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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Democrats' top investigator in Congress reacted angrily Friday to a report that the former Blackwater USA employee accused of killing an Iraqi vice presidential guard was hired by another U.S. contractor weeks later.

Rep. Henry Waxman says the State Department is covering up "an epidemic of corruption" in Iraq.

The report comes alongside Rep. Henry Waxman's warning of a "confrontation" with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice over how much Americans should be able to learn about corruption in Iraq.

In a sharply worded letter,  Waxman demanded Rice turn over a long list of documents related to the contractor, Andrew Moonen.

"Serious questions now exist about whether the State Department may have withheld from the U.S. Defense Department facts about this Blackwater contractor's shooting of the Iraqi guard that should have prevented his hiring to work on another contract in support of the Iraq War," wrote Waxman, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Moonen is accused of fatally shooting an Iraqi guard and fleeing the scene, according to a Congressional memo describing the investigation report. He was fined, fired and flown home from Iraq, and the company later paid $20,000 in compensation to the victim's family.  Moonen returned to the United States within a few days of the incident, his attorney said, but in February he returned to Kuwait working for Combat Support Associates (CSA), a company spokesman said.

CNN reported Thursday night that CSA said it was unaware of the December incident when it hired Moonen, because the State Department and Blackwater kept the incident quiet and out of Moonen's personnel records.  Waxman wrote it is "hard to reconcile this development" with previous assertions State Department officials have made in recent days.   Waxman earlier accused Rice and the State Department of a cover-up of what he called "an epidemic of corruption" in Iraq in general.

He branded the State Department's anti-corruption efforts "dysfunctional, under-funded and a low priority."

Waxman further blasted the department for trying to keep secret details of corruption in Iraq, especially relating to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.

"Corruption is increasing in Iraq, and the State Department can't keep us from knowing that -- can't censor that -- just because it might embarrass or hurt our relationship with [al-]Maliki," Waxman said at the House committee hearing.  Watch Waxman ask why negative comments must be said behind closed doors ÃÂ»

Deputy Secretary of State Larry Butler repeatedly refused to answer questions from Waxman about Iraqi corruption but offered full disclosure if his testimony would be kept secret.

Asked if he believes the Iraqi government has the political will or the capability to root out corruption, Butler responded, "Mr. Chairman, questions which go to the broad nature of our bilateral relationship with Iraq are best answered in a classified setting."

But he was more forthcoming when talking about efforts that al-Maliki has taken to improve matters, commending the prime minister for dispatching Iraqi forces to surround a refinery to ensure oil did not end up on the black market.

But Waxman appeared unmoved.

"Why can you talk about the positive things and not the negative things?" he asked. "Shouldn't we have the whole picture?"

"I'd be very pleased to answer those questions in an appropriate setting," Butler replied.

Waxman laughed and asked, "An appropriate setting for positive things is a congressional hearing, but for negative things, it must be behind closed doors?"

"As you know, this goes to the very heart of diplomatic relations and national security," Butler said.

"It goes to the very heart of propaganda," Waxman said, putting funding for anti-corruption activities through June 15, 2006, at $65 million, "or less than 0.003 percent of the total" spent by the Iraqi Relief and Reconstruction Fund.

The State Department said details of anti-corruption efforts must be secret to protect investigators and Iraqi allies.

In a letter to Rice last week, Waxman called the department's position "ludicrous."

Fellow Democratic Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky agreed. "It's pretty clear that the administration just wants to muzzle any comments that reflect negatively on the [al-]Maliki government," he said.

Earlier, the former head of the Iraqi Commission on Public Integrity, Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi, told the hearing that al-Maliki had protected family members from corruption investigations, citing Salam al-Maliki, Iraq's former transportation minister and the prime minister's cousin.

Al-Radhi resigned last month and fled Iraq after he and his family were attacked and 31 of his anti-corruption employees were killed. He said corruption has affected "virtually every agency and ministry, including some of the most powerful officials in Iraq."

"Corruption has stopped possible advances by the government on the political level, on economic reconstruction, on basic services, amenities and infrastructure and on the rule of law," he told the committee, estimating the total lost to corruption at $18 billion.

In Baghdad, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh acknowledged his country is plagued with a "high level" of corruption, but he said officials are trying to rein in the problem.

U.S. Comptroller General David Walker, head of the Government Accountability Office, said there appeared to be no U.S. plan for countering the corruption. He urged Congress to consider conditioning future appropriations on such a plan "so we can achieve some results rather than have just more efforts."

Waxman questioned whether Iraq's government was "too corrupt to succeed." If so, he added, "We need to ask if we could, in good conscience, continue to ... prop up his regime." E-mail to a friend

CNN's Bob Constantini contributed to this report.

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question: What did Henry Waxman accuse the State Department of covering up?

answer: "an epidemic of corruption" in Iraq.

text: "an epidemic of corruption" in Iraq.

question: What did Rep. Henry Waxman demand?

answer: Rice turn over a long list of documents related to the contractor, Andrew Moonen.

text: Rice turn over a long list of documents related to the contractor, Andrew Moonen.

question: How much did an Ex-Iraqi official estimate was lost due to corruptioN?

answer: t $18 billion

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question: What did Waxman accuse the state department of doing?

answer: covering up "an epidemic of corruption" in Iraq.

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question: Who demanded documents on Iraq Contractor?

answer: Rep. Henry Waxman

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question: Estimation of money lost due to corruption?

answer: t $18 billion

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question: Who demanded documents?

answer: Rep. Henry Waxman's

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question: What is the estimated loss due to corruption?

answer: t $18 billion

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question: Who demands documents on Iraq contractor?

answer: Waxman

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question: Who accuses State Department of covering up "an epidemic of corruption"?

answer: Rep. Henry Waxman

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question: Who estimated the total loss to corruption was 18 billion?

answer: , Judge Radhi Hamza al-Radhi

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PARIS, France -- AC Milan's Brazilian midfielder Kaka has been named European player of the year, lifting France Football's Ballon d'Or award.

Kaka has already claimed all of the game's major prizes.

His success comes two years after his fellow countryman, Barcelona's Ronaldinho, claimed the award

The 25-year-old Kaka was a major factor in AC Milan's triumphant Champions League campaign.

The runner-up was Manchester United's Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo with Barcelona's Argentinian midfielder Lionel Messi finishing third.

"This is very special for me - it culminates an astonishing year for me," Kaka said.

"It's the top prize around and the only way to win something like this is to play for a team like AC Milan. It's great to be part of a team that wins."

At 25 years old, he has already won all the game's major prizes, individually and collectively.

He was part of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning squad, although he was limited to just 19 minutes as a substitute against Costa Rica.

He was top scorer in last season's Champions League, helping Milan to avenge their loss to Liverpool in the 2005 final.

He won the Italian domestic title in his first season at Milan having joined from Brazilians Sao Paulo for$ 8.5 million, a sum that Milan president Silvio Berlusconi then described as peanuts. E-mail to a friend

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question: Who finishes third?

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(CNN) -- Despite the obvious claims of younger rivals Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, few can really argue with the 96 football journalists who voted Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite as the 2007 World Footballer of the Year.

Brazilian genius Kaka fully deserves winning the 2007 World Footballer of the Year award.

The prestigious Ballon d'Or award is widely regarded as the most prestigious individual prize in football and Kaka's inclusion on its coveted roll of honor is a testament to the 25-year-old Brazilian's current standing in world football.

When AC Milan defeated Liverpool in the Champions League final in Athens, avenging their heartbreaking loss to the same team in Istanbul two years previously, it enabled Kaka to fulfill his dream of holding aloft Europe's premier trophy -- a winner's medal he fully deserved after a sublime 90-minute performance.

Kaka's stock for both club and country has risen steadily since his move to the San Siro from Sao Paulo for a fee of just $8.5 million in the summer of 2003.

Unlike many a Brazilian sporting genius, Kaka did not hone his skills on the beach or the streets of a favela shanty town. He was born into a comfortable middle class Brasilia family, where football was not the only hope of a bright future.

However, it soon became clear that this particular boy had a very special skill and he was signed by Sao Paulo, after his family had moved there, at just eight years of age -- making his first team debut as an 18-year-old.

Kaka's progress was soon picked up by his national team coach and Felipe Scolari named the graceful midfielder in his 23-man squad for the 2002 World Cup finals, earning him a winners' medal despite playing only 19 minutes of the tournament in a group match against Costa Rica.

A year later, and Kaka was on his way to Milan. Within a month he had made the starting line-up and his 10 goals helped the Rossoneri lift the Scudetto and the European Super Cup.

Throughout his career, Kaka has always possessed the innate ability to score goals -- his record for both club and country sees him average roughly a goal every three games.

Yet to describe Kaka merely as a goalscoring midfielder would be doing him a massive injustice. Tall, elegant and blessed with astonishing skill, Milan and Brazil utilize Kaka's ability superbly.

Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti soon recognized Kaka's genius, changing his team's system to a 4-4-1-1, playing the Brazilian behind a main target man.

With Andrea Pirlo and Gennaro Gattuso holding the central midfield area, Kaka has a license to roam in behind the lone striker, be it Filippo Inzaghi, Ronaldo or Alberto Gilardino.

And Kaka does this with devastating effect, running at the opposition with pace and power, finding defense-splitting passes or shooting from range with deadly accuracy be it from a dead-ball situation or open play.

The fly in the ointment for Milan comes in the shape of their poor form this season. Although they have already reached the last 16 of the Champions League, the club are floundering in Serie A and face the unthinkable prospect of not qualifying for next season's competition unless they win the trophy.

Real Madrid have coveted Kaka for the last two years -- expect the world transfer record to be smashed if Milan don't secure a place among Europe's elite. E-mail to a friend

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(Entertainment Weekly) -- "Whip It!" suggests what might have happened if Juno had gone to a high school as poky as Napoleon Dynamite's and decided that although her mother wanted her to be a beauty queen like Little Miss Sunshine, she'd rather just strap on roller skates.

Ellen Page plays roller derby competitor Babe Ruthless in "Whip It!"

Only here the petite, droll, feisty, Ellen Page-like heroine played by Ellen Page is named Bliss. And her idea of sass while chatting up a cute rocker (Landon Pigg) in this desexualized, slow-speed grrrl-power sports fantasy is "I'm Bliss, but I could change that."

Bliss does change her name, at least at the Roller Derby rink. She sneaks away from her square parents (Marcia Gay Harden as the U.S. Postal Service's least likely mail carrier and Daniel Stern as a nice schlub who likes beer) to roll with a sisterly Austin team who call themselves the Hurl Scouts.

There, she dubs herself Babe Ruthless, making up in speed what she lacks in muscled aggression. She's heck on wheels, or so we are asked to believe: The rink footage is pretty un-whippy.

Even Juliette Lewis, playing the film's designated bad girl and Bliss/Babe's nemesis on the rink, is more of a cute bee-yotch than a real threat.

The movie is Drew Barrymore's directorial debut (she also plays fellow Hurl Scout Smashley Simpson), and it's clear she's more attuned to grrrlishness than real athletic power: Smashley is the first to scream ''Food fight!'' and the 34-year-old actress leads the charge in kidlike mayhem.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's memorial service will take place Tuesday morning in the Staples Center, the 20,000-seat coliseum in downtown Los Angeles where Jackson rehearsed his show the night before he died, according to a person who has been briefed by a representative of the family.

Michael Jackson was rehearsing at Los Angeles' Staples Center. His memorial will now be there.

No other details about the service, set to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, have been revealed.

Thursday, CNN learned the family trust created by Jackson to receive all of his assets includes his mother, his children and a list of charities, according to a person with direct knowledge to the contents of the trust.

Katherine Jackson's 40 percent share would go to Michael Jackson's three children after her death, the source said.

The children -- ages 7, 11 and 12 -- will also share 40 percent of the estate's assets and the remaining 20 percent will benefits charities designated by the executors of the will, the source said.

Jackson's will did not specify where he wished to be buried.

Many of his fans had hoped they'd get a chance to pay last respects at Neverland Ranch, which Jackson purchased in 1987, filled with animals and amusement rides, and named after the fictional world in J.M. Barrie's "Peter Pan."

Planning had been under way for a motorcade to carry Jackson's body from Los Angeles to the ranch in Santa Barbara County, California, which state and local officials suggested would be difficult and costly.

A public viewing at the ranch on Friday also had been under consideration, law enforcement sources said.

Gregory Son, a 31-year-old musician, was among many fans who had planned to ride to the ranch to say goodbye to Jackson.

"I think he was a modern-day prophet," Son said outside Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. "We kind of lost our father."

DEA joins investigation

On Wednesday night, a federal law enforcement official said Wednesday night that the Drug Enforcement Administration had joined Jackson's death investigation, once again fanning speculation that drugs may have been involved in the pop icon's passing.

Two law enforcement officials separately confirmed the DEA probe, saying agents would look at various doctors involved with Jackson, their practices and their possible sources of medicine supply.

Neither official wanted to be identified because they could not comment publicly on the matter.

Officially, a DEA spokeswoman referred questions to the Los Angeles, California, police department -- which would not confirm the involvement.

"We routinely offer assistance to any agency regarding the Federal Controlled Substance Act," said Sarah Pullen of the DEA. "However, at this time, we have nothing further to comment about the death of Michael Jackson."

Speculation about the role of drugs has been swirling since Jackson died on June 25 at his rented estate in Holmby Hills. The cause of his death, at age 50, was pending toxicology results.

On Wednesday, police released a car belonging to Jackson's cardiologist, Dr. Conrad Murray. They had impounded the vehicle Friday, saying it might contain evidence -- possibly prescription medications.

Police did not say whether they found anything.

Murray's lawyers issued a statement, asking the public to reserve judgment about the cause of death until the coroner's tests are complete.

"Based on our agreement with Los Angeles investigators, we are waiting on real information to come from viable sources like the Los Angeles medical examiner's office about the death of Michael Jackson," the statement said. "We will not be responding to rumors and innuendo."

The comments were in reaction to a claim by a nutritionist who said Jackson suffered from severe bouts of insomnia and pleaded for the powerful sedative, Propofol, despite knowing its harmful effects.

"I told him this medication is not safe," said Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse. "He said, 'I just want to get some sleep. You don't understand. I just want to be able to be knocked out and go to sleep.' "

Will nominates Jackson's mother as kids' guardian

Meanwhile, details of Jackson's will -- written on July 7, 2002 -- showed that the singer estimated his estate to be worth at least $500 million.

In it, he nominated his mother, Katherine Jackson, as the guardian of his three children.

If his 79-year-old mother is not living, "I nominate Diana Ross as guardian," Jackson stated.

Singer Ross, 65, is a lifelong friend of Jackson's.

The will said Jackson "intentionally omitted" his former wife and the mother of his two oldest children, Debbie Rowe.

It will be up to a court to decide who gets custody of the children, ages 7, 11 and 12. Rowe has not publicly indicated whether she will challenge the Jacksons for custody.

The two men whom the will named as executors immediately filed a request to take control of the estate.

One is John Branca, who represented Jackson from 1980 until 2006 and was hired again before the singer's death. He helped acquire Jackson's music catalog, which is worth millions.

The other is music industry executive John McClain, a longtime Jackson friend who has worked with him and his sister Janet.

The men said in their filing in Los Angeles Superior Court that control of the estate would allow them to tend to Jackson's numerous outstanding debts, legal cases and business obligations.

Judge Mitchell Beckloff held an emergency hearing Wednesday morning and decided there was no urgency to replace Katherine Jackson -- whom he appointed temporary administrator earlier this week.

Another hearing has been set for Monday.

-- CNN's Drew Griffin, Kathleen Johnston, Michael Carey, Paul Vercammen, Carol Cratty and Kara Finnstrom contributed to this report.

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text: executors

text: of

text: the

text: will

text: the

text: source

text: said

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: will

text: did

text: not

text: specify

text: where

text: he

text: wished

text: to

text: be

text: buried

text: Many

text: of

text: his

text: fans

text: had

text: hoped

text: they

text: 'd

text: get

text: a

text: chance

text: to

text: pay

text: last

text: respects

text: at

text: Neverland

text: Ranch

text: which

text: Jackson

text: purchased

text: in

text: filled

text: with

text: animals

text: and

text: amusement

text: rides

text: and

text: named

text: after

text: the

text: fictional

text: world

text: in

text: J.M.

text: Barrie

text: 's

text: Peter

text: Pan

text: Planning

text: had

text: been

text: under

text: way

text: for

text: a

text: motorcade

text: to

text: carry

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: body

text: from

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: to

text: the

text: ranch

text: in

text: Santa

text: Barbara

text: County

text: California

text: which

text: state

text: and

text: local

text: officials

text: suggested

text: would

text: be

text: difficult

text: and

text: costly

text: A

text: public

text: viewing

text: at

text: the

text: ranch

text: on

text: Friday

text: also

text: had

text: been

text: under

text: consideration

text: law

text: enforcement

text: sources

text: said

text: Gregory

text: Son

text: a

text: old

text: musician

text: was

text: among

text: many

text: fans

text: who

text: had

text: planned

text: to

text: ride

text: to

text: the

text: ranch

text: to

text: say

text: goodbye

text: to

text: Jackson

text: I

text: think

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: modern

text: day

text: prophet

text: Son

text: said

text: outside

text: Grauman

text: 's

text: Chinese

text: Theater

text: in

text: Hollywood

text: We

text: kind

text: of

text: lost

text: our

text: father

text: DEA

text: joins

text: investigation

text: On

text: Wednesday

text: night

text: a

text: federal

text: law

text: enforcement

text: official

text: said

text: Wednesday

text: night

text: that

text: the

text: Drug

text: Enforcement

text: Administration

text: had

text: joined

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: death

text: investigation

text: once

text: again

text: fanning

text: speculation

text: that

text: drugs

text: may

text: have

text: been

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: pop

text: icon

text: 's

text: passing

text: Two

text: law

text: enforcement

text: officials

text: separately

text: confirmed

text: the

text: DEA

text: probe

text: saying

text: agents

text: would

text: look

text: at

text: various

text: doctors

text: involved

text: with

text: Jackson

text: their

text: practices

text: and

text: their

text: possible

text: sources

text: of

text: medicine

text: supply

text: Neither

text: official

text: wanted

text: to

text: be

text: identified

text: because

text: they

text: could

text: not

text: comment

text: publicly

text: on

text: the

text: matter

text: Officially

text: a

text: DEA

text: spokeswoman

text: referred

text: questions

text: to

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: California

text: police

text: department

text: which

text: would

text: not

text: confirm

text: the

text: involvement

text: We

text: routinely

text: offer

text: assistance

text: to

text: any

text: agency

text: regarding

text: the

text: Federal

text: Controlled

text: Substance

text: Act

text: said

text: Sarah

text: Pullen

text: of

text: the

text: DEA

text: However

text: at

text: this

text: time

text: we

text: have

text: nothing

text: further

text: to

text: comment

text: about

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: Speculation

text: about

text: the

text: role

text: of

text: drugs

text: has

text: been

text: swirling

text: since

text: Jackson

text: died

text: on

text: June

text: at

text: his

text: rented

text: estate

text: in

text: Holmby

text: Hills

text: The

text: cause

text: of

text: his

text: death

text: at

text: age

text: was

text: pending

text: toxicology

text: results

text: On

text: Wednesday

text: police

text: released

text: a

text: car

text: belonging

text: to

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: cardiologist

text: Dr.

text: Conrad

text: Murray

text: They

text: had

text: impounded

text: the

text: vehicle

text: Friday

text: saying

text: it

text: might

text: contain

text: evidence

text: possibly

text: prescription

text: medications

text: Police

text: did

text: not

text: say

text: whether

text: they

text: found

text: anything

text: Murray

text: 's

text: lawyers

text: issued

text: a

text: statement

text: asking

text: the

text: public

text: to

text: reserve

text: judgment

text: about

text: the

text: cause

text: of

text: death

text: until

text: the

text: coroner

text: 's

text: tests

text: are

text: complete

text: Based

text: on

text: our

text: agreement

text: with

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: investigators

text: we

text: are

text: waiting

text: on

text: real

text: information

text: to

text: come

text: from

text: viable

text: sources

text: like

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: medical

text: examiner

text: 's

text: office

text: about

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: the

text: statement

text: said

text: We

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: responding

text: to

text: rumors

text: and

text: innuendo

text: The

text: comments

text: were

text: in

text: reaction

text: to

text: a

text: claim

text: by

text: a

text: nutritionist

text: who

text: said

text: Jackson

text: suffered

text: from

text: severe

text: bouts

text: of

text: insomnia

text: and

text: pleaded

text: for

text: the

text: powerful

text: sedative

text: Propofol

text: despite

text: knowing

text: its

text: harmful

text: effects

text: I

text: told

text: him

text: this

text: medication

text: is

text: not

text: safe

text: said

text: Cherilyn

text: Lee

text: a

text: registered

text: nurse

text: He

text: said

text: I

text: just

text: want

text: to

text: get

text: some

text: sleep

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: understand

text: I

text: just

text: want

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: be

text: knocked

text: out

text: and

text: go

text: to

text: sleep

text: Will

text: nominates

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: mother

text: as

text: kids

text: guardian

text: Meanwhile

text: details

text: of

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: will

text: written

text: on

text: July

text: showed

text: that

text: the

text: singer

text: estimated

text: his

text: estate

text: to

text: be

text: worth

text: at

text: least

text: million

text: In

text: it

text: he

text: nominated

text: his

text: mother

text: Katherine

text: Jackson

text: as

text: the

text: guardian

text: of

text: his

text: three

text: children

text: If

text: his

text: old

text: mother

text: is

text: not

text: living

text: I

text: nominate

text: Diana

text: Ross

text: as

text: guardian

text: Jackson

text: stated

text: Singer

text: Ross

text: is

text: a

text: lifelong

text: friend

text: of

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: The

text: will

text: said

text: Jackson

text: intentionally

text: omitted

text: his

text: former

text: wife

text: and

text: the

text: mother

text: of

text: his

text: two

text: oldest

text: children

text: Debbie

text: Rowe

text: It

text: will

text: be

text: up

text: to

text: a

text: court

text: to

text: decide

text: who

text: gets

text: custody

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: ages

text: and

text: Rowe

text: has

text: not

text: publicly

text: indicated

text: whether

text: she

text: will

text: challenge

text: the

text: Jacksons

text: for

text: custody

text: The

text: two

text: men

text: whom

text: the

text: will

text: named

text: as

text: executors

text: immediately

text: filed

text: a

text: request

text: to

text: take

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: estate

text: One

text: is

text: John

text: Branca

text: who

text: represented

text: Jackson

text: from

text: until

text: and

text: was

text: hired

text: again

text: before

text: the

text: singer

text: 's

text: death

text: He

text: helped

text: acquire

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: music

text: catalog

text: which

text: is

text: worth

text: millions

text: The

text: other

text: is

text: music

text: industry

text: executive

text: John

text: McClain

text: a

text: longtime

text: Jackson

text: friend

text: who

text: has

text: worked

text: with

text: him

text: and

text: his

text: sister

text: Janet

text: The

text: men

text: said

text: in

text: their

text: filing

text: in

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Superior

text: Court

text: that

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: estate

text: would

text: allow

text: them

text: to

text: tend

text: to

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: numerous

text: outstanding

text: debts

text: legal

text: cases

text: and

text: business

text: obligations

text: Judge

text: Mitchell

text: Beckloff

text: held

text: an

text: emergency

text: hearing

text: Wednesday

text: morning

text: and

text: decided

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: urgency

text: to

text: replace

text: Katherine

text: Jackson

text: whom

text: he

text: appointed

text: temporary

text: administrator

text: earlier

text: this

text: week

text: Another

text: hearing

text: has

text: been

text: set

text: for

text: Monday

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Drew

text: Griffin

text: Kathleen

text: Johnston

text: Michael

text: Carey

text: Paul

text: Vercammen

text: Carol

text: Cratty

text: and

text: Kara

text: Finnstrom

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: Where is the memorial being held?

answer: Staples Center,

text: Staples Center,

question: What is included in Jackson's trust?

answer: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

text: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

question: Who does the trust include?

answer: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

text: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

question: Who is included in Michael Jackson's trust?

answer: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

text: his mother, his children and a list of charities,

question: Who joined in the investigation?

answer: DEA

text: DEA

question: When is Jackson's memorial?

answer: 10 a.m. Tuesday,

text: 10 a.m. Tuesday,

question: Where will the memorial be held?

answer: the Staples Center,

text: the Staples Center,

question: What has joined the investigation?

answer: DEA

text: DEA


text:
CABANATUAN CITY, Philippines (CNN) -- Typhoon Parma crossed the northern tip of the already storm-battered Philippines Saturday afternoon and early Sunday, killing three people, according to local media.

A NASA satellite image shows Typhoon Parma as it headed toward the Philippines on Friday.

Parma made landfall Saturday afternoon in a rural region of fishermen and farmers in Luzon, the largest of the Philippine islands. Tens of thousands of people to fled their homes for safer shelter.

Winds whipped the coastline and felled power lines in northernmost Cagayan Province. Debris littered the roads, making evacuations even more difficult.

At 5 a.m. Sunday (5 p.m. Saturday ET), Parma, known locally as Typhoon Pepeng, had maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) with gusts as high as 148 kilometers (92 mph) as the eye began to leave land, heading to the northeast, according to the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center.

Parma avoided a direct hit on heavily populated Manila, but the real menace in the Philippines capital was not wind. It was water, and there was no escape from it.

Parma was expected to dump as much as 8 to 20 inches of rain in areas still water-logged from last week's Typhoon Ketsana. That storm resulted in the heaviest rainfall in 40 years and at one point, 80 percent of Manila was submerged.

Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro appealed to Filipinos to remain in shelters even if they were in cities and towns not directly in Parma's path. He said he was worried about massive flooding and possible mudslides in mountainous regions.

The government deployed 10,000 troops to help with rescue and relief operations as frightened Filipinos prepared for the worst.

World Vision, the Christian humanitarian organization, was planning to launch relief operations Saturday evening in Isabela Province, one of the areas slammed by Parma. The group also plans assistance for nearby Cagayan province, whose capital, Tuguegarao, is being hit hard by Parma's strong winds.

Arturo Fidelino, a telecommunications executive in Manila, described panicked people rushing to stock up on essential goods -- drinking water, canned food and electrical supplies.

"We had a traumatic experience when we had Ketsana," he said. "We don't want that to happen again."

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo placed the country "under the state of calamity."

Macapagal-Arroyo said disaster-relief crews in vulnerable areas must be equipped with life-saving kits, boats, portable generators and trucks.

Ketsana, which swallowed whole houses and buses over the weekend, killed 246 in the Philippines. It later strengthened into a typhoon. An additional 38 are missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said. The storm affected nearly 2 million people and forced the evacuation of 567,000.

CNN's Eunice Yoon and Pamela Boykoff in Cabantuan City, and Josh Levs in Atlanta contributed to this report.

text: CABANATUAN

text: CITY

text: Philippines

text: CNN

text: Typhoon

text: Parma

text: crossed

text: the

text: northern

text: tip

text: of

text: the

text: already

text: storm

text: battered

text: Philippines

text: Saturday

text: afternoon

text: and

text: early

text: Sunday

text: killing

text: three

text: people

text: according

text: to

text: local

text: media

text: A

text: NASA

text: satellite

text: image

text: shows

text: Typhoon

text: Parma

text: as

text: it

text: headed

text: toward

text: the

text: Philippines

text: on

text: Friday

text: Parma

text: made

text: landfall

text: Saturday

text: afternoon

text: in

text: a

text: rural

text: region

text: of

text: fishermen

text: and

text: farmers

text: in

text: Luzon

text: the

text: largest

text: of

text: the

text: Philippine

text: islands

text: Tens

text: of

text: thousands

text: of

text: people

text: to

text: fled

text: their

text: homes

text: for

text: safer

text: shelter

text: Winds

text: whipped

text: the

text: coastline

text: and

text: felled

text: power

text: lines

text: in

text: northernmost

text: Cagayan

text: Province

text: Debris

text: littered

text: the

text: roads

text: making

text: evacuations

text: even

text: more

text: difficult

text: At

text: a.m.

text: Sunday

text: p.m.

text: Saturday

text: ET

text: Parma

text: known

text: locally

text: as

text: Typhoon

text: Pepeng

text: had

text: maximum

text: sustained

text: winds

text: of

text: kilometers

text: per

text: hour

text: mph

text: with

text: gusts

text: as

text: high

text: as

text: kilometers

text: mph

text: as

text: the

text: eye

text: began

text: to

text: leave

text: land

text: heading

text: to

text: the

text: northeast

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Navy

text: 's

text: Joint

text: Typhoon

text: Warning

text: Center

text: Parma

text: avoided

text: a

text: direct

text: hit

text: on

text: heavily

text: populated

text: Manila

text: but

text: the

text: real

text: menace

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text: the

text: Philippines

text: capital

text: was

text: not

text: wind

text: It

text: was

text: water

text: and

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: escape

text: from

text: it

text: Parma

text: was

text: expected

text: to

text: dump

text: as

text: much

text: as

text: to

text: inches

text: of

text: rain

text: in

text: areas

text: still

text: water

text: logged

text: from

text: last

text: week

text: 's

text: Typhoon

text: Ketsana

text: That

text: storm

text: resulted

text: in

text: the

text: heaviest

text: rainfall

text: in

text: years

text: and

text: at

text: one

text: point

text: percent

text: of

text: Manila

text: was

text: submerged

text: Defense

text: Secretary

text: Gilbert

text: Teodoro

text: appealed

text: to

text: Filipinos

text: to

text: remain

text: in

text: shelters

text: even

text: if

text: they

text: were

text: in

text: cities

text: and

text: towns

text: not

text: directly

text: in

text: Parma

text: 's

text: path

text: He

text: said

text: he

text: was

text: worried

text: about

text: massive

text: flooding

text: and

text: possible

text: mudslides

text: in

text: mountainous

text: regions

text: The

text: government

text: deployed

text: troops

text: to

text: help

text: with

text: rescue

text: and

text: relief

text: operations

text: as

text: frightened

text: Filipinos

text: prepared

text: for

text: the

text: worst

text: World

text: Vision

text: the

text: Christian

text: humanitarian

text: organization

text: was

text: planning

text: to

text: launch

text: relief

text: operations

text: Saturday

text: evening

text: in

text: Isabela

text: Province

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: areas

text: slammed

text: by

text: Parma

text: The

text: group

text: also

text: plans

text: assistance

text: for

text: nearby

text: Cagayan

text: province

text: whose

text: capital

text: Tuguegarao

text: is

text: being

text: hit

text: hard

text: by

text: Parma

text: 's

text: strong

text: winds

text: Arturo

text: Fidelino

text: a

text: telecommunications

text: executive

text: in

text: Manila

text: described

text: panicked

text: people

text: rushing

text: to

text: stock

text: up

text: on

text: essential

text: goods

text: drinking

text: water

text: canned

text: food

text: and

text: electrical

text: supplies

text: We

text: had

text: a

text: traumatic

text: experience

text: when

text: we

text: had

text: Ketsana

text: he

text: said

text: We

text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: that

text: to

text: happen

text: again

text: President

text: Gloria

text: Macapagal

text: Arroyo

text: placed

text: the

text: country

text: under

text: the

text: state

text: of

text: calamity

text: Macapagal

text: Arroyo

text: said

text: disaster

text: relief

text: crews

text: in

text: vulnerable

text: areas

text: must

text: be

text: equipped

text: with

text: life

text: saving

text: kits

text: boats

text: portable

text: generators

text: and

text: trucks

text: Ketsana

text: which

text: swallowed

text: whole

text: houses

text: and

text: buses

text: over

text: the

text: weekend

text: killed

text: in

text: the

text: Philippines

text: It

text: later

text: strengthened

text: into

text: a

text: typhoon

text: An

text: additional

text: are

text: missing

text: the

text: National

text: Disaster

text: Coordinating

text: Council

text: said

text: The

text: storm

text: affected

text: nearly

text: million

text: people

text: and

text: forced

text: the

text: evacuation

text: of

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Eunice

text: Yoon

text: and

text: Pamela

text: Boykoff

text: in

text: Cabantuan

text: City

text: and

text: Josh

text: Levs

text: in

text: Atlanta

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: where does the storm heads to?

answer: Philippines

text: Philippines

question: What was the biggest threat?

answer: massive flooding and possible mudslides

text: massive flooding and possible mudslides

question: what need to do the Filipinos to survive?

answer: remain in shelters

text: remain in shelters

question: how many filipinos sought shelter?

answer: Tens of thousands

text: Tens of thousands

question: how many dead from typhoon parma?

answer: three

text: three


text:
Miami, Florida (CNN) -- He lies in a bed on a balloon-type mattress, to reduce pressure on his burned body. He is covered with bandages; a ventilator breathes for Michael Brewer because he can't do it for himself.

He's hooked up to the marvels of modern medicine that are trying to give the 15-year-old burn victim a chance to be a kid once again.

Sixty-five percent of his body is covered with second- and third-degree burns.

"People are writing horror stories ... but people just can't imagine the kind of sickness we're talking about," said Dr. Nicholas Namias, medical director of the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital Burn Center in Miami.

"I've been to movies like everyone else, and Hollywood hasn't even thought of something like this," Namias said.

Brewer is heavily sedated, and the ventilator does not allow him to speak. His open wounds are covered by bandages, which are changed daily. It's a four-hour process.

He has not been able to speak with police since his desperate fight for life began October 12, when police say five teenage friends, including a 13-year-old, doused Brewer with rubbing alcohol and set him on fire.

The attack occurred after Brewer reported to police that one of the youths had stolen his father's bicycle. Police say the bicycle was stolen because Brewer did not pay one of the boys $40 for a video game.

According to police, witnesses said the teens called Brewer "a snitch" as they used a lighter to set him ablaze.

Namias explained how Brewer's organs are not functioning the way they should be, but that is expected at this early stage of recovery.

"He's still on the ventilator and advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. We are breathing for him. His contribution to the breathing is trivial," Namias said.

Namias also explained that in burn cases, words must be chosen carefully when talking about patients and their condition because so much is at risk and so much can change quickly.

"When you say he's doing OK, in this situation it means he's alive and responding to treatments," Namias said. "We're still dealing with the respiratory failure. We're dealing with infection now and the need to supply the massive amount of nutrition that this person needs to survive."

On Monday, the five teens who are accused of taking part in the attack appeared separately before judges in Broward County, Florida.

State prosecutors were granted additional time to build their case. Formal charges are expected later this month. For now, all five teens are being held in custody.

Four of the boys, all 15 years old, could be charged as adults. The 13-year-old also could be charged as an adult but under Florida law only if Brewer dies.

Michael Brewer's parents, Valerie and Michael Brewer Sr., issued a written statement through the hospital last week. They are not granting interviews.

"The recovery process will be baby steps, but eventually he will be whole again," they wrote.

But their son's injuries enter the realm of medicine and science that has no guarantee.

"There's no evolutionary mechanism to survive a 65 percent burn," Namias said.

"Surviving is a miracle of modern medicine and about the technology and the things we do. This is not like a gunshot and you come out of the [operating room], and say everything's going to be OK," he added.

"We never give up, and we never predict it. ... Our expectation is survival."

Across the hospital floor in the burn unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital, six other people's lives also are at stake: all victims of various accidents, all with burns similar to Michael Brewer's. They, too, are trying to regain at least a part of what they used to have.

"It's understandable that people can be burned in accidents," Namias said.

"But this was no accident. This didn't have to happen at all."

text: Miami

text: Florida

text: CNN

text: He

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text: in

text: a

text: bed

text: on

text: a

text: balloon

text: type

text: mattress

text: to

text: reduce

text: pressure

text: on

text: his

text: burned

text: body

text: He

text: is

text: covered

text: with

text: bandages

text: a

text: ventilator

text: breathes

text: for

text: Michael

text: Brewer

text: because

text: he

text: ca

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text: it

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text: hooked

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text: kid

text: once

text: again

text: Sixty

text: five

text: percent

text: of

text: his

text: body

text: is

text: covered

text: with

text: second-

text: and

text: third

text: degree

text: burns

text: People

text: are

text: writing

text: horror

text: stories

text: but

text: people

text: just

text: ca

text: n't

text: imagine

text: the

text: kind

text: of

text: sickness

text: we

text: 're

text: talking

text: about

text: said

text: Dr.

text: Nicholas

text: Namias

text: medical

text: director

text: of

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Miami

text: Jackson

text: Memorial

text: Hospital

text: Burn

text: Center

text: in

text: Miami

text: I

text: 've

text: been

text: to

text: movies

text: like

text: everyone

text: else

text: and

text: Hollywood

text: has

text: n't

text: even

text: thought

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text: like

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text: Namias

text: said

text: Brewer

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text: and

text: the

text: ventilator

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text: not

text: allow

text: him

text: to

text: speak

text: His

text: open

text: wounds

text: are

text: covered

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text: bandages

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text: are

text: changed

text: daily

text: It

text: 's

text: a

text: four

text: hour

text: process

text: He

text: has

text: not

text: been

text: able

text: to

text: speak

text: with

text: police

text: since

text: his

text: desperate

text: fight

text: for

text: life

text: began

text: October

text: when

text: police

text: say

text: five

text: teenage

text: friends

text: including

text: a

text: old

text: doused

text: Brewer

text: with

text: rubbing

text: alcohol

text: and

text: set

text: him

text: on

text: fire

text: The

text: attack

text: occurred

text: after

text: Brewer

text: reported

text: to

text: police

text: that

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: youths

text: had

text: stolen

text: his

text: father

text: 's

text: bicycle

text: Police

text: say

text: the

text: bicycle

text: was

text: stolen

text: because

text: Brewer

text: did

text: not

text: pay

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: boys

text: for

text: a

text: video

text: game

text: According

text: to

text: police

text: witnesses

text: said

text: the

text: teens

text: called

text: Brewer

text: a

text: snitch

text: as

text: they

text: used

text: a

text: lighter

text: to

text: set

text: him

text: ablaze

text: Namias

text: explained

text: how

text: Brewer

text: 's

text: organs

text: are

text: not

text: functioning

text: the

text: way

text: they

text: should

text: be

text: but

text: that

text: is

text: expected

text: at

text: this

text: early

text: stage

text: of

text: recovery

text: He

text: 's

text: still

text: on

text: the

text: ventilator

text: and

text: advanced

text: modes

text: of

text: mechanical

text: ventilation

text: We

text: are

text: breathing

text: for

text: him

text: His

text: contribution

text: to

text: the

text: breathing

text: is

text: trivial

text: Namias

text: said

text: Namias

text: also

text: explained

text: that

text: in

text: burn

text: cases

text: words

text: must

text: be

text: chosen

text: carefully

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text: talking

text: about

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text: their

text: condition

text: because

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text: is

text: at

text: risk

text: and

text: so

text: much

text: can

text: change

text: quickly

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text: say

text: he

text: 's

text: doing

text: OK

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text: this

text: situation

text: it

text: means

text: he

text: 's

text: alive

text: and

text: responding

text: to

text: treatments

text: Namias

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text: 're

text: still

text: dealing

text: with

text: the

text: respiratory

text: failure

text: We

text: 're

text: dealing

text: with

text: infection

text: now

text: and

text: the

text: need

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text: supply

text: the

text: massive

text: amount

text: of

text: nutrition

text: that

text: this

text: person

text: needs

text: to

text: survive

text: On

text: Monday

text: the

text: five

text: teens

text: who

text: are

text: accused

text: of

text: taking

text: part

text: in

text: the

text: attack

text: appeared

text: separately

text: before

text: judges

text: in

text: Broward

text: County

text: Florida

text: State

text: prosecutors

text: were

text: granted

text: additional

text: time

text: to

text: build

text: their

text: case

text: Formal

text: charges

text: are

text: expected

text: later

text: this

text: month

text: For

text: now

text: all

text: five

text: teens

text: are

text: being

text: held

text: in

text: custody

text: Four

text: of

text: the

text: boys

text: all

text: years

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text: charged

text: as

text: adults

text: The

text: old

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text: adult

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text: under

text: Florida

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text: only

text: if

text: Brewer

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text: parents

text: Valerie

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text: Michael

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text: written

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text: hospital

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text: week

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text: realm

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text: no

text: evolutionary

text: mechanism

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text: survive

text: a

text: percent

text: burn

text: Namias

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text: a

text: miracle

text: of

text: modern

text: medicine

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text: about

text: the

text: technology

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text: the

text: things

text: we

text: do

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text: you

text: come

text: out

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text: the

text: operating

text: room

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text: say

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text: Our

text: expectation

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text: survival

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text: the

text: hospital

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text: burn

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text: Jackson

text: Memorial

text: Hospital

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text: other

text: people

text: 's

text: lives

text: also

text: are

text: at

text: stake

text: all

text: victims

text: of

text: various

text: accidents

text: all

text: with

text: burns

text: similar

text: to

text: Michael

text: Brewer

text: 's

text: They

text: too

text: are

text: trying

text: to

text: regain

text: at

text: least

text: a

text: part

text: of

text: what

text: they

text: used

text: to

text: have

text: It

text: 's

text: understandable

text: that

text: people

text: can

text: be

text: burned

text: in

text: accidents

text: Namias

text: said

text: But

text: this

text: was

text: no

text: accident

text: This

text: did

text: n't

text: have

text: to

text: happen

text: at

text: all

question: At what age was Michael Brewer at the time of the attack?

answer: 15-year-old

question: How much of Brewer's body was covered in burns?

answer: Sixty-five percent

text: Sixty-five percent

question: How many boys were arrested for the attack on Michael Brewer?

answer: five

text: five

question: how much percent of Brewer's body is covered in second-, third-degree burns?

answer: Sixty-five

text: Sixty-five

question: who doused Michael Brewer?

answer: five teenage friends,

text: five teenage friends,

question: What percent of Brewer's body is covered in burns?

answer: Sixty-five

text: Sixty-five

question: what is the age of Michael Brewer?

answer: 15-year-old

question: Who doused Michael Brewer in alcohol?

answer: five teenage friends,

text: five teenage friends,

question: In which state did this occur?

answer: Florida.

text: Florida.