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(CNN) -- Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs tried to hang himself earlier this year while he was in jail awaiting trial, according to court documents unsealed by a Utah judge on Tuesday.

Sect leader Warren Jeffs arrives in court to hear the verdict against him September 25 in St. George, Utah.

Jeffs, the leader and so-called prophet of the 10,000-member Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is now awaiting sentencing after being convicted on two counts of being an accomplice to rape.

The documents, released by Fifth District Judge James Shumate at the request of the media, also indicate that Jeffs confessed to "immorality" with a "sister" and a daughter more than 30 years ago.

Among the documents is a competency report on Jeffs completed in April, in which social worker Eric Nielsen wrote that throughout the month of January, Jeffs refused food and drink and developed ulcers on his knees from kneeling in prayer for hours.

On January 28, the report said, he attempted to hang himself in his cell. In the days following the suicide attempt, while he was on suicide watch, Jeffs on separate occasions threw himself against the wall and banged his head on the wall.

Jail transcripts show that Jeffs' suicide attempt came three days after a visit with his brother, Nephi, in which he said, "I am not the prophet. I never was the prophet, and I have been deceived by the powers of evil ... I ask for everyone's forgiveness." Jeffs also told his brother: "Farewell forever."

The day before that, Jeffs told a follower in a phone conversation that he was "covered with immorality with a sister and a daughter when I was younger." In the FLDS, members call adult women "sister," and Jeffs' meaning was unclear.

Jeffs' defense attorneys, who argued against the release of the documents, said in a motion opposing the unsealing of the statements that Jeffs recanted them the following month. Defense attorneys claim Jeffs' medical condition influenced his state of mind when the statements were made.

They presented Shumate with a letter from another Jeffs attorney, arguing that the statements' release could influence an Arizona jury when Jeffs stands trial in that state.

Jeffs, 51, was convicted in September of being an accomplice to rape. He was accused of using his religious influence over his followers to coerce a 14-year-old girl into marriage to her 19-year-old cousin. He faces a sentence of up to life in prison when he is sentenced November 20.

The FLDS -- which is not affiliated with the mainstream Mormon church -- is based in the side-by-side border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona. Jeffs, a former school headmaster, is the son of the sect's previous president and "prophet," Rulon Jeffs, who died in 2002.

Jeffs was on the FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives list when he was arrested in August 2006 outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

Critics say that inside the FLDS, marriages are arranged for girls as young as 13, and competition for brides may be reduced by exiling male teens and young men. If male followers are excommunicated, critics claim, wives and children can be reassigned.

During Jeffs' trial, defense attorneys claimed authorities were persecuting Jeffs because of his religious beliefs, including practicing polygamy as the way to heaven.

If Jeffs disavowed being the prophet of the FLDS, it could cause upheaval within the secretive sect. However, two of his followers who spoke to CNN -- although FLDS members usually do not talk to reporters -- said they do not believe he made the statements.

"He is a perfectly priestly man," said a woman who identified herself as Cathy. "He is a man of God, and we will always love him. Once a prophet, always a prophet."

Her husband, Patrick, told CNN, "It's hogwash. I don't believe it ... I will always consider him my prophet." E-mail to a friend

CNN's Gary Tuchman contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England -- Two kisses on the cheek or three? The age-old dilemma may become moot as worries of infectious disease hang in the air.

A couple kisses at a swine flu virus prevention and detection medical mobile unit in Mexico City.

Common forms of greeting, such as handshakes and kisses on the cheek, are coming under scrutiny as the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, steadily spreads around the world.

In Mexico, which has had the largest outbreak of the virus, the Ministry of Health is advising people to avoid shaking hands and kissing people as a greeting.

Some couples are donning surgical masks when they kiss to avoid contagion.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent who has been covering the epidemic from Mexico, is advocating the "el-bump," or bumping of elbows, as a greeting.

"It's not as cool as the fist bump, but safer," he wrote on micro-blog site Twitter. Follow Dr. Gupta's 'tweets'

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"People don't want to get too close. There is going to be a move towards less handshaking, less greeting people with a kiss. There may well end up being fewer meetings," he told CNN.

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Since the outbreak surfaced in Mexico, it has spread to at least 11 countries. The number of confirmed cases has reached 331, with the hardest hit areas in the western hemisphere, the WHO said Friday.

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The flu outbreak will pose another test. "Hopefully we don't see that again. We will have to control our urges in our relations to other people," Dawood said.

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Washington (CNN) -- A federal appeals court has certified the largest class-action employment lawsuit in U.S. history, in a long-standing dispute against retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over alleged gender bias in pay and promotions.

The divided 6-5 ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday allows the combined multiparty litigation to move ahead to trial, where a decision against the company could result in billions in damages. The Arkansas-based chain of stores has the option of appealing Monday's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court for review.

At issue is whether more than a million current and former Wal-Mart employees can band together in their claims of discrimination, which they say has occurred over the past decade, at least.

The plaintiffs allege that women were paid less than, and were given fewer opportunities for promotion than, their male counterparts. They seek back pay and punitive damages against the world's largest retailer.

The lawsuit alleges that the company's "strong, centralized structure fosters or facilitates gender stereotyping and discrimination."

The workers bringing suit also say women make up more than 70 percent of Wal-Mart's hourly work force but in the past decade made up less than one-third of its store management.

The suit was first filed by Betty Dukes, a store greeter in Pittsburg, California, along with five of her co-workers in 2001.

"It has taken a very long time, and a tremendous amount of work, but it looks like we're finally going to get our day in court," Dukes said after the ruling was announced. "That's all we've ever asked for."

"We disagree with the decision of the sharply divided 6-5 court to uphold portions of the certification order, and are considering our options, including seeking review from the Supreme Court," Wal-Mart said in a statement. "We do not believe the claims alleged by the six individuals who brought this suit are representative of the experiences of our female associates. Walmart is an excellent place for women to work and fosters female leadership among our associates and in the larger business world."

The federal appeals court concluded that there was enough merit in the claims to proceed to trial on a class-action track. Since the lawsuit was filed, both sides of the dispute have held so-called discovery hearings, in which preliminary testimony was taken to establish facts.

Judge Susan Graber of the appeals court said that although "the size of this class action is large, mere size does not render a case unmanageable."

The company has protested the size of the class action, which it called "historic" in scope, saying it would be too onerous to litigate. The company has more than 3,400 stores in 41 regions.

Declaring class-action status for the lawsuit raises the financial and judicial stakes considerably, since more individual plaintiffs can now join, and creates greater potential liability for the company being sued. In federal courts, such certification must generally follow well-established principles to ensure that it does not become so large as to be impracticable and allows the parties to fairly represent the common interests of the larger class of plaintiffs.

"Wal-Mart tries to project an improved image as a good corporate citizen," said Brad Seligman, a Berkeley, California, lawyer representing the female workers. "But no amount of [public relations] is going to work until it addresses the claims of its female employees."

Wal-Mart has been accused in separate lawsuits of discrimination against African-American truck drivers and workers with disabilities. In 2001, the company settled 13 lawsuits by paying out $6 million.

Beyond this particular suit, most workplace discrimination lawsuits fail to reach a court for resolution, according to data compiled by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In 2003, when the Wal-Mart litigation was in its preliminary court stages, about 27,000 sex discrimination claims nationwide were resolved administratively by the EEOC, little changed from the prior decade. More than 57 percent -- 15,000 claims -- were ruled administratively to have "no reasonable cause," and those usually were dismissed.

Just over 10 percent were judged to have merit, resulting in a total of $94.2 million in settlements, or $34,200 on average per case, according to the data, which include all such claims, not just those involving Wal-Mart.

The current case is Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (04-16688)

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question: who says "Walmart is an excellent place for women to work,"?

answer: Betty Dukes,

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question: What could the lawsuit cost the company?

answer: billions in damages.

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question: who says company paid women less and promoted them less?

answer: Circuit Court of Appeals

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question: What did the lawsuit say?

answer: the company's "strong, centralized structure fosters or facilitates gender stereotyping and discrimination."

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question: Which company is named in the lawsuit?

answer: Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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question: What is the lawsuit saying?

answer: alleges that the company's "strong, centralized structure fosters or facilitates gender stereotyping and discrimination."

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question: What could this cost the world's largest retailer?

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question: How many current and former workers band together?

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)  -- A pharmacist testified that he warned Anna Nicole Smith's doctors and boyfriend that a list of medications intended for Smith a week after her son's death could be "pharmaceutical suicide."

Anna Nicole Smith, with Howard K. Stern, was found dead in her hotel room in February 2007.

The former Playboy model and reality TV star died five months later of what a Florida medical examiner ruled was from "acute combined drug intoxication."

Ira Freeman, the chief pharmacist at Key Pharmacy in Los Angeles, testified on the seventh day of a preliminary hearing for Howard K. Stern -- Smith's lawyer and companion -- and co-defendants Dr. Khristine Eroshevich and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor.

The three are charged with an illegal conspiracy to prescribe, administer and dispense controlled substances to an addict. Stern faces 11 felony counts, and the doctors were charged with six each. They are not charged in her death.

Smith's death in a Hollywood, Florida, hotel on February 8, 2007, came just five months after the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn, and the sudden death of her 20-year-old son, Daniel, on September 10, 2006.

Freeman testified that Kapoor faxed to him a list of six drugs that Eroshevich wanted to be sent to the Bahamas, where Eroshevich was treating Smith for anxiety and depression in the days after her son's death.

"The more I thought about it, the more concern I had that if she got hold of those medications, it could have fatal consequences" Freeman said.

The pharmacist said the dosages of the drugs were "not appropriate."

Freeman said he consulted Dr. Greg Thompson, a pharmaceutical expert, who agreed with him and who offered to talk with Eroshevich about the dangers.

Freeman said Thompson later told him that he found Eroshevich, a psychiatrist, to be "way out of her league" in her requests for strong drugs for Smith.

At the time, Smith was holed up in her home in the Bahamas mourning her son's death. Her bodyguard said in earlier testimony that the home was under siege by photographers, keeping Smith inside with her windows covered.

Thompson recommended to Eroshevich that she "forget the paparazzi and get her to a hospital" if she needed all of those drugs, Freeman said.

Freeman said the stress of the publicity after Smith's death affected his own health, especially after the celebrity Web site TMZ.com published a copy of the faxed list of medications in question.

Under questioning by the defense, Freeman said that over the previous five years he had filled prescriptions for Smith, he never saw any "red flags" that she was getting dangerous amounts of drugs.

Charges against the three defendants also include the use of false names on prescriptions.

Freeman said he always understood that prescriptions written under the pseudonym "Michelle Chase" were intended for Smith. It was a practice begun in 2001, three years before Kapoor or Eroshevich began treating her, to prevent "trouble for her in terms of her celebrity status," Freeman said.

After the preliminary hearing, which could last about three weeks, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry will decide whether a trial will be held.

In earlier testimony, Smith's part-time bodyguard Maurice Brighthaupt said "she just didn't want to deal with life after the death of her son."

Brighthaupt described Smith as "manipulative" when she wanted something.

"She manipulated Dr. Eroshevich," he said.

Eroshevich, a Los Angeles psychiatrist, traveled to the Bahamas five or six times in 2006 to attend to Smith, he said. They had a mother-daughter friendship, not a doctor-patient relationship, Brighthaupt said.

The doctor sometimes substituted placebos for the tray full of pills Smith regularly took for her complaints of pain and depression, he said.

"She was very concerned that we needed to wean her off the medications," Brighthaupt said.

California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement Special Agent Danny Santiago testified that investigators found 12 prescription drugs, including dangerous opiates, in Smith's hotel room after her death. Seven of them were prescribed using Stern's name, although spelled "Stearn," he said.

A series of affidavits used by state investigators to obtain search warrants in their 2Â½-year inquiry was unsealed last month, revealing many details of the prosecution's case.

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text: faxed

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text: red

text: flags

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text: she

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text: pseudonym

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text: practice

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text: years

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text: preliminary

text: hearing

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text: trial

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text: depression

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text: medications

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text: Bureau

text: of

text: Narcotics

text: Enforcement

text: Special

text: Agent

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text: Santiago

text: testified

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text: investigators

text: found

text: prescription

text: drugs

text: including

text: dangerous

text: opiates

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text: her

text: death

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text: of

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text: were

text: prescribed

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text: name

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text: series

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text: affidavits

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text: by

text: state

text: investigators

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text: obtain

text: search

text: warrants

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text: their

text: inquiry

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text: details

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text: prosecution

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question: Who is the model?

answer: Anna Nicole Smith,

text: Anna Nicole Smith,

question: Who is the pharmacist?

answer: Ira Freeman,

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CNN -- The number of cholera deaths in Zimbabwe is now approaching 3,000, the World Health Organization says.

Two men rest in a cholera rehydration tent on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border in December.

Latest, WHO statistics show 2,971 deaths since the outbreak began in August, with 56,123 cases reported.

The epidemic has swept through a country wracked with political and economic crises.

Cholera is an intestinal disease caused by bacteria in contaminated water.

The epidemic has been aggravated by erratic water supplies, shortages of water purification chemicals, broken water and sewer pipes and uncollected garbage.

On top of that, the waste-disposing system has collapsed. Children can be seen playing on heaps of uncollected garbage in the suburbs of most urban areas in Zimbabwe.

Last month, the government led by President Robert Mugabe declared the cholera epidemic a national emergency.

The country already was wracked by an enormous economic crisis, with a hyperinflationary economy and shortages of all essentials including food, fuel, cash, foreign currency and electricity.

Zimbabwe's rainy season peaks in January or February and ends in late March, and Zimbabwean Health Minister David Parirenyatwa warned the epidemic could get worse during the rainy season.

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text: water

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text: water

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text: the

text: cholera

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text: national

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text: country

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text: an

text: enormous

text: economic

text: crisis

text: with

text: a

text: hyperinflationary

text: economy

text: and

text: shortages

text: of

text: all

text: essentials

text: including

text: food

text: fuel

text: cash

text: foreign

text: currency

text: and

text: electricity

text: Zimbabwe

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text: rainy

text: season

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text: in

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text: February

text: and

text: ends

text: in

text: late

text: March

text: and

text: Zimbabwean

text: Health

text: Minister

text: David

text: Parirenyatwa

text: warned

text: the

text: epidemic

text: could

text: get

text: worse

text: during

text: the

text: rainy

text: season

question: What does Health Minister warn?

answer: the epidemic could get worse during the rainy season.

text: the epidemic could get worse during the rainy season.

question: What is the number of reported cholera cases?

answer: 56,123

question: Where is the cholera outbreak?

answer: Zimbabwe

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question: How many cholera cases is Zimbabwe?

answer: 56,123


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MEMPHIS, Tennessee (CNN) -- When James Earl Ray bought a white Mustang in the summer of 1967, he stood on a streetcorner in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, and pulled the cash out of his shirt pocket, $2,000 in all.

James Earl Ray paid $2,000 cash for a white Mustang, similar to this one, the seller told the FBI.

"Mostly twenties, with some $100 bills," the seller would later tell the FBI about the sale to Ray, later convicted of assassinating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

"He must have had a roll of twenties, if he paid that guy $2,000 in twenties, that'd be a lot of money," said Jerry Ray, James Earl Ray's brother.

Police Capt. John Light, who was chief of detectives that year in Ray's hometown of Alton, Illinois, suspects the wad of money came from a still-unsolved bank robbery.

While Ray was on the run as a prison escapee from Missouri that summer, two men walked into the Bank of Alton with a pistol and a sawed-off shotgun. Both wore stocking masks. The leaner man went behind the counter, scooped up the cash and fled with close to $30,000.  Ray, King crossed paths before shooting Â»  Within a day or two of that robbery, Ray would leave the area and head to Canada -- just as he did almost a year later when he fled the scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after King's murder.

Light told CNN the stolen bank money consisted mainly of $20 bills. The partially burned shotgun and the stocking masks were found abandoned in a wooded area near a cemetery where Ray's mother is buried.

Ray returned from Canada and bought the Mustang after seeing a classified ad in Birmingham the month after the robbery. In the months to come, Ray would keep spending $20 bills.

When Ray underwent plastic surgery in Los Angeles 30 days before King's death, he paid in cash -- denomination unknown.

When he drove back to Birmingham six days before the murder to buy a .30-06 high-powered hunting rifle for just under $250, the gun store salesman later told investigators, "I remember he paid for the gun with $20 bills, paid cash."

On April 4, 1968, only hours before King would die, the landlady at the boarding house where Ray rented a room told police, "He gave me a $20 bill" when he paid for a week's rent just across the street from the Lorraine Motel.

In the sporting goods store where Ray went to buy binoculars, the salesman told police, "He gave me two twenties; I think he had two twenties left... The bills came out of his right pocket, neatly folded, and nothing but bills."

For Light, the bank holdup is the most likely answer to the question of where Ray got the money to travel as a fugitive to Canada and Mexico, then to flee again to Canada and finally London, England, after King's murder.

"Thirty-thousand dollars back in 1967 was a lot of money," Light said.

In London, Ray ran short of money. Four days before he was caught, he robbed a bank. His thumbprint was found on the holdup note.

He got little more than $200 -- enough to buy an airline ticket to Brussels, Belgium, where he hoped to join mercenaries fighting to keep white rule in southern Africa.

He was stopped at a London airport when a police sergeant spotted his phony Canadian passport.

Ray lived very cheaply on the run. He got change back for his $20 bill at the Memphis boarding house -- a week's rent there was $8.50.

The original prosecutors in the Memphis case decided it would not have cost that much for all of Ray's travels.

"He was living on a dollar to two dollars a day," said current prosecutor John Campbell. "He was even darning his own socks to be able to save money."

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text: Mustang

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text: summer

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text: seller

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text: the

text: FBI

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text: bills

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text: later

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text: FBI

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text: the

text: sale

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text: Martin

text: Luther

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text: Angeles

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text: police

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text: bill

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text: week

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text: rent

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text: The

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text: prosecutors

text: in

text: the

text: Memphis

text: case

text: decided

text: it

text: would

text: not

text: have

text: cost

text: that

text: much

text: for

text: all

text: of

text: Ray

text: 's

text: travels

text: He

text: was

text: living

text: on

text: a

text: dollar

text: to

text: two

text: dollars

text: a

text: day

text: said

text: current

text: prosecutor

text: John

text: Campbell

text: He

text: was

text: even

text: darning

text: his

text: own

text: socks

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: save

text: money

question: What did Ray do before King's death?

answer: bought a white Mustang

text: bought a white Mustang

question: What do the prosecutors believe?

answer: it would not have cost that much for all of Ray's travels.

text: it would not have cost that much for all of Ray's travels.

question: What is the opinion of prosecutors?

answer: "He was living on a dollar to two dollars a day,"

text: "He was living on a dollar to two dollars a day,"

question: What was found near burial plot?

answer: The partially burned shotgun and the stocking masks

text: The partially burned shotgun and the stocking masks

question: what did he buy?

answer: white Mustang

text: white Mustang

question: where they found weapons?

answer: wooded area near a cemetery

text: wooded area near a cemetery

question: What do prosecutors believe?

answer: "He was living on a dollar to two dollars a day,"

text: "He was living on a dollar to two dollars a day,"


text:
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- One of the most destructive moments in Chinese history is bringing together -- at least temporarily -- this vast nation of more than a billion people, made up of disparate ethnic groups stretching across five time zones.

Thousands chant "China, keep moving" during a rally in Chengdu's Tianfu Square.

When millions of Chinese paused for three minutes of silence Monday, they personified the surge in patriotism and charity that has swept this country since a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake leveled large sections of Sichuan province in southwestern China.

Moments after the observance ended, chants of "Go, China, Go!" broke out in Tiananmen Square, where a Chinese military crackdown in 1989 left hundreds dead.

Sentiments have changed since the days of the anti-government protests.

"As Chinese we must be united," said a student. "We Chinese can do it!"

Some of Monday's demonstrators waved Chinese flags while others hoisted banners with slogans like "Rebuild Sichuan!" iReport.com: Thousands rally in Chengdu

Horrific scenes of death and devastation -- covered heavily by the local media -- have triggered a surge of patriotism and charity.

"When one is in trouble," the Chinese say, "help comes from all directions."

In Beijing, Chinese officials, entertainers, athletes and artists attended a marathon concert, giving donations and calling on the public to give more.

The benefit concert raised more than 1.51 billion yuan, or $216 million.

More donations are pouring in through other channels. Watch report on how quake has united Chinese Â»

As of Sunday, Chinese nationals had donated more than 4.9 billion yuan ($700 million) in cash and goods for earthquake relief, according to China's Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Live on Chinese TV, local businesses pledged to give money and build free housing for victims -- an unusual display of civic charity. As of last Saturday, Chinese enterprises had donated more than 3.5 billion yuan ($501 million) in cash and relief goods.

"Traditionally the Chinese people don't share as much with strangers. They share a great deal among friends and family, but not with strangers," according to China analyst Zhang Daxing.

At The Bookworm, a Beijing bookstore, residents drop off relief goods that are promptly shipped to disaster areas.

"My guess would be about 350 boxes, which include kid's clothes, adult clothes, a lot of sleeping bags, tents, dried food, shoes, that type of stuff," said store owner Alex Pearson.

Students in the Chinese capital have even taken to the street to collect donations.

"Although we cannot go to Sichuan to save them, we can still help them with donated money," one student said.

Analysts say this unprecedented display of charity is partly in response to the quick action already taken by Chinese officials to the emergency.

The Chinese media have repeatedly shown Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao comforting survivors. Many believe this has inspired Chinese residents to do what they can to help.

Meantime, a new image of China is emerging around the world.

"The earthquake changed China's international image from an oppressor or an authoritarian government to a victim of natural disaster and human tragedy," said Wenfang Tang, professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh.

The Chinese, at least for now, are more united as a people and more charitable, as citizens pull together in the wake of a massive earthquake.

CNN's Sherisse Pham contributed to this report

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answer: a massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake leveled large sections of Sichuan province in southwestern China.

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MBOLA, Tanzania (CNN)  -- Moved by a 2007 trip to Ghana, singer/songwriter John Legend joined the fight to end extreme poverty in his lifetime. And based on his experiences in poor, rural areas of Africa, he says, real change is possible.

John Legend says "Mama" Mwadawa Ruziga's role in uplifting her community inspired him.

"I don't want people to only see Africa as a bunch of victims," Legend says. "The people that I've come across in these extremely impoverished villages, they want to work. They want to participate in their own development."

To help people lift themselves out of poverty, Legend founded the Show Me Campaign, named after one of his songs. Partnering with economist Jeffrey Sachs' Millennium Promise organization, Legend's group adopted Mbola, a remote village in Tanzania that has little access to drinking water and improved farming techniques, according to Millennium Promise.

"The folks in Mbola are starting at a supreme disadvantage. Most of them are living on less than a dollar a day," Legend says. "It's difficult for them to even survive."

On his 2007 visit to Mbola, Legend met "Mama" Mwadawa Ruziga, a single mother of two who was freeing herself from poverty. Her entrepreneurial spirit impressed Legend and solidified his belief that sustainable development at the community level can work in the fight against poverty.

Ruziga leads a local business collective that sells products -- like wine, jam and juice -- that it makes out of indigenous fruits.

"I was really inspired by her willingness to not just wait for a handout, but really take an active role in helping to uplift her community," he says.

Through the Show Me Campaign, Legend has pledged to raise $1.5 million over five years to support programs similar to Ruziga's that are aimed at alleviating poverty in Mbola. But this is not just about cutting a check, he says.

"You can always go in and bring an influx of money and address things temporarily. But if development's not sustainable, then something's wrong," Legend says. "This is about teaching them how to farm better, improving the education system, getting water pumps. The idea is that [the community] will continue to sustain themselves over time."

Before joining her collective, Ruziga, 47, says her life was at an all-time low. For years, she suffered through malaria and droughts.

"The only thing I did was farming, then I would just sit idle with nothing to do. But after joining the group, my life changed for the better, slowly by slowly," Ruziga says.

In addition to agricultural processing, Ruziga's group focuses on horticulture and tree planting. Ruziga herself has been instrumental to the success of the group, traveling to trade shows in the Tanzanian cities of Tabora and Dar es Salaam to sell their products.

"Our group has spread to other areas of Tanzania, and we've experienced great success because many people have come to know about us," Ruziga says.  Watch Legend talk about meeting Ruziga, and see her group making products Â»

Six different villages have adopted the group's successful model.

"I think she's a great example of someone who's given the tools to succeed, having the energy, having the follow-through, having the leadership skills to go ahead and do it," Legend says.

Not only has Ruziga's group changed her own life, but other members' lives have also improved. This is the first time that some of them have ever earned an income.

"Now they are more educated than before," Ruziga says. "The group provides them with a platform to exchange and explore ideas, and the revenue collected enables the members to cater for their basic needs."

Ruziga believes that the future depends on women taking an active role in their future and says her community is happy with the help and encouragement Legend offers them. For Legend, Ruziga's passion is inspiring and motivating.  Watch Legend visit with Ruziga and her group during his trip to Mbola Â»

"Mama Ruziga is an example of someone who is personally taking her destiny in her hands, and the destiny of her community into her hands. She is a leader, she's inspirational, and she's one of my heroes."

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question: Who  leads a business collective?

answer: Mwadawa Ruziga,

text: Mwadawa Ruziga,

question: Who is lifting herself and others from poverty?

answer: "Mama" Mwadawa Ruziga's

text: "Mama" Mwadawa Ruziga's

question: Who visited Tanzania?

answer: John Legend

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question: What does Ruziga's collective make products from?

answer: indigenous fruits.

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question: Who is Legend's hero?

answer: "Mama" Mwadawa Ruziga's

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question: Where did the singer visit?

answer: Mbola,

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