One drink can help your heart. It could reduce the risk of some cancers, but there are down sides, one big one . A lot of extra calories this is important. A sixounce glass of red wine, a 12ounce beer, two ounces of vodka, each have 150 calories. Have one a day. Almost 1,000 extra calories a week, and that doesnt include any mixers. Think twice before you drink. All the extra calories could outweigh benefit. That will do it for sgmd from london. Let us know what you think. Now lets give it back to atlanta for a check of top stories in the cnn newsroom. From cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, this is cnn sunday morning. We will look around every corner, under every rock. L. A. Police vow they will hunt him down. New developments in the bizarre case of this rogue excop. There is really no place to put the snow. Cleaning up and digging out. The snows finally stopped falling in the northeast. But get ready. Another Storm Brewing right now. And tonights the big night, and its all about the
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For the 1. 2 billion catholics around the world, then he should step down. Its something that nobody has considered in modern times. A pope today has to conduct, you know, hundreds if not thousands of audiences, meetings, encounters every year. It takes a tremendous physical toll. Reporter Pope Benedict xiv has just said i had enough of this. Hes also been kind of a lowkey person, who just wanted to retire into a Spiritual Life. Thats exactly what he will do now. He will retire to Spiritual Life into a monastery in the vatican for the rest of his life, while somebody else will take his place. President obama reacted with this statement today. He said on behalf of americans everywhere, michelle and i wish to extend our precious and prayers to his holyness Pope Benedict xiv. Michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and ive appreciated our Work Together over the last four years. The church plays a Critical Role in the United States and the world, an i wish t
Evening, and he still carried on until he died. Well, Pope Benedict xiv decided to go against almost every rule as the last pope that resigned was in the 13th century, and decide the to just give away to a younger pope that may be has got more strength and stamina to carry on with the churchs mission. The basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is the largest Roman Catholic church on this continent right here in northeast washington. Jim rosenfield has reaction from the popes news from the spiritual leaders of washingtons catholics. Jim . Reporter cardinal wuehrl expressing surprise. He got the call telling him the pope plans to abdicate coming up just a a little over two weeks from today i want my first reaction. Was its very startling, totally unprepared for it. The second reaction was, were going to have to now think a little differently. This will be the first time in modern history that weve had a pope resign. How do we work with all of that . Reporter but the
Good morning. An olympic athlete now accused of killing his girlfriend. Heres pistorius leaving the station early this morning. He was heading to court. His first hearing was scheduled for this afternoon. Its now been postponed until tomorrow to give forensic analysts more time to investigate. Police say pistorius shot 29yearold Reeva Steenkamp at his home in a gated complex early this morning. She was hit four times in the head and arm. Right now theyre interviewing witnesses they say heard things that happened there earlier in the evening. At a press conference this morning they answered questions about previous calls made to that house. Related to the person whos been arrested but i can confirm that there has previously been incidents at the home of mr. Oscar pistorius. The allegations of domestic nature. Now some Media Outlets were reporting that 9 olympian may have shot his girlfriend after mistaking her for an intruder. Already her facebook and twitter pages have scores of tribut