Now, police are asking for the public's help to put her killer behind bars. Whoever the murderer is, police said, they are nothing short of a "monster."
Read more at CNN.com -- 1/7/10
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Playboy model's gruesome death
Paula Sladewski, a 26-year-old who once modeled for Playboy, was identified Wednesday by Miami police as the person found dead and "burned beyond recognition" in a trash bin on Sunday.
Harmless web prank or security concern?
For Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, it was a global virtual black eye.
Instead of seeing his photo on the new European Union site, launched this week as Spain took over the presidency, visitors were greeted by Rowan Atkinson's comic character of Mr. Bean.
And if you clicked over to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Web site, you'd see that hackers took him on, too.
Millions flocked to mock and clicked to laugh at worldwide leaders -- but security experts say the truth is that the real joke could have been on them.
Read more at CNN.com -- 1/6/10
Instead of seeing his photo on the new European Union site, launched this week as Spain took over the presidency, visitors were greeted by Rowan Atkinson's comic character of Mr. Bean.
And if you clicked over to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Web site, you'd see that hackers took him on, too.
Millions flocked to mock and clicked to laugh at worldwide leaders -- but security experts say the truth is that the real joke could have been on them.
Read more at CNN.com -- 1/6/10
Dating site expels "fatties" for holiday pounds
A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a "strict ban on ugly people" has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season. 
The international site BeautifulPeople.com threw out members after they posted photos "revealing that they have let themselves go," according to a company statement.
This story became a viral hit and struck a chord with our audience, leading way to hundrends and hundreds of comments, and a large online debate.
Read more at CNN.com -- 1/4/10
Claims that HP's webcams don't see black people
Can Hewlett-Packard's motion-tracking webcams see black people? It was a question posed on a YouTube video that went viral across all social media platforms.
I spoke to the people behind the video about their intentions with the video and HP to find out if there really is a problem with their webcams seeing people based on the color of their skin.
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/22/09
I spoke to the people behind the video about their intentions with the video and HP to find out if there really is a problem with their webcams seeing people based on the color of their skin.
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/22/09
The Astor trial
He was a cold, calculating, "morally depraved" man who spent the last years of his socialite and megaphilanthropist mother's life bilking her fortune to line his pockets. 
That's one way to see Anthony Marshall -- and it's the only way, according to the prosecutors who secured a conviction against him for grand larceny and scheming to defraud his mother, Brooke Astor.
Now as the 85-year-old son prepares to be sentenced Monday for his crimes, another portrait of him has emerged -- thanks to close friends and celebrity acquaintances (including Al Roker and Whoopi Goldberg) who sent letters to the court in hopes of saving him from a lengthy prison sentence.
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/18/09
The case against Amanda Knox
During the summer of 2009 I was asked to look into the case of Amanda Knox -- an American girl on trial in Italy for killing her British roommate.
I spent the next several months delving into the evidence, people and stories behind this case -- and speaking candidly with her family and friends -- before she was convicted and sentenced to jail.
Disputed evidence in spotlight as Amanda Knox trial nears end
Read more at CNN.com -- 11/04/09
Behind the scenes blog at CNN.com
Amanda Knox's parents say their daughter is no killer
Read more at CNN.com
Watch video from my interview with Knox's parents at CNN.com
Amanda Knox sobs as guilty verdict read
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/04/09
Knox's aunt says hearing verdict was 'gut-wrenching'
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/04/09
I spent the next several months delving into the evidence, people and stories behind this case -- and speaking candidly with her family and friends -- before she was convicted and sentenced to jail.
Disputed evidence in spotlight as Amanda Knox trial nears end
Read more at CNN.com -- 11/04/09
Behind the scenes blog at CNN.com
Amanda Knox's parents say their daughter is no killer
Read more at CNN.com
Watch video from my interview with Knox's parents at CNN.com
Amanda Knox sobs as guilty verdict read
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/04/09
Knox's aunt says hearing verdict was 'gut-wrenching'
Read more at CNN.com -- 12/04/09
From hero to killer
In December 2006, Ratley carried his 2-week-old son, Aiden, and his wife, Effie Ratley, 29, from the flames as fire engulfed their Bryceville, Florida, trailer.
A month later, Effie Ratley was dead, bludgeoned with a hammer. The man who was hailed as a hero for saving his wife was convicted in July of murdering her.
I went to Florida for his sentencing to try and answer the question: How does a man go from a heroic husband to a convicted murder?
Read more at CNN.com -- 8/20/09Confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice
As part of CNN.com's coverage of the confirmation hearings of now-Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, I was sent to Bronx, New York to explore the person she was as a child, in the area she grew up in, by talking to those who knew her back then.
My story was the second in a five-part series exploring Judge Sonia Sotomayor's background and life with those who know her.
My story was the second in a five-part series exploring Judge Sonia Sotomayor's background and life with those who know her.
Read more at CNN.com -- 7/14/09
Same-sex couples fight for immigration rights
Jared was forced to choose between a dying father and the love of his life. Judy Rickard had to quit her job and lose her full pension to be with the one she loved. Martha McDevitt-Pugh packed up and moved to another country to be with her future spouse.
But all three said their hands were forced by federal immigration laws that don't allow Americans to sponsor their foreign-born same-sex partners for citizenship as a man may do for his wife or a woman for her husband.
Read more at CNN.com -- 06/03/09
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But all three said their hands were forced by federal immigration laws that don't allow Americans to sponsor their foreign-born same-sex partners for citizenship as a man may do for his wife or a woman for her husband.
Read more at CNN.com -- 06/03/09
The Grim Sleeper
A serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper has killed at least 11 people over two decades in South Los Angeles.
As detectives struggle to crack the cold case, they say it's only a matter of time before he kills again.
See a multimedia interactive look at the case at CNN.com -- 4/09
As detectives struggle to crack the cold case, they say it's only a matter of time before he kills again.
See a multimedia interactive look at the case at CNN.com -- 4/09
My bullied son's last day on Earth
Eleven-year-old Jaheem Herrera woke up on April 16 acting strangely. He wasn't hungry and he didn't want to go to school ...
A little later, when his younger sister called him to come down to eat, Jaheem didn't answer.
So mother and daughter climbed the stairs to Jaheem's room and opened the door. Jaheem was hanging by his belt in the closet.
Read more at CNN.com -- 4/23/09
A little later, when his younger sister called him to come down to eat, Jaheem didn't answer.
So mother and daughter climbed the stairs to Jaheem's room and opened the door. Jaheem was hanging by his belt in the closet.
Read more at CNN.com -- 4/23/09
In rural Alaska, a struggle to survive
Thousands of villagers in rural Alaska are struggling to survive, forced to choose between keeping their families warm and keeping their stomachs full, residents say.
Harvested nuts and berries, small game animals, and dried fish are the only things keeping some from starving.
Read more at CNN.com -- 2/9/09
Harvested nuts and berries, small game animals, and dried fish are the only things keeping some from starving.
Read more at CNN.com -- 2/9/09
To infinity and beyond
Walter Marino shouted to his 12-year-old son, Christopher, as he drifted farther away in the Atlantic Ocean.
"To infinity," the father yelled. 
"To infinity," the father yelled.
"And beyond," Christopher replied.
After a rip current swept the boy and his father out to sea Saturday, darkness fell, and the sound of rescue helicopters and boats grew faint until they were nonexistent
Read more at CNN.com -- 9/10/08
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Twittering your way out of jail
Before anyone knew Twitter, James buck knew Twitter.
The grad student was in Egypt working on his thesis when he and his translator were arrested while taking photographs of anti-government protests.
Through a series of interviews and articles, I chronicled how this student let the world know he was jailed, secured his freedom, and made the power of Twitter known early on -- if you were lucky enough to know about it.
Student "Twitters" his way out of Egyptian jail
Read more at CNN.com -- 4/25/08
Freed student uses Twitter to demand translator's release
Read more at CNN.com -- 6/05/08
Twitter saga ends in translator going free
Read more at CNN.com -- 7/10/08
The grad student was in Egypt working on his thesis when he and his translator were arrested while taking photographs of anti-government protests.
Through a series of interviews and articles, I chronicled how this student let the world know he was jailed, secured his freedom, and made the power of Twitter known early on -- if you were lucky enough to know about it.
Student "Twitters" his way out of Egyptian jail
Read more at CNN.com -- 4/25/08
Freed student uses Twitter to demand translator's release
Read more at CNN.com -- 6/05/08
Twitter saga ends in translator going free
Read more at CNN.com -- 7/10/08
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