CNN Site Map (Galleries) for August - 2012
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- 2012-08-31Thai masseurs and masseuses perform massages as they attempt to establish a new Guinness World Record at an indoor sports arena on the outskirts of Bangkok on Thursday, August 30, 2012.
- 2012-08-31The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino's Vanity Nightclub features eye-catching vanity stations as part of its 2,000 square-foot luxury ladies' room. Gold-plated faucets and a $40,000 chandelier add some shine to the porcelain palace.
- 2012-08-31Click through seven scenarios that could yield a tie in the Electoral College that would make the disputed 2000 election look tame by comparison. 1) Obama takes one vote in Nebraska: Obama wins Nevada, Colorado, Iowa, and a single electoral vote from the
- 2012-08-31Go-go dancers entertain the crowd during Homocon, a party for gay conservatives during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-31A Berber girl dressed in traditional attire at a Berber cultural festival in Tripoli. Public displays of Amazigh culture were forbidden under the Gadhafi regime.
- 2012-08-31Confetti remains on the floor of the Republican National Convention after presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered his acceptance speech on Thusday, August 30. Photographer Zoran Milich wandered around Tampa this week during the convention. Look back at
- 2012-08-31It has been a long road to the London 2012 Paralympics for the Rwandan men's sitting volleyball team, which is the best in Africa.
- 2012-08-31Minka Kelly goes shopping in West Hollywood.
- 2012-08-31Sherman Hemsley reacts during a scene in an episode of "House of Payne" in April 2011. Hemsley, who played the brash George Jefferson on "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons," died Tuesday at 74, his booking agent said.
- 2012-08-31Leslie Elder participates in the 2010 Race for the Cure. She was diagnosed with cancer four separate times.
- 2012-08-31Due to the Paralympics' classification rules, South Africa's double amputee "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius can line up against runners with only one prosthetic leg.
- 2012-08-30Angola has embarked on a major reconstruction program following the end of a 27-year vicious civil war in 2002. The oil-rich country holds general elections Friday.
- 2012-08-30Inside the dressing room trailer created for Elizabeth Taylor to use during the filming of "Cleopatra" in 1963. The trailer's owner says it was damaged while on loan for the filming of "Liz & Dick" in July.
- 2012-08-30The Indonesian capital of Jakarta is a fascinating city, with a long and proud maritime history.
- 2012-08-30View of the sun rising from the French Quarter, as Soledad O'Brien prepares to report on the latest Isaac preps on "Starting Point."
- 2012-08-30The AC360 staff at an afternoon rundown meeting.
- 2012-08-30Los desarrolladores de los aviones supersónicos auguran el regreso de estas naves a los cielos, sin los inconvenientes ambientales y económicos del Concorde.
- 2012-08-30Anderson Cooper in between liveshots on Monday, August 27, 2012.
- 2012-08-30There's plenty of room for fish to thrive in Lake Superior, which has shores in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada.
- 2012-08-30"Ritt Momney," a giant puppet of Mitt Romney, engages in a mock political debate with Vermin Supreme, a performance artist and activist, at New World Brewery in the historic Tampa neighborhood of Ybor City following the first day of the Republic
- 2012-08-29Paralympian Margaret Maughan lights the Paralympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics on Wednesday, August 29.
- 2012-08-29Delegates will surely have fun at the Time Warner Cable Arena during the Democratic National Convention, but there are lots of other things to explore in Charlotte, North Carolina. The convention runs Tuesday, September 4, through Thursday, September 6.
- 2012-08-29A video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plays on the screen after Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus closed the day's session at the Republican National Convention after 10 minutes Monday in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-29Sakhee Pearl, ridden by Ian Mongan, claims victory in a handicap race at England's Kempton Park racecourse in 2011.
- 2012-08-29The inside of the Alabama Chanin warehouse comes alive iwth creativity: it's a small city of thimbles, a chair reupholstered in scrap fabric and antique quilts embroidered with the oral histories of quiltmakers and stitchers in the region. 462 Lane D
- 2012-08-29Sierra Leonean ballerina Michaela DePrince, 17, one of the ballet world's rising stars. The teenage dancer made her professional debut last month in South Africa.
- 2012-08-29Men wait for help by a stranded car on a seaside road, surrounded by waves whipped up by typhoon Bolaven in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday, August 28. Gales and downpours brought by typhoon Bolaven swept through parts of northeast China from Tue
- 2012-08-29Elliot Mujaji was a member of Zimbabwe's national athletics team and qualified to compete at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, when he suffered severe burns in an electrical accident. His right arm was amputated, and he remained in a coma for two months.
- 2012-08-28Facebook-CNN Election Insights displays in real-time how many people are talking about the presidential and vice presidential candidates on Facebook.
- 2012-08-28Gary Player, who describes himself as the "World's Most Traveled Athlete" says he has racked up more than 15 million air miles in his career. Now aged 76, he was honorary starter at the Masters, in Augusta, April 2012.
- 2012-08-28In hard-hit areas like Pathein in the Irrawaddy Delta in southern Myanmar, villages and rice fields were still under water on Sunday.
- 2012-08-28Justin Howard, alias "Nordic Thunder," raises a handmade electric guitar, his prize in the 2012 Air Guitar World Championships in Oulu, Finland, on Friday, August 24. The American was crowned the world champion air guitar player, narrowly ahead
- 2012-08-28This summer grandmother Sheila Evans took one-on-one trips with her three oldest grandkids. Savannah, 11, decided on a trip to Savannah, Georgia, and coastal South Carolina.
- 2012-08-28Farmer Rajinder Kumar at work in his guar field. Guar is a desert crop that thrives in hot weather and needs little water.
- 2012-08-27From spectacular rushing white waters of the Seljalandsfoss Falls to beautiful Icelandic horses galloping down an idyllic countryside road, iReporter Halldor Sigurdsson's greatest summer highlight was exploring all that southern Iceland had to offer.
- 2012-08-27More than 800 kids participated in the first Atlanta Kids Triathlon in Norcross, Georgia, on Sunday, August 26.
- 2012-08-27Los SEAL, Wes Chesser (izq) y John Wolfram, toman un descanso después de asegurar la cápsula del "Apollo 11" el 24 de julio de 1969.
- 2012-08-27Speaker John Boehner
- 2012-08-27Some researchers believe we can arrive at better decisions by allowing our unconscious to work on them. "You start with taking in all the information, then, you distract yourself," says Maarten Bos from Harvard Business School. "Then, whate
- 2012-08-26Kim Jong Il's former chef Kenji Fujimoto hugs North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a reunion in July in North Korea.
- 2012-08-26Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is engaged to his longtime Argentinian girlfriend, Maria Belen Chapur.
- 2012-08-26President Barack Obama boards Air Force Once at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Tuesday, August 21. Obama made a two-day campaign trip to Ohio, Nevada and New York.
- 2012-08-26 Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission, with his family on August 26, 1963.
- 2012-08-26A family huddles on a platform to escape floodwaters after evacuating its home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday, August 25. Tropical Storm Isaac dumped torrential rains on Haiti, where thousands of people remain homeless more than two years after a d
- 2012-08-26Miner Mfaseni Yekwayo, at a hospital near Rustenburg on August 18, relates to South African President Jacob Zuma, left, the events leading to the miners' clash with police.
- 2012-08-25 A document that says that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to be arrested in any circumstances if he comes out of the Embassy of Ecuador is seen on a police officer's clipboard. (Editor's note: Part of the document has been pixelated by Pres
- 2012-08-25New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, center, and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly brief reporters on the Empire State Building shooting Friday, August 24. Two people were killed, including the suspected shooter, and nine others wounded, police said. Authorities
- 2012-08-25Islamic Sunni Salafist fighters wield guns in Tripoli, Lebanon, on Friday, August 24, during clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian factions. A sniper killed Sunni Sheikh Khaled al-Baradei in the city, sparking new fighting which brought the death toll to 1
- 2012-08-24At 19, Michelle was happy with her weight, but the years to follow would be filled with crash diets.
- 2012-08-24Gold medalist Gabby Douglas throws the first pitch at Citi Field.
- 2012-08-24The "Indiana Jones" films are heading to Blu-ray next month, and Lucasfilm has granted CNN rare access to its archive of props and costumes. So put on your fedora and get ready to experience the treasures of Skywalker Ranch!
- 2012-08-24Rep. Todd Akin's statement that a woman's body is capable of preventing pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape" was so outrageous that even Mitt Romney quickly denounced him, says Dean Obeidallah. But the Akin gaffe may end up infectin
- 2012-08-23Pakistani Muslims ride swings in front of the Minar-i-Pakistan monument to celebrate the last day of the religious festival of Eid al-Fitr in Lahore on Wednesday.
- 2012-08-23A rendering of the Aerion SBJ, a proposed eight to 12-passenger business jet whose backers predict it will enter service by 2020.
- 2012-08-23Paralympian Paul left his Wall Street job to take over Sail to Prevail - an organization which teaches disabled children to sail. From eight children a year, the charity, based in Newport, Rhode Island, now helps around 1,000 youngsters annually.
- 2012-08-23Go-Go, 23, is considered the best pole dancer at 2001 Odyssey in Tampa, Florida.
- 2012-08-23Department store Harrods' new "Toy Kingdom," which opened in July, organizes toys and games by themes like the Big Top, where magicians and jugglers are surrounded by fancy costumes, doll houses, rocking horses and soft toys.
- 2012-08-23Don King, 81, sits at his desk at his South Florida office, which is more like a museum than an office. Known as a boxing promoter, King says he aspires to use the sport "as a catalyst to bring people together."
- 2012-08-23While delegates will surely have fun at the Tampa Convention Center during the Republican National Convention August 27-30, there's lots to do beyond the convention.
- 2012-08-23The Robot Hall of Fame at Carnegie Mellon University is letting the public vote on nominees for the first time. Among the contenders is Robonaut. Developed by NASA, the latest version of Robonaut went to the International Space Station. The following are
- 2012-08-23The puppet cast of "Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator," produced by anonymous Syrian artists' collective Masasit Mati. At the far right is the character representing Assad, known by the diminutive "Beeshu."
- 2012-08-23The $30.7 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool project was launched in November 2010 to address a leaking foundation and replace the circulation system.
- 2012-08-23Lunchboxes offer a time capsule of American pop culture, featuring cartoon characters, bands, movies and TV shows. Aladdin Industries came out with this "Incredible Hulk" lunchbox in 1978 when the TV series with Lou Ferrigno was popular.
- 2012-08-23Aimee Copeland and family meet with interior designer Donna DeLuca to personalize a 1,956-square-feet home addition to their home, courtesy of Pulte Homes on July 16. Copeland, 24, went home on Wednesday, August 22, after spending two months in the hospit
- 2012-08-22Bob Besal on the USS America in 1974 in the North Atlantic when he was a Lieutenant. Besal was piloting a Vought A-7C on a training mission when his aircraft collided with another plane at 15,000 feet, sending his jet into the Atlantic. He survived, but t
- 2012-08-22In the 1940s, Hunter College launched a "genius school" for children with high IQs. Here, 6-year-olds study time. Here, Lucy, standing to the left, shared what she found in the library about old-fashioned candle clocks. Her remarks were copied o
- 2012-08-22Una nueva moda se impuso en la playa de Qingdao en China. Los 'facekinis' se volvieron populares entre las mujeres este verano.
- 2012-08-22Scores of residents in Makoko have been left homeless after Lagos authorities demolished many of their homes.
- 2012-08-22"Snow White and the Huntsman's" Sam Claflin has officially landed the role of handsome District 4 tribute Finnick Odair in 2013's "Catching Fire." Here are some other actors expected to appear alongside Jennifer Lawrence&apos
- 2012-08-22Prince Harry is in trouble over what appears to be naked photos of him in Las Vegas. Mostly the prince has been in the spotlight for performing his royal duties. Here, in the buildup before the London Olympics, Prince Harry prepares to run a mock race aga
- 2012-08-22Behind barbed wire are the entrances to the Gaza-Egypt smuggling tunnels - a key trade route for Hamas-controled Gaza.
- 2012-08-22El camarón mantis pavo real tiene uno de los sistemas visuales más complejos del mundo marino y apéndices como palos para romper las conchas de los moluscos.
- 2012-08-22Smoke rises from the Tungurahua volcano in Huambalo, Ecuador, on Tuesday, August 21. Increased volcanic activity has led authorities to raise a security alert from moderate to high. The volcano is 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of Quito, Ecuador's c
- 2012-08-22A woman takes off her rain jacket after a heavy downpour Tuesday at the pier in Blackpool, England.
- 2012-08-21Israeli Arabs play with a pet snake at an amusement park Monday in the old city of Acre, Israel. Muslims worldwide have been celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
- 2012-08-21 Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's latest attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida ended Tuesday morning after severe jellyfish stings and a lightning storm put her off course, her team said.
- 2012-08-21A young Muslim boy holds a toy gun Monday near the closed house of a Christian girl with Down syndrome who has been arrested on blasphemy charges in a slum of Islamabad, Pakistan.
- 2012-08-21Indian Muslim devotees offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the historic Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday, August 20. The three-day festival begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. During Ramadan, devout Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex from
- 2012-08-21Phyllis Diller, who died this week, made an artform out of wisecracking. She was prolific, self-deprecating and slyly radical: Her jokes tended to focus on her failings as a housewife, her lack of sex appeal, and the shortcomings of an imaginary husband a
- 2012-08-21Director Tony Scott on location for "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3" on the streets of Manhattan on May 11, 2008, in New York. Scott died Sunday, August 19, at age 68 in an apparent suicide.
- 2012-08-21The brightly colored peacock mantis shrimp has one of the most complex visual systems in the marine world, and powerful club-like appendages that can smash through the shells of molluscs. Photo by Gary Granitch.
- 2012-08-21A team of engineers led by the UK's University of Nottingham have created a new stove which not only cooks food but also generates electricity. The device uses thermo-acoustic technology originally developed by the U.S.'s Los Alamos National Lab
- 2012-08-21Miss China, Yu Wenxia, waves to the audience after being crowned Miss World 2012 during the pageant's final ceremony in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, on Saturday, August 18. Wenxia topped more than 100 other hopeful beauty queens.
- 2012-08-20Thousands of Chinese protesters take part in a demonstration in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on 19 August, 2012, against Japan's claim of the Diaoyu islands, as they are known in Chinese, or Senkaku islands in Japanese.
- 2012-08-20"The South of France has an enchantment of its own, unlike any other place