| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Covering a cruise ship disaster | | I first saw the Costa Concordia glinting in the winter sun from 20,000 feet as my flight from London made a slow descent on its way to Rome's Fiumicino airport. |
| A TV icon dies at 86 | | TV star Andy Griffith, who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor and murder-solving Southern attorney Ben Matlock, died Tuesday at his North Carolina home. |
| Hot dog! Champs to chow down | | The two reigning champs of a hot dog eating contest joined their challengers for a weigh-in as they hope to devour their way into the record books Wednesday in New York City. |
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