| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Burt Reynolds | | Having fended off sheriffs, car racers, backwoods locals and more during his long career on the silver screen, actor Burt Reynolds is successfully fighting flu symptoms in a Florida hospital, his representative said Saturday. |
| Bloomberg | | A kid raised in a middle-class Boston suburb, Michael Bloomberg took out loans to pay for his tuition at Johns Hopkins University and worked as a parking lot attendant. |
| Mali | | The United States is intensifying its involvement in Mali, where local and French forces are battling Islamic militants. |
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