The 5 stories you want us to cover
On June 10 we put forward 20 story ideas for your consideration and agreed to do whichever five got the most votes. Here are the five.

Iran and U.S.: New hope on nukes?
It would be easy to dismiss Friday's election of Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran as little more than a sham -- a rigged election that changes nothing. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still calls the shots in Tehran.

The U.S. war you don't know about
Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world.

China tests U.S. academic freedom
James Millward says if Chen Guangcheng's departure from NYU owes anything to Chinese pressure, his is but one, high-profile case.

Death row woman goes free
Paula Cooper was just 16 when she became the youngest person on death row. Her victim's grandson helped set her free.

Why teen rode 30-ft. shark
Chris Kreis talks exclusively to CNN's Piers Morgan about his trip on a whale shark's back.

Things for your bucket list
Each day, CNN producers select a user-submitted photo to be our Travel Photo of the Day. Click through the gallery above to see stunning shots from around the world, and be sure to come back every day for a new image. Have a gorgeous travel photo of your own to share? Submit it for the gallery at CNN iReport!

Latest search in Michigan field
On and on the theories go: Teamsters' boss Jimmy Hoffa was encased in the cement of Giants Stadium. He was sunk in the swamps of Florida. He was carted off to California. He was crushed in a car and shipped overseas with a load of scrap metal.

FBI search unearths concrete
It's fascinating to watch. A tractor slowly scrapes off a layer of dirt, then rolls back. A line of law enforcement officers watches. Any minute now they could make a huge find: The final resting place of Jimmy Hoffa. FULL STORY

Ed Koch's tombstone corrected
Former New York Mayor Ed Koch has been dead for more than four months, but a mistake on his tombstone likely would have amused him.

Passengers subdue screaming man
Passengers on a United Airlines flight on Monday helped subdue a man who they said stood up and screamed about the CIA, national security leaks and poison.

Why parents turned in their son
CNN's Piers Morgan talks to parents that decide to turn their son in after discovering a mass shooting plan.

See soldier meet son for first time
A Dove Men+Care viral ad features a deployed soldier reuniting with his family. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports.

Server drops F-bomb on receipt
A Missouri waitress was reprimanded for giving an explicit receipt to a customer on Father's Day but will keep her job.

Wendy's drive-thru rant goes viral
HLN takes a look at the latest viral rant by a fast-food customer.

Judge to rape accuser: Pay $2.6M
A woman has been ordered to pay $2.6 million for falsely accusing a high school football star of rape in 2002.

Girl raised in brothel wins big
CNN's Mallika Kapur reports on young woman raised in a brothel who is going to college.

Where was Kanye during birth?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West became parents on Saturday. HLN's A.J. Hammer reports.

Popcorn nearly kills congressman
CNN's Brian Todd reports on a scare in Washington: A Texas congressman choked on a piece of popcorn.

Bieber in car accident with pedestrian
It's that combination again: Justin Bieber, an automobile, and a mishap.

Feds: Captives forced to eat dog food
A mentally disabled woman and her child were held in an Ohio apartment for two years, forced to perform manual labor and menaced with snakes and dogs to keep them compliant, federal authorities say. FULL STORY

Real-life 'Goodfellas' home searched
FBI agents are looking for human remains at a home in Queens linked to gangster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, according to a law enforcement source.

Cops: Attacker saws off own hands
A 59-year-old man lay bloody on the driveway. His son stood nearby, both his hands cut off at the wrist.

Reason for Knox retrial explained
Italy's supreme court on Tuesday explained its earlier ruling that American Amanda Knox be retried in the 2007 death of her roommate, saying the jury that acquitted her didn't consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony need to be answered.

4 Americans killed in Afghanistan
Four Americans were killed during a rocket attack at Bagram Air Base, outside of Kabul, a Pentagon official said Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.

BuzzFeed reporter Hastings dead
Journalist Michael Hastings, known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to the officer's abrupt retirement, died in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

Celeb chef hubby talks to cops
Lawson's husband says he voluntarily talked to police after newspapers published photos showing him with his hand on her throat. FULL STORY

Photos show hand on throat
Matthew Chance looks at whether a report alleging celebrity chef Nigella Lawson was choked by her husband could be true.

Medical examiner in hotel deaths quits
The death of an 11-year-old boy at a Boone, North Carolina, hotel could have been prevented had police been told that the carbon monoxide that killed him was also to blame for two earlier deaths in the same room, the city's police chief said.

Singer: Jolie not 'brave' for surgery
Singer Melissa Etheridge reportedly criticizes Angelina Jolie for her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.

DJ 'visibly shaken' during apology
One of the radio hosts fired for mocking a former NFL player with ALS admits the skit wasn't funny and has apologized.

Farmers fear mystery wheat
The discovery of genetically modified wheat in Oregon sparks economic and health concerns. Stephanie Elam reports.

Webcam catches volcano eruption
A volcano outside Mexico City erupted Tuesday, sending ash and smoke into the air.

Photos: Ivory's tragic price

Life in underwater art gallery
A sunken World War II ship is now underwater gallery, featuring 12 photographs of retro sailors and their sweethearts.

Catfish stabs boy in the neck
A 13-year-old boy has a near-death experience after being stabbed in the neck by a catfish barb.

Tourists abuse dying dolphin
A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site.

Pub diners tweet Obama, Bono lunching
The first lady and girls take in Ireland's sights and find time to grab a bite with U2's Bono. Erin McLaughlin reports.

Flub shows what's great about pageants
A rambling response from Miss Utah is the reason Anderson Cooper loves beauty pageants.

CNN BuzzFeed: 9 beauty queen fails
As Miss Utah Marissa Powell demonstrated in Sunday's Miss USA contestant, it's not always easy to think on your feet. But at least we can look back on those flubs and and smile, right? Here are some of the most cringe-worthy, skin-crawling moments that ever happened on stage.

Fabio's odd behavior in grocery stores
Model Fabio poses for pictures and thumb wrestles customers while promoting protein powders at Whole Foods.

Guy picks fight with deer (deer wins)
John Berman shares lessons learned from Internet videos. One of the most important? Don't "argue with the wildlife."

The world's best airline is...
Emirates has been voted the world's best airline by passengers at the annual Skytrax World Airline Awards.

Funny or Die: Eva Mendes sex tape
From the Funny or Die archives: Actress Eva Mendes takes to the Web to sell her sex tape.

Ellsberg: He's a hero
Daniel Ellsberg tells CNN's Don Lemon that NSA leaker Edward Snowden showed courage, has done an enormous service.

New show 'too white'?
HBO's 'Girls' is the latest TV show depicting life in New York City without one of its most crucial elements: diversity.

Zimmerman's body language
An expert in body language says George Zimmerman showed signs of anger in court in Florida.

Anderson battles on 'Jeopardy!'
CNN's Anderson Cooper reflects on the highs and lows of his past "Jeopardy" appearances and weighs his odds of winning.

Steinem on GOP and women
Activist and author Gloria Steinem analyzes the "war on women" and says extremists have taken over the Republican party.

Facebook fans 'lonely'?
A report on Facebook, Bill O'Reilly and the Fox "brand," Current TV"s new hire, a Pulitzer for a PA reporter, GMA rises

Working moms of CNN
CNN goes behind the scenes with the working moms on Suzanne Malveaux's team to see how they juggle it all.

Levon Helm remembered
Anderson Cooper takes a look back at the life of The Band's Levon Helm and his many contributions to music.

Man makes dating spreadsheet
Soledad O'Brien discusses the investment banker who created an elaborate spreadsheet to keep track of his dates.

Political dog tale duel
In the RidicuList, Anderson Cooper examines which candidate's dog tale will have a greater election impact.

Vanessa Williams' perfect man
Entertainer Vanessa Williams talks to CNN's Piers Morgan about "being properly in love" and relationships.

'Only in America': Defending Axl Rose
Piers Morgan defends Axl Rose for deciding not to attend the Rock'N'Roll Hall of Fame induction of Guns N' Roses.

Rep. won't name 'Communists'
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) responds to criticism after he claimed a number of Democratic reps in Congress are Communists.

RidicuList: Quest for 'sexy veggies'
CNN's Anderson Cooper riffs on a staple of Courtney Stodden's grocery list, "sexy veggies."

Kim Kardashian for mayor?
Soledad O'Brien discusses Kim Kardashian's comments about running for Mayor in Glendale, California.

New judge in Martin case
CNN's Erin Burnett speaks to a panel of analysts about the new judge in the Trayvon Martin shooting case.

'Days of Rambo over'
The Pentagon unveiled plans Tuesday for fully integrating women into front-line and special combat roles.

DoD unveils plan for women in combat
Women could be in every job in DoD in just a few years. Chris Lawrence reports

How to hide your data from the NSA
Most of us don't e-mail, tweet or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But just in case ...

From Cheney to China
As his popularity has dropped to 45%, President Barack Obama reflects on current issues and responds to criticism.

Source: NSA chief to disclose thwarted plots
The director of the National Security Agency was expected on Tuesday to reveal two previously classified cases in which secret surveillance programs thwarted terrorist plots, a congressional source told CNN.

How to hide your data from the NSA
Most of us don't e-mail, tweet or post anything worthy of clandestine scrutiny. But just in case ...

Feds: 50 attacks prevented
The heads of the NSA and FBI revealed startling details at a hearing on top secret spy programs that were made public in leaks of classified information. FULL STORY

NSA: Programs 'critical'
NSA officials defended controversial snooping programs to skeptical lawmakers Tuesday. Dana Bash reports.

Obama: I'm no Dick Cheney
People who have compared President Obama's stance on government surveillance to that of Dick Cheney are missing a big point, Obama says. FULL STORY

7 things we learned about Obama
As his popularity has dropped to 45%, President Barack Obama reflects on current issues and responds to criticism.

Jimmy Hoffa
Former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared nearly 40 years ago, was killed by Detroit mobsters -- not the Genovese family -- and he's buried on a Michigan farm, an aging source tells the FBI. FULL STORY

NSA
The man who admitted leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs purportedly went online live on Monday to declare the truth would come out even if he is jailed or killed.

Obama interview
Critics who have compared President Barack Obama's stance on government surveillance to that of hawkish former Vice President Dick Cheney are missing his insistence on proper systematic balances, Obama said in an interview that aired Monday.

Nigella Lawson
Charles Saatchi told a London newspaper Tuesday that he went to police voluntarily over an incident in which he grabbed his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the throat to avoid it "hanging over all of us for months."

Turkey's 'standing man'
A man stood silently in Istanbul's Taksim Square for hours Monday night, defying police who had broken up weekend anti-government protests with tear gas and water cannon and drawing hundreds of others to emulate his vigil.

Afghan handover
Afghan forces have formally taken over security for the entire country from NATO led troops, Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at a handover ceremony in Kabul on Tuesday.

Brazil protests
Nine cents have been enough to make tens of thousands of Brazilians cry foul for a week.

Dolphin controversy
A dolphin who died in the southern Chinese city of Sanya Monday has sparked nationwide anger after pictures surfaced of tourists near the shore mistreating and posing with the dying animal were spread on Weibo, China's most popular social network site.