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(CNN) -- Barcelona clinched a third successive Spanish league title with two matches to spare despite being held 1-1 at Levante on Wednesday. Pep Guardiola's team went into the match needing a just a point after second-placed arch-rivals Real Madrid kept the race alive with a 4-0 win against Getafe on Tuesday. With head-to-head records taken into account, Barca cannot be caught after beating Real 5-0 in November and drawing the second Clasico clash 1-1 last month. "Winning the title is always difficult and this one was tough just like the others were before. Now we can enjoy this win," coach Guardiola said in quotes reported by AFP.
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Barcelona's 1-1 draw at Levante clinches the club's 21st La Liga title
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Pep Guardiola wins his third successive crown as coach with two games to play
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Second-placed Real Madrid trail by six points but have inferior head-to-head record
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Valencia fail to clinch third place and automatic Champions League spot after draw
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His views on immigration, gays, Catholic priests and same-sex marriage make @placeholder seem almost progressive.
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UKIP is bidding to make history on Thursday by winning its first Commons seat in the Newark by-election. The contest follows the resignation of the town’s former Conservative MP Patrick Mercer over a ‘cash-for-access’ scandal. If Nigel Farage’s candidate, Roger Helmer, overturns the Tories’ 16,000 majority at the last Election, it will cause an even bigger shock than Ukip’s Euro election triumph. In the words of Farage, the Ukip fox will finally be let loose in the Westminster hen-house. The stakes are equally high for David Cameron. If Conservative Robert Jenrick wins, the Prime Minister can claim to have stopped Mr Farage’s ‘People’s Army’ in its tracks.
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He says Catholic church is 'systematically paedophile' but Pope is nice
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‘We welcome @placeholder guidance that may help deliver brighter futures to many people for whom other treatments have not worked.’
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By Emma Innes A new magnetic 'pain zapping' device could transform the lives of migraine sufferers by relieving their pain with the push of a button A new magnetic ‘pain zapping’ device could transform the lives of migraine sufferers with the push of a button. Many of England's six million migraine sufferers have been offered new hope after Britain's health and care guidance body recommended for use a portable device which sends pulses to the brain. In NHS guidance, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) revealed the encouraging results of clinical trials of the gadget. The controlled trial saw 164 migraine patients treated with single transcranial magnetic stimulation and 39 per cent were pain-free two hours later.
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NICE has approved the portable transcranial magnetic device for use
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The hair-dryer sized gadget sends electrical pulses to the brain to short-circuit the 'electrical storm' that causes the symptoms of a migraine
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After a single zap, 40% of patients remain pain-free for at least two hours
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29% of migraine sufferers stay without pain for at least 24 hours
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Patients can now be referred for treatment with the device by their GP
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The @placeholder takes a bow after winning against Rubio inside two rounds to extend his stoppage streak
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A perfect gentleman from Kazakhstan will be in London on Wednesday shaking hands, smiling and exchanging courtesies not only in his own language but in English – and in German or Russian should citizens of those countries happen to be in the room. Do not be fooled, this is one of the most feared fighters in boxing today. Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin knocks out opponents for fun, 28 of them in 31 bouts for a 90 per cent KO ratio, which is the highest in modern middleweight championship history. Gennady Golovkin throws a jab at Marco Antonio Rubio during his world title win in October
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Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin has won all his 31 fights
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Twenty-eight of those victory were by knockout
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Briton Matthew Macklin was felled in the third by Golovkin
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Martin Murray will fight the Kazakh in Monaco in February
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Japan has since released the fishing crew, who @placeholder says were stopped illegally.
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Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- A leaked video is circulating in cyberspace, showing a boat collision that sparked a recent diplomatic battle between China and Japan. The YouTube video shows the same collision that Japanese lawmakers watched on video last week, said legislator Hiroshi Kawauchi, of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. The Japanese Coast Guard shot the video, which is authentic and not doctored, said Kawauchi, who is a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet, Japan's legislature. "The fact that the video was leaked is a big mistake for the government," he added. "It is totally different from presenting it to the public in an official manner, and it leads the people's further erosion of faith in Japan's government."
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The YouTube video is authentic and not doctored, a Japanese legislator says
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He calls the leak "a big mistake for the government"
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China has made an "official inquiry" with the Japanese prime minister's office
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Kan's office is investigating the leaking of the video
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It is often assumed that @placeholder used his gifts as an orator and his aspirational rhetoric to energize young and minority voters in a way that allowed him to wrest the nomination from Clinton, the candidate favored by the Democratic establishment.
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(CNN) -- Are Democrats beginning to reconsider their vote in the 2008 Democratic primary? With the nation's economy -- and arguably its politics -- in shambles, it is not very surprising to find in a recent Bloomberg poll that 34% of respondents think it would have been better for the country if Hillary Clinton hadn't lost the battle for the Democratic nomination to Barack Obama. A CNN poll released last week put Clinton's favorability rating at a tremendous 69%. Perhaps no one is questioning the 2008 results more than Democratic politicians who must face the voters next year. Right now, it looks like President Obama, rather than offering coattails to those below him on the ticket, may instead be serving up an anchor. This is ironic, when you look back at what actually happened during the Democrats' 2008 primary, and at who made Obama the party's nominee.
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Paul Sracic: Are Democrats now reconsidering their vote in the 2008 Democratic primary?
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Hillary Clinton's favorability rating is now sky-high at 69%, Sracic says
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Prospects for many Democratic elected officials in 2012 are now rather dismal, he says
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Mrs @placeholder said that Davidson, 25, had asked them if they lived in the building.
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By Ellie Buchdahl PUBLISHED: 15:09 EST, 23 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 23 August 2013 A robber attacked an elderly woman after pretending to help her take pictures of her childhood home when she returned with her daughter after 73 years. Marjorie Ramondetta, 93, and her daughter Linda Reynolds, 65, were allegedly shoved down a flight of stairs in the building by a thug when they came back to the house in Washington Heights in Manhattan, New York. The man then stole the women's purses as they lay bruised at the bottom of the stairs, law-enforcement sources said.
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Mother and daughter returned to childhood home in Washington Heights
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Women wanted to take pictures for family album
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Career criminal Richard Davidson allegedly attacked two other women in same day
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But Edward was persistent, and Mrs Sidgwick, a widowed mother caring for three young children - one of whom, @placeholder, was beset with an unquenchable desire to please people - was powerless to resist.
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By Martha De Lacey PUBLISHED: 13:40 EST, 29 June 2012 | UPDATED: 21:42 EST, 29 June 2012 If a 22-year-old student informed the parents of his 11-year-old female cousin (albeit a distant one) that he had taken a shine to the preteen and planned to marry her, he would be met, in 2012, with a raised eyebrow - at the very least. And in 1852, when ambitious Cambridge undergraduate Edward Benson visited his relations in Bristol and did precisely that, little Mary 'Minnie' Sidgwick's mother was just as startled. 'As good as God, as clever as the Devil': The extraordinary Victorian life (and the secret female lovers) of the Archbishop of Canterbury's wife
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How 19th century Mary 'Minnie' Sidgwick became Mary 'Ben' Benson
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Twenty-four civilians were killed in what a human rights group and military prosecutors said was a house-to-house rampage by @placeholder after the bomb exploded.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The case against a Marine accused of murder in a 2005 incident involving the killings of Iraqi civilians in Haditha "is simply not strong enough to prove against a reasonable doubt," the investigating officer said Thursday. The investigating officer has recommended that Sgt. Frank Wuterich not be tried for murder. Lt. Col. Paul Ware recommended that Sgt. Frank Wuterich face trial for lesser charges of negligent homicide. The case involved allegations that Marines killed up to two dozen Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, Iraq, in November 2005. Ware said the evidence indicated Wuterich "failed to exercise due care in his own actions in supervising his Marines."
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If advice accepted, it could mean no one in Haditha case will be tried for murder
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Iraq to buy weapons from China; $100 million worth, Washington Post says
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Pentagon: Detainee financed terror operations across country
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That is why I wanted to start @placeholder -- so we could give these young women love and support as well.
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(CNN) -- In the 4x100 sprint relay, it is the handoffs that decide the winner. Speed is important, but without a top-notch changeover, you're out. The maneuver is a perfectly orchestrated move performed in a split second without looking. It's all about teamwork, something Tianna Madison knows a thing or two about. She was part of the U.S. team that won gold in the relay at the London Olympics, shattering the world record in the process. Read related: London 2012's top-10 sporting moments Madison is now back in the U.S., using the lessons she learned on the track to help young girls learn their worth and make positive choices for the future.
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Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison helps young women develop personal strength
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Through her program, Club 360, she teaches girls to live with self-respect and integrity
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Mr @placeholder, who has been a postman for 12 years, said he would do the same again if he saw a defenceless woman being targeted.
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By Sam Webb A mugger was thwarted and jailed thanks to two postal workers who chased him through the streets after hearing his victim's cries for help. Drug addict Daniel Hall, 33, snatched a woman's bag after she got off a bus in Plymouth, Devon. But the 42-year-old victim's cries were heard by Royal Mail workers Martin Harris, 49, and Sharon O'Connor, 38, who were driving past in their mail van. The heroes that deliver: Sharon O'Connor and Martin Harris, who chased down mugger Daniel Hall, after he snatched a woman's bag They chased up with the thief, who flung down the bag before making his escape. He was arrested just a few hours later because of the detailed description the two postal workers gave police.
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Martin Harris and Sharon O'Connor heard victim's cries as they did round
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They cornered the thief and he dropped the bag he had stolen
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Now, the president favors giving @placeholder the option of joining a government-run plan that would compete with private insurers.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama often talks about all of the forces lining up against his health care plan. But there's one critic who has remained relatively mum in the debate. Dr. David Scheiner was President Obama's personal physician for 22 years. David Scheiner, a Chicago, Illinois-based doctor, has taken a hard look at the president's prescription for health care reform and sees bad medicine. "This isn't that kind of health care program that I think is going to work," he said. So what makes Scheiner so special? He was Obama's personal physician for 22 years, and voted for the former Illinois senator in the 2008 presidential election.
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Dr. David Scheiner says president's health care plan doesn't go far enough
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He's worried that "private insurers continue to be a part of the health scheme"
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He'd rather see the U.S. have a single-payer system like those in Canada, Europe
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He says he was supposed to speak at Obama town hall but was dropped from it
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At the same time, @placeholder emphasized that the information was preliminary and could have changed before the inspector general released his final report on May 14.
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Washington (CNN) -- New details emerged of what the White House knew about the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative groups, with spokesman Jay Carney disclosing Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was among the top officials made aware of the matter late last month. In a new timeline provided by Carney to reporters on Monday, General Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler learned on April 24 of a pending Treasury inspector general's report on how IRS staff used criteria targeting conservative groups in assessing eligibility for tax-exempt status. According to Carney, Ruemmler told McDonough as well as other Treasury officials about the pending report. It was the first time the White House acknowledged that McDonough was aware of the report before it became public in early May.
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A Senate committee holds a hearing Tuesday on the IRS targeting
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White House discloses new details of what it knew about the IRS targeting report
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White House spokesman says President Obama wasn't told of the pending report
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Troubled times: The @placeholder unit that Stolz will be soon joining lost 40 per cent in revenue in 12 months
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By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 00:15 EST, 25 August 2012 | UPDATED: 16:04 EST, 25 August 2012 New hire: Kim Stolz, 29, is Citigroup's newest vice president of equaty-derivative sales Citigroup, one of America’s largest banking institutions, has hired former America’s Next Top Model contestant and MTV host Kim Stolz as its newest equity-derivative sales vice president, according to two unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Stolz, 29, worked in the equity-derivatives field for the global equity trading firm BTIG before taking the job with Citigroup, according to the sources cited by Bloomberg. Equity derivatives are contracts whose values are based on underlying securities, such as common stock.
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Kim Stolz finished fifth on cycle five of America's Next Top Model that aired in 2005
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Stolz was one of first openly lesbian contestants on the show
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Worked as MTV host, and modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle
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Also known as Omar Othman, Abu Qatada arrived in the UK in 1993 and applied for asylum on the grounds that he had been tortured by @placeholder authorities.
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(CNN) -- Radical cleric Abu Qatada was deported early Sunday by Britain to Jordan, where he is wanted on terror charges, the British Home Office said. The move ended a years-long legal battle to force the Jordanian national to leave the country. Abu Qatada was tried and convicted in absentia in Jordan in 1999 on two charges of conspiracy to cause explosions, court documents say. Britain has been trying to deport Abu Qatada since 2005, but his legal appeals have kept him in the country. Jordan will hold a fair trial for Qatada for alleged terrorist attacks in 1999 and 2000, government spokesman Mohammed Al-momani told the official Petra News Agency.
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He was convicted of two counts of conspiracy to cause explosions
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Britain has been trying to deport Abu Qatada since 2005
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Videos of his sermons were found in an apartment used by some involved in 9/11 attacks
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I'm a Barbie girl: The pink hued @placeholder themed toys will see children design a building blocks version of her popular house
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By Sean Poulter PUBLISHED: 19:03 EST, 1 February 2013 | UPDATED: 19:10 EST, 1 February 2013 The company behind Barbie is releasing Lego-style building blocks based on the iconic doll. Mega Bloks Barbie will allow young girls to build, design and decorate their own, mainly pink, Barbie world – and even construct her signature convertible car. The new line of toys is a result of a collaboration between Mattel and the makers of Mega Bloks. It appears to be a reaction to the decision by Lego to launch a hugely successful – but controversial – series of building sets specifically for girls, called Lego Friends.
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Mattel to unveil Lego-lookalike building blocks Mega Bloks Barbie
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Charles Baird poses at a sportsman store in @placeholder, Alaska.
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:46 EST, 10 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:53 EST, 10 May 2012 Charles Baird is going off the grid for a year. The 40-year-old oil company employee and filmmaker from Anchorage will move to the mostly uninhabited Latouche Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound at the end of May, completing a dream he's been contemplating for 17 years. Baird will build a 12 foot by 12 foot shed to shelter him from the elements, and he plans to hunt and fish and fend off an occasional black bear during his sojourn to the Alaska wilderness.
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Latouche Island in Prince William Sound can receive up to 10 feet of snow in winter
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Baird will be building his own cabin from lumber delivered to the island this month
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That youthful indiscretion came before Jobs turned to @placeholder and karma.
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(CNN) -- It's well known that the secret to Apple's meteoric success in the world of consumer technology was the vision, leadership and creativity of Steve Jobs, the company's celebrity founder. "Steve built a company and culture that is unlike any other in the world and we are going to stay true to that -- it is in our DNA," Tim Cook, Jobs' successor, wrote in a staff memo after Jobs resigned from his post as Apple's CEO in August. What's less talked about is what drove Jobs, who died Wednesday at 56. As with anyone, Jobs' values were shaped by his upbringing and life experiences. He was born in 1955 in San Francisco and grew up amid the rise of hippie counterculture. Bob Dylan and the Beatles were his two favorite musical acts, and he shared their political leanings, antiestablishment views and, reportedly, youthful experimentation with psychedelic drug usage.
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Steve Jobs' values were shaped by his upbringing and life experiences
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"That's been one of my mantras: focus and simplicity," Jobs said in 1998
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Traversing India sparked Apple co-founder's conversion to Buddhism
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Jobs on his goals: "We're here to put a dent in the universe"
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By Associated Press and James Rush A fourth person has been charged in connection with the death of an Australian baseball player who was shot while out jogging last year. Oddesse Barnes, 22, of Duncan, Oklahoma, has been charged with accessory after murder in the death of Christopher Lane, of Melbourne, according to the Stephens County District Attorney's Office. Lane, 22, was preparing for his senior baseball season at East Central University when he was shot along a tree-lined road in Duncan while visiting his girlfriend's parents in August. Scroll down for video Oddesse Barnes (left), 22, of Duncan, Oklahoma, has been charged with accessory after murder in the death of Christopher Lane (right), of Melbourne
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Oddesse Barnes, 22, of Oklahoma, charged with accessory after murder
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Christopher Lane was shot while out jogging on a tree-lined road last year
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Investigators say he was randomly targeted by 'bored' teenagers
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Two teenagers charged with first-degree murder are set to go on trial
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A third teenager has been charged with accessory after the fact
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In a Sunday newspaper article, Mr Cameron acknowledged the need to ensure the UK’s position within an evolving @placeholder has ‘the full-hearted support of the British people’.
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By James Chapman, Political Editor PUBLISHED: 19:17 EST, 1 July 2012 | UPDATED: 01:41 EST, 2 July 2012 Vote: David Cameron, pictured with wife Samantha at the Cornbury music festival at the weekend, could hold a referendum on Britain's future in the EU - David Cameron could hold a referendum on Britain’s future in the EU on the same day as the next general election in 2015 under an explosive plan being hatched by senior Conservatives. The Prime Minister yesterday opened the door to giving people their first say on Britain’s membership of Europe since 1975, although he insisted now was not the time for such a vote.
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William Hague says move to a more federal Europe to solve single currency turmoil would make a 'very, very powerful' case for a referendum
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@placeholder in Somerset, which charges up to £30,385 a year, is one school taking a 'charge' out of parents' properties in order to cover fee payments
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By Dominic Prince and Jo Knowsley PUBLISHED: 17:08 EST, 15 February 2014 | UPDATED: 17:08 EST, 15 February 2014 Parents struggling with the spiralling cost of private education are signing deals which give Britain’s leading public schools a share of the family home in return for deferring fee payments. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that parents are so desperate to keep their children in top schools, they allow them to take a ‘charge’ on the house as a guarantee against unpaid fees. It means the school allows the child to remain in education but claims the fees when the family’s house is eventually sold.
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Private schools are placing 'charges' on parents homes
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Millfield school, Somerset, The King's School, Canterbury, and Saint Felix in Southwold, Suffolk, have all agreed deals with parents
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Speaking to MailOnline after the wedding, @placeholder said: 'After a second operation last Friday they discovered that the cancer had
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By Kieran Corcoran PUBLISHED: 16:21 EST, 22 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:26 EST, 22 December 2013 'It was perfect': The two were married in a ceremony at Medway Maritime Hospital, where Felix has been since November Readers touched by the story of a new bride who married her husband in hospital after finding out he had terminal cancer have flooded a charity page with donations for his young family. Since the MailOnline told the story of Cola Glenny, 22, and Felix Glenny, 23, who wed in a bittersweet ceremony at Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, a fund to care for the young family has exceeded £33,000 after a massive surge in donations.
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When Felix found out about his illness, he was most concerned about providing for his family - and his friends have set him up a charity page
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Generous well-wishers have since taken the page's total past £33,000
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The talks are the latest sign of a rising tide of potential megadeals in the telecoms, cable and satellite TV space, including Comcast's proposed $45billion takeover of @placeholder.
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By Damien Gayle AT&T is in talks to swallow up DirectTV in a deal that could be worth close to $50billion, sources have revealed. The telecoms giant is said to be discussing an offer in the low- to mid-$90s per share for DirectTV, a satellite TV provider, which closed trading at $87.16 yesterday. A bid near $95 per share would value DirecTV at more than $48billion - a premium of more than 20 percent to its stock price before news of AT&T's interest first emerged on May 1. Predator: The AT&T logo on the facade of Whitacre Tower, the AT&T global headquarters building at One AT&T Plaza in Dallas, Texas. The firm is said to be in talks for a $50billion takeover of satellite TV firm DirectTV
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A drone aircraft is seen flying over Kobane yesterday evening as fierce fighting between @placeholder and Kurdish forces broke out once again
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The chilling sight of the Islamic State's black jihadist flag is still visible in Kobane - despite Kurdish territorial gains and weeks of sustained airstrikes by American and Arab warplanes. The terrorist group was thought to have been pushed out of the centre of the besieged Syrian city after hundreds of brave Kurdish resistance fighters coordinated fierce street battles with coalition bombing raids - forcing the well-equipped jihadis to retreat into the outskirts of Kobane. But this morning the group's black jihadist flag could clearly still be seen inside city, raised over a multi-storey building just a few hundred feet away from where the yellow, triangular flag of the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG) could be seen fluttering above a largely destroyed housing complex.
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Islamic State's black jihadist flag still visible in Kobane despite weeks of airstrikes by American and Arab warplanes
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Brave Kurdish resistance fighters thought to have largely pushed the terror group out of the city in recent days
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Three players on @placeholder's team who wanted to wear hijab scarves for religious reason also sat out the match, FIFA said.
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(CNN) -- World football officials are defending their refusal to allow the Iranian women's soccer team to wear head scarves while playing in an Olympic qualifying round in Amman, Jordan. FIFA safety rules enacted last year allow women to wear "a cap that covers their head to the hairline, but which does not extend below the ears to cover the neck," according to a statement released by FIFA Monday. Iran's coach chose to forfeit last Friday's match with Jordan rather than dressing players in the smaller FIFA-approved head covering. "Despite initial assurances that the Iranian delegation understood this, the players came out wearing the hijab, and the head and neck totally covered, which was an infringement of the laws of the game," FIFA said.
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Now, a few plants are again found in the wild in @placeholder, according to Kew Gardens, but the Nymphaea thermarum remains critically endangered.
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London (CNN) -- In a crime that will shock the green-fingered, a thief has made off with the tiny water lily Nymphaea thermarum -- one of the rarest plants in the world -- from a botanical gardens in London. The plant, of which only a handful of specimens still exist in the wild, was stolen from a lily pond at the famed Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, police said. The thief is thought to have dug or pulled it from the damp, temperature-controlled mud it needs to survive. Kew Gardens is one of only two places in the world to cultivate this plant, and there were only 30 plants on display, London's Metropolitan Police said. They cite its value as "priceless" because of its rarity.
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The tiny Nymphaea thermarum is stolen from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
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President Obama showed off his grooviest 'dad dancing' on Tuesday night as he got down to the best of Memphis Soul at a White House show. The President enjoyed a star-studded concert celebrating the sound of Soulsville as he and wife Michelle belted out the classics performed by artists including Queen Latifah, Booker T. Jones, Cyndi Lauper and Justin Timberlake. He was also joined on the front row by daughters Malia and Sasha who giggled and shook their heads at their dad's dance moves. Timberlake leaned in and serenaded the first couple from the stage with his version of the Otis Redding classic (Sittin' on) 'The Dock of the Bay accompanied by legendary guitarist Steve Cropper.
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(CNN) -- You can't miss Beauvoir as you drive along scenic U.S. Highway 90 through Biloxi, Mississippi. Its grand staircase, with the railings scrolling outward, welcomes you like open arms. The front porch wraps around the entire front of the home, supported by regal white pillars, common during the antebellum period. It's the kind of front porch where you can envision someone sitting in a rocking chair with a glass of iced tea, as the breeze from the beach offers the only respite from a humid August afternoon. When Hurricane Katrina devastated Mississippi's coastal areas, the storm tore up the home. But it also peeled back a little slice of history about Beauvoir that might never have been known otherwise.
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For embracing the spirituality that's woven into this little mountain nation, Boudhanath -- Kathmandu's thriving @placeholder enclave and a UNESCO World Heritage site -- is a good place to start.
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Mention Nepal and most people think snow-capped scenes, of 7,000-meter mountains and the climbers raring to conquer them. Is there much to the country beyond its mighty Himalayan peaks? Yes. Thankfully, for those who don't consider it a vacation to hike for days, eat out of tins and do their business in a hole in the ground, it's possible to "do" Nepal without scaling anything. Here are six ways to experience mountain country minus the mountain climbing. In search of the inner Buddha Who knew a hum could be so infectious? The ubiquitous Buddhist mantra of "Om Mani Padme Hum" fills every monastery, shop and establishment in Nepal.
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Nepal isn't just a climbing destination but home to cool cafes, Buddhist traditions and unique architecture
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By Binky Felstead Honestly! You'd think I'd have grown out of celebrity crushes by now, wouldn't you? OK, I no longer stick posters of boy band hunks on my bedroom wall, but my fascination for famous faces remains. Despite the fact that I now get targeted by paparazzi photographers and even sign the occasional autograph, I still love celebrity gossip and I'm obsessed with Hollywood fashion and beauty. My latest superstar style crush is Mila Kunis, the gorgeous actress and girlfriend of Ashton Kutcher. Famed for her glossy brunette locks and sultry beauty, I think she's incredible, so for this week's blog I decided to recreate her signature smoky-eyed glamour.
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This week Binky is channeling the smoky-eyes of Mila Kunis
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By Hayley O'keeffe PUBLISHED: 06:14 EST, 27 December 2013 | UPDATED: 10:42 EST, 27 December 2013 Hollywood film makers use the services of a British company to provide them with stunning wintry scenes. Darcey Crownshaw, who lives in Gloucester, has been providing the white stuff for films such as Harry Potter and James Bond for 30 years. His firm, Snowbusiness, provides 200 different types of snow made from materials including paper and plastic. Some effects are created using a candle sized firework which produces a snow-like ash. And real snow, which can last for up to three days if stored correctly, is also used on some sets.
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Darcey Crownshaw has been supplying snow for films for 30 years
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A worker at a meat rendering plant allegedly stabbed his colleague to death a day after he pulled a chair out from underneath him, police have revealed. Peter Atem has been accused of knifing Danny Vazquez, 25, to death at the MOPAC plant in Franconia Township near Philadelphia on Wednesday, before slicing his own neck. Witnesses said that as the father-of-three lay dying, he uttered the words: 'Tell my wife I love her.' Chair prank: Peter Atem, 32 (left) has been accused of knifing Danny Vazquez, 25, (right) to death at the MOPAC plant in Franconia Township near Philadelphia on Wednesday, before slicing his own neck
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Peter Atem, 32, allegedly knifed Danny Vaquez, 25, while at work
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(CNN) -- As rooms go, it's quite nice. It's shaped like an egg. It has a well-tended garden a few feet out the door, and then an expanse of lawn leading to a fence. It is certainly not the most ornate or luxurious room in the United States. Most five-star hotels have suites that out-glitter it. Any number of corporate CEOs boast offices that are larger and more lavishly outfitted. But the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington has always been the object of a singular kind of yearning. Mitt Romney fervently wants to move into it in January; Barack Obama just as fervently wants not to move out. This fall's presidential campaign, which begins in earnest with the Republican National Convention this week, will determine whether it will be Romney or Obama who gets his wish.
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Bob Greene: Oval Office for some the most coveted room in the nation; however transient
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As the Oscar winners continue to bask in post-awards glory, let's take a moment to remember the losers - and in particular, Best Actor nominee Michael Keaton. While an ecstatic Eddie Redmayne bounded on stage on Sunday to collect his golden statue, Keaton was spotted surreptitiously sliding a white note card back into the breast pocket of his tux - presumably his acceptance speech. Keaton, 63, had been nominated for his critically-acclaimed performance in Birdman where he plays a washed-up movie star trying to revive his career by staging a Broadway play. Scroll down for video Nominee Michael Keaton was spotted holding a white card at the Oscars on Sunday as his and other names were read out in the Best Actor category
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Michael Keaton, 63, was caught on camera sliding a white note card back into his tuxedo pocket at Sunday night's bash
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It brushed upon Obama’s second term, current events, as well as the @placeholder’s newest grandchildren, among other things.
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Failed presidential candidate Mitt Romney revealed today that he believed in his heart he was going to win the election and go on to the White House, and that ‘it kills me’ not to be president. The former GOP candidate, 65, said today in his first interview since losing the election that while he believed he was going to become commander-in-chief, early polling numbers spelled out trouble, and he began to have a ‘slow recognition’ that Barack Obama would win once seeing that Florida was a close race. In the interview with ‘Fox News Sunday,’ his wife Ann, 64, also confirmed during the show that she was approached by ABC’s ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ but turned it down, saying: ‘I would have loved to have done it…(but) I’m not really as flexible as I should be.’
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CNN -- Manchester City announced a deal to sign Spain international David Silva from Valencia on Tuesday as the big-spending English club continued preparations for success in the Premier League next season. Coach Roberto Mancini has already lined up the signing of Hamburg's Germany defender Jerome Boateng, which will be completed on Thursday, while Barcelona's Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure is also poised to move to City. Silva is expected to sign a four-year contract once he returns from the World Cup in South Africa. Spanish media reports claim the deal to bring the attacking midfielder to the City of Manchester Stadium is worth around €32 million ($39.1 million).
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Manchester City announce deal to sign Spain international David Silva from Valencia
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The 24-year-old will sign a four-year deal at City once he returns from the World Cup
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A 20-year-old pizza deliveryman from Florida was arrested and charged with murder after police say he strangled and stabbed to death his roommate, and then had sex with her lifeless body. Bryan Santana, of Orlando, was taken into custody at a barbershop Tuesday. When questioned by police, he allegedly confessed to killing 23-year-old Shelby Fazio by choking her from behind and stabbing her in the neck. 'He stated that he later had sexual intercourse with her body after she was dead,' according to his arrest report. Scroll down for video Savage act: Bryan Santana, 20 (left), has been charged with murder for allegedly killing 23-year-old Shelby Fazio (right) and then desecrating her body
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Bryan Santana, 20, from Orlando, charged with murder for allegedly killing 23-year-old Shelby Fazio and desecrating her body
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Heermance returned home to find a trail of blood in the hallway and Santana in the bathroom washing his hands
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By Sara Nathan and David Mccormack and Eleanor Gower Firefighters responding to the fiery crash that claimed Paul Walker's life stated he was 'dead on arrival', newly-released emergency dispatch tapes have revealed. The recordings emerged as his devastated mother, Cheryl, was pictured outside her Los Angeles home on Thursday - the first time she has been seen since her son and his friend died on Saturday. In the tapes, which first appeared on TMZ, a firefighter speaks with 911 dispatcher and declares the actor dead almost immediately after he and other emergency responders arrive on the scene 'One vehicle fully involved,' says the firefighter, who arrived less than three minutes after the first 911 call about the crash. 'We have confirmed two DOA... again, confirmed two fatalities.'
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Recording reveals firefighter reported both the actor and his friend, Roger Rodas, were 'DOA' when emergency responders reached the scene
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In the past eight editions of the Champions League since 2007 there have been seven different winners but coached by only six talented men. The attraction of this week’s return to elite European football is that all four of those six winning coaches who remain active — Sir Alex Ferguson and Jupp Heynckes having retired — are immediately on Champions League duty. Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti — the two repeat winners with Barcelona (2009 and 2011) and AC Milan/Real Madrid (2007 and 2014) — face tantalising ties against familiar rivals. Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola faces tantalising tie against Shakhtar Donetsk
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Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich must deal with Shakhtar Donetsk
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Mauricio Pochettino will be asking Tottenham chiefs to fast-track the move to their new stadium at this rate. Remarkably, this was Spurs’ first home Saturday 3pm kick-off of the season. Not that it helped, as Crystal Palace added to Pochettino’s disappointing White Hart Lane record with a well-deserved point. From a possible 24 points, Spurs have accumulated just 10 from their home league matches this season. Roberto Soldado looks frustrated for Tottenham during their 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace at White Hart Lane Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Lloris 8; Dier 3, Fazio 6.5, Vertonghen 6.5, Davies 6.5; Mason 5.5 (Paulinho 66), Bentaleb 6; Lamela 5 (Chadli 46, 6), Kane 6, Eriksen 6.5; Soldado 5.5(Lennon 83)
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A fresh wave of storms drenched Britain yesterday with half a month of rain falling in just 24 hours capping a miserable start to October. Commuters woke up to dismal conditions as gusts of up to 55mph battered parts of the country. But despite the soaking start to the week there was brighter news on the horizon with a mini-heatwave settling in for the weekend which is predicted to make parts of Britain hotter than Madrid in Spain. Scroll down for video Commuters (including these crossing the Millennium Bridge in London) pulled on their rain coats and put up their umbrellas as they braved the elements yesterday
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Gusts of up to 55mph and half a month's lashed parts of Britain yesterday as Met Office issued weather warnings
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The New York Yankees honored their retiring captain Sunday with a 45-minute pregame ceremony that included surprise appearances by NBA great Michael Jordan and baseball ironman Cal Ripken Jr. But there was one person for whom Derek Jeter's two-decade career has meant more than anyone on the field at Yankee Stadium. Brielle Saracini, 23, couldn't be at Derek Jeter Day, a celebration of the Yankee's shortstop three weeks before the likely end of his baseball career, even though she desperately wanted to be. Mutual admiration: Brielle Saracini may be Derek Jeter's biggest fan, but he's in awe of her bravery
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Brielle became obsessed with baseball and wrote to Derek Jeter about the death of her father
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By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 04:44 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:47 EST, 15 October 2013 Accident: British racing driver Sean Edwards was killed in a horror crash on an Australian racing circuit A young British racing car driver who starred in the hit film Rush has died in a car crash on an Australian race track. Sean Edwards, 26, was a passenger in a Porsche when it reportedly hit the side of the race track at Queensland Raceway in Willowbank, west of Brisbane, during a private test session this morning. The driver, a 20-year-old man from Brisbane, was pulled from the burning wreckage and is in intensive care with life-threatening injuries.
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Sean Edwards, 26, was sitting in the passenger seat when Porsche crashed
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By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 07:21 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 03:40 EST, 21 March 2013 Determined: Dian Dian standing on his hind legs 'Walkies' looked like an impossible task when this little dog was born without his two front legs. But thanks to his owner Dian Dian has overcome his disability and learned how to walk. The tiny dog now spends his days trotting around on town hind legs due to the perseverance of his owner. Cen Lan who lives in Nanning, capital of southern China's Guangxi Province, adopted the puppy six years ago. A neighbour's pet gave birth to six puppies, and one of them surprisingly had no forelegs.
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Halloween has long been the biggest day of the year over on Today, with the morning show team always devoting much time and energy to their costumes, and this year was no different as the anchors got to show off their comedic chops as classic characters from the long running NBC variety show Saturday Night Live. Even better, the costume department was able to just run upstairs at 30 Rock and grab the same costumes and wigs worn by many of the performers from the actual skits, which provided for some striking likenesses between the actors and anchors. Scroll down for video
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Matt Lauer dressed in drag, possibly, as the androgynous Pat, and was visited by Julia Sweeney, who originally played the character
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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called on black communities to do more to prevent crime in their own neighbourhoods Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has sparked fresh outrage by suggesting black communities need to do more to stop crime in their own neighborhoods. Giuliani said there was 'no question' unjustified shootings happen more often in black neighborhoods, but called on those communities to do more to curb violence so police were not called there in the first place. He was speaking after being shown a video of an officer in Cleveland killing 12-year-old Tamir Rice as he was holding an Airsoft pellet gun.
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Rudy Giuliani said Ferguson case should never have gone to Grand Jury
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By Rupert Steiner Plenty of shoppers get a warm glow when their basket of goodies from Poundland comes to under a tenner. So imagine the feeling of saving literally thousands – on the sale of a home. That could be a reality after Poundland tycoon Steve Smith set his sights on a new target…the estate agent. Entrepreneur: Poundland tycoon Steve Smith, pictured outside his mansion in Shropshire, has set his sites on the property market, and says Britons should be paying thousands less when selling their home New venture: The founder of the cut-price chain has started the site which will charge customers as little as £195 to list their homes on the internet
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Cahin's founder Steve Smith has developed new site, EstatesDirect
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@placeholder was never given her 25 per cent share of those profits, and Beebe lost her guaranteed $5,000 a month from working the job she was previously guaranteed.
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By Ryan Gorman An Australian publisher and her two American business partners are locked in a bitter dispute over the royalties to the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ trilogy. Jennifer Pedroza, of Arlington, Texas, is suing Amanda Hayward for tens of millions of dollars in profits and Christa Beebe is seeking thousands in lost wages the pair accused Hayward of taking even after she swore on her daughter’s life she would not con them. Pedroza was a partner and Beebe an employee at The Writer’s Coffee Shop, which owns the U.S. publishing rights to the erotic thriller penned by E.L. James. They filed their suit last week in Tarrant County District Court.
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By James Nye for MailOnline The American dentist who last week lost his $34,000 legal action against British Airways after he and his partner were flown to Grenada in the Caribbean instead of Granada in Spain has spoken out. Dr. Edward Gamson flew from Washington DC to London in September of 2013 and instead of fulfilling his life-long dream of visiting the medieval city boarded a flight right back across the Atlantic after a ticketing mistake. 'I had a conference in Lisbon, Portugal, and I saw that as my opportunity to finally get to Spain,' said Dr. Gamson, of North Bethesda, Maryland, to ABC News. 'I had always wanted to see the Alhambra in Granada, Spain.'
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By Mark Duell Last updated at 1:47 AM on 31st August 2011 Two little girls aged just two and six are in hospital after being struck by stray bullets while playing outside with a group of ten other children. Suspect Luis Moore, 23, allegedly opened fire on target Ricky Rodriguez, 20, who was shot just hours after they had an argument, police said. The incident on Monday evening in the Bronx, New York, left two-year-old Patience Boyd fighting for her life and Jayla Rodriguez, six, also injured. Suspect: Luis Moore, 23, allegedly opened fire on intended target Ricky Rodriguez, 20, who was shot in the back hours after they had an argument, police said
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(CNN) -- The "rich man's club" of Europe faces economic decay as it struggles to absorb the "poor people" of eastern and southern Europe, according to economic experts on the troubled region. The Marketplace Europe debate, hosted by Richard Quest and featuring Lufthansa boss Christoph Franz, chief executive of Deutsche Post DHL Frank Appel and Financial Times International Affairs Editor Quentin Peel this weekend thrashed out the topic: Can a European single market be globally competitive? The participants pointed to Europe's rapid growth as a reason it struggles to remain competitive, while the region attempts to pull itself out of the economic crisis.
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(CNN)French counter terrorism police arrested eight people with alleged links to jihadist cells in Lyon and the Paris suburbs Tuesday morning, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said at a Paris press conference. He said 161 legal investigations into terrorism are currently ongoing, with 547 people implicated in the inquiries. Of those 547 people, 167 people have been arrested, 95 are under investigation and 80 are in jail, he said. Cazeneuve also announced that "a new counter-terrorism" decree would go into effect on Wednesday. He plans to travel to Brussels, Belgium, on the same day to persuade the EU Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs to move forward with the EU Passenger Name Record. This is a draft law currently under debate that would require airlines to maintain and share data on passengers entering and leaving the European Union, in an effort to fight crime and terrorism.
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Spider attack: Actress Julie Peasgood was stricken by an infected bite A cold Sunday morning last December, and I’m up at the crack of dawn. My lovely hairdresser Kevin has agreed to come to my home in Surrey at 8am, as I then have to race back to Grimsby for panto rehearsals — I’m an actress and TV presenter and this is my first venture into pantomime. I am slightly perturbed, however, as I have woken to find a weird, golf-ball sized blister just above my right ankle. It doesn’t hurt, but it is quite hot and angry-looking, and I’m mystified as to what it can be.
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Golf-ball sized blister appeared just above Julie Peasgood's right ankle
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By Daily Mail Reporter and Ryan Gorman Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer has accused embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's office of linking Superstorm Sandy aid to development and threatening to deny the link if it was made public. Ms Zimmer told CNN's Anderson Cooper that New Jersey Liutenant Governor Kim Guadagno told her that aid would be withheld if development stalled, that it was a direct message from Christie and that any attempts to make the conversation public would be refuted. 'The lieutenant governor [Kim Guadagno] pulled me aside and said, essentially, 'You've got to move forward with the Rockefeller project. This project is really important to the governor,' Mayor Zimmer recalled during Monday night the interview.
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The toddler was the victim of two successive hit-and-run accidents
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The @placeholder defence struck the decisive blow in the final minutes as Kirkpatrick intercepted Manning and returned it 30 yards to help push the Bengals nine points ahead of a demoralised Denver team.
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The Cincinnati Bengals intercepted Peyton Manning four times to clinch a playoff berth with a big-play filled 37-28 victory over the Denver Broncos on Monday. Playing in pouring rain, the Bengals staged a fourth-quarter recovery after blowing a 13-point lead to earn a fourth straight trip to the post-season. 'This one was big. We knew what we were up against... at home, playing on Monday Night in prime time,' Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton said. Denver Broncos' Peyton Manning was unable to help his side claim a win against the Cincinnati Bengals Manning was intercepted four times during the match between the Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals
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The Bengals intercepted Peyton Manning during a 37-28 victory
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:29 EST, 18 February 2014 | UPDATED: 04:05 EST, 19 February 2014 The shocking moment a Florida painter smashed a $1 million vase by famed Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has been caught on camera. A visitor to the Perez Art Museum Miami filmed in horror on Sunday as Maximo Caminero lifted one of the colorfully painted vases and let it smash to the ground. The sound of the ceramic sculpture breaking into several pieces as it hit the floor, reverberated around the gallery as Caminero stood with his arms by his sides.
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Maximo Caminero charged with criminal mischief
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(CNN) -- The woman hired to turn around Rutgers University's troubled athletic program came under renewed fire Tuesday after news emerged she was named in a sex discrimination lawsuit at the University of Louisville, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. The revelation that Julie Hermann was at the center of a discrimination lawsuit while working at the University of Louisville, according to the documents, came just days after a report that a group of University of Tennessee volleyball players accused her of verbal abuse when she coached them in the 1990s. Hermann's appointment as Rutgers athletic director came more than a month after a video of a Rutgers coach hurling basketballs and yelling homophobic slurs prompted the coach's firing, the resignation of the school's athletic director and sharp criticism from New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
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Yale has threatened to kick out a 20-year-old history major because she's too thin. New Jersey native, Frances Chan, who is 5'2" and weighs 90lbs, claims she's been force feeding herself Cheetos and ice cream in an attempt to add flesh to her tiny frame after the Ivy League school became convinced she was suffering from an eating disorder. Chan said the New Haven, Connecticut, college wouldn't even let up when her parents confirmed she, and the rest of her family, had always been naturally skinny and even sent in childhood medical records and had their doctor contact the school.
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History major, Frances Chan, from New Jersey, claims she has weighed 90lbs since high school and her entire family are naturally skinny
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By Sophie Jane Evans The parents of missing Madeleine McCann thanked the public for their unwavering support today as they marked the seventh anniversary of their daughter's disappearance. Kate and Gerry McCann were joined by around 100 well-wishers, friends and relatives at a prayer service in the centre of Rothley, Leicestershire. The open-air service, conducted beside Rothley's War Memorial, saw candles lit for all the children around the world who have been taken away from their parents against their will. Service: Kate and Gerry McCann thanked the public for their unwavering support today as they marked the seventh anniversary of their daughter Madeleine's disappearance. Above, the couple attend a prayer service
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Kate and Gerry McCann attended open-air prayer service in Rothley today
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Charlotte (CNN) -- Four years later, consider the role reversal: As he closes his convention, Barack Obama's greatest challenge is to make the case against change. Yet he can't ask the American people to simply stay the course. The challenge, both daunting and delicate, is to make the case that his first-term policies were correct but that the second-term results will be dramatically different. Veteran Democratic pollster Peter Hart says the president's challenge is to provide a clear and credible answer to this: "Why will you be better off in the second term?" And Hart argues that the stakes, already high, are higher still now because of the strong prime-time performances of first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton.
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Stakes for Obama's speech are higher after two prime-time performances
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Banana milkshakes in the pool with his wife and chess on the beach at sunset with his dad... these aren't exactly the images that come to mind when asked to picture a getaway fit for rock 'n roll royalty. But that's exactly how McFly, and now McBusted, star, Harry Judd, likes it. The drummer enjoyed a New Year break with wife of two years, Izzy, and his parents, Emma and Christopher, at The Inn at English Harbour in Antigua and shared his holiday snaps exclusively with MailOnline. Scroll down for video McFly, and now McBusted, star, Harry Judd, enjoyed banana milkshakes in the pool with his wife during their getaway to The Inn at English Harbour in Antigua
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They are Harry’s Heroes: servicemen and women injured in the line of duty. And 130 of them are in the British military team at the inaugural Invictus Games — the brainchild of Prince Harry. They will compete in London this week against wounded personnel from 13 other nations. Here, five of them share their stories with KATHRYN KNIGHT. My arm was sewn into my stomach John ‘JJ’ Chalmers, 26, was serving in Afghanistan as a Marine Reservist when he was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) in May 2011. He lives in Edinburgh with fiancée Kornelia Chitrusko, 27, and will compete in a cycling event in the Games. JJ says:
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The inaugural Invictus Games in London are the brainchild of Prince Harry
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Esteemed author Harper Lee has denied giving permission to a journalist to document her life in a highly-anticipated new memoir. The reclusive writer of To Kill A Mockingbird has shunned the spotlight following the success of her Pulitzer prize-winning first and only novel in 1960, refusing to do interviews or make public appearances. However Marja Mills, a former Chicago Tribune reporter, claims to have become friends with Lee after moving into the house next door to her in Monroeville, Alabama, for 18 months in 2004. Mills has now written a book about the experience, The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee, which was released by The Penguin Press on Tuesday and is being pushed as the first official account of Lee's life.
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New memoir The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee is a collection of stories reporter Marja Mills was told by Harper Lee over a year-long friendship
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Watts, California (CNN) -- One savings account at a time, "Sweet" Alice Harris is trying to save youths from the temptations of crime and violence in Los Angeles' notoriously troubled neighborhood of Watts. Harris, 76, is a humanitarian with a big mission on the most modest of budgets. Twice a year, she tries to instill the importance of saving money for college by offering any youth $5 -- if and only if the youngsters place that money in a savings account. While some may doubt whether such a notion could succeed, Harris can count 40 youngsters who took up her offer over the past three years -- and are now going to junior college.
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"Sweet" Alice Harris of Watts, California, gives $5 to any kid who wants a saving account
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Investors have been treated to a Christmas bonus after more than £105billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest companies in little over a week. The FTSE 100 index gained another 21.44 points yesterday to close at 6598.18. But it was not all good news as the pound fell against the US dollar, making holidays stateside more expensive for British travellers. Investors have been treated to a Christmas bonus after more than £105billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest companies in little over a week (file picture) The FTSE has now jumped more than 400 points, or 6.7 per cent, in the last six trading sessions, adding £105.6billion to the value of blue-chip firms since early last week.
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(CNN) -- Republicans effectively gained control over Congress on Tuesday. The GOP won a majority of seats in the House of Representatives, thus overturning the gains Democrats made in 2006 and 2008. In the Senate, where the procedural power of the minority has already given Republicans the power to shape deliberations, the narrowed Democratic ranks will further weaken the majority. In the weeks running up to the election, there were some commentators who concluded that the current situation would be the best outcome for President Obama. Pointing to the example of the 1994 midterms, which gave Republicans control of Congress, they have argued that a bad outcome for Democrats would ironically allow Obama to regain his standing. Obama could use Republicans as a foil to attack extremism -- just as Clinton did with Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1995 and 1996 -- and he would have political cover and incentives to move closer toward the center, where voters would like him more.
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Julian Zelizer says GOP gained control of Congress and some predict that will help Obama
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(CNN) -- Accolades for the good Samaritan who rescued an abducted girl continued to roll in Thursday as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Victor Perez a "true action hero." The city of Fresno proclaimed the day "Victor Perez Day" and sponsored the visit from Schwarzenegger, who said the abduction of the girl, 8, "had a great and heroic end." Early Tuesday, Perez, 29, chased after a vehicle carrying the girl, who had been sexually assaulted hours earlier. "Thank you for stepping in and never even thinking twice," Mayor Ashley Swearengin told Perez, a father of two boys. Perez has been on a whirlwind of more than a dozen television appearances. Wednesday he had the opportunity to meet with the girl's mother.
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California governor honors Victor Perez
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Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Swansea City's home clash with Newcastle... Swansea City vs Newcastle United (Liberty Stadium) Kick-off: Saturday 3pm Odds (subject to change): Swansea 5/6 Draw 5/2 Newcastle 10/3 Angel Rangel of Swansea City receives the red card from referee Chris Foy against Sunderland Referee: Lee Mason Managers: Garry Monk (Swansea), Alan Pardew (Newcastle) Head-to-head league record: Swansea wins 12, draws 4, Newcastle wins 18
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(CNN) -- "If you build it, they will come." A very overused, but very apt quote for my take on Sochi following my first visit to the Russian host city of next year's Winter Olympics. The Sochi 2014 organizers have taken Kevin Costner's Field of Dreams quote literally, except their film has a soundtrack of constant drilling, banging, and the grinding of rocks. Russian rubble The Black Sea resort seems a million miles from the one I'd read about. More the Russian Rubble Field than the Russian Riviera. I've never seen so much construction on such a large scale in one place. Hundreds of workers in orange bibs working in shifts on construction sites 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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His bourgeois but simple upbringing, his father's foreign origin made him an unlikely candidate for the elite and all the more sensitive to the growth, creativity and class promotion promised by the @placeholder capitalism and meritocracy.
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New York (CNN) -- If the Americans followed the French presidential elections as avidly as the French stare at the poll ratings of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama, they would know that "Sarko l'Américain," Sarkozy the American, may soon have to say "good bye" to the Elysée Palace. The omens are bad and the possible demise of the most pro-American president in our history raises questions about our long and complex transatlantic relations. How will French election be decided? Not that there is so much to worry about. Sarkozy's potential successor, the Socialist François Hollande, may have said that "the enemy is finance," but he also told the New York Times that before attending l'Ecole Nationale d'Administration, the alma mater of our elite public service, he had traveled to the United States and written a report on the American fast food industry that foresaw the triumph of McDonald's in France a decade later. The candidate even admitted a personal weakness for hamburgers -- a strategic cliché America is welcome to take as a token of transatlantic loyalty.
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Ched Evans may never play professionally again due to terms of licence
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(CNN) -- When President Obama spoke to the nation about military action in Iraq, it was hard to directly catch his eye. He moved side to side, reading the prompter, as he often does, but hardly ever facing the camera directly. It was a "My Fellow Americans" moment, only he didn't really look us in the eye. Maybe it's because he was saying something he really never wanted to say: that he had ordered airstrikes in Iraq. No one should argue with the decision. Part of it was to protect American personnel. It was to prevent genocide on a faraway mountaintop and drop food and water to the thousands stranded and cornered. It was to tell the world clearly that this won't be tolerated by the United States. And for that, the President should be applauded.
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By Adam Shergold PUBLISHED: 08:30 EST, 20 November 2012 | UPDATED: 04:19 EST, 21 November 2012 A Christian girl accused of blasphemy over the burning of the Koran has been acquitted by a Pakistani court, her lawyer said. Rimsha Masih, 11, faced the death penalty after being arrested in Islamabad in August when her neighbour Mohammed Khalid Chishti, a Muslim cleric, accused her of desecrating the holy book. The cleric was later accused of 'framing' Masih by fabricating evidence in a case that went to the highest levels of the Pakistani government and sparked international outrage at the country's strict blasphemy laws.
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Refugees taking shelter in Lebanon from violent jihadists have turned around and headed back into war-torn Syria after insurgents launched repeated attacks across the border. The fleeing victims of the Syrian civil war were seen yesterday at the border town of Arsal, picking through the remains of a refugee camp which Islamist fighters burned to the ground. Having previously thought of Lebanon as a relatively safe haven from the long-running civil war between Syria dictator Bashar Assad and hard-line Muslim forces in the country, the Syrian victims found themselves in the firing line earlier this week after new attacks. Fleeing: Syrian refugees gather their effects and head back to their homeland after jihadists made incursions into Lebanon
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@placeholder curled home a stunning opener to put England ahead in their final game on home soil before the World Cup.
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By John Hall Prince William was treated to a royal command performance this evening as he watched England thrash Peru by three goals to nil. The prince was in attendance at Wembley stadium to watch England sail through their World Cup warm-up against the South Americans, with goals from Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, Chelsea's Gary Cahill and Everton captain Phil Jagielka. There was a party atmosphere inside the stadium, with music, Mexican wave-style dancing, and games with paper aeroplanes keeping the guests amused before captain Steven Gerrard led the England team out for a win which looked far more convincing on paper than it did in actuality.
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By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 09:54 EST, 7 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:54 EST, 7 August 2013 The president of Argentina has used her seat on the UN Security Council as an opportunity to blast Britain over the Falklands, comparing the dispute over the island to the Israel-Palestine conflict. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner left leading diplomats and even the Secretary-General waiting for half an hour before she arrived late to yesterday's meeting. Argentina currently holds the presidency of the council - and though the position is not usually filled by a head of state, Mrs Kirchner used the opportunity to grandstand as she denounced the veto which leading powers wield over the powerful body.
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By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 04:32 EST, 9 January 2013 | UPDATED: 05:14 EST, 9 January 2013 A controversial Swedish artist is under investigation in Poland amid claims he created a painting using ashes taken from a Nazi concentration camp. Carl Michael von Hausswolff sparked outrage last month when he claimed that he had stolen ashes from the Majdanek camp in eastern Poland in 1989 and more than two decades later mixed them with water to use as paint. The resultant painting was displayed at a gallery in the Swedish city of Lund. Outrage: Carl Michael von Hausswolff has painted a picture using ashes which he claims to have taken from the crematorium of a Nazi concentration camp in Poland
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Swedish artist 'used ashes from Majdanek concentration camp for painting'
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Polish prosecutors are looking into Carl Michael von Hausswolff's claims
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(CNN) -- Chinese basketball star Yao Ming has suffered a fresh injury setback which could place his NBA career in jeopardy. The seven-time All-Star has a stress fracture in his left ankle, his Houston Rockets team announced on its website. Yao, 30, has been sidelined since November 10 after playing just five games in the current NBA campaign. The giant 7ft 6 (2.29 meters) center also sat out all of last season after fracturing a bone in his left foot and undergoing major surgery. The Rockets said his stress fracture is related to the previous injury and was discovered by an MRI scan after problems emerged during his rehabilitation program.
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Chinese basketball star Yao Ming sidelined by stress fracture to left ankle
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Houston Rockets star has played just five games in two NBA seasons
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Yao previously broke a bone in his left foot in injury-plagued career
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Proud moment: Reeva Steenkamp poses with her friend Angus Hayes on her graduation day at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in 2005 The girlfriend of Blade Runner Oscar Pistorius was due to make a heartfelt Valentine's Day speech to schoolchildren just hours after she was gunned down at the Paralympian's home. FHM cover girl Reeva Steenkamp, 29, was expected to tell pupils that she had previously been in an abusive relationship. She was due to reveal that it had been this relationship - and the resultant 'loss of self worth' - which prompted her to move to Johannesburg to rebuild her life.
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Model, 29, planned to say she had lost 'self worth' after relationship
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Speech notes said: 'If you do not love your person, you will never step outside of the physical you'
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It's a photo that paints a picture of an idyllically happy family life. Chiwetel Ejiofor, now a Hollywood star and a strong contender for the Best Actor Oscar tonight, beams broadly as he hugs his little sister on the stairs of their London home. But just months after this snap was taken, Chiwetel’s life was hit by tragedy when his father was killed in a car crash, which almost claimed his young life, too. Idyllic family life: Chiwetel Ejiofor, (right) now a Hollywood star and a strong contender for the Best Actor Oscar tonight, beams broadly as he hugs his little sister on the stairs of their London home. But just months later, Chiwetel's life was hit by tragedy when his father was killed in a car crash
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Chiwetel Ejiofor's life was turned upside down when his father was killed
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Arinze Ejiofor died in a car crash in his native Nigeria in 1998 - Chiwetel was the sole survivor of the accident
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His sister Zain said she believes the death of their father inspired her actor brother to 'make the most' of his life and follow his Oscar dream
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Zain will sit beside Chiwetel at the Dolby Theatre tonight for the 86th Academy Awards where he is up for the Best Actor gong
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Trayvon Martin walked into a 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida, grabbing a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona iced tea. The hood from his dark gray sweatshirt over his head, he walked up to the counter, reached deep into his pants' pockets, paid the clerk, then walked out. This seemingly mundane act, captured on a surveillance video, would be the last image the 17-year-old's loved ones would have of him alive. While questions still remain, what happened next to Martin on the night of February 26 became clearer on Thursday with the release of scores of pages of investigative and medical examiner's reports, in addition to new images of Martin's shooter and the 7-Eleven video.
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George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin on February 26
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(CNN) -- Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak will remain hospitalized for at least one more day after collapsing as he walked off the field for halftime of the team's Sunday night game against the Indianapolis Colts, the team said Monday. "Gary is alert, coherent and in good spirits," the team said in a statement. "He is continuing to be evaluated and monitored." The Texans didn't elaborate on what might be wrong with Kubiak, who "experienced dizziness and a light-headed feeling" before sinking to the ground, according to the team. On Sunday, defensive coordinator Wade Phillips said the coach "did not have a heart attack, but they're still checking on everything with him."
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December 2: Champion and the @placeholder co-hosts confirm the news during the show, lavishing him with praise and wishing him the best.
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By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 11:42 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 16:41 EST, 4 December 2013 Good Morning America correspondent Amy Robach's return to ABC has been pushed back from the previously announced date as the network was side-lined by the sudden announcement that their weather anchor would be leaving the show just days later. Robach has been off the air since discovering via a televised mammogram that she had breast cancer that spread to her lymph nodes. She had a double mastectomy and 13 lymph nodes removed, and sent a grateful email out to colleagues on November 22 announcing that she would be back on the small screen on December 2.
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GMA correspondent Amy Robach learned that she had a cancerous tumor in her breast after an on-air mammogram
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Longtime weatherman Sam Champion announced just days before her expected return that he would be leaving the network after 25 years
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During its keynote @placeholder showed how its technology can be used to enable wireless charging for electric vehicles.
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Las Vegas (CNN) -- Mobile technology is no longer limited to laptops, smartphones and tablets. It's seeping into every corner of our lives, including television and movies, cars, the workplace, health care, education and eventually our bodies. This expansion of mobile, and its next generation of highly mobile tech users, were the subject of Monday's Consumer Electronics Show keynote. Delivered by chip maker Qualcomm's chief executive Paul Jacobs, the talk marked the official kickoff of the show, which opens its doors Tuesday morning. The CES keynote address was previously handled by Microsoft, a company whose products are instantly familiar to consumers around the world. Successor Qualcomm isn't a household name, even though it says it has shipped 11 billion chips in its 27 years and its mobile processors power the mobile devices you use everyday.
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Chip-maker Qualcomm kicked off the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show with a keynote
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CEO Paul Jacobs highlighted the expansion of mobile technology beyond smartphones and tablets
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By Margot Peppers Bill de Blasio and his family moved into the historic Gracie Mansion this week, and they enlisted the help of West Elm to redecorate it with donated furniture. In one photo from inside the official mayoral residence that New York's First Family now call home, a room is adorned with patterned beanbags, bright blue sofas and geometric light fixtures from the Brooklyn-based home furnishing company. The Mayor's wife Chirlane McCray says that the update, which was valued at about $65,000, successfully stayed true to the home's historic roots while making it more comfortable for a modern family.
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Militants in Egypt claim to have beheaded four men they had accused of being Israeli Mossad spies in a video which appears to have been inspired by the tactics of the Islamic State. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which has been described as Egypt's most dangerous militant group, released the video, in which it accused the four Egyptians of spying for Israel's Mossad agency. In the video, the captives can be seen kneeling on the floor with armed men in black masks standing behind them as one of the militants reads out a statement. Minutes later the four men have been beheaded.
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Sinai-based militant group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis releases beheading video
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Militant group claims the men had been spying for Mossad
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:33 EST, 7 December 2012 | UPDATED: 04:19 EST, 8 December 2012 These eerie images show the elusive Great Grey Owl - known as the phantom of the north - gliding through snowy Lapland in hunt of prey. The Great Grey Owls are shown flying ghost-like through the wintry land, invariably staring down the camera lens with their luminous yellow eyes. Wildlife photographer Jules Cox annually visits Lapland in the winter time hoping to shoot the magnificent owls but had not yet had any luck. Ghostly bird: The Great Grey Owl is found in north America and north Europe
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Great Grey Owls - known as the phantom of the north - can be found in northern America and Europe
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(CNN) -- "Goodbye, Kai Tak, and thank you." Fifteen years after Richard Siegel, Hong Kong's then-director of civil aviation, bid farewell and turned off the lights at Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport, the old airport has been given a new life. With official ceremonies set for this week, it will be rechristened Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. The new facility will accommodate cruise ships and other large vessels. Royal Caribbean's Mariner of the Seas will be the first ship to arrive at the cruise ship berth -- formerly runway 13 -- today at 8 p.m. Before its closure in 1998, Kai Tak (the first recorded flight from the site took place in 1925) was regarded as one of the most difficult airports in the world for pilots to fly into and out of.
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Kai Tak, Hong Kong's former airport, set to reopen as Kai Tak Cruise Terminal
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A Cathay Pacific pilot recalls unique 45-degree turn when landing at Kai Tak
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On the subject of Obama’s birth certificate, Trump said that it took @placeholder six years to provide it, when ‘I could give it to you in less than an hour.'
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By Louise Boyle and Thomas Durante PUBLISHED: 01:22 EST, 26 October 2012 | UPDATED: 10:05 EST, 26 October 2012 As comedians and talk show hosts have their way with Donald Trump over his 'huge' announcement the real estate mogul is sticking to his guns in his first live TV appearance since making the request. Trump was a guest on the Late Show With David Letterman, to further explain the offer - which turned out to be a $5million charity donation in exchange for Obama's old college and passport records. When asked by Letterman why he was orchestrating the demand, Trump replied: 'Transparency.'
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Trump sits down with David Letterman for first TV appearance since his 'huge' announcement
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TV satirist made offer to a charity of billionaire businessman's choice
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Pretty: Mahil, left, and @placeholder, right, met online in 2009 and the 21-year-old man became infatuated with her
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Honeytrap: Mundill Mahil was jailed for six years for causing grievous bodily harm A medical student was yesterday found guilty of her part in a plot that left a besotted admirer dead. The man, who she claimed had attempted to rape her, was lured to her home then beaten unconscious before being left to die in a burning car. Mundill Mahil, 20, decided to ‘play God’ when she recruited two men to carry out the fatal attack on Gagandip Singh, who she claimed had attacked her six months earlier. The virgin told Mr Singh she wanted 'closure' and even reassured the wary businessman following a text from him asking: 'Are we going to talk civil or do you want me dead?'
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Mundill Mahil wanted 'justice' against Gagandip Singh after 'attempted rape'
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Dispute: @placeholder are now refusing to work with SEM after a dispute over money in Stephen Warnock's deal
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A row over money owed from full back Stephen Warnock’s move from Aston Villa to Leeds in January 2013 has led to Elland Road refusing to deal with football agents SEM in future. Leeds consultant Graham Bean, effectively in day-to-day control for Italian owner Massimo Cellino, has cut any ties with SEM following incendiary texts sent to him by their managing director Craig Honeyman. One text from Honeyman infuriated Bean, highly respected former FA compliance chief. It read: ‘Pathetic old policeman trying to throw his weight around. It doesn’t work without the uniform old man. I will meet you anywhere any time no problem. Don’t ever try to threaten or intimidate me. I’ve seen your waistline.’
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He dealt with company's managing director Craig Honeyman over Warnock
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One text from Honeyman called Bean a 'pathetic old policeman' and said: 'Don't ever try to threaten or intimidate me. I've seen your waisteline'
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Amir Khan's boxing knowledge on BBC contrasts with athletics coverage
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Za'atari refugee camp, Jordan (CNN) -- I've spent the past week working in the Za'atari refugee camp in northern Jordan, about six miles from the Syrian border. The camp was opened less than a month ago to receive Syrians fleeing the violence in their country. Built on a barren desert plain without a tree or shrub in sight, it can seem an unwelcoming place to arrive, even for a refugee. Dust storms and scorching heat have taken their toll on refugees and aid workers here. But given that less than 4% of Jordanian land is arable the terrain is not a surprise.
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Za'atari refugee camp in northern Jordan is home to more than 20,000 Syrian refugees
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Hundreds more arrive every day, on foot, with just the clothes they are wearing
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After the debacle of making Michael Fallon issue a retraction after making sensible comments, you’d have thought they would have learned their lesson – but what happened to @placeholder shows they haven’t.’
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Tory backbenchers have accused ‘teenage spin doctors’ in Downing Street of pressurising ministers to retract ‘truthful’ comments on immigration. It comes after Defence Secretary Michael Fallon was apparently slapped down for remarks he made on immigration during a TV interview. He said some communities felt ‘swamped’ and ‘under siege’ by European migrants. But hours after making the comments on Sunday he retracted them – seemingly following an intervention from Number 10. Defence secretary Michael Fallon (left) and skills minister Nick Boles (right) both retracted outspoken comments they made about immigration - something which has been criticised by Tory backbenchers
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Defence Secretary Michael Fallon was reportedly slapped down remarks
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