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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- After a long apprenticeship, it's been an astonishingly fast rise for R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan.

Jazmine Sullivan is up for five Grammys next month, including best new artist.

Before she was in her teens, Sullivan sang on "It's Showtime at the Apollo." At 13, she met Stevie Wonder. Soon she was performing regularly at the jam sessions called Black Lily in her hometown of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She went to that city's performing arts high school and was signed to a contract by Jive Records, where she was paired with producers such as Timbaland and Cool & Dre.

It didn't work out -- then. But soon, Sullivan signed with Clive Davis' J Records, and suddenly she was everywhere. Her debut single, "Need U Bad," hit No. 1 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart, and her album "Fearless" hit the Top 10 on Billboard's album chart.

Now she's up for five Grammys on February 8, including best R&B performance (for "Bust Your Windows") and best new artist.

CNN's KJ Matthews talked with Sullivan about her inspirations, who she's bringing to the Grammys and the mysterious person behind "Bust Your Windows." The following is an edited version of that interview.

CNN: How would you describe your sound?

Jazmine Sullivan: I can't really describe it; that's the whole thing. Once you hear the CD, you'll hear that one sound doesn't sound like the next. You know, I've been influenced by so many different styles and different genres of music that I felt like that should be represented on my first album, so when you get it, you get a taste of gospel, jazz, R&B, hip-hop, reggae, pop ... everything is on there, there's something for everybody to enjoy. I didn't want to exclude anybody from the album.

CNN: Let me ask you this: When you saw or heard the other nominees in the best new artist category who happen to be a little bit more well-known, was it intimidating? I mean, you got the Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry, Adele ...

Sullivan: Yeah, the Jonas Brothers, specifically. I didn't even know they were new artists because they are so huge, so, you know, so after, when my name was called after theirs, I thought, "Wow, they're new artists, too?" I got a little scared, I tell you that.

But I'm just so honored to be mentioned to be in the same categories with such wonderful artists, so I'm looking forward to February and the Grammys and just being in that atmosphere.

CNN: I was looking at your background, and I didn't know that you're a protegee of Missy Elliott. I was thinking to myself, you would think that you would do rap, but you're this big voice, this soulful voice. You might not equate that with Missy.

Sullivan: Yeah, and a lot of people don't know that Missy Elliott ... grew up in the church, and she's really into vocalists. When I met her, was I was about 13 or 14, [and] she was ecstatic about me. When nobody else was there to support me, Missy was there, so she's a good friend of mine, and I'm happy to have her by my side. She's definitely taught me a lot of things.

CNN: So everybody wants to know, the guy behind "Bust Your Windows" -- is there one?

Sullivan: We won't talk about that on camera -- that's an off-camera conversation -- but it's definitely a song that relates to a lot of women especially. You know, even if they really haven't busted windows out of anybody's car, they have wanted to. A lot of women have been through that, so I'm glad that my music is touching those people

CNN: "Need U Bad" is rising as well. What's the thought process behind that one?

Sullivan: "Need U Bad" ... a lot of men actually pointed out to me that women don't come out and admit that they made mistakes and say that they actually need the male, so I think that was kind of cool. I haven't thought of it like that when I was writing it. So, you know, it's a song for the fellas, saying that we appreciate them and we need you as much as you need us.

But on the flip side, I do a song like "Bust Your Windows," so on the album you have a lot of different perceptions and everything.

CNN: How old are you? You look like you're 10.

Sullivan: I'm 21 years old.

CNN: Success that early, that's sometimes tough for people.

Sullivan: Well, I've been in this industry for a very long time. I started out when I was 12; I got signed when I was 16, so it wasn't an overnight success story at all. I put a lot of hard work into it, and this is just a byproduct of all of that.

CNN: It's great that you write your own music too, because a lot of people don't do that. You have a lot more creative control.

Sullivan: Most definitely, and I've dealt with not having that control when I was younger and I was signed. I wasn't writing at all, and so I've been through all of that. So now to be in a position where I write my music, and I have that control -- it feels so much better.

CNN: All right, the big question: Grammy night. What are you wearing? Who are you bringing? What are you going to be doing?

Sullivan: I'm bringing my mother. She's been my rock and my support ever since I was a baby. She was my first huge fan, that what she is.

I don't know what I'm wearing. I'm trying not to think about that. I want to perform. Hopefully I can get on stage and I can show everybody who I am and what I'm about. But I haven't thought about the dress or the shoes or the hair or anything about that.

CNN: You're just trying to enjoy the moment.

Sullivan: Enjoy, yes.

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text: best

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text: inspirations

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text: Grammys

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text: mysterious

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text: taste

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text: reggae

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text: everything

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text: honored

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text: be

text: mentioned

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text: be

text: in

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text: the

text: Grammys

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text: just

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text: I

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text: lot

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text: things

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text: know

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text: guy

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text: is

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text: song

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text: know

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text: n't

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text: anybody

text: 's

text: car

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text: have

text: wanted

text: to

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text: lot

text: of

text: women

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text: been

text: through

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text: so

text: I

text: 'm

text: glad

text: that

text: my

text: music

text: is

text: touching

text: those

text: people

text: CNN

text: Need

text: U

text: Bad

text: is

text: rising

text: as

text: well

text: What

text: 's

text: the

text: thought

text: process

text: behind

text: that

text: one

text: Sullivan

text: Need

text: U

text: Bad

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: men

text: actually

text: pointed

text: out

text: to

text: me

text: that

text: women

text: do

text: n't

text: come

text: out

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text: admit

text: that

text: they

text: made

text: mistakes

text: and

text: say

text: that

text: they

text: actually

text: need

text: the

text: male

text: so

text: I

text: think

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text: was

text: kind

text: of

text: cool

text: I

text: have

text: n't

text: thought

text: of

text: it

text: like

text: that

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: writing

text: it

text: So

text: you

text: know

text: it

text: 's

text: a

text: song

text: for

text: the

text: fellas

text: saying

text: that

text: we

text: appreciate

text: them

text: and

text: we

text: need

text: you

text: as

text: much

text: as

text: you

text: need

text: us

text: But

text: on

text: the

text: flip

text: side

text: I

text: do

text: a

text: song

text: like

text: Bust

text: Your

text: Windows

text: so

text: on

text: the

text: album

text: you

text: have

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: different

text: perceptions

text: and

text: everything

text: CNN

text: How

text: old

text: are

text: you

text: You

text: look

text: like

text: you

text: 're

text: Sullivan

text: I

text: 'm

text: years

text: old

text: CNN

text: Success

text: that

text: early

text: that

text: 's

text: sometimes

text: tough

text: for

text: people

text: Sullivan

text: Well

text: I

text: 've

text: been

text: in

text: this

text: industry

text: for

text: a

text: very

text: long

text: time

text: I

text: started

text: out

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: I

text: got

text: signed

text: when

text: I

text: was

text: so

text: it

text: was

text: n't

text: an

text: overnight

text: success

text: story

text: at

text: all

text: I

text: put

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: hard

text: work

text: into

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text: and

text: this

text: is

text: just

text: a

text: byproduct

text: of

text: all

text: of

text: that

text: CNN

text: It

text: 's

text: great

text: that

text: you

text: write

text: your

text: own

text: music

text: too

text: because

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: people

text: do

text: n't

text: do

text: that

text: You

text: have

text: a

text: lot

text: more

text: creative

text: control

text: Sullivan

text: Most

text: definitely

text: and

text: I

text: 've

text: dealt

text: with

text: not

text: having

text: that

text: control

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text: I

text: was

text: younger

text: and

text: I

text: was

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text: I

text: was

text: n't

text: writing

text: at

text: all

text: and

text: so

text: I

text: 've

text: been

text: through

text: all

text: of

text: that

text: So

text: now

text: to

text: be

text: in

text: a

text: position

text: where

text: I

text: write

text: my

text: music

text: and

text: I

text: have

text: that

text: control

text: it

text: feels

text: so

text: much

text: better

text: CNN

text: All

text: right

text: the

text: big

text: question

text: Grammy

text: night

text: What

text: are

text: you

text: wearing

text: Who

text: are

text: you

text: bringing

text: What

text: are

text: you

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: doing

text: Sullivan

text: I

text: 'm

text: bringing

text: my

text: mother

text: She

text: 's

text: been

text: my

text: rock

text: and

text: my

text: support

text: ever

text: since

text: I

text: was

text: a

text: baby

text: She

text: was

text: my

text: first

text: huge

text: fan

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text: what

text: she

text: is

text: I

text: do

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text: what

text: I

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text: I

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text: I

text: can

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text: everybody

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text: what

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text: yes

question: Who is up for five awards next month?

answer: Jazmine Sullivan

text: Jazmine Sullivan

question: For how many awards is Jazmine Sullivan up?

answer: five Grammys

text: five Grammys

question: Who is she a protegee of?

answer: Missy Elliott.

text: Missy Elliott.

question: What is name of Elliott's protegee?

answer: Jazmine Sullivan.

text: Jazmine Sullivan.

question: What are two of her hits?

answer: "Fearless"

text: "Fearless"

question: What hits does she have?

answer: "Need U Bad,"

text: "Need U Bad,"

question: Who is the singer a protegee of?

answer: Missy Elliott.

text: Missy Elliott.

question: what is the number of awards Sullivan is up for?

answer: five

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(CNN)  -- The Kellogg Co. announced Wednesday it is recommending that consumers not eat its peanut butter crackers because they may be tainted with salmonella.

Salmonella bacteria are transmitted to humans by eating contaminated foods.

The products affected are Austin- and Keebler-branded:

-- Toasted peanut butter sandwich crackers. -- Peanut butter and jelly sandwich crackers. -- Cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers. -- Peanut butter-chocolate sandwich crackers.

The Michigan-based maker of cereals and snacks posted the recommendation in a statement on its Web site.

Peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America, one of several peanut butter suppliers to the company, has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning that has affected at least 434 people in 43 states, federal health officials said Wednesday.

"Kellogg Company's investigation has not indicated any concerns, nor has the company received any consumer illness complaints about these products," the Kellogg statement said.

"Nonetheless, Kellogg Company is taking precautionary measures including putting a hold on any inventory in its control, removing product from retail store shelves, and encouraging customers and consumers to hold and not eat these products until regulatory officials complete their investigation of PCA and Kellogg provides further information as to the resolution of this issue."

All of the company's peanut-butter crackers are made at its bakery in Cary, North Carolina, said spokeswoman Kris Charles.

Though consumers are urged "to hold the product until we have more information," Charles recommended anyone seeking a refund call 888.314.2060 for details about how to get one.

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question: How many people were affected by the salmonella outbreak?

answer: 434

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answer: 434

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question: What kind of outbreak is involved in the matter?

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question: What was linked to outbreak of salmonella?

answer: Peanut butter produced by Peanut Corporation of America,

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question: What are the brands of sandwich crackers affected?

answer: Austin- and Keebler-branded:

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answer: it is recommending that consumers not eat its peanut butter

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question: What cracker brands were involved?

answer: Austin- and Keebler-branded:

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(CNN) -- A federal judge has stayed what would be the nation's first military execution since 1961, saying the U.S. soldier -- who was convicted of rape and murder two decades ago -- should have more time to pursue a federal appeal.

Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, since 1988. A court-martial panel sitting at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, unanimously convicted him of committing two murders and other crimes in the Fayetteville, North Carolina, area and sentenced him to death.

Last month, the Army said Gray was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection December 10 at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Indiana.

But in an order issued November 26, U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers of Kansas said that a stay is necessary so Gray can pursue his federal appeal. Rogers ruled on a motion filed by Gray's attorneys, who asked for time to challenge the legality of his convictions and sentence.

Government attorneys have asked Rogers to reconsider his decision, saying that Gray seeks a stay "apparently based on the premise that at some point he will identify a new legal issue or discover new evidence" upon which to appeal and that Gray "continues to delay unnecessarily."

Gray has had ample time to appeal, the Justice Department attorneys said.

In a response filed Tuesday, Gray's defense attorneys point out that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal in March 2001, and "since then, it has taken the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice and the Office of the President over seven years to approve as final Private Gray's sentence of death. The significant constitutional issues presented on the face of Private Gray's case ... have obviously troubled the decision-makers, as evidenced by the years they had his case under advisement."

President Bush approved Gray's death sentence in July, making it final, defense attorneys write in the filing.

Inmates sentenced to death in state and federal courts are given a year to file federal appeals after their death sentence becomes final, they claim, and members of the military under death sentences should receive the same consideration.

"Private Gray is seeking federal habeas court review for the first time and he has not delayed commencing this action," defense attorney Thomas Bath wrote. "In fact, until the president approved his death sentence, there was no action available."

Gray was convicted of raping and killing a female Army private and a civilian near his post at Fort Bragg. He also was convicted of the rape and attempted murder of another fellow soldier in her barracks at the post.

Military and civilian courts both found Gray responsible for the crimes, which were committed between April 1986 and January 1987. Gray pleaded guilty to two murders and five rapes in a civilian court and was sentenced to three consecutive and five concurrent life terms.

The general court-martial at Fort Bragg then tried him and in April 1988 convicted him of two murders, an attempted murder and three rapes.

Bush's July action, the Army said in a statement at the time, followed "completion of a full appellate process, which upheld the conviction and sentence to death."

Members of the U.S. military have been executed throughout history, but just 10 have been executed with presidential approval since 1951 under the Uniform Code of Military justice, the military's modern-day legal system. The Army has also sought Bush's authorization to execute another condemned soldier, Pvt. Dwight Loving, who was convicted of killing and robbing two cab drivers in 1988.

The last U.S. military execution was in 1961, when Army Pvt. John Bennett was hanged for raping and attempting to kill an 11-year-old Austrian girl. Bennett was sentenced in 1955.

The U.S. military hasn't actively pursued an execution for a military prisoner since President Kennedy commuted a death sentence in 1962. Nine men are currently on military death row.

CNN's Mike Mount contributed to this report.

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question: What was Gray convicte of?

answer: rape and murder two decades ago

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question: When is the scheduled execution?

answer: December 10

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question: What was he convicted of?

answer: rape and murder

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question: how long has Pvt. Ronald Gray been on death row?

answer: since 1988.

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question: For how long had Pvt. Ronald Gray been on death row?

answer: since 1988.

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question: Who has been on death row for 20 years?

answer: Pvt. Ronald Gray

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question: What did the judge say?

answer: said that a stay is necessary so Gray can pursue his federal appeal.

text: said that a stay is necessary so Gray can pursue his federal appeal.

question: When was he scheduled for execution?

answer: December 10

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New York (CNN) -- Peter Madoff, brother of Bernard Madoff and chief compliance officer of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, is the subject of a criminal investigation, the U.S. attorney's office in New York confirmed Thursday.

In a letter filed this week in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, Peter Madoff's attorney, Charles Spada, says that the investigation was the reason that his client invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination at a deposition in a related case in November.

Spada said he had been informed of the investigation into Peter Madoff's involvement in his brother's Ponzi scheme a week before the deposition, at which Peter Madoff declined to answer more than 290 questions.

"Given the circumstances and intensity of the criminal investigation, one can hardly question defendant's constitutional right not to answer questions about his brother, Bernard Madoff, his work at BLMIS ... and virtually any related topic for fear that such answers might 'furnish a link in the chain of evidence' for a criminal prosecution," Spada said in the letter to Judge Madeline Cox Arleo.

The deposition was for a lawsuit brought against Peter Madoff by the Lautenberg Foundation, which says it lost all of its investment with Madoff Investment Securities: $7 million that the firm told the foundation had grown to an estimated $15 million.

Spada's letter was filed in response to the foundation's move to have Madoff sanctioned for failing to be "cooperative" in the deposition.

The attorney says the Lautenberg Foundation -- a charitable private group headed by Sen. Frank Lautenberg -- is an effort to "unfairly jump ahead of thousands of other investors" who also are seeking damages from Madoff Investment Securities.

A separate lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all the business's investors, who have lost an estimated $200 million in the scheme.

In March, Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 counts related to running the most massive Ponzi scheme in history and was sentenced to 150 years in prison.

CNN's Jean Shin contributed to this report.

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question: Who is Peter Madoff?

answer: the subject of a criminal investigation,

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question: Who is chief compliance officer of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities?

answer: Peter

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question: Who invoked the fifth?

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question: How many years did Bernard Madoff served?

answer: 150

question: What is Madoff serving?

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LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) -- Five of Bolivia's nine states staged a civic strike Tuesday, protesting against President Evo Morales and demanding a larger share of the country's natural gas revenues.

Members of Santa Cruz's Juvenile Union burn wood during protests Tuesday in Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Officials in Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando, Tarija -- states in the wealthy, eastern lowland known as the "Media Luna," or half-moon -- and Chuquisaca, also in the eastern part of the country, instructed residents not to leave their homes until the end of the one-day strike, Bolivian newspaper El Diario reported.

The five departments contain much of the Andean country's natural gas deposits, and their leaders are asking for natural gas revenue that Morales has earmarked to increase funding for pension plans, the five regions said in a statement on the strike posted on Santa Cruz's Web site.

They said they were "sorry that the inflexibility of the government forced the prefectures to take this type of resolution."

Confrontations between government supporters and pro-autonomy groups in a Santa Cruz neighborhood appeared to be the day's most violent. Police fired tear gas three times at demonstrators.

In the other four departments where the strike was being observed, there were no disturbances.

The 24-hour strike was called by civil committees of the departments to demand that the government give back the money it has collected by taxing hydrocarbons in order to fund the pension plan.

The president of Santa Cruz's civic committee, Branco Marincovick, said the tax is constraining regional development.

The government condemned acts of violence during the day and said that the strike was limited.

The strike comes nine days after Morales garnered more than 67 percent of votes in a recall referendum, which he had proposed in May to break a power struggle long simmering between him and the conservative leadership in the Media Luna states.

Despite the solid show of support for Morales, the vote also endorsed the leaders in Santa Cruz, Pando, Beni and Tarija, making it impossible to reach a solution to the stalemate.

Morales, a former labor organizer and the country's first indigenous president, was elected in 2005 on promises to reform Bolivia's constitution for the benefit of its indigenous majority.

But his proposals have been hampered by his rivals in the Media Luna states. Since taking office, all four have pushed for greater autonomy, saying the individual departments have the right to control their own affairs, including increased access to gas revenues.

In speaking about the revenues earmarked for increased pensions, Morales emphasized that it was for the good of the people, a refrain he often uses.

"Some authorities believe that this money is theirs, and it is not so, this silver is of the people and should benefit the people," the president said last year, shortly after he announced the measure.

Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan think-tank, said Morales' overwhelming victory at the polls strengthens his hand at achieving his goal of redistributing wealth.

Less than one percent of landowners in Bolivia own two-thirds of the country's farmland, he said in an article published in The Nation magazine.

"Bolivia is South America's poorest country, with 60 percent of the population living below the poverty line, and 38 percent in extreme poverty," he said. "The voters have overwhelmingly decided that they want their government to do something about that. This should be possible, even if it means redistributing some of the country's most important natural resources."

CNN's Gloria Carrasco contributed to this report.

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Richmond, Virginia (CNN) -- "I'm a big history buff," President Obama said in an interview with ABC News" George Stephanopoulos. "And I think that understanding the history of the Confederacy and understanding the history of the Civil War is something that every American and every young American should be part of."

I am sometimes asked the same question that Mr. Stephanopoulos put to President Obama: Why study Confederate history? And I agree with the president's response.

As we approach the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, we look back to its centennial in the 1960s. A lot has happened in this country since then, and our appreciation of the lessons of history has changed with the times.

One constant has been the importance of the Civil War. It remains as the most important era of American history, a time when America withstood its biggest challenges to a constitutional democracy which then was still viewed as an experiment in a new form of government. The crucible of war defined the nation as we know it today, as we became "indivisible" and "with liberty and justice for all" for the first time.

During the 1960s, we Americans looked at the war as it occurred on the battlefields, because the conduct and course of the war dominated every single moment of every day. And the Confederate soldiers have historically captured our fascination even more than the Union soldiers.

Perhaps it is the gallantry and dash of leaders like Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson or J.E.B. Stuart. Or perhaps it was the common enlisted men in the Confederate ranks, whose valor and courage -- in the face of tremendous privation and against overwhelming odds -- makes them stand out in world history as one of the best bodies of soldiers ever known.

Another perspective on the Confederacy and history

If the fascination with soldiers continues from the 1960s to today, what has changed? Today, the study of Confederate history is much more "inclusive" -- to use the word of choice for many state's 150th anniversary commissions -- as we look more deeply into the past. Today we ask different questions of history and I think we get better answers. Let me list just a few of those questions.

What about slavery? We did not talk much about it in the 1960s. Today, we cannot study the Confederacy without studying 40 percent of its population. So now we look long and hard at this aspect of American history, including its existence and importance in the North. We see so clearly today that it was a wrong, so we need to ask why so many people 150 years ago did not see it as wrong and why several of the important Christian denominations split apart over this issue before the country itself split.

What about the slaves themselves? Why did many take advantage of the first opportunity to escape to freedom while others remained "loyal" to the South? And what about the 400,000 African-Americans in the South who were free long before Abraham Lincoln came on the scene?

iReporter: Civil War history could have been "teachable moment"

What about the Southerners who remained loyal to the Union and chose to fight in blue, rather than gray? What about the thousands of immigrants who "escaped" the wars of Europe yet enlisted in both armies to demonstrate their loyalty to their new country?

At the opposite end of the spectrum, what about the Native Americans who had been here long before any Europeans, yet allied with the Confederacy? The last Confederate brigade to surrender was composed entirely of Native Americans and commanded by Brigadier General Stand Watie, a full-blooded Cherokee.

What about the very important Jewish community in the South? Many served in the ranks while others saw civilian service, such as Judah Benjamin, who had three different Cabinet posts, or Phoebe Pember, who became the head nurse at Chimborazo, the biggest hospital in the world.

And what about the women of the South? The war thrust them into new positions of responsibility and many continued after the war to lead public enterprises that engendered self-esteem and respect.

We Americans -- from native Americans to those who have ancestors who wore the blue or gray to those who are descended from slaves to those who have recently come to our shores -- want to know ourselves. We want to understand why our country is different from the others around the world.

This is why millions of Americans read so many books about the Civil War or visit the battlefields or come to museums like The Museum of the Confederacy so that they can see first hand the ingredients that formed us. And this is why so many foreigners come to America to visit those same sites in order to understand why we are who we are.

The fact is that we must know the Civil War if we are to know America. And to know the Civil War, we must know and understand the Confederacy -- in all of its diversity.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of S. Waite Rawls III.

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(PEOPLE.com) -- Last Tuesday, Danny Cahill became the biggest 'Biggest Loser' ever when he dropped 239 lbs. in seven months to win the eighth season title.

Now, as NBC goes back to a couples edition of the series, the contestants and the challenges they face get bigger as well.

On January 5, "The Biggest Loser: Couples" premieres with 11 teams of two competing for the Season 9 crown. Among the players are Michael Ventrella, a 30-year-old deejay from Chicago, Illinois -- who at 526 lbs. becomes the heaviest contestant ever on the series -- and his is mother, Maria, a 51-year-old corporate travel agent.

"I would do anything for Michael," his mom Maria, who starts at 281 lbs., told PEOPLE. "At first I didn't think I could do it because I have too many responsibilities at home. I have a husband who is disabled, my mom in a wheelchair, a full-time job, home cleaning -- it's a lot. But then he needed it so bad and so I am here, and I need it for myself, too!"

The Ventrellas are one of eight parent-child duos on the show this season.

Attorney Melissa Morgan, 39, and her husband Lance, 38, a rancher, hail from Aspermont, Texas, and are both interested in losing weight and saving their marriage.

California-based cousins Sam Poueu, 24, and Koli Palu, 29, were inspired by the success of Tongan cousins Sione and Filipe in season seven and hope to do the same for the people and culture of American Samoa.

Orlando, Florida, identical twins James and John Crutchfield, 30, weighed in at a combined 969 lbs. "I'm glad I'm here," James said, "because my only other alternative is surgery."

Here are the other teams vying for a $250,000 winner prize or $100,000 at-home prize:

Mom Patti Anderson, 55, a business owner, and daughter Stephanie Anderson, 29, a radio sales executive, from Lafayette and West Hollywood, California.

Mom Cherita Andrews a 50-year-old homemaker and daughter Vicky Andrews, a 22-year-old student from Houston, Texas.

Mom Miggy Cancel, 48, a Pemberton, New Jersey chef and daughter Migdalia Sebren, 28, a homemaker from Sanford, North Carolina.

Mom Cheryl George a 50-year-old store-owner and son, Daris George, 25, a salesman, from Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Father O'Neal Hampton, Jr., a U.S. Postal Service station manager, 51, and daughter SunShine Hampton, 24, a restaurant server, from Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Father Darrell Hough, a press operator and mechanic, 46, and daughter Andrea Hough, a 24-year-old executive assistant from Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mom Sherry Johnston, a 51-year-old non-profit administrator and daughter Ashley Johnston, a 27-year-old manager and esthetician from Knoxville, Tennessee.

Also, season seven's Tara Costa will return to PEOPLE.com to blog for season nine!

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Pregnant women in Peru are dying at scandalous rates, according to the author of an Amnesty International report into maternal mortality in the South American country.

Vertical births where women are kneeling or crouching and holding on to a rope are common in Peru.

The report, "Fatal Flaws: Barriers to Maternal Health in Peru" found that hundreds of poor, rural and indigenous pregnant women are dying because they are being denied the same health services as other women in the country.

It also concluded that the government's response to tackling the problem was inadequate.

Peruvian government figures state 185 in every 100,000 women die in child birth, but the United Nations says the number is much higher at 240, which makes it one of the highest rates of maternal mortality in the Americas.

In wealthy developed nations, only nine women die for every 100,000 births.

The five main causes of pregnancy-related deaths in Peru are hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, infection, complications following abortion and obstructed birth, according to Peru's Ministry of Health figures.

Amnesty's Peru researcher Nuria Garcia said in a statement: "The rates of maternal mortality in Peru are scandalous. The fact that so many women are dying from preventable causes is a human rights violation.

"The Peruvian state is simply ignoring its obligation to provide adequate maternal healthcare to all women, regardless of who they are and where they live."

Garcia added: "Health services for pregnant women in Peru are like a lottery: if you are poor and indigenous, the chances are you will always lose."

Amnesty's report highlighted the case of Criselda, a  22-year-old indigenous woman from the country's Huancavelica Department, one of the poorest regions of the country.

While seven months pregnant, she fell and hurt herself, and after feeling pains, she went to the health post for a check-up.

The doctor said she was fine and sent her away but she miscarried two days later, according to the report.

The report found that so many women are dying because they face a number of barriers, including a lack of health staff who speak indigenous languages like Quechua -- a native Andean language spoken by some five million people in Peru.

However, the vast majority of Peruvian doctors only speak Spanish, as they rarely come from areas or communities where indigenous languages are spoken.

Criselda told researchers she believes the doctor may not have picked up her symptoms accurately because she could not understand her, and interpreters were not available.

Transport problems are also a contributing factor to the high mortality rate among Peruvian indigenous women, as most of them usually have to travel long distances to a health center to get attention, the report found.

Criselda's husband Fortunato said in the report: "There is no ambulance when there is an emergency. To go from here it takes us two or three days and sometimes they die right here because there is no vehicle or ambulance."

According to the report, 27 percent of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes occurred during pregnancy; 26 percent occurred during the birth itself; and 46 percent during the first six weeks after giving birth.

Amnesty has urged the Peruvian government to allocate resources to maternal mortality and reproductive health, prioritizing the regions with the highest mortality ratios.

The organization also recommends an increase in training, particularly in indigenous languages.

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(CNN) -- A Saudi Arabian man was arrested after bragging about his sex life on television, local media reported.

Mazen Abdul Jawad appeared last week on a show on Lebanese channel LBC, where he went into "graphic details about his sexual conquests," according to Arab News, an English daily.

A segment of the show "Red Line" posted on YouTube shows the 32-year-old talking about sex and foreplay. He also discusses losing his virginity to a neighbor while he was 14.

In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, pre-marital sex is illegal and unrelated men and women are not allowed to mingle.

A government official told the newspaper that discussing sex in public is a punishable offense that may affect anyone involved in the broadcast.

"It is wrong to host people on television to speak publicly about vice and issues against our religion," said Ahmad Qasim Al-Ghamdi, director of Mecca's branch of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also known as the religious police.

"The program presents anomalies and deviancy in society that are unacceptable and immoral, and should be punished according to Shariah."

About 100 people have filed a complaint against Abdul Jawad, alleging among other things, that he violated a principle of Shariah law by "publicizing his sinful behavior," the daily said.

It is unclear what punishment, if any, Abdul Jawad faces.

CNN has been unable to reach Abdul Jawad or the Saudi Ministry of Justice for comment.

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question: Who appeared on the show?

answer: Mazen Abdul Jawad

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question: How many people have filed complaints?

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question: What channel came Mazen?

answer: LBC,

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