{"label": [2, 3], "text": ["-lrb- cnn -rrb- the rev.", "robert h. schuller , california televangelist and founder of the television ministry `` hour of power , '' died thursday , according to his family .", "he was 88 years old .", "schuller , also the founder of crystal cathedral megachurch , had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer in august 2013 , a release from `` hour of power '' said .", "`` my father-in-law passed away peacefully early this morning .", "he was a great dad and a great man of god , '' said schuller 's daughter-in-law , donna schuller , in a twitter message .", "schuller 's life followed an almost shakespearean arc .", "he was born in a iowa farmhouse without running water and longed to preach from his earliest days .", "in his autobiography , `` prayer : my soul 's adventure with god , '' he described standing alone by a river and picturing himself delivering sermons to a rapt congregation .", "after attending a hope college and western theological seminary in michigan , he met his wife of more than 60 years , arvella , while preaching at her church -lrb- she was the organist -rrb- .", "with their young family in tow , the schullers caravanned west to california , where he rented a drive-in theater and preached from the roof of the snack bar .", "it was beneath the dignity of christian ministry , some local pastors huffed .", "the `` passion pits '' where teenagers necked was no place for the gospel .", "schuller was undeterred , and he quickly outgrew the drive-in .", "he called the explosive growth of his tiny congregation a `` miracle , '' though his many mainstream critics had other names for it .", "his confident , breezy version of christianity -- too breezy , by some estimations -- drew hordes of seekers and lapsed christians who were put off by the hellfire fulminations of many post-war american preachers .", "schuller sold a softer , gentler message , which borrowed heavily , he acknowledged , from the father of the feel-good gospel , norman vincent peale .", "he preached not to convert or condemn people , but to encourage them , a sentiment he called `` possibility thinking . ''", "people loved it .", "`` evangelicalism at its best wants to be innovative and reach people , '' said timothy larsen , a professor of christian thought at wheaton college in illinois .", "`` and schuller was a master at that . ''", "`` what he got right is that the gospel is good news , '' larsen continued .", "`` and he preached an uplifting message about personal transformation and uplift and hope . ''", "some of schuller 's favored phrases , though , struck others as cornpone christianity .", "`` turn your hurt into a halo ? ''", "said randall balmer , a professor of american religious history at dartmouth college , citing one such phrase .", "`` that 's pretty weak tea . ''", "still , balmer gives schuller some credit .", "`` it may be bad theology , but it 's brilliant marketing . ''", "in 1970 , schuller began broadcasting `` hour of power , '' believed to be one of the first , if not the very first , sunday service to be shown regularly on television .", "with his genial smile , priestly robes and gray hair , he looked and talked like a guy who wanted nothing more than to see his flock succeed .", "the show , which ran for decades , reached millions , making schuller a televangelist before the term became tarnished by the sins of his many successors .", "schuller 's crowning achievement , at least architecturally , still stands in orange county , california , though it is now owned by the roman catholic church .", "the crystal cathedral , a great gleaming edifice with 10,000 glass panels , gave worshipers a look at the clouds that house the heavens , while schuller preached in the pulpit below .", "the message was clear to many : the road to the former ran through the latter .", "during the 1980s and 1990s , schuller 's star continued to rise , with presidents stopping by the crystal cathedral -- often during campaigns , it should be said -- and future megachurch pastors like rick warren and bill hybels seeking his advice .", "as schuller aged , though , his family was beset by a succession scandal straight from the pages of `` king lear . ''", "he tried to install his only son , bobby jr. , as pastor of crystal cathedral .", "but the preaching styles of father and son were too different for the congregation -- measured at times at 10,000 strong -- to countenance .", "bobby schuller jr. left `` hour of power '' and the pulpit at crystal cathedral after a short time .", "as the family searched for a new successor and tussled over finances , viewers and donations to the church and its television show dropped precipitously .", "crystal cathedral ministries filed for bankruptcy in 2010 , citing debts of more than $ 43 million , according to the associated press .", "schuller 's empire , which once soared as high as his glassy cathedral , had fallen to dust .", "eventually , schuller 's grandson , also named bobby , took over `` hour of power , '' though at a different church .", "in a statement on thursday , the younger schuller recalled standing atop crystal cathedral 's 12-story tower of hope with his grandfather as they surveyed the surrounding landscape .", "`` you could see the whole world from there , '' he said .", "people we 've lost in 2015 .", "cnn 's stella chan reported from los angeles ."], "summary": ["the rev.", "robert schuller , 88 , had been diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2013 .", "his tv show , `` hour of power , '' was enormously popular in the 1970s and 1980s ."], "publication": "cnndm", "compression": 26.342105263157894, "coverage": 0.8421052631578947, "density": 3.4210526315789473}
{"label": [4, 6], "text": ["-lrb- cnn -rrb- never mind cats having nine lives .", "a stray pooch in washington state has used up at least three of her own after being hit by a car , apparently whacked on the head with a hammer in a misguided mercy killing and then buried in a field -- only to survive .", "that 's according to washington state university , where the dog -- a friendly white-and-black bully breed mix now named theia -- has been receiving care at the veterinary teaching hospital .", "four days after her apparent death , the dog managed to stagger to a nearby farm , dirt-covered and emaciated , where she was found by a worker who took her to a vet for help .", "she was taken in by moses lake , washington , resident sara mellado .", "`` considering everything that she 's been through , she 's incredibly gentle and loving , '' mellado said , according to wsu news .", "`` she 's a true miracle dog and she deserves a good life . ''", "theia is only one year old but the dog 's brush with death did not leave her unscathed .", "she suffered a dislocated jaw , leg injuries and a caved-in sinus cavity -- and still requires surgery to help her breathe .", "the veterinary hospital 's good samaritan fund committee awarded some money to help pay for the dog 's treatment , but mellado has set up a fundraising page to help meet the remaining cost of the dog 's care .", "she 's also created a facebook page to keep supporters updated .", "donors have already surpassed the $ 10,000 target , inspired by theia 's tale of survival against the odds .", "on the fundraising page , mellado writes , `` she is in desperate need of extensive medical procedures to fix her nasal damage and reset her jaw .", "i agreed to foster her until she finally found a loving home . ''", "she is dedicated to making sure theia gets the medical attention she needs , mellado adds , and wants to `` make sure she gets placed in a family where this will never happen to her again ! ''", "any additional funds raised will be `` paid forward '' to help other animals .", "theia is not the only animal to apparently rise from the grave in recent weeks .", "a cat in tampa , florida , found seemingly dead after he was hit by a car in january , showed up alive in a neighbor 's yard five days after he was buried by his owner .", "the cat was in bad shape , with maggots covering open wounds on his body and a ruined left eye , but remarkably survived with the help of treatment from the humane society ."], "summary": ["theia , a bully breed mix , was apparently hit by a car , whacked with a hammer and buried in a field .", "`` she 's a true miracle dog and she deserves a good life , '' says sara mellado , who is looking for a home for theia ."], "publication": "cnndm", "compression": 9.150943396226415, "coverage": 0.9433962264150944, "density": 4.7924528301886795}
{"label": [32, 36], "text": ["-lrb- cnn -rrb- if you 've been following the news lately , there are certain things you doubtless know about mohammad javad zarif .", "he is , of course , the iranian foreign minister .", "he has been u.s. secretary of state john kerry 's opposite number in securing a breakthrough in nuclear discussions that could lead to an end to sanctions against iran -- if the details can be worked out in the coming weeks .", "and he received a hero 's welcome as he arrived in iran on a sunny friday morning .", "`` long live zarif , '' crowds chanted as his car rolled slowly down the packed street .", "you may well have read that he is `` polished '' and , unusually for one burdened with such weighty issues , `` jovial . ''", "an internet search for `` mohammad javad zarif '' and `` jovial '' yields thousands of results .", "he certainly has gone a long way to bring iran in from the cold and allow it to rejoin the international community .", "but there are some facts about zarif that are less well-known .", "here are six : .", "in september 2013 , zarif tweeted `` happy rosh hashanah , '' referring to the jewish new year .", "that prompted christine pelosi , the daughter of house minority leader nancy pelosi , to respond with a tweet of her own : `` thanks .", "the new year would be even sweeter if you would end iran 's holocaust denial , sir . ''", "and , perhaps to her surprise , pelosi got a response .", "`` iran never denied it , '' zarif tweeted back .", "`` the man who was perceived to be denying it is now gone .", "happy new year . ''", "the reference was likely to former iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad , who had left office the previous month .", "zarif was nominated to be foreign minister by ahmadinejad 's successor , hassan rouhami .", "his foreign ministry notes , perhaps defensively , that `` due to the political and security conditions of the time , he decided to continue his education in the united states . ''", "that is another way of saying that he was outside the country during the demonstrations against the shah of iran , which began in 1977 , and during the iranian revolution , which drove the shah from power in 1979 .", "zarif left the country in 1977 , received his undergraduate degree from san francisco state university in 1981 , his master 's in international relations from the university of denver in 1984 and his doctorate from the university of denver in 1988 .", "both of his children were born in the united states .", "the website of the iranian foreign ministry , which zarif runs , can not even agree with itself on when he was born .", "the first sentence of his official biography , perhaps in a nod to the powers that be in tehran , says zarif was `` born to a religious traditional family in tehran in 1959 . ''", "later on the same page , however , his date of birth is listed as january 8 , 1960 .", "and the iranian diplomacy website says he was born in in 1961 .", "so he is 54 , 55 or maybe even 56 .", "whichever , he is still considerably younger than his opposite number , kerry , who is 71 .", "the feds investigated him over his alleged role in controlling the alavi foundation , a charitable organization .", "the u.s. justice department said the organization was secretly run on behalf of the iranian government to launder money and get around u.s. sanctions .", "but last year , a settlement in the case , under which the foundation agreed to give a 36-story building in manhattan along with other properties to the u.s. government , did not mention zarif 's name .", "early in the iranian revolution , zarif was among the students who took over the iranian consulate in san francisco .", "the aim , says the website iranian.com -- which cites zarif 's memoirs , titled `` mr. ambassador '' -- was to expel from the consulate people who were not sufficiently islamic .", "later , the website says , zarif went to make a similar protest at the iranian mission to the united nations .", "in response , the iranian ambassador to the united nations offered him a job .", "in fact , he has now spent more time with kerry than any other foreign minister in the world .", "and that amount of quality time will only increase as the two men , with help from other foreign ministers as well , try to meet a june 30 deadline for nailing down the details of the agreement they managed to outline this week in switzerland ."], "summary": ["mohammad javad zarif has spent more time with john kerry than any other foreign minister .", "he once participated in a takeover of the iranian consulate in san francisco .", "the iranian foreign minister tweets in english ."], "publication": "cnndm", "compression": 20.85, "coverage": 0.825, "density": 2.825}
{"label": [2], "text": ["-lrb- cnn -rrb- for the first time in eight years , a tv legend returned to doing what he does best .", "contestants told to `` come on down ! ''", "on the april 1 edition of `` the price is right '' encountered not host drew carey but another familiar face in charge of the proceedings .", "instead , there was bob barker , who hosted the tv game show for 35 years before stepping down in 2007 .", "looking spry at 91 , barker handled the first price-guessing game of the show , the classic `` lucky seven , '' before turning hosting duties over to carey , who finished up .", "despite being away from the show for most of the past eight years , barker did n't seem to miss a beat ."], "summary": ["bob barker returned to host `` the price is right '' on wednesday .", "barker , 91 , had retired as host in 2007 ."], "publication": "cnndm", "compression": 5.346153846153846, "coverage": 0.8076923076923077, "density": 2.5}
