intersection of two rivers, the Cocker and the Derwent, both of which burst their banks and raged through the town.

By Tuesday, the flood waters had receded and the clean-up and damage assessment was well under way. But rain was still falling over the entire region, raising fears of further flooding in some areas.

Britain's Environment Agency said river levels across the county of Cumbria remained high but are unlikely to rise to levels seen last week.

Twenty road bridges in Cumbria were closed Tuesday, including seven that collapsed in the floods, Cumbria County Council spokesman Gareth Cosslett told CNN. Also shut were eight footbridges, which are an essential means of connecting residents in riverside towns.

In Workington, where Cumbria Police Constable Bill Barker died in the floods last week, the two sides of the town are cut off from each other because all bridges were either washed away or closed for safety reasons.

"We're hoping to get a temporary road bridge installed in Workington," Cosslett said, describing it as the council's first priority. "We haven't yet confirmed what we're going to do or when that's going to happen, but in all likelihood we're looking at a single-lane temporary bridge with traffic lights on either side."

Cosslett had no estimate on when the bridge could be complete, but he said such a project may take more than a month.

The worst weather Tuesday was in Cumbria, where the Met Office, the UK's weather service, predicted heavy and persistent rain and accumulations of 1.2 to 2.4 inches (30 to 60 millimeters).

Rain and strong gusts were also forecast for Wales on Tuesday, the Met Office said.

The rain was expected to move through the region by Wednesday, but more was set to return by Thursday, according to Met Office forecasts.

Sixty-eight flood watches and warnings were in place across England and Wales on Wednesday, the Environment Agency said.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A construction company and three supervisors were indicted Monday on manslaughter and related charges in the deaths of two firefighters battling a 2007 blaze at the Deutsche Bank building in lower Manhattan.

Firefighters Joseph Graffagnino, left, and Robert Beddia died in the Deutsche Bank building blaze.

Prosecutors also reached an agreement with the city of New York requiring the implementation of new fire safety measures.

"Our goal is to put in place procedures which will prevent a disaster of the magnitude of the Deutsche Bank fire and to make sure that firefighters are never again exposed to the risks they faced in that fire," Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said.

The indictments against the John Galt Corp., Jeffrey Melofchik, Mitchel Alvo and Salvatore DePaola also allege negligent homicide and reckless endangerment.

The indictment is the result of an investigation into an August 18, 2007, blaze that consumed nine floors of the Deutsche Bank building.

The building had been scheduled for demolition after being contaminated by debris, asbestos and other hazardous substances after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center buildings.

The two firefighters killed in the blaze -- Robert Beddia, 53, and Joseph Graffagnino, 33 -- were caught in a smoke-filled stairwell that prosecutors say was improperly blocked off by barriers erected to seal off floors being stripped of contaminants.

In addition to the deaths of Beddia and Graffagnino, 105 other firefighters were injured combating the blaze.

The agreement with the city of New York mandates the creation of a new civilian inspection unit at the city's fire department, the sole purpose of which will be to perform inspections at construction sites throughout the city.

"The regulatory measures we have put in place and the additional reforms set out today are designed to prevent any firefighter again confronting the conditions that firefighters faced at the Deutsche Bank building that tragic day," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a written statement.

The father of one of the firefighters killed in the blaze, Joseph Graffagnino Sr., said the indictments did not go far enough.

"I don't understand if the [city] agency can't be indicted, why can't individuals be indicted who we already know should have been responsible for doing their jobs and did not do their jobs," he said to reporters.

Graffagnino was referencing the lack of criminal charges brought against employees of the city fire department, the city's department of buildings and the building's landlord, the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.

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Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- A Haitian attorney representing 10 Americans charged with kidnapping for trying to take 33 children out of Haiti told CNN Sunday he has resigned.

Edwin Coq said he had quit as a lawyer for the Americans. It wasn't immediately clear who would replace him.

"I know that they have been looking at other lawyers," said Phyllis Allison, mother of one of those detained, Jim Allen. "They don't know what to do."

The 10 missionaries, including group leader Laura Silsby, were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association. Coq had said that court hearings would be held Monday and Tuesday for his clients, who have been split up at two prisons.

He has tried to get the Americans released, though he has also blamed Silsby for the missionaries' legal troubles.

Conviction on the kidnapping charge would carry a maximum penalty of life in prison; the criminal association charge would carry a penalty of three to nine years, according to a former justice minister.

The Americans were turned back a week ago as they tried to take the children across the border into the Dominican Republic without proper documentation. They said they were going to house them in a converted hotel in that country and later move them to an orphanage they were building there.

The Americans have said they were just trying to help the children leave the earthquake-stricken country. A January 12 earthquake flattened Haiti's capital and killed more than 200,000 people.

"Except for Laura -- the group's leader, who took the responsibility to displace these 33 children, fully knowing she didn't have any legal document that would allow her to do so -- the other nine American citizens didn't know anything about what was going on and I remain convinced that they would not have given their accord," Coq told CNN.

Coq added that Silsby "said she had no intention to do any harm."

Some of the detained Americans have said they thought they were helping orphans, but their interpreters told CNN this week that they were present when group members spoke with some of the children's parents. Some parents in a village outside Port-au-Prince said they had willingly given their children to the Americans, who promised them a better life. The parents also said they were told they could see their children whenever they wanted.

The Dominican consul general has said he warned Silsby about trying to cross the border without proper documents.

Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive told CNN's "Larry King Live" Thursday that the judge in the case has three months to decide whether to prosecute. "We hope that he will decide long before those three months," he said. "He can release them, he can ask to prosecute them."

If a decision is made to prosecute, the case would be heard before a jury, he said.

Bellerive told CNN the Haitian government was open to the possibility of the case being transferred to a U.S. court, but he said the request would have to come from the United States. "Until now, I was not asked," he said.

Coq told CNN he had been hired by Eric Thompson, husband of Carla Thompson, one of the arrested missionaries, on behalf of the families.

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(Mental Floss) -- Even in the midst of the Civil War, there was still one thing the North and South shared -- a serious addiction to caffeine.

Confederate troops were less likely to get a cup of coffee.

In that respect, the Union clearly had an advantage. Not only did the North have more than two-thirds of the population and control most of the heavy industry, railroads, and financial reserves in the country, it hoarded supplies of the highly addictive little bean, leaving the Confederacy to wage its own war against java deprivation.

Coffee: It's what's for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Throughout the Civil War, coffee was as prevalent on the battlefields as it is in offices today. In fact, the Union army was fueled by the stuff to the point that, if there was no time to boil water, the Boys in Blue would chew on whole beans as they marched. And at night, Union campsites were dotted with tiny fires, each boiling a pot of coffee like a million miniature Starbucks.

Beyond caffeine cravings, Union troops loved their coffee because it was, literally, the best thing on the menu.

Before the advent of helpful (and tasty!) artificial preservatives, a marching soldier's rations were neither varied nor particularly appetizing. Typically, they consisted of salted meat, unleavened bread (accurately christened "hardtack"), and a little sugar and salt.

It didn't help that Union supply chains were riddled with corrupt food contractors who charged the government top dollar for rotten, stale, and insect-ridden foodstuffs.

Coffee, however, was almost always fresh because it was delivered in whole-bean form -- making it difficult for even the most dishonest supplier to skimp on quality. Not that they didn't try, of course. In fact, officials began requesting coffee as whole beans after some crooked contractors tried to up their per-pound profits by slipping sand and dirt into packages of ground coffee.

In 1861, hoping to cut down on the time soldiers spent roasting and grinding beans, the army switched to a concentrated proto-instant coffee. The new concoction, called "essence of coffee," was made by boiling prepared coffee, milk, and sugar into a thick gloop, which soldiers then reconstituted by mixing it with water.

The product reportedly tasted every bit as bad as you'd imagine, and thanks to the corrupt dairymen who sold the army spoiled milk, it also tended to cause diarrhea. Needless to say, the Union army was soon back on the bean.

Southern discomfort

Noxious as essence of coffee was, Confederate soldiers would have gladly downed a cup or two. But, because of a Union naval blockade, coffee (along with weapons, machinery, medicine, and other vital materials) was in short supply in the South.

Before the war, a pound of beans would have set you back around 20 cents in Yankee dough. Once pre-war stockpiles ran out, however, the same amount was running as high as $60 in Confederate money. (Despite the undervalued currency, that was still a lot.)

There was some coffee that made it into the Confederacy -- usually carried by steam-powered blockade-runner ships.

But, for the most part, Southerners had to rely on coffee substitutes, including various forms of roasted corn, rye, okra seeds, sweet potatoes, acorns, and peanuts. Unfortunately, all these imitations lacked potency, tasted awful, and upset the bowels.

The only slightly better alternative was tea made from the leaves of the native yaupon shrub. The good news was that it contained caffeine; the bad news was that it was incredibly difficult to digest.

Luckily, there was one surefire way for Southern folk to get their coffee -- by making peace with the Union. Soldiers on the front lines often called informal truces so Rebels could swap tobacco for Yankee coffee and then dash back to their camps before they were reported missing. E-mail to a friend

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- With strong sales and equally powerful praise, the July issue of Italian Vogue can be judged a resounding success.

Chanel Iman is one of several models of color featured in the "Black Issue" of Italian Vogue.

Dubbed the "Black Issue," the magazine celebrates models of color from the past and present, including Donyale Luna, Liya Kebede, Naomi Campbell, Iman and Chanel Iman.

Within 72 hours, the magazine sold out in the United States and Great Britain. Blog posts and e-mails about the beauty and historical significance of the issue began to flow -- and industry insiders were equally pleased.

Praising renowned photographer Steven Meisel, who shot most of the issue's fashion pictures, The New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn gushed, "I think they are some of the best he's done. ... They are crazily, softly beautiful, plainly the work of someone who knows women and fashion."  See what all the fuss is about Â»

Another 40,000 copies of the "Black Issue" were recently reprinted to meet the still strong demand.

But will the all the hoopla translate into tangible change for black models in the fashion industry? Will more color be seen on the runway and in magazines? Many observers have their fingers crossed.

"All the agents were happy about the issue because it gives us hope that other people will catch on and decide that it's OK to use more black girls," said Carlos Ojeda, an agent at New York Models. "It's OK to have more than just one, and she doesn't have to always be Naomi."

"Italian Vogue is very influential around the world on an artistic level," said Constance White, style director at eBay. "That is the book that all the art directors, the photographers, any fashion editor looking for inspiration turns to ... and always has. It has always been the trendsetter, so hopefully people will look at it and say using black models is both relevant and right and will start doing it too."

Bethann Hardison, a legendary model agent-manager, said she has noticed a shift in the industry since she began holding town hall meetings last September to address the lack of diversity in fashion. The packed-to-the-rafters events quickly became the talk of the industry, and Hardison is widely credited with sparking the current movement.

"I started seeing more black models on the runway back in February," she said, pointing to the shows of designers like Diane Von Furstenberg and Michael Kors as examples. "I have already seen change, and I know that I will continue to see change."

Not all are nearly as optimistic, and fear the diversity issue will become as passe as the skinny-model debate of a few years ago.

"I hate to sound cynical, but by January, I feel like it will be back to business as usual," Ojeda said. "I want to be hopeful and positive, but a part of me does not want to get my hopes up."

"Let's see if Italian Vogue is going to be able to live up to the standards that they've now set," added one prominent New York-based stylist. "You can't have an issue with all black girls, pat yourself on the back and say 'that's it for the year.' "

Hardison is working hard to make sure that doesn't happen. She's already scheduled another town hall meeting for September, and she's also planning a mixer to introduce fledgling models of color to industry players.

"We just have to keep the bar high," Hardison said, "and keep showing beautiful women and pictures."

Lola Ogunnaike is the entertainment correspondent for CNN's American Morning.

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(CNN) -- Some 5,000 residents in eastern Pennsylvania were allowed to return to their homes Saturday afternoon, some 12 hours after they were evacuated when a tractor-trailer carrying 33,000 pounds of toxic hydrofluoric acid overturned after the driver tried to avoid a deer, authorities said.

Traffic is backed up Saturday after a truck spilled hydrofluoric acid in eastern Pennsylvania.

State police identified the driver as Raymond Leblanc, 54, of Harrow, Ontario, Canada. Leblanc, who initially was trapped in the truck, was taken to a hospital where he was treated and released. Police said a passenger in the truck was unhurt.

No other injuries were reported.

The truck flipped over on its side and slid along northbound State Road 33, which was closed in both directions from Belfast to Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, from the time of the early-morning accident until about 6 p.m. Saturday.

Most of the acid in the tank was in the form of pressurized gas, but there also was some water, said Northampton County spokesman John Conklin.

State and federal hazardous materials experts stopped the leak by noon. The wreck occurred at 3:30 a.m. near Wind Gap.

Conklin said many evacuees -- those living within a mile of the accident site in Plainfield Township -- went to a shelter set up at nearby Pen Argyl High School in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania.

A dispatcher with the Northhampton County Division of Emergency Management said residents were allowed to begin returning to their homes about 3:45 p.m. Saturday.

Hydrogen fluoride is a hazardous chemical compound used mainly for industrial purposes such as etching glass, and is extremely corrosive. It also is an ingredient in high-octane gasoline, refrigerants, aluminum and light bulbs.

Contact with concentrated solutions can cause severe burns, according to medical authorities. Inhaling the gas causes respiratory irritation, severe eye damage and pulmonary edema.

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(CNN) -- The nation's foreclosure crisis threatened a high-profile victim this week:  TV legend Ed McMahon, best known as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show."

Ed McMahon and his wife, Pam, talk to CNN's Larry King about their mortgage problems.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that McMahon was $644,000 in arrears on a $4.8 million loan for a home in Beverly Hills, California, and his lender had filed a notice of default.

McMahon and his wife, Pam, appeared on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday night to talk about their financial woes and other topics.

Some highlights:

Larry King: What did happen, Ed?

Ed McMahon: It's a combination, it's like a perfect storm. Economy problems. Selling the house right now is a tremendous operation .... We've had this house on the market for two years. We've shown it, I don't know how many, 50 organizations or people. Nobody has made an offer. I mean, it's just a lovely home. I hate to leave it. I want to keep the home. I want this all to work out.  Watch McMahon tell King what went wrong Â»

King: And the payments, you can't make -- what's the problem?

Ed McMahon: Well, if you spend more money than you make, you know what happens. And it can happen. You know, a couple of divorces thrown in, a few things like that. And, you know, things happen. You want everything to be perfect, but that combination of the economy, I have a little injury, I have a situation. And it all came together.

King: Did you break your neck?

Ed McMahon:  I broke my neck. I had a fall. ...

King: Has that stopped you from working?

Ed McMahon: Oh, sure. You know, you can't work with this [brace] around your neck. And I have to wear this.

King: But, Pam, the assumption is that the McMahons are multimillionaires and multimillionaires -- how much behind are you, $644,000, right? That's what's reported? ... If you're a millionaire, shouldn't you be able to pay $644,000?

Pam McMahon: I think over the years, you know, it's just a kind of a combination of maybe Ed working so hard and not kind of looking at proper management, which happens a lot. ... Because you're a celebrity, people think you have a lot more than you have. And you always want to take great care of all of your friends and your family and everybody, and you do. And you don't, and I think, you know, we didn't keep our eye on the ball. We made mistakes.

King: And are they foreclosing?

Pam McMahon: Yes, they are. ...

King: So you will lose this home?

Ed McMahon: It's possible, yes. But now, I'll tell you what's happened, oddly enough. Today, all kinds of wonderful things have happened. New things have happened. And new interest in this house. Where the house had no interest, now there's all kinds of, tons of interest. So who knows what's going to happen. I'm optimistic. ...

King: Ed, why have you gone public?

Ed McMahon: Well, I figured I wanted to, in a sense, speak for the million people you mentioned [facing foreclosure]. I heard that figure today and I just couldn't believe it. Anyway, the million people that now have foreclosure signs on their house, or nearby. And I just want to give them hope, give them optimism, give them some kind of guidance. Get the best corrective people you need around you. Keep working on it. Don't stop. There's a lot of people that are hard workers, did everything right, didn't do anything wrong, and all of a sudden, they're in this boat. And I speak for all of them, as far as I'm concerned.

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text: profile

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text: this

text: week

text: TV

text: legend

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: best

text: known

text: as

text: Johnny

text: Carson

text: 's

text: sidekick

text: on

text: The

text: Tonight

text: Show

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: Pam

text: talk

text: to

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Larry

text: King

text: about

text: their

text: mortgage

text: problems

text: The

text: Wall

text: Street

text: Journal

text: reported

text: Tuesday

text: that

text: McMahon

text: was

text: in

text: arrears

text: on

text: a

text: million

text: loan

text: for

text: a

text: home

text: in

text: Beverly

text: Hills

text: California

text: and

text: his

text: lender

text: had

text: filed

text: a

text: notice

text: of

text: default

text: McMahon

text: and

text: his

text: wife

text: Pam

text: appeared

text: on

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Larry

text: King

text: Live

text: on

text: Thursday

text: night

text: to

text: talk

text: about

text: their

text: financial

text: woes

text: and

text: other

text: topics

text: Some

text: highlights

text: Larry

text: King

text: What

text: did

text: happen

text: Ed

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: combination

text: it

text: 's

text: like

text: a

text: perfect

text: storm

text: Economy

text: problems

text: Selling

text: the

text: house

text: right

text: now

text: is

text: a

text: tremendous

text: operation

text: We

text: 've

text: had

text: this

text: house

text: on

text: the

text: market

text: for

text: two

text: years

text: We

text: 've

text: shown

text: it

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: know

text: how

text: many

text: organizations

text: or

text: people

text: Nobody

text: has

text: made

text: an

text: offer

text: I

text: mean

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: a

text: lovely

text: home

text: I

text: hate

text: to

text: leave

text: it

text: I

text: want

text: to

text: keep

text: the

text: home

text: I

text: want

text: this

text: all

text: to

text: work

text: out

text: Watch

text: McMahon

text: tell

text: King

text: what

text: went

text: wrong

text: Â

text: King

text: And

text: the

text: payments

text: you

text: ca

text: n't

text: make

text: what

text: 's

text: the

text: problem

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: Well

text: if

text: you

text: spend

text: more

text: money

text: than

text: you

text: make

text: you

text: know

text: what

text: happens

text: And

text: it

text: can

text: happen

text: You

text: know

text: a

text: couple

text: of

text: divorces

text: thrown

text: in

text: a

text: few

text: things

text: like

text: that

text: And

text: you

text: know

text: things

text: happen

text: You

text: want

text: everything

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text: perfect

text: but

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text: combination

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text: the

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text: little

text: injury

text: I

text: have

text: a

text: situation

text: And

text: it

text: all

text: came

text: together

text: King

text: Did

text: you

text: break

text: your

text: neck

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: I

text: broke

text: my

text: neck

text: I

text: had

text: a

text: fall

text: King

text: Has

text: that

text: stopped

text: you

text: from

text: working

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: Oh

text: sure

text: You

text: know

text: you

text: ca

text: n't

text: work

text: with

text: this

text: brace

text: around

text: your

text: neck

text: And

text: I

text: have

text: to

text: wear

text: this

text: King

text: But

text: Pam

text: the

text: assumption

text: is

text: that

text: the

text: McMahons

text: are

text: multimillionaires

text: and

text: multimillionaires

text: how

text: much

text: behind

text: are

text: you

text: right

text: That

text: 's

text: what

text: 's

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text: If

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: millionaire

text: should

text: n't

text: you

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: pay

text: Pam

text: McMahon

text: I

text: think

text: over

text: the

text: years

text: you

text: know

text: it

text: 's

text: just

text: a

text: kind

text: of

text: a

text: combination

text: of

text: maybe

text: Ed

text: working

text: so

text: hard

text: and

text: not

text: kind

text: of

text: looking

text: at

text: proper

text: management

text: which

text: happens

text: a

text: lot

text: Because

text: you

text: 're

text: a

text: celebrity

text: people

text: think

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: than

text: you

text: have

text: And

text: you

text: always

text: want

text: to

text: take

text: great

text: care

text: of

text: all

text: of

text: your

text: friends

text: and

text: your

text: family

text: and

text: everybody

text: and

text: you

text: do

text: And

text: you

text: do

text: n't

text: and

text: I

text: think

text: you

text: know

text: we

text: did

text: n't

text: keep

text: our

text: eye

text: on

text: the

text: ball

text: We

text: made

text: mistakes

text: King

text: And

text: are

text: they

text: foreclosing

text: Pam

text: McMahon

text: Yes

text: they

text: are

text: King

text: So

text: you

text: will

text: lose

text: this

text: home

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: It

text: 's

text: possible

text: yes

text: But

text: now

text: I

text: 'll

text: tell

text: you

text: what

text: 's

text: happened

text: oddly

text: enough

text: Today

text: all

text: kinds

text: of

text: wonderful

text: things

text: have

text: happened

text: New

text: things

text: have

text: happened

text: And

text: new

text: interest

text: in

text: this

text: house

text: Where

text: the

text: house

text: had

text: no

text: interest

text: now

text: there

text: 's

text: all

text: kinds

text: of

text: tons

text: of

text: interest

text: So

text: who

text: knows

text: what

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: happen

text: I

text: 'm

text: optimistic

text: King

text: Ed

text: why

text: have

text: you

text: gone

text: public

text: Ed

text: McMahon

text: Well

text: I

text: figured

text: I

text: wanted

text: to

text: in

text: a

text: sense

text: speak

text: for

text: the

text: million

text: people

text: you

text: mentioned

text: facing

text: foreclosure

text: I

text: heard

text: that

text: figure

text: today

text: and

text: I

text: just

text: could

text: n't

text: believe

text: it

text: Anyway

text: the

text: million

text: people

text: that

text: now

text: have

text: foreclosure

text: signs

text: on

text: their

text: house

text: or

text: nearby

text: And

text: I

text: just

text: want

text: to

text: give

text: them

text: hope

text: give

text: them

text: optimism

text: give

text: them

text: some

text: kind

text: of

text: guidance

text: Get

text: the

text: best

text: corrective

text: people

text: you

text: need

text: around

text: you

text: Keep

text: working

text: on

text: it

text: Do

text: n't

text: stop

text: There

text: 's

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: people

text: that

text: are

text: hard

text: workers

text: did

text: everything

text: right

text: did

text: n't

text: do

text: anything

text: wrong

text: and

text: all

text: of

text: a

text: sudden

text: they

text: 're

text: in

text: this

text: boat

text: And

text: I

text: speak

text: for

text: all

text: of

text: them

text: as

text: far

text: as

text: I

text: 'm

text: concerned

question: What does McMahon tell Larry King?

answer: about their mortgage problems.

text: about their mortgage problems.

question: What is Ed McMahon in danger of?

answer: foreclosure

text: foreclosure

question: Who does the TV legend say he wants to speak for?

answer: the million people

text: the million people

question: is a TV legend a celebrity?

answer: Ed McMahon,

text: Ed McMahon,

question: What does McMahon blame?

answer: Economy problems.

text: Economy problems.

question: How long has Ed McMahon's home been on the market?

answer: two years.

text: two years.

question: What did McMahon tell to Larry King?

answer: about their mortgage problems.

text: about their mortgage problems.