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(CNN) -- Fans of Usher Raymond IV view him as a singing, dancing and acting superstar.

Superstar performer Usher Raymond IV at the closing ceremony for Usher's Camp New Look.

But to a special group of young people, he is a mentor and a friend.

"He leads by example," said Arnold "Supa" LaFrance, a "Mogul in Training" at Usher's Camp New Look. "Usher's all about peace and love and giving back to the community, and it's genuine. He does it when the cameras are on and when the cameras are off."

Now in its fifth year, the camp is a passion for the Grammy Award-winning artist, who each year gives more than a hundred teens from underserved communities across the country the opportunity to learn about the entertainment and sports industries.

Thomas Springer, a 17-year-old Atlanta, Georgia, resident, has participated in the camp for four years and said he wants to use his talent in filmmaking and what he has learned at Camp New Look to help his community.

"Before I came to camp, I didn't think I had a voice in my community and that I could do anything based on my age," Springer said. "The camp let me know that no matter what your age, no matter what you do, you can make an impact on your community."

Usher came to fame as a teen and has sold millions of records, including the hit singles "Yeah" and "Confessions II." His success has allowed him to become part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team and to launch his own line of fragrances for men and women.

The camp, the singer said, teaches participants the business aspects of the entertainment and sports industries and imparts the importance of being service-oriented. A selection committee selects campers that are nominated by partner organizations in various cities across the country.

Now the father of two young boys, Usher said he is also enriched by the camp's experience.

"It makes me a better man. It makes me a better individual," he said. "There's a difference between hard work and heart work, and this would represent heart work."  Watch Usher talk about his camp Â»

As a youngster, Usher participated in the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and he said it helped shape his ideas about mentoring.

"I think that the Boys & Girls Club is a very positive environment for kids," he said. "It's another place that allows you to be a product of your experience. I encountered a lot of people who became mentors for me there."

At this year's closing ceremony for Usher's Camp New Look, held at the Alliance Theater at Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta, the energy level was high as campers and their family members walked a red carpet alongside some of Usher's celebrity friends, including NBA star Alonzo Mourning and San Francisco 49er Allen Rossum.

The free, residential camp held for two weeks every summer in Atlanta is an outgrowth of Usher's New Look Foundation, which he established to empower at-risk youth by giving them the skills necessary to enter careers in the sports and entertainment industries and working with them to provide employment opportunities.

Mourning said Usher is one who understands that "to whom much is given, much is required."

"The service that Usher is providing for these kids with these educational opportunities and expanding their lives to a whole new level, it's important that we all rally around these particular causes and support these initiatives," Mourning said.

Gabrielle Brou, 16, a first-year camper from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, who aspires to be an actress, said there were countless opportunities at camp to network with successful people who are living the lives she hopes to achieve.

"Once I found out that there were ways I could better myself in acting, learn the business and also give back ... I decided that this camp would be really great for me," she said. "I would love to do it again next year."

Having a day set aside for the campers and their families to revel in all that they have achieved and their future possibilities left Usher with a huge smile on his face.

"It's really good to see them be able to live out their dreams," he said.

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(CNN) -- The sole survivor of Sunday's shooting rampage in Wisconsin "played dead" after a sheriff's deputy shot him three times, Wisconsin's attorney general said Tuesday.

Tyler Peterson, a sheriff's deputy, shot and killed six people, police said.

After Tyler Peterson shot him once, Charlie Neitzel, 21, begged him to stop. But Peterson fired again. Neitzel fell to the floor, was shot a third time, and didn't move.

"Playing dead until Peterson left, Neitzel survived," Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said.

Neitzel underwent surgery Tuesday and was in stable condition Tuesday night, a hospital employee told CNN.

The families of the six slain young people -- all current or former graduates of Crandon High School in Crandon, Wisconsin, asked that media leave them alone in their grief, Van Hollen told reporters.

But the families of the victims also wanted it known that they had met with Peterson's family.

"They hold no animosity toward them," Van Hollen said, conveying the families' wishes that the Peterson family be allowed space and time to heal.

On Sunday around 2 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) Peterson, a full-time Forest County Sheriff's deputy, went to a party at a home in the small town of Crandon apparently to make amends with an ex-girlfriend, a friend of Peterson's told The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Peterson argued with Jordanne Murray, accusing her of dating someone else, said Van Hollen.

Peterson lost control after people called him a "worthless pig," Peterson's friend Mike Kegley told the paper.

Peterson left the party and got a police-style AR-15 rifle from his truck, forced his way back into the apartment and fired about 30 rounds at about 2:45 a.m. (3:45 a.m. ET).

Six people were killed. According to The Associated Press, investigators found three bodies on or next to a couch -- Lindsey Stahl, 14; Aaron Smith, 20; and Bradley Schultz, 20.

Murray, 18, was found in the kitchen. Lianna Thomas, 18, was found in a closet, and Katrina McCorkle, 18, was just outside it. Both had apparently been trying to hide, Van Hollen said, according to AP.

Neitzel was the last person shot, Van Hollen said.

Less than 20 minutes later, a patrolling Crandon police officer, reported hearing gunfire and approached the apartment building to investigate, Van Hollen said. The officer, Greg Carter, 21, said he saw Peterson exit the building with a rifle, and momentarily lost sight of him. Then, Carter "heard multiple rounds of gunfire" and Carter's windshield burst, Van Hollen said.

Van Hollen said Peterson drove "aimlessly" through three Wisconsin counties and made false calls to authorities to "throw police off his tail."

He eventually stopped in Argonne, Wisconsin, where he spoke to friends and confessed, Van Hollen said.

Peterson was killed in a shootout with law officers Sunday after negotiations for his surrender failed. The details of the negotiations are not being released at this time pending an ongoing investigation, Van Hollen said Tuesday. E-mail to a friend

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question: who begged tyler peterson?

answer: Charlie Neitzel,

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question: where did peterson opened fire?

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question: What is the age of the guy begged Tyler Peterson to stop shooting?

answer: 21,

question: What was the number of victims killed by Peterson?

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question: On what day did the shooting occur?

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question: What was the name of the shooter

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question: What AG told about this shooting?

answer: "Playing dead until Peterson left, Neitzel survived," Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said.

text: "Playing dead until Peterson left, Neitzel survived," Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said.


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(CNN)  -- When I first joined the Navy, I had no idea that I was gay. I was well into my career when I realized this fact, but I was doing well as evidenced by the awards and promotions I was receiving.

In addition, I really enjoyed what I was doing and felt I was making a difference. So I opted to continue to serve, even though I knew that I would have to hide my true identity.

For most of my career in the Navy, I lived two lives and went to work each day wondering if that would be my last. Whenever the admiral would call me to his office, 99.9 percent of me was certain that it was to discuss an operational issue. But there was always that fear in the back of my mind that somehow I had been "outed," and he was calling me to his office to tell me that I was fired. So many simple things that straight people take for granted could have ended my career, even a comment such as "My partner and I went to the movies last night."

Do you think "don't ask, don't tell" should be reversed?

In spite of the stress of living under "don't ask, don't tell" and the constant fear of losing my job, somehow my partner, Lynne Kennedy, an openly gay reference librarian at the Library of Congress, and I had learned to deal with the policy and make the requisite sacrifices.

I had pretended to be straight and played the games most gays in the military are all too familiar with -- not daring to have a picture of Lynne on my desk, being reluctant to go out to dinner with her, telling her not to call me at work except in a real emergency, not going to church together, avoiding shopping for groceries together and generally  staying out of sight of anyone I knew when we were together. I didn't want to have to lie about who Lynne was or have someone conclude that we were more than casual friends.

But it was the events of September 11, 2001, that caused me to appreciate fully the true impact of "don't ask, don't tell" on our lives.

At 8:30 a.m. on September 11, I went to a meeting in the Pentagon. At 9:30 a.m. I left that meeting. At 9:37 a.m., American Airlines Flight No. 77 slammed into the Pentagon and destroyed the exact space I had left less than eight minutes earlier, killing seven of my colleagues.

In the days and weeks that followed, I went to several funerals and memorial services for shipmates who had been killed. Most of my co-workers attended these services with their spouses whose support was critical at this difficult time, yet I was forced to go alone.

As the numbness began to wear off, it hit me how incredibly alone Lynne would have been had I been killed. The military is known for how it pulls together and helps people; we talk of the "military family," which is a way of saying we always look after each other, especially in times of need. But none of that support would have been available for Lynne, because under "don't ask, don't tell," she couldn't exist.

In fact, Lynne would have been one of the last people to know had I been killed, because nowhere in my paperwork or emergency contact information had I dared to list her name.

This realization caused us to stop and reassess exactly what was most important in our lives. During that process, we realized that the "don't ask, don't tell" policy was causing us to make a much bigger sacrifice than either of us had ever admitted. Eight months later, in June 2002, I retired after more than 29 years in the U.S. Navy, an organization I will always love and respect.

We are now committed to doing everything we possibly can to get rid of "don't ask, don't tell" so that our military can finally be open to all qualified and motivated individuals who want to serve their country.

As a retired naval officer, I am especially pleased with the leadership that Navy Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has demonstrated on repeal of "don't ask, don't tell." I believe that the end of the policy is in sight. I have every confidence that our military will easily adjust to this change and that with strong leadership, we will ultimately be stronger and better for it.

Ironically, it was in the military that I learned to work with people of different backgrounds, different religions, different ethnicities and different skin colors and to focus on getting the mission accomplished. I learned the importance of respecting everyone and judging people on their performance and abilities, not on a preconceived prejudice.

Twenty-six countries allow gays to serve openly in their militaries, and from all reports, things are going just fine. This is the right step for our country, our military and for gay people both currently serving and those who would like to be part of the world's finest military. I have great love and respect for our country, but I know we can do better than "don't ask, don't tell."

The opinions in this commentary are solely those of Joan E. Darrah.

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question: Who said, "I know we can do better than don't ask, don't tell"?

answer: Joan E. Darrah.

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question: What is Darrah's first name?

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question: What did Darrah pretend?

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question: Who says she lived two lives in the Navy?

answer: Joan E. Darrah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DEA joins investigation

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Police did not say whether they found anything.

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

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

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

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

Will nominates Jackson's mother as kids' guardian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Another hearing has been set for Monday.

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

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text: fictional

text: world

text: in

text: J.M.

text: Barrie

text: 's

text: Peter

text: Pan

text: Planning

text: had

text: been

text: under

text: way

text: for

text: a

text: motorcade

text: to

text: carry

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: body

text: from

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: to

text: the

text: ranch

text: in

text: Santa

text: Barbara

text: County

text: California

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text: state

text: and

text: local

text: officials

text: suggested

text: would

text: be

text: difficult

text: and

text: costly

text: A

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text: viewing

text: at

text: the

text: ranch

text: on

text: Friday

text: also

text: had

text: been

text: under

text: consideration

text: law

text: enforcement

text: sources

text: said

text: Gregory

text: Son

text: a

text: old

text: musician

text: was

text: among

text: many

text: fans

text: who

text: had

text: planned

text: to

text: ride

text: to

text: the

text: ranch

text: to

text: say

text: goodbye

text: to

text: Jackson

text: I

text: think

text: he

text: was

text: a

text: modern

text: day

text: prophet

text: Son

text: said

text: outside

text: Grauman

text: 's

text: Chinese

text: Theater

text: in

text: Hollywood

text: We

text: kind

text: of

text: lost

text: our

text: father

text: DEA

text: joins

text: investigation

text: On

text: Wednesday

text: night

text: a

text: federal

text: law

text: enforcement

text: official

text: said

text: Wednesday

text: night

text: that

text: the

text: Drug

text: Enforcement

text: Administration

text: had

text: joined

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: death

text: investigation

text: once

text: again

text: fanning

text: speculation

text: that

text: drugs

text: may

text: have

text: been

text: involved

text: in

text: the

text: pop

text: icon

text: 's

text: passing

text: Two

text: law

text: enforcement

text: officials

text: separately

text: confirmed

text: the

text: DEA

text: probe

text: saying

text: agents

text: would

text: look

text: at

text: various

text: doctors

text: involved

text: with

text: Jackson

text: their

text: practices

text: and

text: their

text: possible

text: sources

text: of

text: medicine

text: supply

text: Neither

text: official

text: wanted

text: to

text: be

text: identified

text: because

text: they

text: could

text: not

text: comment

text: publicly

text: on

text: the

text: matter

text: Officially

text: a

text: DEA

text: spokeswoman

text: referred

text: questions

text: to

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: California

text: police

text: department

text: which

text: would

text: not

text: confirm

text: the

text: involvement

text: We

text: routinely

text: offer

text: assistance

text: to

text: any

text: agency

text: regarding

text: the

text: Federal

text: Controlled

text: Substance

text: Act

text: said

text: Sarah

text: Pullen

text: of

text: the

text: DEA

text: However

text: at

text: this

text: time

text: we

text: have

text: nothing

text: further

text: to

text: comment

text: about

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: Speculation

text: about

text: the

text: role

text: of

text: drugs

text: has

text: been

text: swirling

text: since

text: Jackson

text: died

text: on

text: June

text: at

text: his

text: rented

text: estate

text: in

text: Holmby

text: Hills

text: The

text: cause

text: of

text: his

text: death

text: at

text: age

text: was

text: pending

text: toxicology

text: results

text: On

text: Wednesday

text: police

text: released

text: a

text: car

text: belonging

text: to

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: cardiologist

text: Dr.

text: Conrad

text: Murray

text: They

text: had

text: impounded

text: the

text: vehicle

text: Friday

text: saying

text: it

text: might

text: contain

text: evidence

text: possibly

text: prescription

text: medications

text: Police

text: did

text: not

text: say

text: whether

text: they

text: found

text: anything

text: Murray

text: 's

text: lawyers

text: issued

text: a

text: statement

text: asking

text: the

text: public

text: to

text: reserve

text: judgment

text: about

text: the

text: cause

text: of

text: death

text: until

text: the

text: coroner

text: 's

text: tests

text: are

text: complete

text: Based

text: on

text: our

text: agreement

text: with

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: investigators

text: we

text: are

text: waiting

text: on

text: real

text: information

text: to

text: come

text: from

text: viable

text: sources

text: like

text: the

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: medical

text: examiner

text: 's

text: office

text: about

text: the

text: death

text: of

text: Michael

text: Jackson

text: the

text: statement

text: said

text: We

text: will

text: not

text: be

text: responding

text: to

text: rumors

text: and

text: innuendo

text: The

text: comments

text: were

text: in

text: reaction

text: to

text: a

text: claim

text: by

text: a

text: nutritionist

text: who

text: said

text: Jackson

text: suffered

text: from

text: severe

text: bouts

text: of

text: insomnia

text: and

text: pleaded

text: for

text: the

text: powerful

text: sedative

text: Propofol

text: despite

text: knowing

text: its

text: harmful

text: effects

text: I

text: told

text: him

text: this

text: medication

text: is

text: not

text: safe

text: said

text: Cherilyn

text: Lee

text: a

text: registered

text: nurse

text: He

text: said

text: I

text: just

text: want

text: to

text: get

text: some

text: sleep

text: You

text: do

text: n't

text: understand

text: I

text: just

text: want

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: be

text: knocked

text: out

text: and

text: go

text: to

text: sleep

text: Will

text: nominates

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: mother

text: as

text: kids

text: guardian

text: Meanwhile

text: details

text: of

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: will

text: written

text: on

text: July

text: showed

text: that

text: the

text: singer

text: estimated

text: his

text: estate

text: to

text: be

text: worth

text: at

text: least

text: million

text: In

text: it

text: he

text: nominated

text: his

text: mother

text: Katherine

text: Jackson

text: as

text: the

text: guardian

text: of

text: his

text: three

text: children

text: If

text: his

text: old

text: mother

text: is

text: not

text: living

text: I

text: nominate

text: Diana

text: Ross

text: as

text: guardian

text: Jackson

text: stated

text: Singer

text: Ross

text: is

text: a

text: lifelong

text: friend

text: of

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: The

text: will

text: said

text: Jackson

text: intentionally

text: omitted

text: his

text: former

text: wife

text: and

text: the

text: mother

text: of

text: his

text: two

text: oldest

text: children

text: Debbie

text: Rowe

text: It

text: will

text: be

text: up

text: to

text: a

text: court

text: to

text: decide

text: who

text: gets

text: custody

text: of

text: the

text: children

text: ages

text: and

text: Rowe

text: has

text: not

text: publicly

text: indicated

text: whether

text: she

text: will

text: challenge

text: the

text: Jacksons

text: for

text: custody

text: The

text: two

text: men

text: whom

text: the

text: will

text: named

text: as

text: executors

text: immediately

text: filed

text: a

text: request

text: to

text: take

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: estate

text: One

text: is

text: John

text: Branca

text: who

text: represented

text: Jackson

text: from

text: until

text: and

text: was

text: hired

text: again

text: before

text: the

text: singer

text: 's

text: death

text: He

text: helped

text: acquire

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: music

text: catalog

text: which

text: is

text: worth

text: millions

text: The

text: other

text: is

text: music

text: industry

text: executive

text: John

text: McClain

text: a

text: longtime

text: Jackson

text: friend

text: who

text: has

text: worked

text: with

text: him

text: and

text: his

text: sister

text: Janet

text: The

text: men

text: said

text: in

text: their

text: filing

text: in

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: Superior

text: Court

text: that

text: control

text: of

text: the

text: estate

text: would

text: allow

text: them

text: to

text: tend

text: to

text: Jackson

text: 's

text: numerous

text: outstanding

text: debts

text: legal

text: cases

text: and

text: business

text: obligations

text: Judge

text: Mitchell

text: Beckloff

text: held

text: an

text: emergency

text: hearing

text: Wednesday

text: morning

text: and

text: decided

text: there

text: was

text: no

text: urgency

text: to

text: replace

text: Katherine

text: Jackson

text: whom

text: he

text: appointed

text: temporary

text: administrator

text: earlier

text: this

text: week

text: Another

text: hearing

text: has

text: been

text: set

text: for

text: Monday

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Drew

text: Griffin

text: Kathleen

text: Johnston

text: Michael

text: Carey

text: Paul

text: Vercammen

text: Carol

text: Cratty

text: and

text: Kara

text: Finnstrom

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: report

question: What is the speculation towards his death?

answer: drugs may have been involved

text: drugs may have been involved

question: Who is included in the Michael Jackson trust?

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

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

question: Where will the Jackson memorial be?

answer: Los Angeles' Staples Center.

text: Los Angeles' Staples Center.

question: where is the memorial held?

answer: Staples Center,

text: Staples Center,

question: What is speculated to be the cause of death?

answer: drugs

text: drugs

question: What is included in the trust?

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

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

question: what is speculation regarding?

answer: drugs may have been involved in the pop icon's passing.

text: drugs may have been involved in the pop icon's passing.

question: Where is the memorial?

answer: at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

text: at Los Angeles' Staples Center.

question: who joined the investigation?

answer: DEA

text: DEA


text:
Sirte, Libya (CNN) -- Mutassim Gadhafi, a son of ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, was reported captured Wednesday after a four-hour firefight in Sirte, said Abdallah Naker, the head of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council, who cited field commanders in Sirte as his sources.

But two senior National Transitional Council spokesmen said the report was unconfirmed and a third reportedly denied the claim.

Col. Ahmed Bani, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the capture had not been confirmed. And NTC spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah told CNN from Benghazi that the report had not been corroborated.

Abudlmolah said Hassan al-Droyee, NTC's Sirte representative who is currently in Tripoli, denied the report.

Mutassim Gadhafi and a number of aides were captured around noon in an area considered the center of operations for Gadhafi loyalists, Naker said. They were then taken to Benghazi, he said. The scion had been directing operations in Sirte, the hometown of his father, which had been surrounded since Tuesday night, Naker said.

CNN teams in Tripoli and Sirte heard celebratory gunfire ring out as reports of the capture spread. From Benghazi, National Transitional Council spokesman Shamsiddin Abdulmolah said there was massive celebratory gunfire there, too.

Anti-Gadhafi forces have previously reported captures of Gadhafi relatives that proved to be untrue.

CNN's Mohammed Fadel Fahmy contributed to this story

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text: Gadhafi

text: a

text: son

text: of

text: ousted

text: Libyan

text: leader

text: Moammar

text: Gadhafi

text: was

text: reported

text: captured

text: Wednesday

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text: a

text: four

text: hour

text: firefight

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text: said

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text: Naker

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text: senior

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text: Transitional

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text: claim

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text: Ahmed

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text: official

text: spokesman

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text: the

text: Ministry

text: of

text: Defense

text: said

text: the

text: capture

text: had

text: not

text: been

text: confirmed

text: And

text: NTC

text: spokesman

text: Shamsiddin

text: Abdulmolah

text: told

text: CNN

text: from

text: Benghazi

text: that

text: the

text: report

text: had

text: not

text: been

text: corroborated

text: Abudlmolah

text: said

text: Hassan

text: al

text: Droyee

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text: 's

text: Sirte

text: representative

text: who

text: is

text: currently

text: in

text: Tripoli

text: denied

text: the

text: report

text: Mutassim

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text: and

text: a

text: number

text: of

text: aides

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text: captured

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text: area

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text: center

text: of

text: operations

text: for

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text: were

text: then

text: taken

text: to

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text: he

text: said

text: The

text: scion

text: had

text: been

text: directing

text: operations

text: in

text: Sirte

text: the

text: hometown

text: of

text: his

text: father

text: which

text: had

text: been

text: surrounded

text: since

text: Tuesday

text: night

text: Naker

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text: CNN

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text: in

text: Tripoli

text: and

text: Sirte

text: heard

text: celebratory

text: gunfire

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text: out

text: as

text: reports

text: of

text: the

text: capture

text: spread

text: From

text: Benghazi

text: National

text: Transitional

text: Council

text: spokesman

text: Shamsiddin

text: Abdulmolah

text: said

text: there

text: was

text: massive

text: celebratory

text: gunfire

text: there

text: too

text: Anti

text: Gadhafi

text: forces

text: have

text: previously

text: reported

text: captures

text: of

text: Gadhafi

text: relatives

text: that

text: proved

text: to

text: be

text: untrue

text: CNN

text: 's

text: Mohammed

text: Fadel

text: Fahmy

text: contributed

text: to

text: this

text: story

question: Where was the firefight?

answer: Sirte,

text: Sirte,

question: Who was taken after a firefight in Sirte?

answer: Moammar Gadhafi,

text: Moammar Gadhafi,

question: Who said the report is not confirmed?

answer: two senior National Transitional Council spokesmen

text: two senior National Transitional Council spokesmen

question: Is the report confirmed?

answer: unconfirmed

text: unconfirmed


text:
Santiago, Chile (CNN) -- Sure, Luke Mescher felt a trembling fear when the walls around him started to shake Saturday, but standing around confused and scared wasn't an option.

"I was more focused on we need to get out of here and we need to get out of here as fast as we can," said Mescher, a University of Iowa student studying Spanish in Chile.

Mescher, 27, was at the home of his host family when the 8.8-magnitude quake struck early Saturday. He was talking with friends on his computer when the power went out. Immediately after, he felt a subtle vibration that progressed into a violent shaking, he said.

His host mom cried as the walls around them shook and her daughter attempted to comfort her, he said. "They were "paralyzed with fear," he said.

"I was like, we don't have time for this," Mescher said. "We need to get the hell out of here."

He grabbed his head lamp, the two women, and ran barefoot and bare-chested into the dark street.

The three met dozens others in the staircase scurrying out the 20-story apartment building, he said. The exit was "surprisingly orderly," Mescher said.

But others faced more of an ordeal.

CNN iReporter Matias de Cristobal said the earthquake destroyed many homes in her Santiago neighborhood.

Cristobal tried to climb upstairs to check on her three children -- age 6, 9, and 11 -- after she began feeling tremors on Saturday, but she was slowed by shifting ground and falling objects.

Mirko Vukasovic, a 25-year-old illustrator in Santiago, had been dancing at a club early Saturday when the disco ball began swinging wildly. A chaotic evacuation was under way when the lights went out, but everyone managed to escape, Vukasovic said. "Broken windows and falling building parts was what welcomed us in the streets," he said.

iReport: Read Mescher's firsthand account

Vukasovic submitted iReport video showing the damage to his fourth-floor apartment. "What used to be a beautiful bathroom is now torn, a beautiful crack," he said as his camera panned to a pile of tile and plaster that had been shaken loose from the walls.

Some in Chile reacted to the quake with disbelief. "It was 3 or 4 in the morning and I had come home late," said Aneya Fernando, an American who teaches English in Santiago. "Suddenly my bed was moving so violently that it woke me up."

"I'm on the 10th floor of a building and it was swaying and shaking," Fernando, 23, said. "Suddenly it was just gone and I was confused. I thought it was in my head."

When Fernando's electricity returned 30 minutes later, she learned of the earthquake on TV.

Scott Ireland, a business traveler from Rochester, New York, who was staying at the Sheraton San Cristobal when the earthquake struck, submitted iReport photos of cracks in the exterior walls of his hotel.

Ireland, 48, had experienced two earlier earthquakes -- one in Turkey in 1966 and another in Southern California in 1971. "Not only was this the most severe," he said, "the duration was longer than anything I'd ever experienced. Luckily the damage here was minimal."

Meschler, the Iowa student, encountered faces of confusion and concern when he and his host family left their apartment building and entered the street.

Some tried using their phones to call out with no luck, others ran to neighboring apartment complexes, looking to help.

iReport: Watch video of damage at an apartment

Many throughout the city don't have their basic utilities, the Salvation Army reported.

Mescher doesn't have gas, but his power and water are back on.

The elderly seemed most frazzled by the rattling, he said. One elderly man had suffered a wound to his head.

When the aftershocks began and kept rolling in jolts to his Santiago neighborhood, Mescher said some neighbors prepared for a night outside of their home.

"I did see a good portion of people go back upstairs an hour into it and put together what they could," he said, speaking of a sleep away bag. "There were a lot of people that got their car and took off."

Mescher had also tested his luck, considering he was unsure of the building's stability after such a great temblor.

"After we were safely outside I made a quick run and grabbed a shirt and some shoes," he said.

About 5 a.m. (3 a.m. ET) -- about 90 minutes after the quake -- he returned to the apartment to finally get some rest, just to be rattled by another aftershock. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 6.9-magnitude aftershock hit Chile about that time.

Dozens of aftershocks later, Mescher was looking at cracks that had shaped around the door frames and crept up walls. Chunks of plaster littered the floors, he said.

"I've got to think there have to be some long-term structural issues," he said. "For the time being, I don't think it's going to fall on top of me."

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text: disco

text: ball

text: began

text: swinging

text: wildly

text: A

text: chaotic

text: evacuation

text: was

text: under

text: way

text: when

text: the

text: lights

text: went

text: out

text: but

text: everyone

text: managed

text: to

text: escape

text: Vukasovic

text: said

text: Broken

text: windows

text: and

text: falling

text: building

text: parts

text: was

text: what

text: welcomed

text: us

text: in

text: the

text: streets

text: he

text: said

text: iReport

text: Read

text: Mescher

text: 's

text: firsthand

text: account

text: Vukasovic

text: submitted

text: iReport

text: video

text: showing

text: the

text: damage

text: to

text: his

text: fourth

text: floor

text: apartment

text: What

text: used

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: beautiful

text: bathroom

text: is

text: now

text: torn

text: a

text: beautiful

text: crack

text: he

text: said

text: as

text: his

text: camera

text: panned

text: to

text: a

text: pile

text: of

text: tile

text: and

text: plaster

text: that

text: had

text: been

text: shaken

text: loose

text: from

text: the

text: walls

text: Some

text: in

text: Chile

text: reacted

text: to

text: the

text: quake

text: with

text: disbelief

text: It

text: was

text: or

text: in

text: the

text: morning

text: and

text: I

text: had

text: come

text: home

text: late

text: said

text: Aneya

text: Fernando

text: an

text: American

text: who

text: teaches

text: English

text: in

text: Santiago

text: Suddenly

text: my

text: bed

text: was

text: moving

text: so

text: violently

text: that

text: it

text: woke

text: me

text: up

text: I

text: 'm

text: on

text: the

text: floor

text: of

text: a

text: building

text: and

text: it

text: was

text: swaying

text: and

text: shaking

text: Fernando

text: said

text: Suddenly

text: it

text: was

text: just

text: gone

text: and

text: I

text: was

text: confused

text: I

text: thought

text: it

text: was

text: in

text: my

text: head

text: When

text: Fernando

text: 's

text: electricity

text: returned

text: minutes

text: later

text: she

text: learned

text: of

text: the

text: earthquake

text: on

text: TV

text: Scott

text: Ireland

text: a

text: business

text: traveler

text: from

text: Rochester

text: New

text: York

text: who

text: was

text: staying

text: at

text: the

text: Sheraton

text: San

text: Cristobal

text: when

text: the

text: earthquake

text: struck

text: submitted

text: iReport

text: photos

text: of

text: cracks

text: in

text: the

text: exterior

text: walls

text: of

text: his

text: hotel

text: Ireland

text: had

text: experienced

text: two

text: earlier

text: earthquakes

text: one

text: in

text: Turkey

text: in

text: and

text: another

text: in

text: Southern

text: California

text: in

text: Not

text: only

text: was

text: this

text: the

text: most

text: severe

text: he

text: said

text: the

text: duration

text: was

text: longer

text: than

text: anything

text: I

text: 'd

text: ever

text: experienced

text: Luckily

text: the

text: damage

text: here

text: was

text: minimal

text: Meschler

text: the

text: Iowa

text: student

text: encountered

text: faces

text: of

text: confusion

text: and

text: concern

text: when

text: he

text: and

text: his

text: host

text: family

text: left

text: their

text: apartment

text: building

text: and

text: entered

text: the

text: street

text: Some

text: tried

text: using

text: their

text: phones

text: to

text: call

text: out

text: with

text: no

text: luck

text: others

text: ran

text: to

text: neighboring

text: apartment

text: complexes

text: looking

text: to

text: help

text: iReport

text: Watch

text: video

text: of

text: damage

text: at

text: an

text: apartment

text: Many

text: throughout

text: the

text: city

text: do

text: n't

text: have

text: their

text: basic

text: utilities

text: the

text: Salvation

text: Army

text: reported

text: Mescher

text: does

text: n't

text: have

text: gas

text: but

text: his

text: power

text: and

text: water

text: are

text: back

text: on

text: The

text: elderly

text: seemed

text: most

text: frazzled

text: by

text: the

text: rattling

text: he

text: said

text: One

text: elderly

text: man

text: had

text: suffered

text: a

text: wound

text: to

text: his

text: head

text: When

text: the

text: aftershocks

text: began

text: and

text: kept

text: rolling

text: in

text: jolts

text: to

text: his

text: Santiago

text: neighborhood

text: Mescher

text: said

text: some

text: neighbors

text: prepared

text: for

text: a

text: night

text: outside

text: of

text: their

text: home

text: I

text: did

text: see

text: a

text: good

text: portion

text: of

text: people

text: go

text: back

text: upstairs

text: an

text: hour

text: into

text: it

text: and

text: put

text: together

text: what

text: they

text: could

text: he

text: said

text: speaking

text: of

text: a

text: sleep

text: away

text: bag

text: There

text: were

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: people

text: that

text: got

text: their

text: car

text: and

text: took

text: off

text: Mescher

text: had

text: also

text: tested

text: his

text: luck

text: considering

text: he

text: was

text: unsure

text: of

text: the

text: building

text: 's

text: stability

text: after

text: such

text: a

text: great

text: temblor

text: After

text: we

text: were

text: safely

text: outside

text: I

text: made

text: a

text: quick

text: run

text: and

text: grabbed

text: a

text: shirt

text: and

text: some

text: shoes

text: he

text: said

text: About

text: a.m.

text: a.m.

text: ET

text: about

text: minutes

text: after

text: the

text: quake

text: he

text: returned

text: to

text: the

text: apartment

text: to

text: finally

text: get

text: some

text: rest

text: just

text: to

text: be

text: rattled

text: by

text: another

text: aftershock

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: U.S.

text: Geological

text: Survey

text: a

text: aftershock

text: hit

text: Chile

text: about

text: that

text: time

text: Dozens

text: of

text: aftershocks

text: later

text: Mescher

text: was

text: looking

text: at

text: cracks

text: that

text: had

text: shaped

text: around

text: the

text: door

text: frames

text: and

text: crept

text: up

text: walls

text: Chunks

text: of

text: plaster

text: littered

text: the

text: floors

text: he

text: said

text: I

text: 've

text: got

text: to

text: think

text: there

text: have

text: to

text: be

text: some

text: long

text: term

text: structural

text: issues

text: he

text: said

text: For

text: the

text: time

text: being

text: I

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: going

text: to

text: fall

text: on

text: top

text: of

text: me

question: Which neighborhood had destroyed homes?

answer: Santiago

text: Santiago

question: What did mescher say?

answer: "I was more focused on we need to get out of here and we need to get out of here as fast as we can,"

text: "I was more focused on we need to get out of here and we need to get out of here as fast as we can,"