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(CNN) -- Erika Preuss gave a worried glance over rows and rows of empty cars packing the Wal-Mart parking lot at 3:30 a.m.

Sean Blake said he met Black Friday campers in Houston, Texas, who call themselves the "Best Buy family."

She was 30 minutes early at the sprawling store in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, where she had arrived to take advantage of Friday's 4 a.m. post-Thanksgiving clothing deals. But there were no tents, no campers, no eager shoppers waiting to spend their dollars.

Preuss said she expected to wait in a line to get service, but people were already inside, and the store was filled with frenzied shoppers. She captured video to document her experience.

"So apparently Wal-Mart did take pity on the poor souls standing outside in the cold and let people into the store early," Preuss said. "Here's how they handle it: They shrink-wrap all the goodies in plastic wrap, so all the good sale items are wrapped in black Saran wrap, and no one can touch them until 4 a.m."

As a self-described "Black Friday virgin," Preuss says, she has lots to learn about the proper technique for this holiday weekend ritual.

"I discovered that I was very unprepared for Black Friday, not dressed properly, as you need more padding to avoid all the shopping carts ramming into you," she said. "I feel like that song, 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer,' only the reindeer had a Wal-Mart sign on it."

She decided to see what the hype was about while visiting from Lake Delton, Wisconsin.

"I have three kids, and money is tight," she said. "I'm a single mom. This year, I decided I was going to give it a try and see if I could get some bargains."

Preuss said the lines of people searching for discounted merchandise said a lot about the shape of the economy. Many people were fighting over kids' clothes and other essentials, but she saw much less effort being expended on video games and TV sets. She said she came for the $4 kids' track suits and $8 winter coats. iReport.com: See footage of the shoppers packing the store

Inside the packed store, she began to realize she needed a new strategy to beat the crowds. She decided to grab a bunch of clothing from which to pick.

"I ditched the cart and went in with my bare hands," she said. iReport.com: Huge crowd in Puerto Rico

Although Preuss got lucky and immediately entered the toasty store, others across the country were willing to wait in the freezing cold just to get merchandise.

Barbara Rademacher woke at 2 a.m. to see the shopping scene and found shoppers huddling outside a Best Buy in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Some had sleeping bags, blankets and winter wear. Chilly hands held lists of the items they planned to buy.

"Laptops! We have lists!" exclaimed excited shoppers waiting to get into the store. iReport.com: Watch Arkansas customers wait in the cold

Rademacher watched a lengthy stream of people cram through the doors when the store opened.

"It's something fun to experience, because you can only do it once a year," one of the aspiring customers said to the camera. Rademacher headed for the nearby Kohl's and found a similar scene as massive queues of people started running into the store. iReport.com: Virginia shoppers join Santa at mall

"Whoa, look at all these people," Rademacher said. "I'm less worried about the economy than I might have been."

But even these determined shoppers had nothing on the tented campers spotted by Sean Blake of Houston, Texas, who found several temporary shelters set up outside a Best Buy store on Thursday. He said campers told him the first tents went up on Wednesday morning, two days ahead of the store's 5 a.m. sales deals. iReport.com: Retail campout for the holidays

Blake said the shoppers refer to themselves as the "Best Buy family" and have gotten together to wait in line for the past three years.

"They've become really close friends with each other because they've done this every year," Blake said. iReport.com: Vehicle blocked by overnight shoppers

Some customers spent almost the entirety of Thanksgiving in line, taking turns to get food or sneak a break from the close-knit tent city. Blake saw people with TV sets, car batteries, computers and other devices. He visited a different Best Buy store and found people playing an impromptu football game in the parking lot.

Eager shoppers made for many more strange sights Friday. Patrons camped out in the frozen-food aisle at a Meijer store in Louisville, Kentucky. iReport.com: Lawn chairs in aisle 9

While on a break during his grocery shift, Bryan Hoskins shot photos of the circuslike scene of customers taking free doughnuts as they sought HDTVs and video game consoles. He said some items sold out completely.

Not everyone could get what they wanted, as Jason Rathburn of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, found. iReport.com: Wal-Mart packed to the gills

"It was a sea of people," said Rathburn, who hoped to buy a Nintendo Wii game system but went home empty-handed. He wasn't impressed by the behavior of fellow customers.

He said a woman accidentally bumped his back as she tried to compete with him while he examined $1.50 towels. He also said he watched as a customer swooped in to take a 42-inch TV and the unattended cart in which it was sitting.

"I'm guessing that the spirit of giving for Christmas starts tomorrow," he said.

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama spoke at the Pentagon on Friday to those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, telling them no words would heal their pain yet calling for a renewed resolve against the ones who attacked the country eight years ago.

President Obama addresses family members and friends who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.

Obama laid a wreath of white flowers at the Pentagon, where 184 people lost their lives when a hijacked jet smashed into the military icon outside the nation's capital.

"No words can ease the ache of your hearts," Obama told a crowd of relatives and friends standing under umbrellas in a steady rain. The plane, American Airlines Flight 77, struck the Pentagon's west wall.

Earlier in the day, the president and first lady Michelle Obama held a moment of silence outside the White House to mark the eighth anniversary of the al Qaeda attacks that killed 2,752 people.

At the Pentagon, Obama was introduced by Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who spoke of the "great pinnacle of sacrifice" shown that day.

"Eight Septembers have come and gone," Obama said. "Nearly 3,000 days have passed, almost one for each one who has been taken from us.

"We recall the beauty and meaning of their lives," he said. "No passage of time, no dark skies can dull the meaning of that moment.  Watch a slideshow of Obama's speech and the day's events Â»

"Let us renew our resolve against those who perpetrated this violent act," Obama said.

The nation paused at the moments when the planes crashed into the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon -- symbols of America's financial and military might -- and at a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that plane's target was either the White House or the Capitol.

There was silence at the site of the former World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m., the time the first plane struck the North Tower, followed by another at 9:03 a.m. when a jet struck the South Tower. iReport.com: 9/11 emotions surge back in sculpted tributes, memories on video

Family members and friends of those killed read their names in solemn roll calls at each site as bells tolled.

In London, England, U.S. Ambassador Louis Susman and his wife, Marjorie, laid a wreath at the September 11 Memorial Garden in Grosvenor Square.

At ground zero in New York, a woman whose husband worked on the 94th floor of one of the twin towers recalled that day.

"The pain can still be so sharp. ... I realize how much my life has changed," she said, mentioning that her children have now grown and she has grandchildren.

Her husband left many lessons, she said, including "the courage to be kind."

Just before the first moment of silence, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised the newly established September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, designated by Obama.

"Appropriately, the city of New York has taken up that call. From this day forward we will guard the memories of those who died by rekindling the spirit of service and help keep us strong," Bloomberg said.

At the Web site set up for that day, people were listing their charitable acts.

One man who spoke to the crowd at ground zero remembered his brother, a partner at a law firm near the twin towers and a longtime volunteer firefighter. He rushed "toward the inferno," to do what he could to help, the brother said.

"He was there when the tower collapsed."

Near Shanksville, people gathered at a field where the 40 passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 died. The passengers and crew, aware of the fate of  other hijacked planes, fought the men who had taken control of their aircraft, leading to its crash.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gave the keynote address at the 2,200-acre site, where a $58 million memorial is scheduled to open in 2011, on the 10th anniversary of the attacks.

More than 1 million people already have visited the field, Powell said.

No one could capture the terror the 40 people aboard Flight 93 must have endured, Powell said. They were strangers to each other who "represented the very best diversity that is America," he said.

"In place of fear, they found the courage of attack," he said. "They seized the moment, and they lost their lives in so doing. We are here to ... honor their spirits."

Powell said he believes the United States is safer since the attacks.

He pointed to improvements in the visa system, which gives officials a better idea of who is coming into the country; creation of the U.S. Homeland Security Department and beefed-up security at airports. Powell said there also have been improvements in law enforcement and intelligence-gathering. Engaging the terrorists in Afghanistan also is a solid move, he told CNN.

"But you can't rest on that. You have to keep studying the problem. You have to keep trying to get into their mind. And so it may be a long and continuous fight that may never end."

The level of concern about terrorism in the United States is roughly half of what it was immediately after September 11 and is down 20 points since the five-year anniversary in 2006, according to a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll.

Thirty-four percent of Americans think an act of terrorism is likely in the United States over the next few weeks. More than six in 10 have confidence in the Obama administration's ability to protect the nation.

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question: What did Obama say?

answer: "No words can ease the ache of your hearts,"

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question: How many people died?

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(CNN) -- The news editor of the Zambian newspaper The Post has gone on trial for allegedly circulating obscene material to politicians, the newspaper states on its Web site.

Zambia President Rupiah Banda has branded the childbirth photos pornographic.

In early June, Chansa Kabwela wrote to the country's vice president, health minister and several non-governmental organizations to highlight problems in the country's health-care system -- especially the problems pregnant women faced during a strike by health-care workers.

In her letter, Kabwela included several photos of a woman giving birth in a parking lot outside a hospital from which she had been turned away, according to Reporters Without Borders.

The country's president, Rupiah Banda, branded the photos pornographic and called for Kabwela's arrest and prosecution, according to the press freedom organization.

"Kabwela's arrest is shocking and the grounds are ridiculous," the organization said in a statement on its Web site after the arrest.

Now the trial into the alleged obscene photos has begun in the Lusaka magistrate's court, the newspaper Web site says.

One of the first witnesses, Kenneth Ngosa, a senior private secretary to the vice president, told the court he was immediately disturbed by the pictures he found inside the letter, according to the paper.

The Post described the courtroom as "packed to capacity" and said "people from all works of life including musicians and opposition political party members" had come to support Kabwela.

Defense lawyer George Chisanga has asked the court to look into whether the president's order to arrest and prosecute Kabwela could influence the course of justice.

A joint statement from several Zambian media organizations, published on The Post's Web site, calls for the government to amend the law on obscenity to clarify what constitutes obscenity and material that can corrupt morals.

The statement concedes that the pictures were in bad taste, but notes that they were sent on behalf of a good cause: to end the strike.

CNN efforts to obtain comment from both The Post and the Zambian government have been unsuccessful.

According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization, in 2004 the mortality rate of children under 5 years old in Zambia was 182 per 1,000 live births. In the United States, under-5 mortality rate was 8 per 1,000 live births in 2006.

Skilled health personnel attended only 43 percent of childbirths in Zambia in 2002, according to the health organization.

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question: who sent pictures

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(CNN) -- Cheri Morgan spent about half-an-hour in line at a Houston-area gas station on Thursday before evacuating the city.

iReporter Cheri Morgan says drivers were panicking Thursday at a Houston, Texas, gas station.

"Everyone was driving crazy and they really need some kind of traffic flow at the gas stations. It's wild," she said. "Everybody's rushing and panicking. I could have stayed, but I thought it was best to just get out of there."

Morgan said it took her about five hours to make the 200 mile drive to San Antonio -- a trip that normally only takes about three hours.

Ike is expected to make landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas, which is home to many of the country's oil refineries.

That's led to a scramble at gas stations as people try to fill up before the storm hits. iReport.com: Are you in Ike's path?

People were filling up their cars and their gas cans at a Sam's Club in College Station, Texas, iReporter Kyle Norton told CNN.com.

"The lines were a tad ridiculous," the 30-year-old banker said.

Norton said his 2002 Dodge Ram pickup was on empty, so he had no choice but to wait in line for an hour.

Despite the long lines, Norton said gas was about $3.49, which is pretty normal for the area.

He said a friend had to go to four different stations before he could find one that still had regular unleaded.

iReporter Jeremy "Clete" Terrell said the lines also were long at the Costco in Alpharetta, Georgia.

"I was getting gas and realized that everybody else was too," he said.

iReporter Curtis McNeely said a Kangaroo Express station in Evansville, Indiana, imposed a 10 gallon limit.

"It's causing paranoia more than anything,"  he said adding that people are returning to the gas station to fill up multiple times.

A spokeswoman for the company that runs the Kangaroo Express chain says it's imposed a limit at its 1,660 stores because gas supplies are tight.

Several stations in Ocala, Florida, were limiting sales if they still had gas to sell, iReporter Christine Bailey said.

Canadian Ian McIntosh said gas prices jumped 57 cents per gallon overnight in Milton, Ontario.

"This stuff's in the tanks, it's just sitting in the gas stations, they're using this as a windfall event," the retired teacher said.

McIntosh said he heard prices were going up on the news, so he and his wife got gas last night -- along with many other residents of the Toronto suburb.

"A gas station that would normally have three or four cars -- you had 15 cars and you had to line up to get to the pumps," he said.

Rumors that gas would jump to $6 a gallon caused a panic in Sylva, North Carolina. iReport.com: Police called in at mountain gas station

Lines were a half-mile long Thursday night at the stations that stayed open, and police were called in to maintain order, iReporter April Brendle said.

"Supposedly there was a fight at one station," she said.

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(CNN) -- Luciano Pavarotti died Thursday at the age of 71 after suffering from pancreatic cancer.  I-Report contributors shared their memories of the famed opera tenor. Here is a selection of those stories:

Annamaria Capicchioni shared this snapshot from the 1993 Pavarotti San Marino Grand Prix in Modena, Italy.

Leslie Oakley of Davenport, Florida I grew up in a small town in Kentucky where opera didn't exactly fit in the scheme of things. My family wasn't at all musical either but seeing as though I took an interest in it, my parents indulged me with opera recordings. One of the first ones I received was The Three Tenors. Luciano Pavarotti was to me what Michael Jordan was to other children. He was my hero. I even did a report on him one year in high school. I can remember sitting in my room listening to his voice, closing my eyes and seeing the operas unfold in my mind. He inspired me to teach myself to sing, and I went on to win awards in high school and to sing for three professional groups out of college. Singing has enriched my life immeasurably, and I owe it all to that beautiful voice that so entranced me as a child. I have many fond memories of Pavarotti. His voice always moves me to tears. It is the feeling of being given a glimpse of the divine that I will most remember about him. My prayers and thoughts are with his family and friends. There will never be another Pavarotti.

Edmund Chua of Singapore Maestro's voice was truly a blessing. That exciting, that fascinating quality, that, sigh ... too many adjectives. Of course, there was that unforgettable personality. Personally, (don't know if this is a right thing to say but) I saw Italy in him, so to speak, always loving life. Knew he was fighting cancer but always thought he'd recover. I was hoping I'd be able to watch him live but I guess it'll only be in the footage. He's indeed a legend lost, a legacy remembered. ... We'll miss him.

Tina Minges of Woodland, California I never cared for opera ... then I heard Pavarotti ... and from that point I loved it.

Sandra Miser of Dallas, Texas I consider him the greatest singer ever. His voice had a quality like no others. I cried going to work this morning when I heard he was gone. When I listen to his music I can disappear into the beauty of it and be a peace. He will be greatly missed. Thank goodness for CDs so that we will never be without his voice.

George Wendy of Eatons Neck, New York We had the pleasure of seeing Mr. Pavarotti sing a few times. His recital with James Levine at the Metropolitan Opera House was remarkable. I could not imagine feeling more emotion from listening to someone sing. Ciao, Luciano!

Shannon Broussard of Springfield, Missouri Heaven now has a tenor for its choir.

Chris Nissen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania I heard Pavarotti perform twice in Philadelphia during the years he sponsored an operatic competition for young performers. I still have goose bumps thinking about the brilliance of those two evenings. Not only was his performance breathtaking, but his genuine joy in sharing the stage with the winners of the competition was obvious and written all over his face with a grand smile. Whenever I need to feel inspired with my own work I go and dig out my Pavarotti CDs. Bravo to the great one!

Reynaldo O. Arcilla, Philippines  Even Mt. Etna wept when Luciano Pavarotti, one of the greatest opera singers of all time, died.

Marelize, South Africa In the mid-'90s, Luciano Pavarotti came to South Africa and performed in the town of Stellenboch. It was a very exclusive open-air concert. The tickets were very expensive and all the rich and famous in South Africa were there. Next to the stadium is a river that runs through the town. On the night, crowds of people gathered along the banks of the river. Like me, they could not afford the concert. From where we stood we could see the beautiful mountains, see the lights of the stadium and we could not see him, but we could hear his amazing voice. I looked at the people around me, they all had an expression of sheer wonder on their faces. He gave us all a wonderful gift that night. I will never forget it! He made us fall in love with opera!

Edgardo J. Tria Tirona, Philippines This great tenor's death is like the dimming of a star at the break of dawn. But, as in the final strains of Nessun Dorma "All'alba vincero!" - at daybreak, he [again] conquers! The world's loss is now heaven's gain.

Barry, New York City As a former employee of the New York Metropolitan Opera, it was my pleasure and "thrill of a lifetime" to watch and listen to "the Maestro" sing from the wings of the stage. I still get goose bumps thinking about that glorious voice, golden tenor.

Ozonato, Kuala Lumpur Luciano Pavarotti's death was a shock, I attended his concerts in Hong Kong (SAR) 2005. Wife Nicoletta Mantovani [and his] daughters should have courage to bear the loss. I like the power of his strength of music. He was famous during his lifetime, may he rest in the Lord.

Mario Rizzotti of Lincolnwood, Illinois ARRIVEDERCI GRANDE LUCIANO!!!!!! In your honor all the opera houses in USA should have the Half-Staff Flag. Sei stato grande. Your Italian Friends that fell in love with your singing and used your singing to make ladies fall in love, will always remember you. Now you rest in peace you can say:" VINCEROOOOOOOOO." E-mail to a friend

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text: Pavarotti

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text: age

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text: after

text: suffering

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text: pancreatic

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text: I

text: Report

text: contributors

text: shared

text: their

text: memories

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text: the

text: famed

text: opera

text: tenor

text: Here

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text: selection

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text: stories

text: Annamaria

text: Capicchioni

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text: Pavarotti

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text: Marino

text: Grand

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text: Modena

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text: Leslie

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text: school

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text: fond

text: memories

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text: friends

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text: morning

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text: his

text: music

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text: beauty

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text: peace

text: He

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text: pleasure

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text: recital

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text: Metropolitan

text: Opera

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text: could

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text: imagine

text: feeling

text: more

text: emotion

text: from

text: listening

text: to

text: someone

text: sing

text: Ciao

text: Luciano

text: Shannon

text: Broussard

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text: Springfield

text: Missouri

text: Heaven

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text: has

text: a

text: tenor

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text: Chris

text: Nissen

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text: performers

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text: stage

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text: winners

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text: written

text: all

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text: a

text: grand

text: smile

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text: need

text: to

text: feel

text: inspired

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text: own

text: work

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text: dig

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text: my

text: Pavarotti

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text: great

text: one

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text: of

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text: greatest

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text: time

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text: the

text: Luciano

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text: town

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text: was

text: a

text: very

text: exclusive

text: open

text: air

text: concert

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text: tickets

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text: very

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text: all

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text: rich

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text: famous

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text: South

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text: there

text: Next

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text: stadium

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text: a

text: river

text: that

text: runs

text: through

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text: town

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text: night

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text: of

text: people

text: gathered

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text: banks

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text: the

text: river

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text: me

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text: could

text: not

text: afford

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text: concert

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text: stood

text: we

text: could

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text: the

text: beautiful

text: mountains

text: see

text: the

text: lights

text: of

text: the

text: stadium

text: and

text: we

text: could

text: not

text: see

text: him

text: but

text: we

text: could

text: hear

text: his

text: amazing

text: voice

text: I

text: looked

text: at

text: the

text: people

text: around

text: me

text: they

text: all

text: had

text: an

text: expression

text: of

text: sheer

text: wonder

text: on

text: their

text: faces

text: He

text: gave

text: us

text: all

text: a

text: wonderful

text: gift

text: that

text: night

text: I

text: will

text: never

text: forget

text: it

text: He

text: made

text: us

text: fall

text: in

text: love

text: with

text: opera

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text: Tria

text: Tirona

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text: tenor

text: 's

text: death

text: is

text: like

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text: of

text: a

text: star

text: at

text: the

text: break

text: of

text: dawn

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text: in

text: the

text: final

text: strains

text: of

text: Nessun

text: Dorma

text: All'alba

text: vincero

text: at

text: daybreak

text: he

text: again

text: conquers

text: The

text: world

text: 's

text: loss

text: is

text: now

text: heaven

text: 's

text: gain

text: Barry

text: New

text: York

text: City

text: As

text: a

text: former

text: employee

text: of

text: the

text: New

text: York

text: Metropolitan

text: Opera

text: it

text: was

text: my

text: pleasure

text: and

text: thrill

text: of

text: a

text: lifetime

text: to

text: watch

text: and

text: listen

text: to

text: the

text: Maestro

text: sing

text: from

text: the

text: wings

text: of

text: the

text: stage

text: I

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text: get

text: goose

text: bumps

text: thinking

text: about

text: that

text: glorious

text: voice

text: golden

text: tenor

text: Ozonato

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text: Lumpur

text: Luciano

text: Pavarotti

text: 's

text: death

text: was

text: a

text: shock

text: I

text: attended

text: his

text: concerts

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text: Hong

text: Kong

text: SAR

text: Wife

text: Nicoletta

text: Mantovani

text: and

text: his

text: daughters

text: should

text: have

text: courage

text: to

text: bear

text: the

text: loss

text: I

text: like

text: the

text: power

text: of

text: his

text: strength

text: of

text: music

text: He

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text: during

text: his

text: lifetime

text: may

text: he

text: rest

text: in

text: the

text: Lord

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(CNN) -- The reality television show personality who accused football player Shawne Merriman of choking her over the weekend has denied that she was drunk during the incident, her Twitter page said Monday.

Shawne Merriman is accused of restraining reality TV star Tila Tequlia as she tried to leave his home, police say.

"I am allergic to alcohol," said the posting for Tila Nguyen, 27, who goes by Tila Tequila.

"It has been publicly known for years. That is how I got the name Tila 'Tequila' cuz the irony. I can't drink."

The incident began at 3:45 a.m. Sunday, when authorities responded to a disturbance call from Nguyen, the San Diego (California) County Sheriff's Department said in a statement.

"Nguyen told deputies she had been choked and physically restrained by Merriman when she attempted to leave his residence," it said.

Merriman, 25, was taken into custody on suspicion of battery and false imprisonment, the statement said.

Deputies saw no physical injuries on Nguyen, who is described on her Twitter page as 4 feet, 11 inches tall and 93 pounds, but she asked to be taken to a hospital, said sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Caldwell.  Watch Caldwell talk about the incident Â»

The San Diego Chargers linebacker released a statement Sunday noting that no charges had been filed and saying he had done nothing wrong.

"I was concerned about her welfare given the intoxicated state she appeared to be in and I encouraged her to stay until safe transportation could be provided," Merriman said. "I in no way caused any harm to Ms. Nguyen, however, paramedics were called and she was examined but no injuries were reported."

Merriman said he was looking forward to clearing his name of the "false accusations."

Merriman's lawyer, Todd Macaluso, said Sunday that more than a dozen other people were at the house at the time, and "witness after witness after witness will back up his story 100 percent."

In a statement posted on the Chargers' Web site Sunday, team General Manager A.J. Smith said, "It is disappointing to hear about the issue involving Shawne Merriman.

"We'll continue to monitor the situation and let the legal process run its course," Smith said.

The 6-foot, 4-inch 265-pounder is entering his fifth year with the Chargers. The team begins its 2009 NFL regular-season campaign September 14 in Oakland, California, for a game against the Raiders.

Merriman, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, recorded at least 10 sacks in each of his first three seasons, but he was limited to one game last season because of a knee injury that required surgery.

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(CNN) -- Norman Ollestad remembers the tree limb.

The book's jacket features a picture of a 1-year-old Norman clinging to his father's back on a surfboard.

He was 11 years old, riding in a Cessna in a blizzard through California's San Gabriel Mountains in 1979, on his way to pick up a trophy he won in a skiing competition.

"The gray clouds were just pressing against the windows; it didn't even seem like we were moving," he recalls. "Then, there's a limb reaching out of that fog and disappearing. Then another one and another one.

"Then realizing we were in the trees."

The plane crash that followed killed his father and the pilot and badly wounded his father's girlfriend, who with young Norman was tossed violently onto the top of an 8,600-foot mountain in the freezing, February chill.

"I felt three thuds. The third one must have knocked me cold," says Ollestad, now 41. "I remember feeling those thuds in my spine -- a clear memory of that. Then I woke up who knows how long after."

The ensuing nine-hour, life-or-death descent -- in the end, he was the only survivor -- is the topic of "Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival."  Watch the press conference that followed his survival Â»

But the book is about more than a plane crash, namely his relationship with an adrenaline-junkie father who basked in the wild life of Malibu in the 1970s and relentlessly pushed his "Boy Wonder" to excel from the ski slopes of northern California to the crashing surf off the Mexican coast.

"It's actually 100 percent about my relationship with my father," Ollestad said. "That relationship was present on the mountain with me, even though he was dead."

Released this month, the book already has been picked up by Warner Bros. [a sister company of CNN] for a feature film and has earned critical acclaim, including comparisons to John Krakauer's 1997 nonfiction best-seller "Into Thin Air."

"An engrossing story of adventure, survival and psychological exploration," wrote the journal Kirkus Reviews.

In the book, Ollestad cuts back and forth between the crash and journey down the mountain and the years leading up to that moment.

Included are memories of life in Malibu, where he grew up the son of divorced parents in a cottage on the beach. There are surfers and skate rats, musicians and nudists and memories of smoking weed and spying on his neighbors' most intimate moments.

But mostly there's his father, Norman Ollestad Sr., an athlete, actor, lawyer, musician and former FBI agent. From the age of 3, Norman was groomed for competitive "extreme sports" by his father and pushed to be the best.

The book's jacket features a picture of a 1-year-old Norman clinging to his father's back as he steers a surfboard atop the waves of California's Topanga State Beach.

He acknowledges that many times, when his father was cooking up a new adventure for the two of them, he would rather have been "riding my bike or eating chocolate cake."

"[At first] a lot of people are, 'Wow .. I had a lot of trouble with some of the stuff your dad was doing,' " says Ollestad, who studied creative writing at UCLA and attended UCLA's film school. "But then it turned out that a lot of that stuff was really beautiful."

And he believes it saved his life.

The skiing made him aware of how steep the mountain's slope was and what it would take to get down it without falling. The skiing and surfing gave him control of his body and awareness of the exact movements required to work his way out of the descent's most treacherous spots.

"Some of it was sort of eerily, specifically perfect for the situation," he says. "Forty-five degree pitch, blizzard with ice, well, I've been here for eight years doing this. It was familiar to me."

The book has had another, unexpected result for Ollestad, who now lives in Venice, California. He says he's been shocked at the e-mail from readers.

"Nobody's even written about the plane crash," he says. "[They say] 'it reminds me of some of the things I did with my dad or some of the things I didn't get to do.'

"In every e-mail, whether it's a woman or a man, they talk about ...their relationship with their father or mother. It touches something in there where they want to talk about it."

Now, for Ollestad, the story has followed him all the way around. He's the father of an 8-year-old, Noah, and seeks to walk the line between responsible parenting and teaching his child the lessons he says saved his life.

"Those were different times," he tells the boy in the book's epilogue. "My dad made me do lots of things that I'd get arrested for making you do."

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question: When did Norman Ollestad's father die?

answer: 1979,

question: Did anyone survive the crash

answer: badly wounded his father's girlfriend, who with young Norman was tossed violently onto the top of an 8,600-foot mountain

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question: What did he do for 9 hours?

answer: life-or-death descent

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question: What is Norman Ollestad famous for?

answer: the Storm: A Memoir of Survival."

text: the Storm: A Memoir of Survival."

question: Norman Ollestad was how old when the plane he was in crashed

answer: 11 years

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question: What is the book "Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival about?

answer: more than a plane crash, namely his relationship with an adrenaline-junkie father who basked in the wild life of Malibu in the 1970s and relentlessly pushed his "Boy Wonder" to excel from the ski slopes of northern California to the crashing surf off the Mexican coast.

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question: Who was 11 when plane crashed?

answer: Norman

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question: What's the name of Norman Ollestad's book?

answer: "Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival."

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