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Like a true picture of a 1950s @placeholder family, two parents and their daughter were photographed readings and studying in their room. | By Kieran Corcoran PUBLISHED: 04:07 EST, 6 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:00 EST, 6 October 2013 At first glance these pictures of student life more than a century ago look like they would not be out of place in Downton Abbey. But on closer inspection, the tell-tale signs of university fun can be seen among the porcelain crockery and pleated curtains. Because like most American frats of today, Leila Bascom is desperate to show support to her university sports teams. This room belonged to Leila Bascom in 1898, and still features tell-tale signs of university life Leila and her roommate are engrossed in books in this picture where family photos are hung on the wall
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Photographs unearthed from archives of University of Wisconsin-Madison
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It might deter heinous crimes, because @placeholder officials would know that the world is now watching and ready to take legal action. | Notre Dame, Indiana (CNN) -- The crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria has resulted in at least 3,500 deaths. The United Nations Security Council should immediately request that all charges of crimes against humanity in Syria be referred to the International Criminal Court. If the claims of gross misconduct by the Arab League and many national governments are correct, then something definitive would finally be done. And if the accusations prove to be wrong, as the Syrian government claims, then the court would confirm that. The Security Council needs to act because the court lacks jurisdiction to investigate on its own, since Syria has refused to join the court. But with Security Council authorization, the legal door opens for a full-fledged investigation that could reach President Bashar al-Assad himself and, if warranted, indict those accused of responsibility for mass murder.
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Crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Syria has resulted in at least 3,500 deaths
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It's time to refer Syria's leaders to International Criminal Court, Robert C. Johansen says
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U.N. Security Council must act because court lacks jurisdiction to investigate, he says
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Johansen: Indictments would encourage and empower democratic forces within Syria | 19,401 | record_train |
With results like that, it seems, you can't argue with @placeholder. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- "Doing it nature's way has the potential to change the way we grow food, make materials, harness energy, heal ourselves, store information, and conduct business." Janine Benyus When self-confessed "nature nerd" Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in a book she published a decade ago, little did she know it would make her into an household name, rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars. Janine is a champion of the biomimicry movement and helps companies to improve designs by turning to Nature. The natural sciences writer now gives talks on the subject to riveted crowds and is a consultant to some of world's biggest companies.
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Janine Benyus coined the term "biomimicry" in her influential 1997 book
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Biomimicry is the concept of looking for inspiration for design through nature
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She was named by Time magazine as an environmental hero of 2007 | 19,402 | record_train |
"The Israeli soldiers did not arrest the @placeholder settler and gave him a safe haven. | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Three Palestinians were wounded Monday in two separate incidents, including one that Israeli officials described as a "price tag" attack against Palestinians. "Price tag" attacks are actions taken by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and Palestinian properties as retaliatory measures. In the first incident, according to Yousef Abu Maria, head of the Popular Committee of Beit Ummar who said he was an eyewitness, a settler opened fire on a Palestinian funeral procession that was taking place in the village, wounding two Palestinians. The two were identified as a man, 32, who was shot in the right leg, and a 59-year-old man shot in the chest.
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Witness: Israeli settler opens fire on funeral procession in first incident
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Two Palestinians are wounded
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In the second incident, a farmer is stabbed
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Israeli police call it a "price tag" attack | 19,403 | record_train |
The judge heaped praise on @placeholder's family, saying their courage and compassion was remarkable. | By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:52 PM on 4th November 2011 A teenager convicted of killing a mother and her 13-year-old son when she crashed head-on into their car while driving at 85mph in 2009 has broken her silence. In an interview for the TV show Dateline, the much vilified Justine Winter finally says sorry to the family of her victims, pregnant Erin Thompson, 35, and her son Caden. Winter, from Montana, said: 'I don't want to put them through any more pain than they've been put through already.' Scroll down for video Remorse: Justine Winter breaks down as she apologizes to her family and the family of her victims
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In a text just before crash she told her boyfriend Ryan Langford that she wanted to kill herself | 19,404 | record_train |
The pictures of Abassi circulated by police led to local newspapers warning of an 'anti-Semetic killer' on the loose in @placeholder. | A young Pakistani cricket player and his entire family are being kicked out of Belgium after he was labelled a terrorist for carrying his bat on public transport. A photograph of Assim Abassi, who authorities thought was armed with a weapon, was circulated by the police last week and generated a terror scare. The incident followed an attack on the Jewish museum in Brussels earlier this year. When the 22-year-old saw his picture in local newspapers he contacted police and told them that he was only armed with a cricket bat. The piece of sporting equipment wasn't easily recognisable as he was keeping it dry.
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Pakistani cricket player Assim Abassi was on his way to practice
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And protected his bat under his sweatshirt because it was raining
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Police then circulated his image, leading to fears of an a terror attack
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After seeing his photo in newspapers, Mr Abassi contacted the police
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But his entire family have now lost their right to remain in Belguim | 19,405 | record_train |
Asiana also took two days to send a sufficient number of trained personnel to @placeholder, and initially lacked an adequate number of staff able to communicate in the languages spoken by the flight's passengers, the DOT said. | (CNN) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday fined Asiana Airlines $500,000 for failing to assist families following the crash of Asiana flight 214 in San Francisco in July. The Korean airline was slow to publicize a phone number for families, took two full days to successfully contact the families of three-quarters of the passengers and did not contact families of several passengers until five days following the crash, authorities said. The half-million-dollar penalty is the first time the DOT has issued a fine under a 1997 law that requires airlines to adopt and adhere to a "family assistance plan" for major accidents.
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Asiana Airlines is fined $500,000 for inadequate aid to crash victims' familes
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It is the first time the DOT has issued a fine under a "family assistance plan" law
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Asiana failed to widely publicize any telephone number for family members, the DOT said | 19,406 | record_train |
As a convicted felon, @placeholder was not allowed to legally possess weapons. | New York (CNN) -- The gunman who ambushed and killed two unsuspecting firefighters as they battled a blaze in upstate New York couldn't buy his weapons legally so he allegedly got his neighbor's daughter to purchase them for him, said U.S. Attorney William Hochul. Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, New York, faces charges over allegedly lying when she purchased an AR-15 rifle -- a .223-caliber weapon -- and 12-gauge shotgun that the gunman had with him during the attack. Authorities say she told the gun dealer that she planned to be the owner of the weapons, but had instead purchased them on June 7, 2010,for gunman William Spengler.
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NEW: The woman was a neighbor of the gunman who ambushed firefighters
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Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, New York, faces charges of filing a falsified business record
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Nguyen's attorney was not immediately available to comment | 19,407 | record_train |
I am noisy and I will put @placeholder on the map," he writes on his Hawaii website. | Allan Levene really -- really -- wants to serve in Congress. So much so, that he plans to run in four states: Georgia. Minnesota. Michigan. Hawaii. It's puzzling, but the Republican freely admits his strategy increases his odds of winning a House seat. As he sees it, all roads lead to Rome. "No matter where you win a seat in Congress, you go to the same building. You do the same work," he said. "You can work for your constituents, which all have similar needs, but the key is you go to Washington and help solve the country's problems." Legally, his strategy is possible. But it likely will be a logistical nightmare.
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Allan Levene wants to run for Congress in Georgia, Minnesota, Michigan and Hawaii
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Constitution and state laws don't preclude the strategy
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Experts mostly say it could be a waste of time, but it could set a new campaign model
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It's believed Levene is the first to try the approach | 19,408 | record_train |
The Russian's alerted Beijing of @placeholder's border crossing through diplomatic channels | An endangered Siberian tiger released into the wild by Vladimir Putin has attacked a hen house in northern China and eaten five chickens. Satellite tracking showed the rare Amur cat swam across a river - evidently in search of a Chinese meal after a shortage of its staple of deer in eastern Russia. The Russians alerted Beijing through diplomatic channels amid fears angry farmers in Heilongjiang province might shoot the tiger which is named Kuzya. Russian president Vladimir Putin works with a conservationist to put a collar on Kuzya who has escaped to northern China where he attacked a hen house and ate five chickens
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Kuzya was one of three Siberian tigers released by Putin in May
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Russia alerted Beijing about the roaming tiger through diplomatic channels
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After the 19-month-old swam across the Amur River into China | 19,409 | record_train |
The image of the receipt posted on @placeholder’s Facebook by the owner has been shared more than 2,800 times, drawing sharp criticism from many commenters for calling out McCoy as a bad tipper. | America's most infamous receipt is now up on the auction block. A copy of a receipt signed by Philadelphia Eagles running back LeSean McCoy with only a 20 cent tip went up on eBay Saturday morning. The bidding started at, you guessed it, 20 cents. The owner of Philadelphia burger joint PYT publicly called out McCoy on September 8, sharing a receipt online showing what was described as McCoy's paltry tip. Public shaming: Philadelphia-based DJ Jake Weaver posted a photo of the infamous receipt to Instagram on Saturday morning, the eBay listing was live within a couple of hours Unsatisfied customer: PYT owner Tommy Up (left) called out LeSean McCoy (right) and posted a receipt showing a meager tip earlier in the week
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Auction began Saturday morning, with the opening bid set at 20 cents, topping $700 by Sunday night
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McCoy left the receipt at PYT in Philadelphia Monday, giving only 20 cents as a tip on a bill totaling $61.56
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PYT owner Tommy Up shared photo of McCoy's receipt on Facebook, calling the 0.3 per cent tip a 'new record'
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McCoy responded to the controversy by dismissing the restaurateur's claims as 'bull****'
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The auction page says Tommy Up gave them the receipt to ensure 'something positive comes out of this' | 19,410 | record_train |
Rookie @placeholder showed no big match nerves by taking the opening leg with double four | Liverpool legend and darts fan Jan Molby came out on top in shootout against five-time World Champion Eric Bristow. The 51-year-old former Denmark midfielder, who made over 200 appearances in a 12-year career at Anfield, went on the oche for a charity match at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. Jan Molby went head-to-head against five-time World Champion Eric Bristow on Thursday night Liverpool legend and darts fan Molby was given a hero's welcome at Echo Arena The best-of-three leg match was televised live by TV3, the Danish broadcaster under the Viasat banner who screen PDC tournaments, with a £5,000 donation on offer to the winner's charity.
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Jan Molby and Eric Bristow went on the oche for charity match in Liverpool
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Former Reds midfielder claimed a 2-1 victory in best of three-leg match
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Molby claimed a £5,000 donation for Radio City's Cash For Kids charity | 19,411 | record_train |
The @placeholder vials, stored at subzero temperatures, reached the hospital in Liberia where Brantly and Writebol were being treated Thursday morning. | On Thursday, Dr. Kent Brantly thought he was going to die. It was the ninth day since the American missionary worker came down sick with Ebola in Liberia. His condition worsening by the minute, Brantly called his wife to say goodbye. Thankfully, the call was premature. Brantly is back on his feet -- literally -- after receiving a last-ditch, highly experimental drug. Another American missionary with Ebola got the same. Brantly's and Nancy Writebol's conditions significantly improved after receiving the medication, sources say. Brantly was able to walk into Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after being evacuated to the United States last week, and Writebol is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday.
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Untested drugs can't be used in the midst of an outbreak, spokesman says
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Ebola drug ZMapp given to Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol
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Experimental drug had only been tested in monkeys | 19,412 | record_train |
For now, the @placeholder is focused on the refineries, according to Kirby. | The United States and its allies are steeling themselves for what an American defense official described Thursday as a yearslong fight against the so-called Islamic State, a revelation that came as airstrikes pummeled oil refineries in Syria used by the terror group to help fund its operations "I think we are in this for a matter of years," Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby told CNN on Thursday. "... We are steeling ourselves for that period of time." U.S.-led airstrikes hit locations overnight in a remote area of eastern Syria where ISIS has been using mobile refineries to produce oil that brings in up to $2 million a day for the group.
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Airstrikes focus on oil refineries, a source of revenue for ISIS
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U.S. thinks it has identified militant in beheading videos
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113 soldiers are dead and 78 are missing following ISIS attack, officials say
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A military analyst and Syrian resident say ISIS is infiltrating the civilian population | 19,413 | record_train |
Mr Needham (centre) said although he found it difficult to return to @placeholder, he was 'pleased' he had to help in the search | By Emily Allen PUBLISHED: 00:25 EST, 18 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:46 EST, 20 October 2012 The grandfather of Ben Needham, who went missing 21 years ago on a Greek holiday island, joined a major search operation today. Eddie Needham has arrived at Kos to meet Greek and British police officers to trawl through land close to the farmhouse on the Greek island where Ben went missing in 1991. As he joined a 50-strong team of experts excavating a mound of earth he said he was overwhelmed by the support he had received. Mystery: Baby Ben, who was just 21 months old when he vanished in July 1991. Right, his mother Kerry
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Police are examining mound of rubble where toddler might have been accidentally buried on island of Kos in 1991
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Search will involve up to 18 British experts, scientists and officers, as well instruments which detect bones
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Investigators have also released a picture of what they believe Ben would look like if still alive, age 23 | 19,414 | record_train |
The model is no stranger to @placeholder's daring designs - she was photographed at the Attitude awards last month in a very sexy black dress with sheer panels. | Abbey Crouch has been announced as the model who will close the Fashion for The Brave Gala catwalk this year, in an original design by fashion icon Julien McDonald. The British fashion star will follow in the footsteps of designers such as Vivienne Westwood and Jasper Conran who have produced amazing dresses for the gala in previous years. Abbey, who has been wowing the judges on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing, will close the show in McDonald’s daring sequined design. The design will feature tiny Union Jacks, which will create a sparkling iridescent pattern with risque nude sheer panelling at the sides
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Fashion for the Brave Gala held to raise funds for military charities
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Event involves a auction, gala dinner and catwalk
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Each year a famed designer creates a patriotic dress for finale
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This year McDonald's sequined dress to be modelled by Abbey Clancy
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Until recently pair were competing against each other on BBC's Strictly | 19,415 | record_train |
This changed @placeholder' diet and increased the amount of waste." | LONDON, England (CNN) -- With every click of his camera, Japanese photographer and activist Shuuichi Endou hopes to draw attention to the plight of Tuvalu, a remote nation of people whose home is slowly disappearing. Tuvalu is the world's fourth smallest country behind Vatican City, Monaco and Pacific Ocean neighbor Nauru. He's taking 10,000 photos, one of each person who lives there, to show the world the human face of climate change. "Tuvaluans do not ask much, neither goods nor money," he says. "In Japan, people sacrifice their time and life to get more goods and money. I hope the viewers see the contrast by looking at the photos. We're sacrificing peaceful Tuvalu."
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Pacific nation Tuvalu feeling the effects of climate change, sea level rising fast
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Japanese activist drawing attention to its plight by taking photos of islanders
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Tuvalu sent its own ambassador to the United Nations to raise awareness
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Island nation seeking aid to invest in renewable energy, infrastructure | 19,416 | record_train |
‘And so it is with a heavy heart that I bid farewell to my time as @placeholder. | His character has been in self-imposed exile ever since he shamelessly ditched his fiancée at the altar during a memorable episode of The Archers. But now Tom Graham has found himself being dropped by the Radio 4 drama for good, after almost two decades on the soap. It is a move that has caused distress among the actor’s fans. Booted out: Tom Graham, 34, has announced that he has been dropped from Radio 4's The Archers, after 17 years of playing Tom Archer And yesterday, after 17 years of providing the voice for meat products entrepreneur Tom Archer, Mr Graham, 34, revealed he would not be returning to Ambridge.
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Tom Graham leaving The Archers after 17 years as Tom Archer
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Graham, 34, has said he has been dropped by Radio 4 bosses | 19,417 | record_train |
The suit says that before the two married, @placeholder's business had been sued 'multiple times' and that she was in 'significant debt' with 'limited credit'. | The 87-year-old owner of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans caused a massive shake-up on Wednesday by cutting his daughter and grandchildren out of his will and announcing that his much-younger wife Gayle would instead take control of the teams when he dies. In a press release, Tom Benson said that the move was for the long-term health of his franchises and the community, and insured that his daughter and grandchildren 'will be very well taken care of after I die'. 'This is a decision that I have decided was in the best interest for the long-term stability and success of our football and basketball teams...This is not something that came about overnight, but over time,' Benson said.
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New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, 87, announced Wednesday he was transferring control of the teams to his wife Gayle, 67
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The auto-dealership magnate's original will stipulated that his daughter Renee LeBlanc and her two children would become the teams' owners
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Less than 24 hours after the ownership change was announced, Renee and her children filed a lawsuit to stop the move
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They claim that Benson is physically and mentally unwell and is being manipulated by his twenty years younger wife | 19,418 | record_train |
It was not immediately clear who was behind the bombing, but it is possible it was a retaliation for the execution of the three @placeholder fighters. | Three men involved in a deadly terrorist attack on the Presidential Palace in Mogadishu have been executed by a firing squad. The men, all members of al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab, had been found guilty of killing civilians and masterminding the July attack, and were sentenced to death by a Somali military court. Pictures show the three men tied to poles shortly before they were executed by a firing squad in Mogadishu today. Scroll down for video Punishment: Three men found guilty of involvement in an Al-Shabab attack on the Somali Presidential Palace are tied to poles ahead of their execution by firing squad in Mogadishu
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Three al-Shabab members executed by firing squad in Mogadishu
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Guilty of July attack on Presidential Palace in Somali capital
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Meanwhile, roadside bomb kills three women at busy market
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Seven were injured in the detonation in Mogadishu on Sunday | 19,419 | record_train |
@placeholder lovers will hopefully be able to visit the restored house in 2015. | London (CNN) -- Its windows are boarded up, the red-painted exterior is peeling and the roof could do with re-tiling -- but this derelict house in a village in the Borinage region of Belgium was once the home of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The house and surrounding industrial area, in the village of Petit Wasmes, might not look too impressive, but it was here that Van Gogh decided to become an artist. Now local authorities have agreed a deal with the owner of the house to rent it for 27 years, with the aim of turning it into a museum and possibly a guest-house, in time for the city's partnership with neighboring Mons, the European Capital of Culture in 2015.
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Local authority in Belgium working to save Van Gogh's one-time home from dereliction
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Municipality of Colfontaine, Belgium, plans to restore house, turn it into museum
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Van Gogh lived in region from 1878 to 1880, at the time he decided to become an artist
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Major exhibition covering artist's time there slated for Mons, European Capital of Culture, in 2015 | 19,420 | record_train |
@placeholder told CNN Wednesday that although charges had been dropped, he will keep the issue alive. | (CNN) -- The commissioner of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, police department said Thursday he "deeply regrets" the arrest of prominent black Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., but stands by the procedures followed by his department. Sgt. Jim Crowley said he has nothing to apologize for in regards to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. "I believe that Sgt. [James] Crowley acted in a way that is consistent with his training at the department, and consistent with national standards of law enforcement protocol," Commissioner Robert Haas said, referring to the officer who made the July 16 arrest at the professor's home.
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Officer: "I know what I did was right. I have nothing to apologize for"
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Sgt. James Crowley said he was exercising caution during professor's arrest
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Crowley tells newspaper he's not a racist, did CPR on black basketball star
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Charges were dropped against professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 19,421 | record_train |
"Having moved back and forth between the two sports myself, I know the potential these guys have for success in @placeholder cricket," says Fountain. | (CNN)Cricket is not a game that looks ready to take off among American sports fans -- but it could be about to provide an unexpected new career for professional athletes in the United States. Despite the millions earned in Major League Baseball, the minor leagues are filled with players only pocketing around $1,000 a month as they chase a dwindling dream of making it big. It's a breadline salary so low that it has sparked a class-act lawsuit against major teams. But one man thinks another way out is for minor leaguers to take their professional skills and switch them to another ball game.
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Low wages push players away from minor league baseball
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Pro cricket coach Julien Fountain boosts US cricket with new Twenty20 talent scheme
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Baseballer dreams of becoming "best cricket player in the world" | 19,422 | record_train |
The impressionability of some young @placeholder recruits is as breathtaking as the cynicism and hypocrisy of their mentors. | (CNN) -- In the dying days of the Battle of Mogadishu two years ago, on the beachside base used by Ugandan African Union troops in their successful campaign to drive Al-Shabaab from the capital, I came across three new prisoners. Handcuffed, dirty and dejected, the eldest of them was 17, the youngest 15. They were volunteers, they said, who had put their hands up when an Al-Shabaab recruiter came to their school. This had happened a fortnight before; they had surrendered when they became separated from their unit and ran out of bullets. Why, I asked, had they put their hands up in the first place? The boys all looked at each other. "We were given a piece of fruit every day," one of them said.
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James Fergusson: Somali teens lured into Al-Shabaab by promise of food, security
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Many are orphans, he says, with no real Islamic ideology, who want to survive
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Recruiters tell of virgins in heaven, he says; Americans lured by tales of battle
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He says until Somalia gives teens a chance at a decent life, they will turn to Al-Shabaab | 19,423 | record_train |
that @placeholder was far from prepared for a phone call calling time on | By Emily Sheridan and Lucy Buckland PUBLISHED: 20:19 EST, 31 December 2012 | UPDATED: 03:14 EST, 2 January 2013 Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe has ordered Dancing On Ice star boyfriend Sylvain Longchambon to leave their home after he dumped her by phone amid reports he developed feelings for new dance partner Samia Ghadie. The pretty actress reportedly texted her ex with the simple message - 'I want you out - now' and reportedly will dump her lover's clothes on the driveway if he refuses to leave. Her feisty words come a day after she tweeted pictures of her and two pretty girlfriends out on the tiles after the painful love split which reportedly left the 29year-old actress 'in bits.'
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Hollyoaks star Jennifer Metcalfe took to Twitter days after the split uploading a picture of her drinking with girlfriends
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Pals say she is 'gutted' and feels like she has been 'kicked in the teeth'
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Actress 'texted skater Sylvain saying: "I want you out - now"' | 19,424 | record_train |
The unemployed @placeholder had been motivated to commit the attack out of his frustration at failing to find a job, the judge said. | Tokyo (CNN)A Japanese man has been sentenced to six years in jail for slashing two members of popular J-pop group AKB48 with a saw at a fan event. Satoru Umeta, 24, was convicted of assaulting singers Rina Kawaei and Anna Iriyama, both 19, along with one of the group's male employees at a "hand-shaking event" for fans in Takizawa City, Iwate Prefecture last May, CNN's affiliate TV Asahi reported. The attack left the three victims severely injured, according to Japan's Kyodo news agency. Handing down the sentence in the Morioka District Court, Judge Takehiko Okada said that the consequences of the attack -- which involved a foldable saw fitted with box cutter blades -- could have been worse.
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A man is sentenced over a saw attack on two members of J-pop group AKB48
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The attack left the teens, and a member of staff, severely injured
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The world's biggest pop group, AKB48 currently lists 186 members on its website | 19,425 | record_train |
Explaining the numbers, the transparency report says: 'The @placeholder leads the way, comprising 78 per cent of all requests received. | By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 03:34 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 05:30 EST, 1 August 2013 The U.S. government made three-quarters of requests to Twitter to reveal users' identities over the past six months, the microblogging site revealed in its latest transparency report. The San Francisco-based company is under greater pressure from governments to release its users' personal details, with requests rising 40 per cent compared to the previous six months. But with U.S. companies banned from revealing information requests made by the U.S. under the Patriot Act, the true total is likely to be much, much higher.
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U.S. government made 902 requests for Twitter users' personal information between January and June
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The total could be much higher since the Silicon Valley firm is banned from revealing requests made under the Patriot Act
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Cassini was sent to @placeholder in 1997 to explore the planet and its many moons, which so far number 62 (53 with names). | It is known as the 'Death Star' due to a crater making it look like the Star Wars weapon. However, astronomers say they are a step closer to solving a mystery that has baffled them for decades about Saturn's moon Mimas. The moon has an odd wobble - and scientists say its core is is either wonky or awash with water. Scroll down for video The researchers built a detailed 3D model of Mimas using images taken from various angles, and tracked the movement of hundreds of reference points on its pockmarked surface. Researchers used numerous images of Mimas taken by NASA's Cassini mission to determine how much the moon wobbles as it orbits Saturn.
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Moon has a large crater making it look like the Star Wars weapon
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Researchers found moon wobbled far more than they expected
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From 1862 to 1864 @placeholder spent June through November living in a cottage atop a hill at the Soldiers' Home a few miles from the White House. | (Mental Floss) -- We're in the throes of summer vacation season, but at least one American is still on the job. While it's rumored that President Obama will follow in the footsteps of President Clinton and vacation on Martha's Vineyard, he hasn't had a chance to break out his Bermuda shorts just yet. When Obama does take off, though, he'll join in the grand tradition of presidential vacations, like these notable ones: President Bush (R) and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen ride bikes in Crawford, Texas, in 2008. 1. Abe Lincoln doesn't go too far Far-flung vacations are nice, but President Lincoln preferred to stay a bit closer to home. When Lincoln needed a getaway from the heat and political turmoil of Civil War-era Washington, D.C., he headed to...a different part of Washington, D.C.
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U.S. presidents leave the White House to relax on vacations
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Presidents Lyndon Johnson, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush visited their ranches
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Taxpayers spent $625,000 sprucing up President Nixon's Florida home
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Pres. Lincoln spent four months at the slightly cooler Soldiers' Home | 19,428 | record_train |
He said it would ‘simply not be possible’ for a country with no monetary authority of its own to be an @placeholder member. | By James Chapman, Daily Mail Political Editor The pound tumbled yesterday as a surge in support for Scottish independence rocked financial markets and Westminster. Sterling dropped to nearly a five-month low and shares in some of Scotland’s largest firms, including Royal Bank of Scotland and energy giant SSE, slid after a poll showed support for breaking up the Union has risen dramatically. The YouGov survey put the lead for the No campaign at six points, down from 14 points in the middle of August and 22 points early last month. Scroll down for video The pound tumbled to a near five-month low on the shock poll showing a narrowing in the No campaign's lead
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The YouGov survey put the lead for No campaign at 6pts, down from 14 in middle of August and 22 early last month
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Former EU commissioner said an independent Scotland would not be able to keep the pound if it wished to be part of EU
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Ed Miliband will this week divert a trip to Aberdeen to visit Glasgow | 19,429 | record_train |
Josh Powell says he last saw his wife on a cold December night in 2009 as he and his two young sons left to go camping in the @placeholder desert area. | (CNN) -- Human remains discovered in the Utah desert belong to a young male and are not a missing 28-year-old mother, authorities said, a grim discovery that fuels the mystery and opens a new case. The fate of Susan Powell, who disappeared in 2009, is still unknown. The remains discovered in Tooele County over the weekend belonged to a young man, Sheriff's Detective Lt. Travis Scharmann said. Scharmann said the state medical examiner is working to determine the cause, time and other circumstances of his death. In addition to Powell, authorities must now determine what happened to the man whose remains were found in the same region on Sunday.
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The fate of Susan Powell, who disappeared in 2009, is still unknown
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The remains discovered over the weekend belong to a young man, police say
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"I'm proud to be @placeholder and I also hope other Nigerians feel proud that they have a great country, she adds" | (CNN) -- She may be a fully-fledged pop star with a growing global appeal but Nigerian singer, Asa, is determined to remain true to her African roots. The 29 year old artist initially found fame on her home continent thanks to her soulful musical melodies, which have since proved popular with audiences in Europe and beyond. She has since opened live shows for the musical superstars such as Beyonce, Snoop Dogg, Akon and John Legend. Ghana's Bob Marley spreads message of brotherhood But despite sampling the sweet taste of global recognition, it is Nigeria and Africa that remain the singer's main sources of inspiration.
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Asa is a Nigerian singer songwriter
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Crew members of @placeholder make last minute calls before they sail for Sierra Leone | Thousands of UK troops would be sent to Sierra Leone to enforce a military lockdown under radical plans to defeat ebola being considered by Britain’s most senior Army officer. General Sir Nick Carter is leading a review of the UK’s response to the virus, and could use 3,000 British soldiers to impose a blockade and restrict human movement in the African country. Sir Nick, the Chief of the General Staff, will advise Ministers on proposals, including an increase in troop numbers and using Royal Navy ships to patrol its coastal waters. Scroll down for video Personel carry out duties on board the hospital ship RFA Argus as it prepares to leave its home port of Falmouth for Sierra Leone
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Chief of the General Staff General Sir Nick Carter heads review of UK response to disease
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Oxfam said lack of Western military personnel in West Africa puts lives at risk
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He said protesters are "asking for mercy from @placeholder authorities, as this won't just affect the men whose residencies were canceled -- but their families as well." | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Emirati authorities canceled dozens of Syrians' residency permits after a protest against the Syrian government in the United Arab Emirates, sources said. More than 2,000 people protested against the Syrian regime on February 10, said a source close to the leadership of the Syrian National Council, which opposes the Syrian government. The demonstrators did not have a permit to protest outside the Syrian consulate in Dubai, the source said. The source said the SNC has been negotiating with the UAE's foreign ministry and was assured last week that the permits would be reinstated -- but that has not happened.
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About 60 Syrians had their residency permits canceled, a source says
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A United Arab Emirates official says the number was closer to 30
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@placeholder also said to Cowell: 'You seem embarrassed by the women you date, and I'll tell you why, they are lovely women, but yet you won't talk about about them. | Cowell admits he once had a threesome with two women Had a blind date with Denise Richards when she was heavily pregnant with Charlie Sheen's baby Described condoms as 'something worn when you're 17' By Liz Thomas In Los Angeles and Emily Sheridan UPDATED: 10:54 EST, 8 September 2011 Simon Cowell raised fresh questions about the state of his relationship with fiancée Mezhgan Hussainy, after admitting he doesn't know if they are still engaged. The music mogul added fuel to speculation the pair are having problems. In an awkward phone interview with notorious DJ Howard Stern in America, he struggled to explain the state of the relationship.
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Cowell admits he once had a threesome with two women
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'In many ways I have to think it's @placeholder because America is making decisions that are much more likely to affect the world,' one student responds to Bonham's question. | So much for the best and the brightest! Harvard students believe that American is a bigger threat to world peace than ISIS, according to a recent survey of attendees at the prestigious Cambridge university. Campus Reform, a self-styled 'campus watchdog' for conservative students, carried out the interviews in the quad at the Ivy League school on Saturday and asked: ‘Who is the bigger threat to world peace, ISIS or the U.S.?’ The students featured in the video were overwhelming in their belief that America and its interventionist foreign policy is a greater threat than the group of Muslim fanatics that have gained global notoriety in recent months through a series of video of Western hostages being beheaded.
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Students felt that US foreign policy is greater threat than the Muslim fanatics
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They were interviewed by Campus Reform, a self-styled 'campus watchdog'
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Interviewer Caleb Bonham accused the students of trying to be intellectual
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@placeholder jail: Many of Schwyzer's Twitter followers advised him to stop typing, but there was no stemming the flow, though he has now handed over his computer and password to a family member | A Pasadena City College professor who's made a name for himself as a male feminist has had an epic online breakdown and admitted to having an affair with a 23-year-old. Hugo Schwyzer let loose in an hour-long Twitter tirade Friday following revelations in early August that the 46-year-old married father-of-two was sexting 27-year-old porn star Christina Parreira. After news broke about Schwyzer's affair, he took a self-imposed hiatus from social media. It was broken on Friday in a major way, when he began tweeting, almost non-stop, for an hour. 'Breathtakingly cocky': Professor Hugo Schwyzer admitted to being an academic fraud and a bad feminist during an hour-long Twitter rant
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California professor Hugo Schwyzer tweeted almost non-stop for an hour, admitting to being a fraud and a hypocrite
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Schwyzer made a career teaching feminism but said he has no academic qualifications in the area
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He admitted to sexting a porn star and cheating on his wife with a 23-year-old
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Schwyzer said he suffers from bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
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After an hours-long standoff, the ship eventually returned to @placeholder, where it is tied up at a Greek naval facility. | (CNN) -- Days after blocking a Gaza-bound flotilla, Greece's government offered Sunday to ship aid to the Palestinian territory -- a move applauded by the U.N. chief but derided as insufficient by protest organizers and Palestinian authorities. Greece's foreign ministry released a statement Sunday afternoon in which it proposed to "undertake the task of transporting the humanitarian aid, with Greek vessels or other appropriate means, through existing channels." That same day, Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis talked by phone with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The U.N. chief "thanked" the Greek official and "expressed support for the Greek initiative," according to a statement from the United Nations.
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The Greek government offers to transport humanitarian aid to Gaza on its ships
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Its authorities have barred 10 ships full of activists from sailing to Gaza
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U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon welcomes the offer, saying "it could help reduce tensions"
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"I am proud to be in this category and would like to win it, although I have already received the biggest prize when we claimed the @placeholder," he said. | (CNN) -- The president of world soccer's governing body is used to being admonished. But it isn't often the manager of arguably the biggest club on the planet is tearing a strip off Sepp Blatter. Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti felt moved to tell Blatter to button it after the Swiss insisted Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer should be crowned footballer of the year. That affronted Ancelotti, who thinks his star player -- Cristiano Ronaldo -- is a shoo-in for a second successive Ballon d'Or award. The Portuguese fired a record 17 goals in the European Champions League last season as Real won its 10th crown and Ancelotti is in no doubt the award should be his.
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Real Madrid manager says FIFA president Sepp Blatter "unable to keep mouth shut"
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Blatter suggested Germany keeper Manuel Neuer should win the Ballon d'Or
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Ancelotti says there is "no doubt" Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo will win
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In his email to party members, Mr @placeholder said: ‘We have been together through good times and bad. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 03:04 EST, 21 May 2013 | UPDATED: 13:49 EST, 21 May 2013 Lord Tebbit suggested gay marriage should be extended to family members to avoid inheritance tax Norman Tebbit has launched a foul-mouthed attack on David Cameron, claiming the Tory leader has ‘f***** things up’ by pressing ahead with gay marriage laws. The former party chairman’s extraordinary public criticism of the current leadership emerged after the Prime Minister was forced to rely on Labour support to rescue same-sex weddings. Lord Tebbit said the plans would create inconsistencies, and could be extended to help families avoid inheritance tax, declaring: ‘Maybe I’d be allowed to marry my son.’
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Former Tory chairman's foul-mouthed attack on party leadership
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Warns disaffected Conservatives will flock to UKIP
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Family members should be able to marry to avoid inheritance tax, he says
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in @placeholder on Monday and searched his wife's computers, cameras and other | By Lydia Warren The daughter-in-law of Nike's co-founder has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 17-year-old member of the track team she coaches. Melissa Bowerman, 43, was arrested at her home in Fossil, Oregon on Monday after police received a tip earlier this month that she'd been involved with an inappropriate relationship with a student. Bowerman's husband, 76-year-old Jon Bowerman, the son of late Nike co-founder Bill Bowerman, told The Oregonian he is shocked by her arrest but that she has his support. 'She's still my wife, I still love her and still will no matter how this thing turns out,' he said.
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Melissa Bowerman was arrested at her Oregon home on Monday after police learned 'she'd had an inappropriate relationship with a student'
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Bowerman was dismissed from another school two years ago for taking a 17-year-old student to the prom but no criminal charges were filed
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Her husband, 76, said he was shocked about her arrest but still loves her
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"It appears to me y'all like it over here a lot," @placeholder then said. | (CNN) -- An Arizona civil rights activist says he accepts Katt Williams' apology for an anti-Mexican rant during a comedy show in Phoenix last weekend, but he's calling on the comedian to return to the city to "show his commitment to the Latino community." "What he said was borderline hate speech and racially offensive," said Rev. Jarrett Maupin, who is organizing a boycott of Williams' stand-up act. His words could also create "violence and tension" in the community, he said. Williams, an African-American comedian known more for his erratic behavior than his jokes in recent months, issued a written statement through his publicist Wednesday that included an apology.
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NEW: Williams' words are "borderline hate speech," a civil rights activist says
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The rant was captured on video and has drawn criticism
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"My remarks were not meant to be offensive. I want to apologize," Williams says
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Precision: Luke Donald's natural ability on the greens should help him conquer @placeholder | By Chris Cutmore Follow @@Chris_Cutmore You know what you’re getting with the US Open: knee-high rough, putting greens like glass and the toughest test in all of golf. Hit it straight or you’re dead meat, right? Well, maybe not this year at Pinehurst. Rather startlingly for the US Open there will be no rough. That’s right – none. Instead, Pinehurst’s fabled No 2 course has widened fairways, which bleed into waste areas featuring all sorts of funky hazards: sand, gnarled tree roots and hollows. Punters can usually feel safe backing steady, straight hitters at the US Open – think Justin Rose (28-1) or Graeme McDowell (50-1), two champions from the last four years – but the 114th edition of America’s national championship poses some different and difficult questions.
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Rory McIlroy is favourite for 114th US Open at Pinehurst No 2
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Bubba Watson, Adam Scott and Mickelson also among the frontrunners
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Henrik Stenson, Jason Dufner and Luke Donald could spring a surprise | 19,442 | record_train |
The HRW report included aerial images of @placeholder counties, which showed photos of villages before and after new homes were built. | (CNN) -- U.S. ambassador to China Gary Locke is nearing the end of a three-day visit to the Tibet Autonomous Region where he has been meeting with local officials to impress the importance of preserving Tibetan culture, according to the U.S. embassy. Locke, who took the trip with his family, several embassy officials and Chengdu's consulate general, also stressed the need to open up access to Tibet to foreign diplomats, tourists and journalists, the embassy said in a statement. There has been no mention of the trip in Chinese media, which follows Locke's visit last September to Tibetan monasteries in western China, where a number of Tibetan monks have set themselves on fire.
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U.S.: Locke meeting officials to impress importance of preserving Tibetan culture
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Envoy also stressed the need to open up access to Tibet to foreign diplomats
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Since 2006, 119 monks have self-immolated in protest against Chinese policies
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The @placeholder regime is working every day to get a nuclear weapon. | (CNN) -- News that the United States is considering a military strike on Syria in response to the Bashar al-Assad regime's suspected use of chemical weapons suggests we could soon see an American bombing campaign on the war-torn country. The atrocities that took place in Syria recently, such as those that have been taking place there for almost two years, are deplorable and inhuman. Before bombing Syria over the regime's latest crimes, however, we should stand back and ask, "And then what?" Bergen: For U.S., Syria is truly a problem from hell A brief bombing campaign in Syria might make the United States and its allies feel like they are doing something, but it will prove nothing.
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U.S. is considering a military strike on Syria in response to chemical weapons attack
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Newt Gingrich: The atrocities are deplorable, but there is no desirable side in Syria
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The @placeholder currently sit in 14th place in the Championship table and will hope to improve under Luzon | Former Standard Liege boss Guy Luzon has been appointed as Charlton's new Head Coach, the club confirmed on Tuesday evening. The 39-year-old will replace Bob Peeters, who was sacked on Sunday after a dismal run of six wins from 25 Championship league games, and has signed an initial contract until the end of the 2015/16 season 'I am happy to have joined Charlton and will work as hard as I can to try and make the club successful,' Luzon told the club's official website. Guy Luzon has been brought in as the next Charlton manager following Bob Peeters' sacking on Sunday
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Former Standard Liege boss Guy Luzon appointed new Charlton manager
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The Addicks sacked Peeters on Sunday after a poor run of results
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Merkel made clear that she would not do a deal with Russia that bypasses @placeholder's leadership, saying she "will not decide anything over the heads of anyone." | Moscow (CNN)German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande met Friday with their Russian counterpart and began to draw up a new proposal to end the bitter conflict in eastern Ukraine. The peace talks with President Vladimir Putin ended early Saturday, the Kremlin told CNN. Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said a joint document based on a prior peace plan agreed to in Minsk, Belarus, in September, is not yet complete. The parties will engage in further talks by phone on Sunday, Peskov said. The new diplomatic push comes as a worsening conflict in eastern Ukraine is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians.
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Talks among German, French, Russian leaders on Ukraine will continue via phone on Sunday
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French and German leaders take a new plan for peace negotiations to Moscow
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Russia must pull back troops and weapons, close its border with Ukraine, John Kerry says | 19,446 | record_train |
The youngster is now staying at the home with an adult caregiver, while the women are being held without bond in the @placeholder jail. | By Lydia Warren A six-year-old boy whose mother forced him into a dog cage then poured syrup and kitty litter on him was rescued after neighbors heard him screaming, 'Do you love me?' to his abuser, authorities said. The boy's mother, Crystal Jean Hostetter, 24, and her long-term girlfriend, Sarah Elizabeth McClain, 30, allegedly abused the boy - who has psychological issues and does not like sticky substances - for two hours on Saturday. Neighbors witnessed the treatment and alerted authorities. The two women, from Douglasville, Georgia, appeared in front of a Douglas County Magistrate on Thursday, where they were both charged with cruelty to children.
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Crystal Hostetter, 24, and her girlfriend, Sarah McClain, 30, 'locked the boy in the cage and forced him to hold a brick above his head for 15 minutes'
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The boy suffers from psychological problems and does not like sticky substances - 'which is why they poured syrup over him'
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A neighbor witnessed the treatment and called the boy's school, where officials alerted the police
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Neighbor heard him scream: 'Do you love me?' and 'Please don't kill me!' | 19,447 | record_train |
If that doesn't seem like a long drought, consider: The @placeholder were a tournament fixture every year from 1986 to 2003 and have won five titles (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987). | (CNN) -- This is the time of the year when everyone can channel their inner Dick Vitale. Just make sure not to startle your co-workers if you start yelling, "Awesome, baby!" Everyone in the entire country, starting on Selection Sunday when the NCAA Tournament brackets are revealed, becomes a college basketball expert. From President Obama to that annoying woman in accounting who lets her corgie make the picks (and still somehow wins the office pool), we're all about to pretend we know more about Cinderella than the prince himself. So if you're just now beginning to pay attention, here is an A-to-Z primer of what you're going to find in your brackets.
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NCAA Tournament brackets revealed on Selection Sunday, March 11
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To kickoff March Madness 2012, this primer will explain what you'll find in your brackets
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The Indiana Hoosiers are back in the tournament for the first time since 2008
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Most, if not all of the last eight host countries of @placeholder have experienced negligible increases in tourist numbers, says Teigland. | (CNN) -- What happens when the Winter Olympics party leaves town? It's a question that is probably giving organizers of the Sochi 2014 Games sleepless nights and, if the example of Lillehammer is anything to go by, some food for thought. Will all the expense be worthwhile? Russia is spending an unprecedented $50 billion on completely revamping its faded Black Sea resort, hoping to turn it into a tourist mecca and hi-tech business destination for decades after next February's 16 days of competition. Can Vladimir Putin's grand planners learn from one of the smallest host venues in Olympic history? Leap of faith
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Investment in Lillehammer has made it a post-Olympic center of sporting excellence
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$1.2 billion of public money gave boost to town but didn't increase tourism as expected
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@placeholder had been asked a similar question about whether he had ambitions for one final challenge but, rather than give a few anodyne quotes, Messi’s answer was far more cryptic. | Lionel Messi has once again cast doubt on his Barcelona future by telling the world he does not know where he will play next season. The Argentina superstar had shot down suggestions he would join a club in the Barclays Premier League after Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday. However, the 27-year-old fuelled talk of a move to Chelsea after naming Blues boss Jose Mourinho as his third choice for the prestigious FIFA Coach of the Year. Lionel Messi (centre, in an Adidas hoodie) and Manuel Neuer (left) lost out to Cristiano Ronaldo (right, with a Nike T-shirt) who won the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award on Monday night
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Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Manuel Neuer were the three contenders for the FIFA Ballon d'Or, to be announced on Monday
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Messi cast doubt over his Barcelona future at ceremony in Zurich
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Barca forward admitted: 'I don't know where I'll be next year'
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Cristiano Ronaldo revealed he is 'very happy' at Real Madrid
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Argentina international voted for Jose Mourinho as FIFA Coach of the Year
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His support for the @placeholder war won him more friends in the U.S. Congress than across the pond. | (CNN Student News) -- May 26, 2011 Download PDF maps related to today's show: • London, England • Libya • New York City Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi, everyone. I'm Carl Azuz, and you're tuned in to CNN Student News! It's Thursday, May 26th, and you can leave the next ten minutes to us. First Up: Speech to Parliament AZUZ: First up, President Obama makes a speech that some people are calling the main event of his week-long trip to Europe. It happened in front of the British Parliament; it's a legislative group that's kinda like the U.S. Congress. During the speech, the president talked about a lot of world issues that the U.S. and Britain have faced together. That includes the economic crisis, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the revolutions, protests and conflict happening right now in the Arab world, like in Libya. The president said the U.S. and U.K. should and will provide an example for other nations to follow.
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Explore the "special relationship" between the U.S. and U.K.
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Find out how living conditions are affected by war in Libya
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Discover what information will be displayed on new fuel labels
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Famous words: The transcript, featuring an @placeholder astronaut informing ground control of the famous 'problem', is expected to fetch £5,000 at auction | By Kieran Corcoran for MailOnline A rare transcript of the conversation between NASA's mission control and the ill-fated crew of the Apollo 13, including the famous line 'Houston, we've had a problem', has been put up for sale. Every last word transmitted between the moon landing mission and ground control in the U.S. was recorded for use by journalists covering the six-day mission, which had to be aborted after a dangerous explosion on the rocket. Much of the conversation was of little interest until two days into the mission, the third Moon landing attempt, when commander Jim Lovell reported an explosion on-board.
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Transcript of famous conversation part of space memorabilia auction lot
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Words were spoken by commander Jim Lovell aboard ill-fated spacecraft
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Explosion severely damaged Apollo 13 rocket in 1970
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Team of astronauts were supposed to land on the moon
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‘I saw three boys who were much taller and older than @placeholder walk over to our front gate. | A heroic cat could win an award after rescuing his five-year-old owner from bullies who pushed him to the ground as he played with his younger brother. The moggy named Smudge pounced on the chest of one of the boys after he saw frightened Ethan Fenton being pushed to the ground outside his home in Doncaster. The boy and his friends were so shocked by the tabby cat’s actions that they ran away crying leaving Ethan and his two-year-old brother Ashton alone. Scroll down for video Ethan Fenton, five, with pet cat Smudge, who rescued him from bullies trying to pick a fight outside his home
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Ethan Fenton was playing football in the garden with his younger brother
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Group of older, taller boys walk over and shout 'Oi! Why are you ignoring me?' before pushing him to ground outside his family home in Doncaster
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Moggy Smudge pounces on tallest boy - who flees with friends in tears
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Mr @placeholder has made much of his relationship to Lord Baden-Powell, making reference to it on his real estate agent's website. | By Richard Shears PUBLISHED: 04:22 EST, 13 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:36 EST, 14 June 2012 The great-grandson of Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the world-wide Scout Movement, has appeared in court for the first time since he was charged with his wife's murder in Australia today. His appearance came after numerous reports that 40-year-old Gerard Baden-Clay had been having an affair in the months before the death of his wife, Allison, 43. The murder charge was brought at a Brisbane police station on Wednesday night shortly after Mr Baden-Clay's lawyer, Mr Darren Mahoney, announced that that was the intention of murder squad detectives.
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Gerard Baden-Clay allegedly had an affair with a saleswoman in his office
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Suspect: @placeholder is led out of the courtroom last year after the murder trial was postponed | By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 01:05 EST, 8 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:13 EST, 8 May 2013 Captivated jurors in a Cincinnati murder trial watched video Tuesday that prosecutors say shows a dying, paralyzed shooting victim who couldn't speak identifying a photo of his killer by blinking his eyes. Over the unsuccessful and repeated objections of defense attorneys, prosecutors showed the jury a 17-minute video of shooting victim David Chandler, 35, in which he answers detectives' questions by blinking twice to say ‘no’ and three times for ‘yes.’ Ricardo Woods, 35, is charged with Chandler's October 2010 murder and has pleaded not guilty.
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David Chandler, 35, was left paralyzed after he was shot and could only communicate by blinking
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Currently, @placeholder is paid out at £72.40 a week for over 25s and £57.35 a week for under 25s. | Thousands of EU migrants who are still on the dole after a lengthy stay in Britain could have their benefits taken away under a crackdown to be unveiled today. Up to 4,000 Europeans living here for a year or more will be assessed on whether they have the genuine prospect of finding work. Those who fail will lose their right to Jobseeker’s Allowance. The measures are in addition to David Cameron’s detailed plans to ban EU migrants from claiming benefits including lucrative tax credits until they have worked in this country for four years. Migrant workers gather outside the Honeypot pub in north-west London looking for cash-in-hand work this week. Selco and the neighbouring B&Q have employed a dog handler to keep them away from customers
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England's players celebrate after @placeholder scores the hosts' second try at Twickenham | England failed to recover from a sloppy first half at Twickenham, losing 28-31 to South Africa in their second autumn Test. Brad Barritt, Ben Morgan and Dave Wilson scored tries for England while Cobus Reinach, Jan Serfontein and Schalk Burger went over for the Springboks. Here, Sportsmail's Sam Peters gives his verdict on how both sets of players fared. ENGLAND Brown - 7 Two sharp breaks and always full of intent with ball in hand. Defensively sound but would be good to see him at first receiver more. Watson - 6 Just like Rokoduguni before him, the Bath flyer was starved of the ball as England’s inside backs failed to release him.
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Stuart Lancaster's sloppy side outclassed by South Africa
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Brad Barritt, Ben Morgan, Dave WIlson scored tries for England
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Cobus Reinach, Jan Serfontein and Schalk Burger went over for the Springboks
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From the madness of @placeholder to the untamed beauty of Cat Ba -- each of our destinations offered a unique glimpse into Vietnamese culture. | (CNN) -- I clung white-knuckled to the back of my friend's motorbike as the two of us zipped around the streets of Hanoi. We buzzed past a man sitting in a barber's chair on the sidewalk of a main road. The man was peering into an oval mirror tacked to a tree as the barber clipped away. "See! O.I.V!" my friend said. "What?" I asked, trying to figure out what I had seen as much as what he just said. "O.I.V.," he repeated. "Only in Vietnam." It was the first day of my 11-day tour through northern and central Vietnam, and the adventure had just begun.
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A first-time visit to Vietnam includes rock climbing and cooking school
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Cat Ba, a backpacker's island paradise, is an affordable getaway in Halong Bay
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He can also use the RGA to collect chits by helping fellow @placeholder governors whom he hopes will eventually help him. | Washington (CNN) -- What do you do for an encore after a landslide re-election victory? How about taking your show on the road. And that's just what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will do later this month, as he takes over as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, giving an already very visible governor with national aspirations even more visibility. While the high-profile position should enhance Christie's status as a leader of the GOP, he's already coming under attack from some potential 2016 rivals. Christie wins big With three-dozen states electing governors in 2014, Christie will be crisscrossing the country, supporting some of the party's brightest stars. But he'll also be introducing himself to those who know only the larger-than-life figure on TV.
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The position offers Christie networking opportunities but also makes him target
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Republicans next year elect governors in key states that are also key states in 2016 primaries
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Forecasters predict that London could experience balmy temperatures of @placeholder next week - around 6C higher than the average for this time of year. | Ditch the winter woollies for now - respite from the chill is on the way. Despite temperatures plummeting to lower than Lapland in some parts today, next week is set to be much warmer across the UK, with the mercury expected to reach a balmy 13C. Yet Britain woke up to the biggest freeze of the winter yesterday with temperatures tumbling to almost -8C in parts of Scotland, amid warnings there could be four weeks of snow on the way. And, after the brief let-up, the plummeting temperatures are expected to continue until Christmas, when experts predict the mercury could dip to a shivering -12C.
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Britain woke up to a chilly start as temperatures plunged to as low as -8C in Scotland, making it colder than Lapland
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There will be a temporary respite next week as the mercury reaches a balmy 13C on Wednesday in London
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For @placeholder, it marked the end of a campaign which had pushed her body to the limit. | (CNN) -- American teenager Sloane Stephens stunned her compatriot Serena Williams on Wednesday, beating the 15-time grand slam winner 3-6 7-5 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semifinals. The 29th seed, playing in her first grand slam quarterfinal, came from once set down to overcome third seed Williams who suffered a back injury having already rolled an ankle earlier in the tournament. Despite Williams' fitness problems, few had given Stephens a chance of beating the five-time Melbourne champion. "Someone asked me, 'Do you think you can win?' I was like, 'Yeah, I think so, but I wasn't like too clear about it,''" the 19-year-old told reporters after advancing to a tie with world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka on Thursday.
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Sloane Stephens beats compatriot Serena Williams to reach Australian Open semis
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The 19-year-old came from one set down to defeat the third seed
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Stephens will play her first ever grand slam semifinal against world No.1 Victoria Azarenka
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@placeholder had a reputation for his handling of horses and his skills as a frontiersman. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:46 EST, 28 August 2012 | UPDATED: 17:47 EST, 28 August 2012 With an estimated fortune of $250million, one would think Mitt Romney would not have let a family debt go unpaid for 130 years. An author claims the Republican presidential candidate owes her family $25,000 after her great-grandfather paid Romney's great-grandfather's bail in the 1880s. Instead of showing up at court, Miles Park Romney -- whom one newspaper editor called a 'mass of putrid pus' -- jumped bail and fled to Mexico, leaving his friend liable for the considerable sum. Performer: Miles Park Romney, Mitt's great-grandfather, was known for his theatrical performances. He's pictured here in costume
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Author Judith Freeman claims her great-grandfather William Flake bailed Mitt Romney's great-grandfather out of jail for $1,000
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Miles Park Romney had been arrested on polygamy charges
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Romney never repaid Flake and instead fled to Mexico with his family
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He said the pace of @placeholder's transformation, from a military state to thriving democracy at peace with ethnic rivalries, depends on the attitudes of ordinary people. | Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- When Burmese commuters have an accident they don't dial 911 or any ordinary emergency service. They call the country's version of Marlon Brando, a heartthrob in the 1980s and 90s who turned his back on the film industry to run a fleet of ambulances and bury the nation's dead. A household name in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, Kyaw Thu has starred in more than 200 films, and even took home a Myanmar Academy Award in 1994 for best actor in "Da-Byi-Thu Ma Shwe Hta." He followed it up with best director for "Amay No Bo" in 2003, but by then his head had already been turned by the story of an old woman left to die alone in hospital.
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Award-winning Burmese actor gave up films to operate free funeral services
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Kyaw Thu was considered a heartthrob in the 1980s and 1990s
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He formed Free Funeral Service Society after hearing the story of a woman abandoned in hospital
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Society now provides ambulance, hospital, disaster relief and education services | 19,463 | record_train |
'I'm talking serious, committed @placeholder - not people who sign up on a website because they're curious or bored,' Mr Phelan says. | Members of the Jedi church believe in the Force, rather than the Holy Ghost. It's a religion barely two decades old and based off a movie franchise, but there's still a lot the Jedi have in common with other religious groups. Details' Benjamin Svetkey recently attended a gathering of Jedi in Norris, Texas where he witnessed the 'knighting' of padawon learner Ally Thompson, 28, an Iraqi-war veteran from Tennessee. From the get go, Ms Thompson explains that her religion doesn't seek to turn fictional characters like Yoda or Obi-Wan Kenobi into idols. Scroll down for video Father, son and the holy Force: Jediism is a growing religion around the world. The church began to form in the late 1990s, and is based off the league of knights from the Star Wars movie franchise
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According to a report in Details, the church based off the Star Wars franchise has grown to include thousands of members
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In the UK, Jediism is the seventh-largest religion. Experts estimate that there are 5,000 members in the U.S. | 19,464 | record_train |
Records have shown that @placeholder investigators handling the case focused their attention primarily on her husband. | Steve Powell 'continues to put the community at risk' with violations of his parole, states a new report Steve Powell - the father-in-law of Susan Powell, the Utah mother-of-two missing since 2009 – ‘continues to put the community at risk’ with violations of his parole, according to a new progress report from the Washington Department of Corrections. Powell was released from state prison in March after serving 30 months in a voyeurism case, but since his release ‘has made no attempts or shown any desire to comply with the requirements of supervision or change his behavior’ the report states. It also noted that Powell's actions and lack of cooperation with officials since being released from prison haven't allowed corrections officials to ‘thoroughly monitor his activities in order to maintain the safety of his victim(s) and the community.
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Steve Powell was released from state prison in March after serving 30 months in a voyeurism case
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Since his release he has not 'shown any desire to comply with the requirements of supervision or change his behavior' a report states
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Police found Powell in a Jack in the Box in July and he was sentenced to nine days in jail for visiting an establishment frequented by minors
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Powell could be sent back to prison for another five years on a refiled charge of possession of child pornography raised last month | 19,465 | record_train |
Of course, there's still plenty of opposition to same-sex marriage among @placeholder. | Evangelical leaders are taking a step back from their decades-long fight against gay marriage, softening their tone and recalibrating their goals. In recent interviews with about a half-dozen prominent evangelicals, no one listed opposition to gay marriage as their top priority. The leaders said they're more focused on protecting religious liberties as same-sex marriage becomes legal in a growing number of states. "Is it time to differentiate between religious ceremony and civil ceremony?" Jim Daly, the president of Focus on the Family, said in an interview with CNN. "Civil ceremony to the Christian community is no different than getting your car registered."
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Evangelical leaders aren't listing opposition to gay marriage as their top priority
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"@placeholder is a great player but I am Samuel Eto'o and my past and my victories talk for me," said Eto'o. | (CNN) -- Italian champions Inter Milan have unveiled new signing Samuel Eto'o, with the Cameroon striker immediately being forced to deny suggestions from the Italian media that he has ever had a problem with new coach Jose Mourinho. Samuel Eto'o parades his new Inter Milan jersey after completing his move from Barcelona. Eto'o, who completed his switch from Barcelona on Monda, denied he has issues with Portuguese coach Mourinho and insists he never insulted his team's style of play after a Champions League match between Barca and Chelsea. "I never said those words that were attributed to me," he told a press conference. "There is also a tape which proves it and, in any case, that was after an intense game.
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Inter Milan unveil Samuel Eto'o after he completes his transfer from Barcelona
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Eto'o has signed five-year deal and moves in a swap deal for Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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"We did not expect anything different because they cannot tolerate the existence of the @placeholder. | Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Kurdish lawmakers announced Monday they would submit their resignations from Parliament, three days after Turkey's highest court banned their political party on charges that it was a "focal point for terrorism." Ahmet Turk, the co-chairman of the now-defunct Democratic Society Party -- known by its initials in Turkish, DTP -- made the announcement in a statement to the media Monday evening in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir. Last Friday's closure by the Constitutional Court stripped Turk and fellow co-chair, Aysel Tugluk, of their parliamentary seats and banned them both from politics for the next five years. The announcement that the remaining 19 elected lawmakers from their party would now resign in protest may exacerbate simmering tensions between the state and Turkey's minority of some 12 million ethnic Kurds.
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NEW: Kurdish lawmakers say they'll resign seats, days after court banned their party
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Turkey's highest court banned DTP last week, calling it "focal point for terrorism"
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In response to @placeholder, Pruitt wrote that government officials "assured us that the national security concerns had passed" before it ran the story. | Washington (CNN) -- The Justice Department on Tuesday defended its decision to subpoena phone records from Associated Press bureaus and reporters, saying the requests were limited and necessary to investigate a leak of classified information. The AP revealed Monday that federal agents had collected two months of telephone records for some of its reporters and editors without notifying it of the subpoena. In a letter to Gary Pruitt, the news service's president, Deputy Attorney General James Cole said the Justice Department had balanced the public's right to know with national security. "Any subpoena that is issued should be drawn as narrowly as possible, be directed at relevant information regarding a limited subject matter and should cover a reasonably limited period of time," Cole wrote. "We are required to negotiate with the media organization in advance of issuing the subpoenas unless doing so would pose a substantial threat to the integrity of the investigation. We take this policy, and the interests that it is intended to protect, very seriously and followed it in this matter."
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NEW: AP exec: "We've never seen anything along the size and scope" of this probe
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AP says its Washington bureau chief was among those whose records were subpoenaed
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But, despite playing the game around the globe, there is one course that @placeholder rates as pretty special. | (CNN) -- He took on "the Dark Side," overcame a plane-load of rogue reptiles and struck down his enemies with "great vengeance and furious anger." However, Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson is more at home on the genteel fairways of a golf course. The actor, whose numerous film credits include Pulp Fiction, the Star Wars prequels and, yes, Snakes On A Plane, is so dedicated to perfecting his game that he has a clause written into his contracts that allows him time off to play golf. "They have to let me play at least twice a week," Jackson told CNN's Living Golf. "Generally they either move me onto a golf course or I join a club so I can play there."
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Hollywood star Samuel L. Jackson plays golf as a hobby and to raise funds for charity
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The 64-year-old played with Tiger Woods at the St. Andrew's course in Scotland
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Augusta National, home of the Masters, is Jackson's favorite golf course
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Jackson has a clause in his film contracts which gives him time off to play golf | 19,470 | record_train |
The truth is, @placeholder never connected with the immigration issue with the same degree of passion with which he connected with other issues like health care reform, education reform, even climate change. | San Diego, California (CNN) -- The Obama administration needs an air traffic controller to manage its domestic policy agenda. The items are starting to pile up on the runway. Move over, health care. Next up: immigration. It wasn't exactly a graceful transition. In fact, at first, it looked like bad timing that tens of thousands of protesters descended on Washington to demand comprehensive immigration reform on the same day that Congress was voting on a bill that overhauled the health care system. You had to wonder: What if more than 100,000 people marched on Washington, and no one noticed? Actually, even with everything else going on that day, plenty of people noticed the return on the national agenda of one of the most emotional and contentious issues in America.
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As Congress voted on health care, tens of thousands marched for immigration reform
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Ruben Navarrette says Democrats showed moral courage in health care bill push
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But shortly before contracts could be exchanged, mystery @placeholder buyers were allowed to gazump the would-be owners by buying four of the houses for cash. | By Paul Harris From the air, it looks little different from any other exclusive development in one of Britain’s most affluent areas. Set in tranquil surroundings, the upmarket crescent of multi-million pound houses in Surrey overlooks an historic swathe of private parkland. Little wonder that couples with the means to pay up to £3.5million for a newly built mansion were keen to put their deposits down when they came up for sale. 'Little Persia': How the six houses in upmarket Kingswood Warren in Surrey could be sealed off from neighbouring homes. The identities of the new buyers are protected by a confidentiality contract
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Six houses in exclusive Kingswood Warren, Surrey bought up by mystery buyers - gazumping prospective owners
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The newcomers are thought to be Arabs with royal connections - but are protected by confidentiality agreement
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They are locked in stalemate with locals after they began building huge fences with barbed wire around houses | 19,472 | record_train |
from his book serialised by the @placeholder this week | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:02 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:22 EST, 4 November 2013 Ulrika Jonsson has spoken out after Sven Goran Eriksson confirmed their affair in his autobiography Sven-Goran Eriksson boasted he would be able to beat Sir Alex Ferguson in a fight because he could run faster, his former lover Ulrika Jonsson has claimed. Miss Jonsson, 46, said the former England manager hated Ferguson and the pair were 'constantly having explosive rows'. The TV presenter, who had a four-month affair with Eriksson, has also said making love with the Swede was as dull as putting together Ikea flat-pack furniture.
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Ulrika Jonsson said Eriksson and Ferguson had 'explosive rows'
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She said Eriksson also often moaned about his England job
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Photos have emerged showing @placeholder, top, with Mama June, bottom, since his release earlier this year. | A police report has revealed the sickening sexual assaults Mama June's eldest daughter allegedly suffered at the hands of her boyfriend when she was just eight. The March 2003 report, seen by RadarOnline, reveals how Anna 'Chickadee' Shannon told authorities in Spalding County, Georgia that she had done the 'S word' with Mark McDaniel. She also told police that her mother's boyfriend touched her inappropriately, made her touch him inappropriately and forced her to perform a sex act on him. When she told him to stop, he would not. Anna, who appeared on 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' with her mother and siblings, has since revealed that when she first told her mother about the abuse, Mama June refused to believe her.
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Anna 'Chickadee' Shannon told police in 2003 that she had done the 's word' with Mark McDaniel, her mother's boyfriend
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She said he repeatedly assaulted her between April and October 2002 and said he would kill her if she told anyone
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He later pleaded guilty to aggravated child molestation and was sentenced to 10 years behind bars; he got out earlier this year
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Anna, now 20 and married with her own child, has revealed that her mother didn't believe her when she told her about the attacks
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He has reportedly got back together with Mama June and photographs show him with her and her daughter, nine-year-old Honey Boo Boo | 19,474 | record_train |
According to @placeholder, which agreed to conceal the men's identities for security reasons, all of the officers play an integral part in Kenya’s counter-terrorism strategy and all have had a hand in assassinating suspects. | Members of Kenyan police and intelligence units accused of hunting down and assassinating terror suspects have claimed the killing of a controversial Muslim cleric was planned by high ranking officers and government officials. The men, who are part of three so-called death squads, spoke out about their secret activities after more than 60 people were killed in two separate terror attacks by Al Qaeda-linked terror group al-Shabaab in the last month. Speaking anonymously, they revealed that instead of arresting suspects they 'eliminate' them, and claimed the death of Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, who was accused of recruiting 'White Widow' Samantha Lewthwaite, was ordered by the Kenyan National Security Council.
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Kenyan officers speak out about their work in so-called death squads
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Men told how instead of arresting suspects they 'eliminate them'
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They claim cleric linked to Samantha Lewthwaite was executed by police
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Kenyan government denies it runs an extrajudicial killing programme
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Officers spoke exclusively to the Al Jazeera Investigation Unit
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Comments come after more than 60 people killed by al-Shabaab
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28 bus passengers and 36 quarry workers died in separate attacks
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Staff who work at the @placeholder (pictured) splashed out on a stay at a luxury holiday in Jamaica | Civil servants put £1.1billion on taxpayer-funded credit cards last year despite David Cameron’s pledge to curb their use. More than 137,000 Whitehall officials, quangocrats and town hall chiefs used the cards to splash out on plush hotels, gourmet meals and fine wines. The bill for 2012-2013 was four times that of 2002. It was also no lower than in Labour’s last year in power – even though the number of civil servants has fallen. Home Office staff spent £1,655 staying at the luxury Hilton Rose Hall resort and spa in Jamaica's Montego Bay The money spent on the ‘government procurement cards’ would have paid for 52,000 new nurses.
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And @placeholder, which is hosting the meeting, will be under particular pressure to take action. | By Amanda Williams PUBLISHED: 07:18 EST, 2 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:27 EST, 2 March 2013 It certainly gives a new meaning to having an expensive manicure. These workers carefully trim an elephant's valuable ivory tusk during a ceremony at Mahawangchang elephant camp in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. The tusks were legally trimmed to enable the animals to eat more easily. But it comes as the camp tries to raise awareness about poaching, and warn that cutting tusks without knowledge of its anatomy is dangerous for the animals. Workers legally trim an elephant's tusk during a ceremony at Mahawangchang elephant camp in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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The tusks were legally trimmed to enable animals to eat more easily
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70 years ago 5m elephants are believed to have roamed sub-Saharan Africa
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The preliminary NTSB report said "visual meteorological conditions prevailed" at both Bozeman and @placeholder. | (CNN) -- The pilot of a plane that crashed last month in Montana twice requested a change of destination in radio comments to air traffic controllers but "gave no reason for the diversion," according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board issued Thursday. A witness in Butte, Montana, took this photo shortly after the plane crash on March 22. Fourteen people were killed when the plane slammed into a cemetery March 22 in Butte, and investigators immediately began focusing on why the pilot asked to divert the flight from Bozeman, Montana, to Butte, 80 miles to the west.
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Preliminary report sheds light on crash that killed 14 people in Butte, Montana
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Investigators probe what role overloading or weather may have played in March crash
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Fraudsters have been targeting @placeholder with links that are supposedly related to trending topics but that actually lead to malicious sites. | (CNN) -- On the surface, a fast-growing service called Bit.ly performs a small task: it shortens URLs. Short URLs are booming thanks to social network tools like Twitter with character limits. That's useful when you want to share links on social networking sites like Twitter that limit the size of your messages, which helps explain why URL shortening services in general are proliferating. There are now well over a hundred. But Bit.ly, a startup that's part of the New York-based incubator Betaworks, goes further than many of its peers. In addition to short links, it offers free analytics on the traffic related to those links. And it has bigger plans in store.
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Shortened URL services growing in popularity thanks to services like Twitter
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Short URL company Bit.ly developing to allow web traffic tracking and a free analytics
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Other link shorteners allow for ads as new form of revenue model
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He belongs to the same political party as @placeholder, leading some officials to speculate that he may have been abducted by narcotraffickers. | Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a prominent Mexican politician kidnapped in May, was released and back at his home Monday. "I am fine, thanks to God. I am strong and my life will continue to be the same," he told the crush of reporters gathered outside of his home in Mexico City. "As a man of faith, I have already forgiven them," Fernandez de Cevallos said about his kidnappers. "But as a citizen, I believe the authorities have a job to do." Fernandez de Cevallos, a former senator and congressman and a close ally of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, disappeared on May 14 near his ranch in the state of Queretaro in central Mexico. Blood and other signs of a struggle were found, police said.
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talking with @placeholder, sixteen years her junior, on the social networking | By Daily Mail Reporter An American woman has ditched her comfortable, fun-loving Californian lifestyle to become a traditional housewife in rural India. Adriana Peral, 41, took a leap of faith last August when she flew to the sub continent to meet a man young enough to be her son who she had fallen in love with over Facebook. Within months she was married to Mukesh Kumar, 25, and had assumed her new role as a doting housewife - sweeping, cooking, cleaning and mucking in on the family's farm in an impoverished rural community in Haryana, India. Scroll down for video
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Adriana Peral, 41, met Mukesh Kumar, 25, online in February last year
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She travelled to Haryana, India, in August and wed within months
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Mother-of-one said leaving her daughter, 25, in the U.S. was traumatic
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Something could happen at any point in @placeholder' orbit to modify its course, just a smidgen. | Look up at our nearest neighbor, the moon, and you'll see stark evidence of the dangerous neighborhood we live in. The Man in the Moon was sculpted by large-scale events, including many meteor and asteroid impacts. In 1994, the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 dove into Jupiter. The result was awesome. The impact caused a brilliant flash, visible in Earth telescopes, and left an ugly dark scar on Jupiter's cold, gaseous surface. With the recent fly-by of a 1,000-foot-wide asteroid labeled 99942 Apophis, one of a class of space rocks referred to as "near-Earth objects" or "Earth-grazers," scientists have revised their worst estimates of its chances of striking Earth. Current thinking is: We're safe. For the next couple of decades.
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Greg Bear: Asteroid Apophis flew by this month and was much larger than expected
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Popular: The chef rapidly dishes up the rolls, a popular snack that is old in @placeholder restaurants around the world | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:17 EST, 7 February 2013 | UPDATED: 09:11 EST, 8 February 2013 China is known for creating some of the world's tastiest and most unique cuisine - but not necessarily the quickest. That is until a video emerged of one street trader creating one of the country's staple snacks in a matter of seconds. The chef was filmed in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, rustling up the nice noodle rolls at lightning speed. Speedy: A street trader was filmed in China making rice noodle rolls in a matter of only seconds Don't blink: After one of his assistants pours the mixture on the tray, the chef springs into action
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@placeholder, retired defensive coordinator for Penn State's storied football team, is charged with 51 counts of molesting 10 boys over 15 years. | Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- For the first week of Jerry Sandusky's child sex trial, eight young men held jurors spellbound with testimony about a sports hero they say groped them in the car, soaped them in the shower and sexually assaulted them on a basement waterbed. How do you come back from something like that? Sandusky's defense attorneys, Joe Amendola and Karl Rominger, responded this week with rapid-fire rounds of testimony; 29 witnesses took the stand in little more than two days -- including 11 character witnesses in a single hour. The defense also chipped away at the character and motives of the alleged victims, sparing no one: not the young accusers, not their families and certainly not the cops.
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Defense strategy in Sandusky case was to tear down accusers, families, cops
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Keep up to date on who has won what with our @placeholder tracker | (CNN) -- The 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations were announced Wednesday morning, and as one of the leading awards show salvos in what is expected to be a competitive season, what didn't get nominated was as notable as what did. Robert Redford was left out. So was anybody from "Inside Llewyn Davis." "Captain Phillips" missed out on a best ensemble nomination, and "The Wolf of Wall Street" came up completely empty. A number of films did get good news. Awards Season 2014 "12 Years a Slave" was nominated for four awards -- best ensemble, best male actor (Chewitel Ejiofor), best supporting male actor (Michael Fassbender) and best supporting female actor (Lupita Nyong'o).
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SAG Award nominations leave out Robert Redford for best actor
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as we work through this difficult time,' wrote @placeholder head | A teacher has been charged with sexual assaults involving four of his students from the 1960s. Christopher Kloman, 73, was arrested on Friday at his home in McLean, Virginia after a yearlong investigation. The head of a northern Virginia private school says they are 'deeply disturbed' by the news that their former, longtime teacher has been charged with sexual assaults. Scandal: Christopher Kloman, 73, of Virginia has been arrested over alleged sexual abuse during his 29-year career at the esteemed Potomac School Privilege: Staff, parents and pupils have been rocked by the sex scandal that has emerged and involves a former teacher at Potomac
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Christopher Kloman, 73, arrested in Virginia after yearlong investigation
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Champion: The Sheffield fighter won a world title at the first time of asking after beating @placeholder | World boxing champion Kell Brook is in hospital in Tenerife after being stabbed in the leg on Thursday during an altercation while on holiday. The 28-year-old, who won the IBF welterweight title last month, is not believed to be in a life-threatening condition, though Spanish police claim ‘he lost a lot of blood’ from multiple wounds in his left leg and also suffered defence injuries to his arm in the 6am incident. Onlookers at the scene, close to the Golf De Sur resort in southern Tenerife, have described a trail of blood from an apartment at the Las Adelfas complex, to a second apartment where Brook is understood to have attempted to gain entry by smashing a patio window.
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The IBF world champion not believed to be in life-threatening condition
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IBF welterweight world champion is being treated in a Spanish hospital
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Brook is holidaying on Spanish island with his pregnant wife Lindsey after winning world title last month
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The Panther's design is based on a Jeep CJ8 Scrambler, however, because the chassis of the @placeholder is heavy, the Panther's lightweight chassis is made of chromoly steel | You no longer need to be a spy like James Bond to get your hands on an amphibious car. David March has designed the world's fastest Jeep-style vehicle that can be driven straight from the land into the water and goes from a car to a boat in just 15 seconds. Called the Panther, the vehicle can reach water speeds of up to 45mph - almost as fast as an average speedboat - and is fitted with a custom-made 3.7 litre V6 engine, fibreglass hull and lightweight chromoly steel chassis. Scroll down for video A Californian-based car company has designed the world's fastest amphibious car called the Panther, pictured. It is capable of reaching water speeds of up to 45mph - almost as fast as an average speedboat - plus can be driven up to 80mph on land
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The Panther reaches water speeds of 45mph - as fast as a speedboat
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It can be driven straight from the land into water
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The amphibious design goes from a car to a boat in just 15 seconds
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The 15ft Jeep-style vehicle costs $100,000 to $200,000
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The car has been per-ordered for Dubai princes and Silicon Valley workers | 19,488 | record_train |
Murray was knocked out of the quarter-finals of the @placeholder this time last year | Andy Murray has a season-defining fortnight ahead of him; the month of January will certainly go some way to teeing up the rest of the year. It is one of the most important starts to a calendar the Scot's ever encountered - and he's putting in the hard work to make sure he doesn't come up short, although he appears to have turned into Danny Cipriani given his latest Instagram picture. This snap looks rather like the fly-half - but the star on the physio bed is someone who has excelled far more in their field. Tennis star Andy Murray posted this selfie on Instagram ahead of Great Britain's clash against Australia
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Andy Murray competing for Great Britain at the Hopman Cup
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Soviet troops built a submarine compound there, and a chemical and biological weapons plant, before withdrawing from @placeholder during the 1980s. | By Mark Nicol Defence Correspondent At least 30 Royal Marines became violently ill on a training mission at an abandoned Soviet chemical weapons plant, where they believe they were exposed to mustard gas. The crack troops needed urgent medical attention while on manoeuvres on Sazan Island, an uninhabited island just off the Albanian coast where Soviet scientists developed deadly gases during the Cold War. One Marine said: ‘The guys were in agony, the skin on their hands and arms went bright red then became blistered. Sazan island off the Albanian coast is uninhabited. It was used to test poisonous gases during the Cold War. During a training trip on the island, 30 marines fell violently ill.
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Needed urgent medical attention while training Sazan Island, off Albania
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Island used by Soviet scientists to develop deadly gases during Cold War
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Marines described as 'in agony' with red and blistered arms and hands | 19,490 | record_train |
The huge lifting power of the @placeholder - up to 130 ton - will enable it to take the components and fuel needed for a nine-month trip to Mars. | By Jonathan O'Callaghan and Mark Prigg Last week Nasa announced to the world the steps they would be taking in order to land humans on the red planet. And now, in a video, they've revealed the missions, technologies and developments that will make a manned mission to Mars possible. The footage shows how current technology such as the International Space Station (ISS), in tandem with future endeavours - including visiting an asteroid - will see humans take the first steps on the fourth planet from the sun. Scroll down for video In a new video Nasa has outlined the path it intends to take in order to land humans on Mars. Proposals to send people to the red planet have been floating about for a while, but now the space agency has revealed how such an endeavour will be attempted
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Nasa has unveiled the steps they will need to take on the 'Path to Mars'
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In a new video the agency shows how new and emerging tech will be used
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They highlight the ISS as being important for testing exploration capability
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Future missions of Orion and SLS will also lead humans to the red planet
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This follows Nasa's announcement to land humans on Mars in the 2030s | 19,491 | record_train |
A tearful @placeholder then described to the court how he pulled out the water pistol and squirted it at her. | Furious: Mr Timothy Coupe (pictured) swore at traffic warden, Amy Harrison, and shot her with a water pistol after she issued him a parking ticket A furious businessman unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at the female traffic warden who gave him a parking ticket, before squirting her with a water pistol. Timothy Coupe 'humiliated' civil enforcement officer, Amy Harrison, by pulling out a toy gun and shooting water at her face and chest - causing the shirt she was wearing to go see-through. The furious 53-year-old reacted to a £25 fine he'd received from Miss Harrison for parking illegally by a Boots pharmacy on Compston Road in Ambleside, Cumbria.
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Timothy Coupe, 53, shot water at her face and chest after receiving ticket
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Amy Harrison was 'humiliated' when it caused her shirt to go see-through
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She fined him for parking illegally in a loading bay in Ambleside, Cumbria
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Coupe told her to 'get a proper f****** job' and called her an 'ugly f****** c**t'
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Described himself as a 'gentleman' and claimed toy gun was for his dog | 19,492 | record_train |
'It suggests that the sun0-smart message is getting through in @placeholder', he said. | Though melanoma and other skin cancers are some of the most common in older people, it is extremely rare to see them in toddlers. But Matt and Michelle Prebble found out the hard way it can still occur, when their two-year-old daughter Frankie was diagnosed with a melanoma. 'Everyone was in shock,' Michelle told Daily Mail Australia. 'We saw her surgeon on a Monday and he wanted to operate the next day.' Scroll down for video Frankie Prebble, here with dad Matt, was just two years old when she was diagnosed with a melanoma The Cancer Council of Australia state that two in three Australians will be diagnosed with some form of skin cancer by the time they are 70, but it is extremely rare for anyone under 4 to be diagnosed.
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Frankie Prebble was diagnosed with a melanoma in April of this year
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Her parents took her to the doctor when they noticed a red spot on her arm
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Frankie underwent two surgeries to remove the melanoma
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She now undergoes regularly and rigorous tests and scans
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Matt and Michelle Prebble were shocked by the rare diagnosis
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They are now raising funds to help cancer research | 19,493 | record_train |
The $350 @placeholder is bringing some of what has made those smartphones so popular to a camera. | (CNN) -- The gulf between smartphones and cameras is getting smaller, thanks to a new point-and-shoot camera from Nikon that's powered by the Android operating system. The 16-megapixel Coolpix S800c camera, announced Wednesday, will be the first camera running Android on the market when it hits shelves in September. The addition of Android brings a few much-needed features to the point-and-shoot. Users can download mobile apps from the Google Play store and share images over cellular networks by tethering to a nearby smartphone or tablet. Pinterest releases new iPad and Android apps When phone makers first started adding tiny, low-resolution cameras to their devices, the camera industry was not terribly threatened. They had glorious digital SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses, sleek pocket cameras with large sensors and manual controls, and features like high-ISO for low-light shooting, megazoom, and rugged bodies for the outdoors.
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Nikon's new point-and-shoot camera is powered by the Android operating system
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The touchscreen camera can access the Google Play store and run apps
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For instant sharing, photographers can use the camera's Wi-Fi or tether it to a smartphone or tablet | 19,494 | record_train |
Then he took it out, punched me in the shoulder and said, '@placeholder you're a stand-up guy. | Boston (CNN) -- Pounding his fist on the witness stand Thursday, real-estate developer Richard Buccheri, 73, described the day he came face-to-face with Boston's alleged Irish mob kingpin James "Whitey" Bulger. Bulger is charged in the deaths of 19 people during some two decades. He also faces charges of extortion, racketeering and money laundering. He had called Buccheri to a meeting to discuss the positioning of a fence on a property Bulger associate Kevin Weeks wanted to buy, Buccheri said. He said they had barely sat down when Bulger banged on the table and told Buccheri, "You know Rich, sometimes you should just keep your mouth shut. You know Kevin Weeks is like a surrogate son."
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Real-estate developer Richard Buccheri says "Whitey" Bulger put a gun to his head
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He says it happened as part of a dispute about the placement of a fence
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Buccheri: Bulger demanded $200,000, "threatening to kill me and my family" | 19,495 | record_train |
He launched a £6million legal action against @placeholder following his rival's admission but that was dropped when he accepted that he had been forced to retire because of problems in his other knee. | Alf-Inge Haaland has dismissed Roy Keane's latest comments in their long-running feud and mocked the Irishman's beard by comparing him to Saddam Hussein. Keane re-ignited the issue in his new autobiography The Second Half, having admitted in the first book that he deliberately set out to injure Haaland during a Manchester derby at Old Trafford in 2001. 'There are things I regret in my life and he's not one of them,' wrote Keane. Roy Keane admitted he does not regret his horror tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland back in 2001 Keane (right) lunges towards Haaland with his right boot during a Manchester derby in 2001
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Roy Keane has admitted he doesn't regret his tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland
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The Irishman was sent off for a terrible challenge on the Norwegian defender during a Manchester derby in 2001
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Keane said the challenge was revenge for Haaland accusing him of playacting four years earlier
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Haaland has dismissed Keane's latest comments on Norwegian TV
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He also posted an image on Twitter comparing Keane's beard to that of former dictator Saddam Hussein but quickly deleted it | 19,496 | record_train |
Taylor Farms has been cooperating with U.S. officials, the FDA said, adding that tests will be conducted at the company's processing facility in @placeholder "to try to learn the probable cause of the outbreak and identify preventive controls." | (CNN) -- Diners at Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants in Iowa and Nebraska caught an intestinal illness after eating salad mix that came from Mexico, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The federal agency said its investigators have traced the outbreak to four "illness clusters" of restaurants, which spokeswoman Theresa Eisenman later identified to CNN as Red Lobster and Olive Garden locations. The probe didn't find indications that any bags of salad mix with the rare type of parasite -- known as cyclospora -- were sold at U.S. grocery stores. The tainted salad mix came from Taylor Farms de Mexico, "a processor of foodservice salads," according to the FDA.
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There have been about 225 cyclospora cases in Iowa, Nebraska
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People got sick eating it at Red Lobster, Olive Garden restaurants, FDA says
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Taylor Farms CEO says "all our tests have been negative" | 19,497 | record_train |
Neightbours have questioned why @placeholder was allowed to live with tbe two drug addicts after it emerged her father openly smoked heroin in the same room as his daughter. | These are the scenes of squalor which were discovered by police when they arrived at the home of two-year-old girl who died after accidentally drinking her drug addict mother's methadone out of a Tom and Jerry beaker. Barry Jones, 42, and Michelle King, 30, were this week convicted of the killing of little Sophie Jones, who died after drinking from the cup she thought contained her favourite fruit shoot drink. When they arrived at the terraced family home in Blackpool, Lancashire, detectives found medication stacked next to children's toys and filthy rooms littered with dirty washing and pushchairs. Scroll down for video
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Pictures show squalid conditions Sophie Jones was living in before death
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Mother used children's beakers to store methadone she planned to sell
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Youngster was seen looking 'groggy' after drinking from cartoon beaker
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She later collapsed and died and was found to have been poisoned by drug
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Blackpool Council have confirmed a serious case review into her death | 19,498 | record_train |
"We are proud to call this international icon our own as @placeholder and wish him good health," Zuma said. | (CNN) -- As an ailing Nelson Mandela recuperates in a South African hospital, the world celebrated his 95th birthday Thursday, honoring his legacy in various ways, including performing 67 minutes of community service. Voice from a Kenyan slum: Mandela saved my life Schoolchildren sang "Happy Birthday" to the former president during morning assemblies while crowds left flowers and candles outside his Pretoria hospital. The day also marks 15 years since he married his wife, Graca Machel. President Jacob Zuma said that Mandela, who has been hospitalized with a lung ailment since June, is "steadily improving." Zuma's latest assessment comes after weeks of describing Mandela's heath as critical but stable.
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NEW: "What is in his heart still glows in his smile," says Bill Clinton of Mandela
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The United Nations declared July 18 as Mandela Day four years ago
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It started as call to promote global peace and encourage community service
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Dispute over burial of Mandela's children is back in court, a spokesman says | 19,499 | record_train |
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