ROME (Reuters) – The influential speaker of Italy’s lower house refused to step down on Friday after being censured by his own party, and said his supporters could vote against the government of former ally Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Ex-CIA head: WikiLeaks logs a ‘tragedy’
July 30th, 2010 
CNN.com In a 1997 light-hearted comedy, “Excess Baggage,” Benicio del Toro (an inadvertent kidnapper) asks Alicia Silverstone (the unintended kidnap victim), “How stupid do you think I am?” Silverstone classically deadpans her response, “How stupid is there?”
No ‘obituary’ yet for Gulf oil disaster
July 30th, 2010 CNN.com Federal officials are far from ready to “write the obituary” on the Gulf oil spill, even as crews work toward two efforts to seal the crippled BP well once and for all.
YouTube wants your 15 minutes of fame
July 30th, 2010 CNN.com Good news for everyone out there who’s ever thought to themselves: “A 10-minute video of my cat eating ribs on the kitchen floor is just too short.”
WikiLeaks founder fires back at Gates
July 30th, 2010 CNN.com WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rejected criticism from the U.S. secretary of defense, who he said “has overseen the killings of thousands of children and adults.”
Drew Carey: How I lost 80 pounds
July 30th, 2010 CNN.com Drew Carey has been known as a loveable, teddy-bear type as far back as his long-running sitcom “The Drew Carey Show.” But, he says, being big was a burden — and he had to make a change.
Soldier taken to Va. in Wikileaks probe
July 30th, 2010 CNN.com An Army private suspected of leaking classified material, including videos, has been transferred from Kuwait to a Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Virginia.
