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(CNN) -- A man who faked his drowning death nearly 20 years ago off a Florida beach was found out by North Carolina police who stopped him for a traffic violation, authorities said Thursday.

Bennie Wint told police he faked his drowning death in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1989.

Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiancee and a daughter from a previous marriage. Over the past two decades, he acquired a common-law wife and another child in Marshall, North Carolina.

Wint told police he faked his death in Daytona Beach, Florida, because he was "paranoid" about his narcotics-related activity at the time, Weaverville, North Carolina, police Sgt. Stacy Wyatt told CNN.

When pulled over in Weaverville on Saturday because of malfunctioning lights on his license plate, the man said his name was James Sweet, Wyatt said. But when Wyatt ran the name through official databases, he was unable to find any information.

"I found it suspicious and believed it to be a false name," Wyatt said. He arrested the man on suspicion of driving without a license and giving false information, both misdemeanor offenses, and booked him under the name "John Doe."

But "John Doe" finally opened up to Wyatt, admitting he was really Bennie Wint and had been on the run since 1989.  Watch how reports of his death were premature Â»

Wint returned a call Thursday from CNN and asked what an interview with him would be "worth to you." Told that CNN does not pay for interviews, he responded, "Unless you want to pay for it, don't come up here. You are wasting your time. There are 'no trespassing' signs on my property." He then hung up.

According to police reports, Wint was on a trip to Daytona Beach with his then-fiancee, Patricia Hollingsworth. She told police they were engaged and had discussed getting married while on the trip.

But it was not to be. On September 25, 1989, Hollingsworth told beach patrol officials that Wint disappeared while swimming.

"We spent a bunch of time looking for him," said Volusia County Beach Patrol Capt. Scott Petersohn, who was on the beach patrol at the time, although he did not respond to the call. "We used helicopters, boats and boatloads of lifeguards."

Hollingsworth, then 37, told officials Wint entered the ocean about 4 p.m. and swam past the breakers before she lost sight of him, according to the incident report. The report notes Hollingsworth was "very upset" and that after contacting officials, she "began to run north and south in the area," looking for Wint.

Members of the beach patrol, however, thought the supposed drowning was suspicious.

"It is very rare to drown offshore and not wash back in onto the shore," Petersohn said. In addition, he said, the lifeguard on the beach told officials he did not see anyone swimming in the area.

Wyatt submitted Wint's fingerprints to the FBI for identification and, while waiting for the results, searched the Internet for information on a Bennie Wint.

"I found a daughter that was looking for him," Wyatt said. The woman posted information about her father in 2007, saying he went missing under suspicious circumstances.

Wyatt contacted the now-23-year-old woman, who said she was 4 when her father disappeared.

Wint has been released from jail and has not been charged in relation to the 1989 incident. It was not known whether he contacted his daughter.

Wyatt said Wint now has a common-law wife, a child and a business selling NASCAR items. The night he was arrested, Wyatt said, his wife was "distraught" upon learning his true identity.

Wyatt said Wint told him he was involved in narcotics in the 1970s and '80s, and "he ran out of paranoia, thinking people were out to get him." He said he went from Daytona Beach to Ozark, Alabama.

CNN's attempts to contact Hollingsworth were unsuccessful, and it was unclear whether she knows Wint is alive.

Petersohn said he is attempting to find the lifeguard on duty at Daytona Beach the day Wint disappeared to tell him the truth about the supposed drowning.

"For 20 years, that man that works for us thinks he might have missed something in the ocean," Petersohn said.

"I'm glad the guy's alive. I really am. ... It's unfortunate the way it went down at the time, people looking for a body that wasn't out there."

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(CNN) -- Mexican authorities on Saturday arrested four men in connection with last week's shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in San Diego County, California, Mexico's state-run news agency Notimex reported.

U.S. Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas was fatally shot Thursday night in California, U.S. authorities said.

Mexican federal police identified the men as human smugglers, and said they were in the act of transporting 21 immigrants when they were detained in the northwest state of Baja California, Notimex said.

At a news conference, federal police identified two of the suspects as brothers Jose Eugenio Quintero Ruiz, 49, and Jose Evodio Quintero Ruiz, 43. The other two arrestees were taxi drivers Antonio Badallares Zepeda, 57 and Jose Alfredo Camacho Penuela, 34, Notimex reported.

Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas was shot and killed Thursday night while responding to a potential incursion into the United States in the Campo area in San Diego County, U.S. authorities said.

The Mexican federal police did not offer specific evidence of the suspects' role in the killing, but said intelligence reports indicated the group was responsible for kidnappings, rapes and murders of several people who tried to cross to the United States, Notimex said. The men were wanted by American authorities, police said.

Notimex said that during his interrogation, Jose Eugenio Quintero told investigators the shooter was Ernesto Parra Valenzuela, a man arrested the day before by local police in Tecate, Mexico.

Rosas, who is survived by his wife and two young children, had been a border agent for three years.

Rosas was the ninth Border Patrol agent to be killed while on duty since 2006, according to the agency's Web site.

Two agents died in a vehicle wreck in 2006, and four died in 2007, including two who died in vehicle wrecks, a third who drowned and a fourth who suffered a heart attack while pursuing undocumented immigrants.

Two agents died on duty last year, the Border Patrol said. One died in a single-vehicle wreck; another was struck and killed by a vehicle driven by a suspected smuggler, according to the agency's Web site.

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(CNN) -- Brad Drewett is reluctant to divulge exact numbers, but the ATP World Tour Finals is a big deal for men's tennis.

The season-ending event, worth $5 million in prize money this year, is the tour's marquee event -- an elite eight-man showpiece that attracts top sponsors and acts as a massive advert for the game.

"It's one the of the ATP's biggest assets," longtime tournament director Brad Drewett told CNN during this week's round-robin matches. "For it to be a commercial success is extremely important for us."

Drewett, a 58-year-old former tennis prodigy, has been running the finals for more than a decade now.

It came to London's glitzy O2 Arena -- best known as a concert venue -- in 2009 after Drewett took it back to Shanghai for three years.

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"The actual financial structure is a bit different. We have a partnership here with AEG, the owners of the O2, whereas in Shanghai we had a partnership with the municipal government who were very keen to have the event for the purpose of promoting China and Shanghai and also promoting the sport of tennis in China," he said.

"Here it was us wanting to bring the event back to the traditional market of Europe, and in particular London."

The UK capital has a contract until 2013, but doubts have been raised about the event's future on the banks of the River Thames due to complaints about British laws which require players to be taxed on all endorsements during the time they are in the country.

The Lawn Tennis Association, which runs Wimbledon and is also an event partner of the ATP finals, is lobbying the government for an exemption.

"If we lose events like this it will have a big impact not just on the economy but also on sponsors and television and in other areas," LTA chief executive Roger Draper told the UK Press Association.

Can Federer make finals history in London?

Drewett said the ATP is happy for the event to stay in London, which is one of the ruling body's global headquarters alongside Florida, Sydney and Monte Carlo.

"That decision won't be made until the second or third quarter of next year. That's a decision for our board. We're very happy here," he said.

"We have every reason to believe that next year and the following year will be just as popular."

More than 250,000 people attended the 17,500-capacity arena over eight days in the first two years, and sponsorship has "sold out" with title partner Barclays bank joined by luxury-goods brands such as Rolex, Lacoste and Moet & Chandon along with the likes of FedEx, South African Airways, Nissan, Ricoh and Italian power giant Enel.

It is broadcast in the UK by public and subscription channels, and in more than 150 countries around the world.

"It's our marquee event and it generates a significant amount of money for us," Drewett said. "And from a promotional point of view this week is the event that everyone is talking about."

The 2009 rebranding from the Masters Cup has also given the tournament a distinct identity from the four grand slam events of the tennis calendar.

"A grand slam has two or three major courts, men and women, plus the outside courts over 14 days. To have quarter of a million in that time frame on one court is testament to the strength of the event and the players we have right now and their popularity," Drewett said.

"I personally like the rebranding. It tells a good story, it's pretty clear what it is. The message is very clear to the consumer.

"We're not looking to compete in any way with the grand slams. This event is what it is -- the format being eight players, only men, indoors, round-robin -- it speaks for itself as being totally different from a grand slam. The public understand that."

Drewett was one of the most promising young players of the 1970s, winning the Australian Open junior title twice, but was not quite so successful on the senior circuit as he reached a career-high ranking of 34.

However, he did appear at the season-ending event once, in the doubles at London's Royal Albert Hall in 1988 when it was a separate tournament -- now both formats are run during the same week.

At that time, Madison Square Gardens was nearing the end of a 13-year run of hosting the singles -- and Drewett believes that the O2 is taking on a similar status to the iconic New York venue.

"In its time it was one of the special ones, like here. The finals was a very special event. People still talk about playing at Madison Square Gardens, and this is going to be the same," he said.

"When you go out there, the court, the crowd -- there's a certain atmosphere you don't get very often at sporting events."

After ending his career, Drewett became involved in businesses before being asked to run for a place on the ATP board to represent the players.

He did so for five years before taking on the role of chief executive of the ATP's International Group.

"I was always interested in the politics and business. I was interested in what made the tour tick even as a player," Drewett said.

"Tennis has been, in relative terms, pretty big business for a long time. In terms of professional sport it's one of the most mature.

"Tennis was one of the first where pro athletes could make a serious living from it, back in the 1950s. The business has got bigger and more mature, and it's as strong as it's ever been 60 years later."

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(CNN) -- The annals of late-night television talk shows are full of failure.

George Lopez says he believes late-night talk is ready for more diversity.

Joey Bishop, Dick Cavett and Pat Sajak all tried to challenge the legendary Johnny Carson's supremacy; all fell short. Joan Rivers lasted less than eight months as host of a Fox show; Chevy Chase lasted less than eight weeks on his Fox entry.

Even in recent years, when late-night shows are all over cable, few make a dent in the ratings or in the public consciousness.

So does comedian and former sitcom star George Lopez believe he can overcome those challenges and put on a talk show people will talk about?

To paraphrase a slogan Lopez heard plenty last year, when he traveled the campaign trail as one of Barack Obama's supporters: yes ... he ... does.

"I believe that that audience is more diverse, less represented than it's ever been," he said in a phone interview, noting that -- though it's been 20 years since the African-American performer Arsenio Hall launched his late-night show -- late night remains the preserve of generally white male comedians.

"It's not even about black and white anymore, because so many people are from mixed backgrounds and mixed ethnicities, and it's just a great time to be able to pull all that together."

Lopez, whose show will air on TBS beginning in November, is no stranger to talk shows. He was on Johnny Carson's "Tonight" show, and he admires David Letterman and Bill Maher, among others. But he thinks a Lopez show will bring some fresh energy to late night. (TBS, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner.)

The comedian says he already has big plans to make his show distinctive, from its more open setting to Lopez's determination to make the audience a key part of the show. He talked about some of his hopes with CNN last week. The following is an edited version of that interview:

CNN: So I see you're doing a late-night talk show.

George Lopez: Yes, brother. Change has come to the White House, change has come to late night!

CNN: How did this come about?

Lopez: Well ... when I was doing "The George Lopez Show" -- probably into like the 30th episode, [and] we ended up doing 120 shows, [a production company executive] said, "Hey, would you consider a talk show?" And I'm like, "Dude, I got a gig."

He said, "It's not going to last forever. When it's over ... [So] let me put this bug in your ear, five years early."

I kinda never considered it, although ... I've been on every show. And what's appealing to me now ... is that I believe that that audience is more diverse, less represented than it's ever been. ...

I can take a little more liberties than if this show were on network TV, where everybody's afraid to say something wrong because you might piss off an advertiser. [And] I believe the fact that a Mexican-American guy hosting his own late-night talk show is appealing to advertisers. I look at that as a positive.

Look, Anderson Cooper is at the Mexican border -- I wish my show were on tonight so I could talk about it.

CNN: Does it intimidate you getting a late-night talk show? Lord knows there have been a zillion late-night talk shows, and many of them end up in TV graveyards.

Lopez: I think it goes case by case, Todd. I mean, Chevy Chase probably wasn't the right person for that format ...

I think the visibility of my [sitcom] and the success and popularity of my standup, and being a little edgier and a little different and not milquetoast by any means and not Anglo white male, and being unafraid and seeing the change [will help]. ... I think it helped me to campaign with Barack Obama for a year. ... I know what's out there, and I know that that audience is not served, and cable TV is a great place to attract those people.

CNN: The press release mentions a "street-party atmosphere." Have you had a chance to work through that a little bit and decide what that means?

Lopez: Absolutely. We shot a production pilot ... [and] what we did was we created an amphitheater outside at Warner Bros., right where they shoot "ER" where the ambulance entrance is. We built a set there, and I used Shakira's band led by [her musical director] Tim Mitchell. ... We didn't use seats, we used kind of an amphitheater feel, and since we shot it out on the street, it did have a different feel. ...

With a younger audience and the music, [it] made it more exciting and a little different with me as host than I think than what's on late night now.

CNN: You mentioned having Shakira's band. Is that going to be a regular feature? Is there going to be a sidekick?

Lopez: I'm not going to do a sidekick, but I'll use audience members, so I'll have potentially 360 sidekicks if I see somebody who's really interesting.

One of the aspects we used in the pilot was having audience members actually ask questions from their seat -- not from a preset microphone, but from their seat. ... That's a part of it that I think is different and fun, and I don't want there to feel like you're at a movie, where you're just watching a show. I want you to feel like you can potentially be part of it.

Like I told somebody before, if you go to a flea market or a swap meet, you'll find anything you want, but if you go to a store that's a high-end department store, you're only going to find what they have.

So being a poor guy growing up, and getting stuff from thrift shops growing up, I'd like to think that this will be the flea market of late-night talk shows, that you can probably find anything there.

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text: that

text: together

text: Lopez

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text: show

text: will

text: air

text: on

text: TBS

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text: in

text: November

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text: no

text: stranger

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text: show

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text: he

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text: Letterman

text: and

text: Bill

text: Maher

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text: others

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text: a

text: Lopez

text: show

text: will

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text: some

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text: late

text: night

text: TBS

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text: CNN

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text: The

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text: plans

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text: make

text: his

text: show

text: distinctive

text: from

text: its

text: more

text: open

text: setting

text: to

text: Lopez

text: 's

text: determination

text: to

text: make

text: the

text: audience

text: a

text: key

text: part

text: of

text: the

text: show

text: He

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text: of

text: his

text: hopes

text: with

text: CNN

text: last

text: week

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text: following

text: is

text: an

text: edited

text: version

text: of

text: that

text: interview

text: CNN

text: So

text: I

text: see

text: you

text: 're

text: doing

text: a

text: late

text: night

text: talk

text: show

text: George

text: Lopez

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text: brother

text: Change

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text: come

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text: the

text: White

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text: change

text: has

text: come

text: to

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text: night

text: CNN

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text: come

text: about

text: Lopez

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text: was

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text: the

text: episode

text: and

text: we

text: ended

text: up

text: doing

text: shows

text: a

text: production

text: company

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text: show

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text: forever

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text: it

text: 's

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text: this

text: bug

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text: ear

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text: years

text: early

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text: although

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text: on

text: every

text: show

text: And

text: what

text: 's

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text: I

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text: that

text: audience

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text: a

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text: more

text: liberties

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text: this

text: show

text: were

text: on

text: network

text: TV

text: where

text: everybody

text: 's

text: afraid

text: to

text: say

text: something

text: wrong

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text: off

text: an

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text: that

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text: Mexican

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text: hosting

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text: late

text: night

text: talk

text: show

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text: Cooper

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text: show

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text: I

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text: CNN

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text: case

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text: the

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text: popularity

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text: edgier

text: and

text: a

text: little

text: different

text: and

text: not

text: milquetoast

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text: any

text: means

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text: not

text: Anglo

text: white

text: male

text: and

text: being

text: unafraid

text: and

text: seeing

text: the

text: change

text: will

text: help

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: helped

text: me

text: to

text: campaign

text: with

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: for

text: a

text: year

text: I

text: know

text: what

text: 's

text: out

text: there

text: and

text: I

text: know

text: that

text: that

text: audience

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text: and

text: cable

text: TV

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text: a

text: great

text: place

text: to

text: attract

text: those

text: people

text: CNN

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text: press

text: release

text: mentions

text: a

text: street

text: party

text: atmosphere

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text: you

text: had

text: a

text: chance

text: to

text: work

text: through

text: that

text: a

text: little

text: bit

text: and

text: decide

text: what

text: that

text: means

text: Lopez

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text: a

text: production

text: pilot

text: and

text: what

text: we

text: did

text: was

text: we

text: created

text: an

text: amphitheater

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text: at

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text: where

text: they

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text: ER

text: where

text: the

text: ambulance

text: entrance

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text: a

text: set

text: there

text: and

text: I

text: used

text: Shakira

text: 's

text: band

text: led

text: by

text: her

text: musical

text: director

text: Tim

text: Mitchell

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text: did

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text: we

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text: feel

text: and

text: since

text: we

text: shot

text: it

text: out

text: on

text: the

text: street

text: it

text: did

text: have

text: a

text: different

text: feel

text: With

text: a

text: younger

text: audience

text: and

text: the

text: music

text: it

text: made

text: it

text: more

text: exciting

text: and

text: a

text: little

text: different

text: with

text: me

text: as

text: host

text: than

text: I

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text: than

text: what

text: 's

text: on

text: late

text: night

text: now

text: CNN

text: You

text: mentioned

text: having

text: Shakira

text: 's

text: band

text: Is

text: that

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: regular

text: feature

text: Is

text: there

text: going

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: sidekick

text: Lopez

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: going

text: to

text: do

text: a

text: sidekick

text: but

text: I

text: 'll

text: use

text: audience

text: members

text: so

text: I

text: 'll

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text: potentially

text: sidekicks

text: if

text: I

text: see

text: somebody

text: who

text: 's

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text: interesting

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text: the

text: aspects

text: we

text: used

text: in

text: the

text: pilot

text: was

text: having

text: audience

text: members

text: actually

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text: questions

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text: a

text: preset

text: microphone

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text: a

text: part

text: of

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text: and

text: fun

text: and

text: I

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text: at

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text: show

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text: you

text: to

text: feel

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text: market

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text: a

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text: meet

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text: you

text: want

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text: go

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text: a

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text: a

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text: poor

text: guy

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question: What will George Lopez begin in November?

answer: show

text: show

question: Whose campaign was Lopez active in?

answer: Barack Obama's

text: Barack Obama's

question: When is George Lopez beginning the late-night talk show?

answer: November,

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question: whose campaign is Lopez active in ?

answer: Barack Obama's

text: Barack Obama's

question: what does comedian believe ?

answer: late-night talk is ready for more diversity.

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question: What does Lopez say he's not using?

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Editor's Note: Two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington joined the Mt. Vernon Boys & Girls Club in New York at the age of 6 and remained an active member for the next 12 years. The actor credits his early years spent at the club with changing the direction of his life. Since 1994, he has served as a volunteer national spokesman for Boys & Girls Clubs of America, appearing in public service announcements on television and in print. He's also a member of the group's board.

Denzel Washington says America's leaders need to pay attention to the crisis affecting our children.

(CNN) -- With the political season in full swing, much is at stake for America. The economy is in a downward spiral. We have an energy crisis. Our jobless rate is on the rise.

These are the subjects that generate headlines and much debate among the candidates.

But there is an underlying problem that we as a nation have not addressed, a situation that should concern any American with an eye on the future, regardless of party affiliation. It is the crisis affecting our children:

â¢ Nearly 30 percent of this year's freshman class will drop out of high school, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. That number jumps to 40 percent in some urban areas.

â¢ The obesity rate for our kids has gone up by as much as 300 percent since 1980, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, triggering a host of health-related problems, from diabetes to heart disease.

â¢ Young people account for more than 20 percent of violent crimes in the United States, according to statistics cited by Duke University's Center for Child and Family Policy. Violent juvenile crime peaks between 3 and 4 p.m., at the end of the school day.

These facts are grim enough. Factor in persistent patterns of poverty, gang activity, drug abuse and teenage pregnancy, and you have a generation of Americans that will be unprepared -- indeed, unable -- to meet the challenges posed by a complex world.

We expect our leaders to lead. But as citizens, we shouldn't simply sit back and hope that politicians stand up to the test.  We can participate in the political process, advocating for policies that will benefit the health, education and well-being of young Americans, because we must do a better job of preparing our youth to lead.

It is daunting to think about solving such a widespread crisis. But there are youth-serving organizations that can and do play a key role in effecting positive change -- places such as Boys & Girls Clubs, with a long track record of helping young people turn things around, get an education, lead healthy lives and become effective leaders.

I know, because I was one of those kids. Club staff taught me right from wrong and made the lesson stick. They planted the seeds early on that led me to envision myself as a high school graduate, a college graduate and an achiever in whatever field I chose.

Boys & Girls Clubs do this today for millions of kids, offering everything from homework help to career exploration, performing a daily miracle that turns hope into opportunity. Urging children and the adults in their lives to "Be Great," these clubs communicate the idea that there is potential for greatness in every child. This powerful call to action reminds us that we can all play a role in helping youth realize their dreams.

So I ask you to join me in this effort. There are many ways to help:

â¢ Volunteering at a local youth organization. â¢ Leading by example. â¢ Donating to charities that make a difference.

In partnership with government, schools, community leaders and parents, we can create a network and culture in which everyone embraces the importance of a positive future for our youth.

But right now, with Election Day fast approaching, ask your local, state and national candidates what they are doing to help our young people become tomorrow's leaders. Ask them to make children a top priority and tell them that you hold them accountable. If we all become advocates for our children, elected officials might just take action.

We can do better. And if we care about our nation's future, we must do better.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer.

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)  -- One of two doctors charged with conspiring to furnish drugs to Anna Nicole Smith before her fatal overdose in 2007 surrendered to authorities and was jailed Monday, authorities said.

Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend Howard K. Stern was among those charged last week.

Dr. Khristine Eroshevich surrendered at the Van Nuys, California, jail, said police and jail officials. Bail was set at $20,000, but Eroshevich had not posted bail as of Monday afternoon.

Eroshevich was charged last week along with Howard K. Stern, Smith's longtime partner and attorney; and Dr. Sandeep Kapoor. Stern and Kapoor were arrested and released from a Los Angeles County jail Thursday night after each posted a $20,000 bond.

All three are charged with eight felonies, including conspiring to furnish controlled substances, unlawfully prescribing a controlled substance and obtaining fraudulent prescriptions from June 2004 through January 2007, only weeks before Smith's death. Kapoor and Eroshevich were also charged with obtaining a prescription for opiates by "fraud, deceit or misrepresentation." And each was charged with one count of obtaining a prescription for opiates by giving a false name or address, prosecutors said.

"Anna was the center of a cruel tabloid feeding frenzy," Eroshevich's attorney, Adam Braun, told CNN in a statement Monday. "In the face of this, Dr. Eroshevich did her best to help the patient while protecting what little privacy Anna had left. Any actions were done with the patient's well-being in mind and were certainly not criminal."

California Attorney General Jerry Brown said the doctors and Stern devised a plan to use fake names so Smith could be prescribed "thousands of pills." The former Playboy playmate and reality TV star was drugged "almost to the point of stupefaction," Brown said.

"The quantity of the drugs, the variety of the drugs, the combination at any given point, and her continuing to use that -- that, to a professional, is clear evidence of addiction," Brown said Friday. "These cocktails of methadone and antidepressants and sleeping pills and Xanax, you put all that into a cocktail, it explodes and can cause death, injury and permanent morbidity and disability."

Brown said Stern was the "principal enabler" in a conspiracy with two doctors for giving the "known addict" thousands of prescription pills.

Stern's attorney Krista Barth said on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Friday night that she thought Brown's comments were prejudicial.

"I don't think that this was something that should have been stated in a public forum," Barth said. "I think it's contrary to the rules of professional conduct regarding trial publicity. And you have to wonder why such a statement was made."

Smith, 39, was pronounced dead February 8, 2007, after being found unconscious in her hotel room at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino near Hollywood, Florida. A coroner said she died from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.

Officials said that both prescription and over-the-counter drugs were found in Smith's system, including three antidepressant or anti-anxiety drugs. Human growth hormone and chloral hydrate, a sleep medication, were also found in toxicology tests, officials said.

CNN's Marc Balinsky contributed to this report.

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question: What did the lawyer say?

answer: "Anna was the center of a cruel tabloid feeding frenzy,"

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question: Who was jailed?

answer: Dr. Khristine Eroshevich

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question: What are they accused of?

answer: Nicole Smith

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question: When did she surrender?

answer: Monday,

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