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A tribute to the @placeholder children, held after a footy game was played by Mo's club team on Sunday | By Lucy Thackray A family photo of Rin (back left) and Anthony Maslin (back right) with their children, (left to right) Otis, Evie and Mo. The children were tragically killed when MH17 was shot down The father of three Australian children killed on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has taken indefinite leave from his job as head of Buxton Resources. A brief statement from the Perth-based mining company on Monday said Anthony Maslin was taking personal leave from his job as managing director. Mr Maslin and his wife Rin returned to Perth at the weekend from Amsterdam, where they had farewelled their three children on the ill-fated flight last Thursday.
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Anthony Maslin will take indefinite leave from his job at Buxton Resources
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The father lost his children and their grandfather in MH17 crash on Friday
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Mo, Evie and Otis Maslin were to travelling to Perth for new school term
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They were accompanied by their grandfather, Nick Norris
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The devastated parents attended a tribute to their children on Sunday | 52,700 | record_train |
Victim: Mr Davis allege Ki-@placeholder was drunk and instigated the argument, threatening to kill him | By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 04:13 EST, 17 January 2013 | UPDATED: 05:00 EST, 17 January 2013 A homeless man who pushed a father onto the tracks of an oncoming New York subway train has said one of his reasons for the fatal push was that he had lost his Timberland boots. Naeem Davis, 30 is pleading not guilty to second degree murder and manslaughter but admitted to police that he pushed Ki-Suck Han in front of the train. Mr Davis said he could have walked away from the argument with ‘drunk’ Mr Han, but that his ‘head wasn't where it was supposed to be that day’ because a friend had thrown away his boots two days before, court papers reveal.
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Homeless Naeem Davis admitted to police he pushed Ki-Suck Han
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Davis 'admits watching as Ki-Suck Han tried in vain to climb off tracks'
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Davis claims Han was instigator and made drunken threat to kill him | 52,701 | record_train |
If Bieber is charged in that case, a @placeholder judge may look | By Daily Mail Reporter It has been a bad start to the Super Bowl weekend for Justin Bieber after his private jet was held at a New Jersey airport for several hours and his custom-made car was towed. Police searched the private jet, which 'smelled of pot', after Bieber and his father landed at Teterboro airport yesterday with a posse of the 19-year-old's friends. There was further drama for the singer this morning as his chrome-plated Fisker Karma sports car was seen being towed from his Calabasas home in California. Scroll down for video Spotted: Justin Bieber makes a rude gesture while at the Maxim Super Bowl party hours after his private jet was searched for drugs
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Police search singer's aircraft after smelling 'strong odor of pot'
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Pop star and his father used private jet to fly to New Jersey from Canada
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Bieber reportedly flagged by U.S. Customs officials over pending criminal charges against him
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Singer, 19, spotted at Maxim Super Bowl party after being questioned | 52,702 | record_train |
The investigation was turned over to federal prosecutor because of the nature of the crime and the fact that it involved an @placeholder tourist, he said. | Human remains found in two plastic bags near a beach in southwestern Mexico have been identified as those of Harry Devert, a New Yorker who left his job as a trader in finance for a transcontinental motorcycle journey from the United States to Latin America, Mexican authorities said. Devert, 32, vanished six months ago after sending his girlfriend an ominous text message from a troubled region in Mexico, describing how he was being escorted from "an area too dangerous for me to be." Mexican authorities, acting on tips, last week located his green Kawasaki motorcycle in a shallow grave in the state of Guerrero, along with the badly decomposed remains of a man in two bags.
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Mexican authorities say remains found in shallow grave are those of missing American
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Harry Devert was on a motorcycle ride through Mexico
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Family and friends in New York had not heard from him in months
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His last message mentions getting an "escort out of some area" | 52,703 | record_train |
@placeholder on health care law: How they voted, what they wrote | (CNN) -- Taxes took center stage in renewed Republican attacks on the Obama administration's sweeping health care legislation Thursday after the Supreme Court rebuffed attempts to derail it based on its constitutionality. Using the court's finding that the centerpiece of the law -- the individual mandate -- amounted to a legal exercise of congressional tax power became Plan B for the GOP. "That's not what the president said when he introduced the bill, but what the court said was that it's OK because it's a tax," U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia, told CNN. "The debate that we're happy to have is that our friends on the other side of the aisle [not only] want to tax what you do, they want to tax even what you don't do."
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Tax provisions in health care law are no surprise, author says
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GOP seizes on Supreme Court ruling to attack Obama for raising taxes
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In 2009, President Obama had denied the individual mandate was a tax | 52,704 | record_train |
The forward only moved to the Canada at the start of 2014, and he was @placeholder's top scorer during the 2014 MLS season with 12 goals in 17 games. | Steven Gerrard could be in line for a move to the MLS with Toronto FC, according to reports from Canada. The Liverpool icon has yet to be offered a new deal at Anfield, with his contract up in the summer. And with Jermain Defoe set to cut short his time in Canada, Toronto are on the lookout for a new 'marquee' player, believes NBC's Pro Soccer Talk. Steven Gerrard has yet to sign a new deal for Liverpool with his current contract set to expire this summer Reds captain on the bench alongside team-mate Glen Johnson against Real Madrid on Tuesday night
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Liverpool captain could be in line for Toronto move, say Canadian reports
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Steven Gerrard is yet to be offered a new contract at Anfield
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Gerrard has admitted that he may be forced to join another club
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Jermain Defoe set to cut short his time in Canada after less than a year
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MLS side could target Gerrard to replace Defoe as a 'marquee' player | 52,705 | record_train |
Take the idea that freedom of speech is a @placeholder value. | (CNN)Tensions are running high following the massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Wednesday, and that is exactly how it should be. The correct, human response to an atrocity of this nature is revulsion and deep moral anger. Far from precluding rational understanding, such anger should cause us to demand sensible, productive analysis and to brush aside comments from politicians or pundits that do not live up to the seriousness of the moment. The "clash of civilizations" has become a popularized frame that is wheeled out whenever an attack by Islamic extremists is carried out against a Western target. It casts a democratic, liberal West as being locked in an epic struggle with a backward and violently intolerant Muslim world. According to this narrative, the West, which treasures freedom of speech, has this week come under attack from an Islamic culture that refuses to accept any instance of what it regards as blasphemy.
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'Clash of civilizations' line wheeled out when Islamic extremists attack Western target is sweeping generalization, David Wearing says
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These two-dimensional representations do nothing to help us make sense of what is actually going on, Wearing writes
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What is needed is for Muslim and Western democrats to stand together against extremism and violence in all its forms, he says | 52,706 | record_train |
Filmmakers say Hollywood executives, often citing humble box office numbers, can be skeptical when it comes to pouring money into @placeholder productions. | (CNN) -- It's been 15 years since Darius and Nina fell in love after that pivotal poetry reading in Chicago, but fans of "Love Jones" are still talking about the pair's epic romance. A highbrow, dramatic love story between two young African-Americans, "Love Jones" grossed a mere $12 million at the domestic box office in 1997, but it has an enduring cult following that can certainly be attributed to the film's authenticity. One month after "Love Jones' " 15th anniversary, however, "Think Like A Man" earned more than $39 million domestically in its first week. Featuring a predominantly African-American ensemble cast, the film adaptation of Steve Harvey's best-selling nonfiction book, raises a frequent question: Is Hollywood finally ready to support more movies featuring African-American love?
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After "Love Jones' " 15th anniversary, "Think Like A Man" earns $39 million
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The film's earnings more than doubled its $12.5 million budget
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Screenwriters say it's hard to get financing for a black film | 52,707 | record_train |
Israeli officials did not immediately confirm whether they had received a copy of @placeholder's proposals, but they did say they were trying to set up another round of talks with Turkish mediation. | DAMASCUS, Syria (CNN) -- Syria hopes a series of indirect talks with Israel will soon lead to direct negotiations, President Bashar al-Assad told CNN's Cal Perry Thursday in an exclusive interview. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (right) and Syria's President Bashar al-Assad meet in Damascus. Al-Assad said that possibility was discussed during a summit attended by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the leaders of Turkey and Qatar. Word of the Syrian proposal came during a landmark visit to Damascus by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took part in a summit Thursday that also included the leaders of Turkey and Qatar.
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Syrian president raises possibility of direct talks with Israel
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Syria says U.S. must be involved before direct talks can begin
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Syria and Israel involved in indirect talks in Turkey for past few months
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy currently visiting Syria | 52,708 | record_train |
They are in @placeholder and I am here in Washington four nights per week. | Editor's Note: Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican, represents the Third District of Utah in Congress and is writing a regular series of reports for CNN.com on his freshman year. For his bio, read here. For a Democratic freshman's view, read here. Jason Chaffetz says he's saving money by sleeping on a cot in his office, but there are downsides. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- I do something a bit different than most members of Congress. I sleep in my office on a cot. A few months ago, I was speaking with a current member of Congress and he said he slept in his office. Awesome!
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Jason Chaffetz: I decided to sleep in my House office to save money
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He says his freshman year is starting off well as he bonds with colleagues
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Chaffetz: We need to reduce spending, so I voted against stimulus bill
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He says worst part of the job is being separated from his family in Utah | 52,709 | record_train |
With its budget deficit and national debt rising out of control, the @placeholder government sought help from the eurozone, where rich countries demanded stark austerity measures in exchange for a bailout. | Amsterdam, Netherlands (CNN) -- The problem has become so complicated, that perhaps only a child can solve it. An 11-year-old Dutch boy, Jurre Hermans, entered a serious economics competition with a plan for bringing the Greek economy back from the brink. In the end, Hermans, the youngest ever to enter the Wolfson Economics Prize, received a 100 euro voucher for his original idea -- conceived on the notion of exchanging debt for slices of pizza. Maybe Washington can invite him for some budget brainstorming. Meanwhile, Europe's crisis goes on, still in need of creative solutions. Beyond the placid old Amsterdam canals, the bustling bike lanes and the quaint tulip fields, roils a furious debate about the future of the Netherlands. On the surface, the issue is what to do about the budget deficit. In reality, it is about whose life will become more difficult. Who will pay more? Who will receive less? It is a question coming soon to a deficit-spending country near you: the United States.
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Frida Ghitis: The pain of budget cutbacks is being felt in many parts of Europe
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She says in reality the decisions are about who will pay more -- and receive less
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America has rightly been spared budget cutbacks in the midst of a recession, she says
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Ghitis: The U.S. debt is growing at unsustainable pace, day of reckoning is coming | 52,710 | record_train |
@placeholder is already fully booked for the next five years with scientists from all over the world using it for research. | By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 11:58 EST, 5 October 2012 | UPDATED: 11:58 EST, 5 October 2012 In the remote Australian outback, scientists have launched the world's fastest radio telescope which will exponentially increase astronomers' ability to survey the universe, mapping black holes and shedding new light on the origins of galaxies. The Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP), with an array of 36 antennas each 12 meters (40 feet) across, started peering into the universe on Friday from a far-flung cattle station in Western Australia state. The £96m ($155.18 million) telescope will 'listen' to radio waves from the cosmos that might give astronomers insights into the beginnings of the universe.
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Australia Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder is made up of with an array of 36 antennas each 12 meters (40 feet) across
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is also the first building block in the world's largest telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) which will be based in both Australia and South Africa | 52,711 | record_train |
In 1998, Gadhafi's security services launched a crackdown against the group that saw more than 200 members imprisoned and hundreds more forced into exile, including @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Dr. Abdulmonem Hresha knows first hand how Moammar Gadhafi's regime works. He says the seeds of his opposition were sown when he was age 10. He and classmates were taken to witness the public execution of a political opponent of Gadhafi. "They hung him up in front of thousands of small kids," Hresha said. "He did that to scare people." Hresha, who taught physics at Tripoli University, later fled to Canada. The prominent member of the Muslim Brotherhood now lives in London, and anticipates the group could become an important player in a post-Gadhafi environment. As in Egypt and Tunisia, the Brotherhood in Libya has been energized by the sudden upheaval sweeping the Arab world.
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The Brotherhood in Libya is energized by the sudden upheaval sweeping the Arab world
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It says it has no organizational links with the Brotherhood elsewhere
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It is largely drawn from educated middle classes in Tripoli and Benghazi | 52,712 | record_train |
The @placeholder: 4 billion people; 4 billion reasons to watch | (CNN) -- North Korea's women's team walked off the pitch prior to their Olympic football clash with Colombia after the flag of archrival South Korea was mistakenly shown on Hampden Park's big screen. The team left the pitch in Glasgow shortly before the scheduled kick off at 7.45 pm local time after a South Korean flag appeared next to profiles of their players. They eventually returned to start the match over an hour later, as London Games organizers were forced to issue a hasty apology. "Today ahead of the women's football match at Hampden Park, the South Korean flag was shown on a big screen video package instead of the North Korean flag," a statement released to CNN read.
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North Korean women's team walk off pitch prior to their Olympic clash with Colombia
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Flag of neighbors South Korea apparently displayed on big screen before match
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Match begins an hour after scheduled time after Olympics organizers issue apology
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Team GB, Team USA and Japan kick off their London 2012 campaigns with victories | 52,713 | record_train |
Monkey business: The 12-week-old orangutan snuggles up close to carer @placeholder, who wears a specially-made orange jacket with tassels that mimic orangutan fur so he learns how to hold on to his new mother tightly | With tins of formula milk filling the cupboards, bottles galore and a sterilising unit permanently in use, this nursery is no different from thousands of others across the country. Jars of Sudocrem for nappy rash are dotted about, there’s a changing mat and plenty of fresh nappies. But as new mum Kate Diver nurses her little charge, gently winding him after a meal and rubbing Bonjela into his aching gums as he teethes, it’s clear this is no ordinary baby. Instead, Bulu Mata is an orphaned 12-week-old orangutan, brought into Monkey World in Dorset earlier this month after his mother suddenly died from intestine problems a week after his birth in Budapest Zoo.
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Bulu Mata, whose name means 'long eyelashes' in Indonesian, is currently being nursed at Monkey World in Dorset
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Staff hope one of the other orangutans will adopt him so he does not fixate on human carers and become rejected
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Orangutan babies stay with their mother for seven years picking up survival skills and get on with other primates
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Hsaio-qua, 18-year-old orangutan, is potential candidate to be his mother for her strong maternal instincts | 52,714 | record_train |
He was questioned along with @placeholder and the property owner. | By Lydia Warren Found: Jeremy Witfoth's body was mistaken for a hoax when it was found hanging in a vacant home Two cleaners who found a body hanging in a garage at a vacant home mistakenly dumped it at a landfill - thinking it was a mannequin left behind as a sick prank. The men, Israel Lopez, 50, and Adam Hines, 36, had been hired to clean out the Spring Hill, Florida home after the owner was forced to evict the tenants a month ago. When the men arrived at the home on Thursday, it was in a state of disarray and filled with dead rodents 'like an episode of Hoarders', Hernando County Sheriff Al Nienhuis said at a news conference.
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Two cleaners were hired to clean out a vacant home in Spring Hill, Florida on Thursday and saw the body among piles of trash in the garage
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They assumed it was a prank left by the former tenants - who had been evicted - and took it to a local dump
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But landfill workers realized it was real and contacted authorities
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The body was identified as Jeremy Witfoth, 33, who had lived at the home with his girlfriend until they broke up and were evicted last month | 52,715 | record_train |
Atop the first of the four pages is the word "apology," according to video released by @placeholder. | (CNN) -- The U.S. government pleaded Saturday for North Korean authorities to release 85-year-old Merrill Newman, with a spokeswoman saying officials are "deeply concerned" about him and another American being held in the isolated East Asian nation. "Given Mr. Newman's advanced age and health conditions, we urge (North Korea) to release Mr. Newman so he may return home and reunite with his family," said National Security Council spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden. Washington's plea came on the day North Korean state media released print stories and video showing what they called Newman's "apology." University of California, Berkeley professor Steven Weber characterized it as "highly scripted political theater."
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Merrill Newman was detained in North Korea in October, after a trip to the Asian nation
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State news said he "apologized" for crimes, including killings during Korean War
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Family of another detained American thanks the White House for seeking their release
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An expert says that North Korea is trying to get the world's attention | 52,716 | record_train |
Brazil vs. @placeholder semifinal - 66 million people with 200 million Facebook interactions) | By Victoria Woollaston As if claiming a fourth World Cup wasn't enough for Germany, they’ve now received another title. The team’s 1-0 victory over Argentina in last night’s World Cup final set a host of social media records as it generated 280 million interactions on Facebook. It also recorded the highest number of tweets per minute for any sporting event, peaking at 618,725 as the final whistle blew at the Maracana in Rio de Janeiro. Germany's 1-0 victory over Argentina in last night’s World Cup final generated 32.1 million tweets and 280 million interactions on Facebook. It also recorded the highest number of tweets per minute for any sporting event, peaking at 618,725 as the final whistle blew in Rio de Janeiro. Heat map of the match is pictured
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Germany’s 1-0 victory over Argentina generated 32.1 million tweets
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It also generated 280 million interactions on Facebook - the biggest sporting event on the site
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Tweets per minute peaked at 618,725 as the whistle blew in Rio de Janeiro
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This was 38,559 more tweets per minute than the previous high - recorded during Germany’s 7-1 thrashing of Brazil in the semi-final
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In total, Facebook saw 3 billion interactions about the entire tournament
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Match-winner Mario Gotze was most talked about player after the game
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But, Brazil’s Neymar was the most talked about player during the contest | 52,717 | record_train |
The tiny white coffin for baby @placeholder and a bigger one for Ben, adorned with a football made of flowers in tribute to the soccer-mad youngster, are carried to the service | By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 8:42 PM on 3rd January 2012 The funeral of a mother and her two young sons who are thought to have been stabbed to death by the boys' father took place today. Through heavy rain and high winds, the coffins of Clair Smith, 36, Ben, nine, and Aaron, one, were brought to Rawdon Crematorium in Leeds in two hearses. Clair's husband, Richard, 37, is believed to have attacked his family at their home in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, before setting light to the main bedroom a day later and killing himself by smoke inhalation. He was not cremated with his family.
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Richard Smith attacked wife Clair and sons Ben, nine, and Aaron, one, at their home in West Yorkshire
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Smith died of smoke inhalation after setting fire to bedroom where all four bodies were found
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He was not cremated with his family during service in Leeds today | 52,718 | record_train |
Hughes seemed like a likable person when they met at the office of Lyon's father -- who was @placeholder' patent lawyer. | (CNN) -- Bob Lyon remembers the day he met Howard Hughes. He also recalls when Hughes nearly crashed a plane into his boyhood home. Nearly 40 years after Hughes died, Lyon's life still crosses paths with the eccentric billionaire. Lyon has found himself in the center of a dispute over Hughes' gigantic, bizarre wooden seaplane nicknamed the Spruce Goose. This thing is arguably the world's most famous airplane and -- at five stories tall with a wingspan longer than a football field -- one of the biggest on the planet. Related: Stalking the world's biggest planes The Spruce Goose's home is a respected aviation museum, which is part of an investigation by the state of Oregon.
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Museum housing Howard Hughes' giant seaplane is part of an investigation
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Museum says it's financially viable and has no plans to close
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Built in the 1940s, Spruce Goose still has the world's widest wingspan
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Lawyer negotiating final ownership payment: Spruce Goose will stay where it is | 52,719 | record_train |
Good job: @placeholder had an impressive start to his career as Everton manager | Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady is targeting an assault on the Barclays Premier League's top four next season after a near miss. Everton passed up the chance to gatecrash the Champions League party at the end of a nevertheless hugely successful campaign, ultimately finishing in fifth place to claim a Europa League spot. However, McGeady, who joined the club from Spartak Moscow in January, is confident they can split the big boys next time around after launching new manager Roberto Martinez's tenure in style. Aiming to go one better: Aiden McGeady says Everton must look to break into the top four
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Roberto Martinez's Everton finished fifth in the Premier League last season to claim a Europa League spot
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Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady is confident his team can progress even further | 52,720 | record_train |
He was able to get himself out of his house where @placeholder had attacked him and walk to the road where a relative happened to be driving by. | By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 09:40 EST, 26 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 26 November 2013 The Virginia State Senator whose son stabbed him before shooting himself has spoken out about the incident for the first time. Creigh Deeds was released from the hospital on Friday after his 24-year-old son Gus stabbed him multiple times, and now he has told how he plans to dedicate his life to improving the mental health system. 'I am alive for a reason, and I will work for change,' Mr Deeds said. 'I owe that to my precious son.' Close: Gus Deeds (left) stabbed his father Creigh (right) before shooting himself dead and now his father has vowed to work to improve Virginia's mental health program (seen together during Creigh's gubernatorial bid in 2009)
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Virginia state senator was stabbed multiple times by his 24-year-old son Gus in their home on Tuesday November 20
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The evening before, Gus had been released from an area psychiatric hospital after being put on an emergency hold order six hours prior
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Hospital originally claimed they had no beds but three other area hospitals have since come forward saying they had room for the troubled young man
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Deeds, 55, survived the attack and now said that he will change the health system 'so other families don't have to go through what we are living' | 52,721 | record_train |
Investigators suspect people watered down milk in an attempt to sell more of it, and added melamine in order to fool quality checks, @placeholder authorities have said. | HONG KONG, China (CNN) -- Hong Kong authorities Sunday announced that two recalled candy products made by British confectioner Cadbury had high levels of melamine. The industrial chemical has recently been found in Chinese-made milk products that have sickened nearly 53,000 children in China, killing four. Countries around the world have since banned the import of Chinese products containing milk, or have withdrawn products that contain milk from China -- such as candy -- amid worries they contain melamine. Last week, Cadbury recalled all of its Chinese-made candy products after preliminary tests showed they contained trace amounts of melamine. Cadbury took the action because "no level of melamine is appropriate," spokesman Tony Bilsborough told CNN on Sunday.
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Hong Kong authorities say two Cadbury products have high levels of melamine
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Cadbury recalled all of its Chinese-made candy products last week
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Chinese milk products have sickened nearly 53,000 children in China, killing four | 52,722 | record_train |
The storms dropped heavy rain and hail around the @placeholder area. | By James Nye Frontier Airlines says 13 of its flights from Denver International Airport have been canceled because its aircraft were damaged by hail. All flights were grounded on Wednesday afternoon because of a tornado warning and severe thunderstorms that brought hail and strong winds to the area. There were delays of about an hour and a half after operations resumed. At least one tornado touched down in the town of Watkins, southeast of the airport, but no injuries were reported. Touchdown: The huge tornaddo touched down just outside Denver International Airport Supercell: A pedestrian runs for safety as a hail storm hits downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado on Wednesday
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Denver was put under a rare tornado warning Wednesday afternoon as a severe weather pattern passed over the Mile-High City
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At least four tornadoes touched down in the Denver metro area on Wednesday afternoon as huge weather system hit the city
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Huge hail storm pelted the city - causing cars windscreens to shatter | 52,723 | record_train |
Happier times: The @placeholder couple pictured together before the startling revelations | By Ashley Collman A 52-year-old Michigan man accused of murdering his sister and her husband in a crime of incestuous passion became combative in court this week when he took to the stand to answer questions about his inappropriate sibling relationship. Prosecutors argued that it was Ryan Wyngarden's sexual history with sister Gail Brink that caused him to fatally shoot her and husband Rick out of jealousy on November 21, 1987 - just 18 months after the couple were wed. The Brinks' murder was a cold case for many years until Wyngarden's wife Pam came forward to authorities, saying her husband confessed to killing the couple as well as revealing the fact that he had an incestuous relationship with his sister.
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Ryan Wyngarden, 52, became argumentative when prosecutors questioned him about his incestuous relationship with his sister
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Wyngarden is charged with shooting dead sister Gail Brink and her husband Rick in 1987 because he was jealous of their relationship
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The case fell cold for years until investigators re-opened it in 2011
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In 2013, Wyngarden's wife 'cracked and told cops that her husband had admitted to killing the couple but that she had vowed to keep his secret'
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Defense is arguing that Brinks were killed by mistake, and the the real target was the previous owner of their home with links to drug trade | 52,724 | record_train |
Under Gillard's leadership, @placeholder was facing overwhelming defeat, according to opinion polls. | (CNN) -- Kevin Rudd returned as prime minister of Australia on Thursday, three years after being replaced in the office by his then-deputy Julia Gillard. Rudd challenged Gillard for leadership of the Labor Party on Wednesday and won a 57-45 vote among fellow Labor members of parliament. In the Australian parliamentary system, the leader of the governing party assumes the position of prime minister and on Thursday morning, in Canberra, Rudd was sworn in for a second time. Gillard resigned after the party vote on Wednesday night and announced she will leave politics. A major factor in Gillard's demise -- and in Rudd's Phoenix-like return -- is the election Australia has to hold by the end of this year.
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Kevin Rudd is sworn in as prime minister
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Julia Gillard resigns as prime minister, says the privilege of serving was "truly humbling"
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott calls for voters to back his party in upcoming elections
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Labor Party was not confident it could win a September general election led by Gillard | 52,725 | record_train |
The fight and other matters in the dangerous Afghan-Pakistani region will be front and center in @placeholder when President Obama huddles with his national security team Wednesday to discuss the conflicts in Pakistan and Afghanistan. | Washington (CNN) -- The arrest of a key Afghan Taliban leader represents a setback for the militant group but won't directly affect the fighting in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. military official said. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the military leader of the Afghan Taliban, was captured recently in Karachi, Pakistan, a development called a major success for the United States and a blow to the Taliban. Baradar and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar are said to have orchestrated the Taliban's military activities from Quetta, Pakistan. The U.S. official said Tuesday that Baradar and the rest of the Afghan Taliban leadership in Quetta have provided "overall strategic direction" to their fighters but not "tactical control" over their actions, so there will be little effect on Operation Moshtarak, a major offensive against the Taliban in the Marjah area of Helmand province.
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Obama administration "deserves kudos," ex-CIA officer says
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Military official says arrest not likely to affect offensive under way in Afghanistan
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Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Afghan Taliban's military leader, captured recently in Pakistan
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Arrest may suggest new cooperation between U.S. and Pakistan, experts say | 52,726 | record_train |
'I was at the end of the line signing autographs, when out the corner of my eye I saw someone stage-diving over the barrier at me,' @placeholder told People. | By Zoe Szathmary Vitalii Sediuk, the Tinseltown 'prankster' who attacked Brad Pitt last month at a Maleficent premiere, was caught on video in a Los Angeles park dancing and jamming with a group of musicians - all while he is supposed to be completing community service picking up trash as punishment. Footage released by The Hollywood Reporter shows Sediuk shaking maracas and dancing along with the musicians, before he is seen playing the conga drums. The website has also published a photo of Sediuk on a carousel. Community service: Vitalii Sediuk was caught on camera jamming with musicians in a Los Angeles park while he is supposed to be serving community service for attacking Brad Pitt at a movie premiere last month
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Vitalii Sediuk, the man who attacked Brad Pitt last month, was caught on video jamming with a group of musicians and riding a carousel in a Los Angeles park while is is supposed to be completing community service
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Sediuk was sentenced to 20 days of community service after the incident at the May 28 premiere
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Pitt has spoken publicly about the incident, calling Sediuk a 'nutter' | 52,727 | record_train |
Destruction: Sandy passes over @placeholder and causes huge damage on Tuesday (October 30) at 03:55 UTC | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 04:25 EST, 2 November 2012 | UPDATED: 09:18 EST, 2 November 2012 This astonishing time-lapse video released by NASA shows just how Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc across the US East Coast. The superstorm's path was predicted almost exactly by the National Hurricane Center - and this accurate forecast was critical to ensuring authorities knew which direction it would take. The centre, based in Miami, Florida, had an average error in its track forecast three days into the future for Sandy of just 71 miles, which dropped to only 48 miles within two days of it hitting.
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National Hurricane Center's work was critical to expectations of storm path
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Miami-based centre had track forecast three days into future of just 71 miles
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In the letter, the hypocrisy of @placeholder officials is highlighted. | A Princeton professor has joined a group of US intellectuals offering to take 100 lashes each for a Saudi blogger who is being punished over his criticism of the country's hardline clerics. Robert P George, who is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and the vice-chairman of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, has volunteered to take the penalty on behalf of Raif Badawi. He joins six other advocates for religious freedom, including Dr Zuhdi Jasser, who is the President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. Scroll down for video Robert P George, left, a leading professor at Princeton University, has joined six other advocates for religious freedom who have offered to take 100 lashes each on behalf of Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, right
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Robert P George joins six academics who have volunteered to take lashes
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They include the American Islamic Forum for Democracy's president
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They are calling on Saudi government 'to put a halt to this grave injustice'
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Mr Badawi, 31, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes
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'It is fair to say she was not coping with her @placeholder's and feared being put into a home' | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 12:03 EST, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 12:50 EST, 5 February 2013 Tormented: Patricia Bell was found dead in a pond after her dementia meant she could no longer read A tormented 85-year-old retired archivist and historian with a ‘great mind’ was found dead in a pond after her dementia meant she could no longer enjoy her beloved books, an inquest was told today. Former county archivist Patricia Bell, of Bedford, Bedfordshire, was found floating face down in the water after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2011 which saw her reading skills diminish.
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Patricia Bell was found floating face down in Bedford pond last September
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She says: ‘The trouble is women’s bodybuilding has been given a really bad name by the people like @placeholder. | By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 12:14 EST, 29 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:51 EST, 29 October 2013 A brave woman fire-fighter has a double life as one of Britain’s top female bodybuilders. Mother-of-one Sarah Hallett, 43, juggles a career in the emergency service with being the reigning Miss Bodybuilding Britain. Sarah, who lives in Swansea, South Wales, with her daughter Tyler, 14, has been a fire-fighter for the past eight years and has been bodybuilding for the last six of them. Scroll down for video Sarah Hallett, 43, pictured right at her station in Swansea, leads a double life as one of Britain's top female body builders, pictured left in competition
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Sarah Hallett often works out with her male firefighter colleagues
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'I think everyone remembers the square-up we had in the first 10 minutes of the first leg of our semi-final game against @placeholder last season, after which I thought "fair play". | Chelsea captain John Terry has predicted big things from rival-turned-team-mate Diego Costa after the Spain striker's move to Stamford Bridge was completed. The Blues on Wednesday announced that Brazilian left-back Felipe Luis is set to move from Atletico Madrid following Costa, whose £32million switch was sealed on Tuesday. Brazil-born striker Costa impressed in helping Atletico to a first Primera Division title in 18 years last season and guided Los Rojiblancos into the Champions League final, beating Chelsea in the semi-finals. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Diego Costa: Nutmegged by new Chelsea teammate Azpilicueta Head to head: John Terry has high hopes for Diego Costa (left), who has signed for Chelsea
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Brazil-born striker signed five-year deal to tie him to Blues until 2019
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Chelsea triggered his £32million buy-out clause in his contract
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Costa helped Atletico to the La Liga title and Champions League final
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'We have got one of the biggest classes in @placeholder and people look at us for motivation. | A diet consultant who stopped taking her own advice was so shocked by pictures of her 18st 7lb frame that she shed a third of her weight. Slimming World diet coach Liz McGuinness from Wallasey, Wirral, was so mortified by the snaps taken at a weight loss awards ceremony she embarked on a two-year health and fitness plan. Now the 44-year-old has lost 6st 7lb and inspired her father Richard Owens, 68, to lose 5st in the process. Scroll down for video Liz's new diet and exercise regime has seen her go from 18st 7lb and a size 24 to 12st and a size 12
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Size 24 Slimming World consultant's weight was a 'constant yo-yo'
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However it was the @placeholder who emerged victorious after a one-sided decision from the judges | Former heavyweight champion Frank Mir rolled back the years in Porto Alegre on Sunday night with a first-round knockout win over Antonio 'Bigfoot' Silva. The win for the American veteran, his first in his last five UFC outings, defied the odds for the ninth time at the Brazilian event, which will be remembered as a night of major upsets. After a tentative minute and a half of action to open the main event, Mir landed a jab followed by a clean left hook that sent the Brazilian hurtling to the canvas before a series of grounded strikes left referee Leon Roberts with no choice but to stop the contest.
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Frank Mir turns around four-fight losing streak with first round KO of Bigfoot
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The former world champion credits the win to his year-long lay-off and enhanced boxing skillset
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Michael Johnson announces himself as a contender at 155lbs by picking Edson Barboza apart over three rounds
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Tribute: @placeholder, pictured, was described as a devoted family man who was deeply admired within the legal profession | By Will Stewart PUBLISHED: 04:30 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 11:18 EST, 26 July 2013 Pictures of the helicopter crash scene where two British tourists and their guide were killed during a fishing trip to Russia today emerged. Retired top corporate lawyer Rupert Beaumont and fine art dealer Mark Robertson were hit by the spinning rotor blades moments after stepping off the aircraft. Investigators today began quizzing the pilot as a criminal case was been opened into the horror. Wreckage: Debris litters the site where this helicopter crashed, killing two British tourists and their guide Investigation: The rotor blades are clearly missing from the Eurocopter EC-120 which crashed while taking two Britons and a guide on a luxury fishing trip to a remote part of Russia
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Fine art dealer Mark Robertson and retired corporate lawyer Rupert Beaumont were killed instantly
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Pair thought to have been dropped off on fishing trip in northern Russia
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A French security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that @placeholder authorities had shared intelligence with France indicating that Said had travelled to Yemen several years ago for training. | Two brothers accused of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris murdering 12 people had already been flagged as a terrorist threat and placed on a U.S. no-fly list. Cherif, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34, had been identified by both French and U.S. intelligence agencies as potential extremists, with the younger brother being convicted on terrorism charges in 2008. Heavily armed police SWAT teams have been swarming a region north of Paris as part of the hunt for the two gunmen. Scroll down for video French police are hunting Cherif, left, and Said Kouachi, right, in connection with the Charlie Hebdo attack
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French police are searching for brothers Cherif, 32, and Said, 34, Kouachi
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U.S. officials said both brothers had been placed on their no-fly list
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Witnesses claim the men claimed allegiance to Al Qaeda in Yemen
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We call @placeholder authorities to make every effort to ensure that those responsible are prosecuted." | Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A bomb went off near a U.N. patrol vehicle in southern Lebanon Friday, wounding five French U.N. troops in the latest attack on peacekeepers in the region this year. The soldiers received treatment on the scene before being evacuated for further medical attention, said Andrea Tenenti, deputy spokesman for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which monitors the cessation of hostilities between Lebanon and Israel. Tenenti said that the injuries suffered were light. French and Lebanese officials roundly condemned the strike, which occurred east of the city of Tyre and near the town of Burj Al Shamali.
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The administration hopes the new ability of @placeholder to handle 800,000 users a day or more without major problems signals a major step forward in getting people to sign up for health coverage now required by law under the reforms. | Stop worrying about the website and start talking about Obamacare's benefits. That was President Barack Obama's message to the nation on Tuesday as he kicked off a three-week public relations blitz intended to generate more participation in his signature health care reforms. A day after officials declared the previously dysfunctional HealthCare.gov website working smoothly for most users, Obama held a White House event to try to shift the focus of a fiercely partisan public debate to how much help the 2010 Affordable Care Act offers Americans in need. He noted the botched website launch of October 1 set back implementation of the reforms, and encouraged supporters to help him reintroduce the law to a still skeptical nation.
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Treasury audit warns of possible Obamacare subsidy fraud
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President Obama says the health care website works, reforms are "here to stay"
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‘The @placeholder has all the powers it needs to fund the NHS in Scotland.’ | Gordon Brown has threatened to stand for election to the Scottish Parliament over Alex Salmond’s ‘lies’ about the NHS. The former Prime Minister said he would make a dramatic return to frontline politics north of the border to tackle the SNP head on. His announcement prompted speculation that the former prime minister – who would be a significant figure compared to the those currently representing Labour in Scotland – might even seek to succeed Mr Salmond as Scotland’s leader. The former Prime Minister, who is still an MP in Westminster, said: ‘I say this to Mr Salmond himself. If he continues to peddle this deception then I will want to join Johann Lamont in fighting him and securing the return of a Labour Government as quickly as possible.’
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Former Prime Minister said he would not tolerate SNP 'lies' about the NHS
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He said he would 'join' Labour's leader in Scotland Johann Lamont
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Mr Brown pledged to fight SNP to secure 'return of Labour' in Holyrood
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For us, life in @placeholder was actually not bad at all. | Atlanta (CNN) -- In October 1991, I came to America with my wife, my 6-year-old son and my mother-in-law. Last month, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our life in this country. I remember the journey from what was then the Soviet Union vividly. Being driven to Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, the long goodbyes with my family and friends. I remember the faces of my crying mother, my puzzled father. They were afraid of what would happen to their son and their grandson in a strange land. As we were leaving, I had to brace myself for the possibility that I would not see my family again. After all, the Iron Curtain, although rusty and crumbling, was still around. The unknown lay ahead, and it was scary. Thirty-three years in the Soviet Union were over. I felt like our lives were about to start anew.
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Twenty years ago, I moved to the U.S. from the Soviet Union with my family, says Igor Krotov
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I have worked for CNN since 1992, and my son is now a young man, he says
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Last year I was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and I had to undergo surgery, Krotov says
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Krotov: My illness taught me to appreciate life; I feel grateful every day for what I have | 52,740 | record_train |
Since then, Twitter has transformed the way @placeholder does business. | Washington (CNN)Cory Booker joined the Senate in 2013 as one of the chamber's most prolific Twitter users, boasting 1.4 million followers on his personal account. But when he got to Washington, the New Jersey Democrat had to start an official account from scratch, with zero followers. That's because congressional ethics rules bar Booker and other lawmakers from transferring their personal or campaign followers to their official government Twitter accounts. The prohibition is in place because lawmakers aren't allowed to use office tools for campaign purposes. Such rules reflect the growing challenge of coming to Washington in the digital age. Elected leaders must navigate an increasingly complex landscape to have the social media presence their constituents demand without getting in trouble.
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Twitter's Washington staff promotes tweeting to governments around the world.
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Big fan: According to nutritionists, not only do mushrooms help with weight loss - the super vegetable can help improve your looks too and it seems to be working for super slimmer @placeholder who is a fan | By Bianca London From the cabbage soup to potato-only diet, there have been a whole number of single-ingredient slimming methods that promised to shed fat fast. And now the mushroom plan is being touted as the latest weapon for savvy celeb dieters who want to shed pounds quickly but still keep some of their curves. Dubbed the ‘M-Plan’, the new diet based on mushrooms promises to help women lose weight from their tums, bums, thighs and upper arms, but still keep their bust intact. M plan: The mushroom diet is the latest crazy diet to be taking tinseltown by storm and Roxanne Pallett and Katy Perry swear by the power of the vegetables
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14-day diet replaces regular lunch or dinner with mushroom inspired dish
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Raw mushrooms favoured by Kelly Osbourne and Katy Perry | 52,742 | record_train |
I'm lucky to have a few Qatari national friends in @placeholder. | DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- If there's anything in which Qatar takes pride -- aside from a massive construction boom -- it is providing its Qatari minority and the hundreds of thousands of expatriates working and living here with plenty of shopping opportunities. City Center Mall booked "Freestyle Football" artist Iya Traore, from Guinea, to help draw more crowds in Doha You can nary drive a kilometer in Doha -- few Qataris actually walk the streets -- without passing a shopping mall. And few of those malls are lacking hordes of people strolling from store to store. From the pricey jewel-adorned head scarf fashions to budget-conscious it-could-be-rat-leather shoes, food courts to suit Eastern and Western tastes, to perfume shops selling essences for more per ounce than many people earn in a month -- shoppers in Doha are spoiled for choice.
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CNN's Alphonso Van Marsh hangs out at a shopping mall in Doha, Qatar
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Mall managers hire entertainers to attract customers and their dirhams
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CNN: When you took the job at @placeholder, 90 percent of people said to you that you were crazy. | (CNN) -- Jane Fraser is the CEO of U.S. Consumer and Commercial Banking and CitiMortgage and is often cited as one of the most powerful women in banking. She tells CNN's Poppy Harlow how women lead differently from their male counterparts. CNN: Do women run banks, or businesses differently? JF: We do, and it's not just a gender thing. If you're from Asia you run it differently than an American -- it's just true diversity. In the private bank I worked in, a third of the leadership team was female, you then had a slight shift in the way the team worked.
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Jane Fraser is often cited as one of the most powerful women in banking
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And when his father died in March 1888, his behaviour towards his mother was so shocking, it damaged relations with his uncle @placeholder forever. | By Ruth Styles The First World War saw millions of men separated from their families and sent to the front line but very few were pitted against their relations. For the royals, however, World War I truly was a family affair. A new documentary has revealed how the roots of the Great War lay partly in the tangled web of Royal family relationships - in particular that of the British-hating Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and his cousins, George V and Tsar Nicholas of Russia. Best of enemies: Kaiser Wilhelm II (L) and King Edward VII loathed each other despite being nephew and uncle
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The Tsar and his royal cousin George V first met as children
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Both found their cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II difficult - as did Edward VII
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The Danish mothers of George V and Tsar Nicholas loathed Germany
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"I love sharing my husband's memories and passed-down family traditions at @placeholder, and he happily decorates -- and eats! | (CNN) -- Rebecca and Roni Kopelman have been celebrating Christmas and Hanukkah since they got together in 2006, building the foundations of an interfaith household. Some of the Ohio couple's holiday traditions are blended, like their Christmas tree decked out in menorah ornaments and blue and white lights; others adhere more closely to the standard formula. During Hanukkah, her husband prepares a latke feast, they light the menorah each night and exchange small gifts. For Christmas, they hang stockings, bake cookies, go to church on Christmas Eve and open presents the next morning. "To some people, this might seem challenging and strange, but to us, it's a wonderful way of celebrating and respecting each other's history and tradition without taking anything away from our own," Kopelman said in a CNN iReport.
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Interfaith households blend religious and cultural traditions of Christmas and Hanukkah
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Trees decorated with menorah and dreidel ornaments a common feature in Chrismukkah homes
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Many people do not realise how hard it is to win a league competing with @placeholder or Madrid.' | By Luke Augustus Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 Santi Cazorla believes Arsenal must follow the blueprint of Atletico Madrid if they are to end their 10-year Premier League trophy drought against their big spending title rivals. Atletico were crowned La Liga champions for the first time since 1996 last season after breaking the dominance of Barcelona and city rivals Real. Diego Simeone's side wrestled the title away from the El Clasico duo despite the loss of talisman Falcao to Monaco, while Real and Barcelona spent heavily on marquee signings Gareth Bale and Neymar respectively. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Arteta expecting great season
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Santi Cazorla believes Arsenal must follow Atletico Madrid's example if they're to win the Premier League next season
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Atletico won La Liga last season despite Real Madrid and Barcelona spending heavily
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Both men and women should feel free to be strong," Watson told the @placeholder. | (CNN) -- A 15-year-old British schoolboy has struck a chord with his eloquent response to actress Emma Watson's United Nations speech encouraging men to join in the fight for gender equality. Ed Holtom's letter, published in the Sunday Telegraph, was praised on social media for demonstrating an understanding of gender issues that many adults today don't fully comprehend. "If we want equality, it will take more effort than paying women the same as men, or giving women equal opportunities," he wrote in his letter supporting Watson. "We must stop pressuring each other to fit stereotypes which more often than not leaves us feeling repressed and unable to express ourselves. We must not let gender define us."
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Schoolboy in UK writes letter defending Emma Watson's speech at the UN
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@placeholder - better known for its £195 tasting menu which features | By Deborah Arthurs His Christmas menu last year consisted of edible fairy lights, tasty tinsel, pork baubles and a partridge in a pear tree. And, odd as it may sound, the limited edition festive feast, served at Heston Blumenthal's restaurant Fat Duck in Bray, was such a success that the experimental chef is set to roll it out for a second year. This year, the festive menu, created by Blumenthal, Head Chef Lake and their Experimental Kitchen team, is different - but no less strange. Festive spirit: Last year's Christmas menu was such a success that Heston Blumenthal will be hosting a special Christmas lunch in his flagship restaurant in Bray, The Fat Duck, for a second year
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Festive feast to be served on three Sundays in December - 1, 8 and 15
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Heston's other pub in Bray, The Hinds Head also hosting festive activities | 52,749 | record_train |
Turning to other policy disputes, Palin also slammed the Obama administration's fiscal program, declaring that "these policies coming out of @placeholder right now" are putting the country on the road to "national insolvency." | Washington (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail Friday, delivering the keynote address at a Washington fundraiser for an anti-abortion group supporting socially conservative women running for office in the upcoming midterm elections. "All across this country, women are standing up and speaking out for common sense solutions," Palin said at the Susan B. Anthony List Celebration of Life breakfast. They are forming a "new conservative feminist movement" that will help make "government work again for us," she said. The Susan B. Anthony List describes itself on its website as part of the "nerve center of the pro-life movement and political process." In 2008, the group founded "Team Sarah," a coalition of women supporting Palin's vice presidential bid.
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Sarah Palin speaks at fundraiser for group supporting conservative women candidates
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Palin attacks anti-abortion Democrats for backing President Obama's health care plan
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'At best we would like it cut, at worst frozen, and I'm quite prepared to use the veto if we don't get a deal that's good for @placeholder.' | European leaders gather in Brussels on November 22 to pass the budget By Allan Hall PUBLISHED: 10:30 EST, 2 November 2012 | UPDATED: 03:55 EST, 3 November 2012 Enough is enough: Angela Merkel is reported to be 'losing her patience' with the UK over Europe German leader Angela Merkel is reported to be 'losing her patience' with the UK over Europe as an EU commissioner challenges London to decide whether or not it wants to remain in the bloc. Respected German news magazine Der Spiegel also said on Friday that Brussels is reaching the end of its tether over British attitudes to the union as the budget squabbling which threatens to split prime minister David Cameron's conservatives once more brings the UK role in the club under the spotlight.
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The German Chancellor is said to be on a collision course with Cameron
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European Commissioner for financial programming and budget Janusz Lewandowski said it was time for Britain to make a 'fundamental decision'
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European leaders gather in Brussels on November 22 to pass the budget | 52,751 | record_train |
She has maintained her innocence, and the case has drawn widespread media coverage and attention from @placeholder lawmakers as family members push for her freedom. | Nogales, Mexico (CNN) -- In the push to free an American woman from a Mexican prison, a video shown in court Thursday could be key. The security camera footage shows Yanira Maldonado and her husband boarding a bus in Mexico last week. They are carrying a purse, two blankets and two bottles of water. It's an everyday scene that plays out at bus stations around the world. But in this case, defense attorney Francisco Benitez argues that the images are a crucial piece of evidence. Why? Because nothing they're carrying, he argues, could hold the amount of marijuana that Yanira Maldonado is accused of smuggling.
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Her lawyer says security camera footage is crucial evidence
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Maldonado is accused of smuggling drugs on a bus
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"If the president expects the international community to respect his right to speak in @placeholder, then he should be forced to explain why filmmakers and media are subject to repression in Iran," he added. | (CNN) -- Iran has detained six documentary filmmakers on accusations that they worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Persian service, activists said on Monday. The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran urged authorities to end the "ongoing intimidation and arrest of filmmakers and journalists" and called on diplomats and journalists in New York to press President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his country's rights record during his reported visit to New York this week. "These arrests prove yet again that President Ahmadinejad and his intelligence apparatus have no tolerance for independent filmmakers and journalists," Aaron Rhodes, a spokesman for the group, said in a statement.
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Filmmakers accused of working for the BBC's Persian service
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She launched a @placeholder battle to have the will declared invalid, accusing relatives of her father, Francois Devillebichot, of conspiring to cheat her out of £500,000 of her inheritance. | By Tom Kelly and Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 12:30 EST, 26 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:05 EST, 26 September 2013 Outside court: Chloe Brennan, 40, insisted at London's High Court that her father's siblings had 'never liked her and didn't want to know her' As the only child of a wealthy diplomat’s son, she was treated like a ‘princess’ by her father and believed he had promised to leave her his fortune. So Chloe Brennan was shocked to learn after he died that his siblings had ‘encouraged’ him to sign a deathbed will they had drawn-up without legal advice which left the bulk of his estate to them.
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Chloe Brennan, 40, of Reading, insisted father's siblings 'never liked her'
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'Hippy' father and mother not married when Brennan was born in 1972
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Insists half-French father was pressured into signing a death-bed will
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@placeholder has so far made two of its 12 scheduled flights to the ISS under a $1.6 billion contract. | The first commercial supply mission by Orbital Sciences Corp.'s unmanned Cygnus spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station, NASA said Sunday. Crew members on the ISS will open the hatch Monday and unload 2,780 pounds of supplies and experiments, the news release said. With the mission, Orbital officially joins SpaceX as a resupply carrier to the space station. Orbital successfully tested a spacecraft with a smaller payload in mid-September. "From the men and women involved in the design, integration and test, to those who launched the Antares (rocket) and operated the Cygnus, our whole team has performed at a very high level for our NASA customer, and I am very proud of their extraordinary efforts," said David W. Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Orbital, in a written statement from the company.
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The mission is the first for one of two private companies involved in carrying frieght to the ISS
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He did not have an easy rookie season this year in @placeholder, however, he kept calm and improved continuously, mainly in the last races. | Sauber have snapped up Marcus Ericsson to race for them next season after the collapse of the Caterham team. The Swede, 24, made his debut in Formula One this season but is not racing at this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas after Caterham were put into administration. Ericsson, who matched Caterham's highest-ever finish of 11th at Monaco earlier in the season, admitted he had endured a tough time of it amid the financial uncertainty but is delighted to now be able to look forward. Marcus Ericsson signs for Sauber for next season after collapse of Caterham's Formula One team
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Formula One team Caterham have been put into administration
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Happy days: New signing Colback holds a @placeholder scarf and poses for photographs pitch side | ADRIAN DURHAM: The World Cup is by far the biggest stage of all, it’s Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard’s last chance to shine ADRIAN DURHAM: Is Roy Hodgson the new Fabio Capello? England will suffer if they keep it tight with Italy... he must be brave, as he promised ADRIAN DURHAM: England must be adventurous and take the World Cup by storm or go out in glory... my starting XI for the opener with ItalY The most underrated player in the Premier League? Jack Colback. In an era when we are searching for young English talent, players who can keep the ball; and admiring – almost over-admiring – those who step forward and show some technique, it’s amazing this kid has been overlooked.
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It's amazing Colback has been overlooked by many clubs and England
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‘There has been no information about forward travel arrangements from @placeholder and we have been told our luggage is going to Heathrow.’ | By Emma Thomas PUBLISHED: 14:14 EST, 11 December 2013 | UPDATED: 15:32 EST, 11 December 2013 Passengers were left stranded on a plane for more than seven hours after fog caused huge disruption to flights. The British Airways flight was due to leave Copenhagen, Denmark, at 10.15am UK time and the one and a half hour flight would have meant passengers should have touched down in the UK at about 11.45am. After the travellers boarded the plane, they sat on the tarmac for three hours because of the adverse weather conditions. Wrong airport: The BA flight to Heathrow was eventually forced to land at Manston Airport in Kent
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British Airways flight due to leave Copenhagen, Denmark, at 10.15am
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The man's partner will also being flying with him to @placeholder, he said. | The 23-year-old surfer who lost parts of both arms after he was reportedly mauled by two sharks in Western Australia is a keen surfer and football player who was due to play in his football team's grand final this weekend. Mr Pollard, who is from the WA town of Bunbury, was attacked about 11am on Thursday at Kelpids Beach, in Wylie Bay, an isolated stretch of sand near Esperance on the state's far southeast coast. The South Bunbury Football Club paid tribute to Mr Pollard in a Facebook post and pledged their support for their club member and his family.
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Surfer Sean Pollard suffers serious injuries in shark attack
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Paramedics received an emergency call saying he lost parts of both arms
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The man, believed to be from Bunbury, also suffered lacerations to the legs
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Attack occurred at Kelpids Beach, in Wylie Bay near Esperance
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Victim's girlfriend Claire Oakford is at his bedside
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"Hopefully it's going to help golf in China because I want to be @placeholder for golf in China," the 22-year-old told the LPGA's official website. | (CNN) -- Shanshan Feng wants to emulate the superstar status enjoyed by fellow Chinese sports star Li Na after becoming the country's first winner of a major golf tournament. Feng carded a five-under-par 67 to seal a two-shot triumph at the LPGA Championship in New York on Sunday, which also made her the first woman from mainland China to win on the U.S. women's circuit. Her previous best performance in 16 other major championships was a tie for 22nd at the Kraft Nabisco in April. Tennis star Li saw her profile increase dramatically after clinching the 2011 French Open title, making her China's first grand slam singles champion, and Feng hopes her win can have a similar impact on golf's popularity in the country.
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Shanshan Feng wins the LPGA Championship to become China's first major winner
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The 22-year-old collects her first LPGA Tour title at the New York tournament
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Feng aims to emulate the success of China's tennis star Li Na
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Taiwan's world No. 1 Yani Tseng finishes tied for 59th in her title defense | 52,760 | record_train |
"The South African government will be held responsible for what is happening in Zimbabwe because they are the country with the most influence in @placeholder than any other in the world," Frazer said. | PRETORIA, South Africa (CNN) -- The United States no longer supports a power-sharing deal between Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and the country's main opposition because a viable unity government is not possible with Mugabe in power, a top U.S. diplomat said Sunday. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, in a speech to supporters Saturday, refused calls to step down. The statement from U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer follows recent calls from President Bush and other world leaders for Mugabe to abandon power amid a growing cholera epidemic that the United Nations says has killed more than 1,000 people in recent months.
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U.S. diplomat: Zimbabwe power-share deal can't work with President Robert Mugabe
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Power-share deal is stalled because of dispute over control of ministries
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Zimbabwe faces cholera epidemic, economic crisis
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Tiny, medium and large drones are constantly buzzing through the @placeholder airspace. | Las Vegas, Nevada (CNN) -- Smartphones can control drones, speeding robots, cameras and the temperature of your master bathroom. That's just some of the technology on display in Las Vegas this week at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show. The massive show doesn't kick off in earnest until Tuesday, but some companies gave a sneak preview of their gadgets at the CES Unveiled event Sunday night. The technology at Unveiled tends to skew small and fun, and many products are from start-ups instead of major companies. A few are already available but most are scheduled to come out a bit later this year.
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New technology is previewed ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
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Fun-sized drones and smartphone-controlled racing robots are popular
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'The sound of desperate knocking on the window and front door caused @placeholder to panic and flee. | By Sam Webb for MailOnline A man who paid a drug addict just £1,000 to kill his wife because he was having an affair with her sister was convicted has been convicted of murder. Mother-of-two Amina Bibi was stabbed at least 70 times in the attack at the couple's flat in Forest Gate, east London. Her 11-year-old son found her dying in a pool of blood when he returned to his home after forgetting his homework on the morning of Friday September 13. Husband Mohamed Ali, 65, was heavily in debt and having an affair with his sister-in-law in Pakistan when he approached drug addict Frederick Best, 47.
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Mother-of-two Amina Bibi was stabbed at least 70 times in her London flat
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Her 11-year-old son found her when he returned after forgetting homework
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Husband Mohamed Ali, 65, was having affair with his sister-in-law in Pakistan
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Police think Ali, who was in debt, also wanted his wife's savings in the house
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He approached drug addict friend Frederick Best, 47, to carry out the attack | 52,763 | record_train |
Peterson is seeking reinstatement, something @placeholder said he would not consider before April 15. | National Football League owners unanimously voted for a new personal conduct policy to be put in place in the wake of scandals involving players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. The league has been heavily criticized over the last six months as it struggled with a policy widely seen as too lenient. Commissioner Roger Goodell came under fire over his handling of the high-profile domestic violence cases involving Rice and Peterson with the players' union demanding Mr Goodell be removed entirely from the disciplinary process. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, left, looks on as Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President Charlotte Jones Anderson speaks at an NFL press conference during an owners meeting in Irving, Texas
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League has been heavily criticized for a policy widely seen as too lenient
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Comes after Rice was free to play again after knocking out his then-fiancee Janay in a lift
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Peterson was banned after he disciplined his son, four, with a switch
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Commissioner Roger Goodell insists the new policy is 'comprehensive'
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On Monday, Chavez said Gadhafi "has been my friend and our friend for a long time" in remarks broadcast on @placeholder state television. | (CNN) -- Venezuela's president has spoken with embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi about a proposal to bring an international mediation team to Libya, Venezuela's information minister confirmed Wednesday. The two leaders conversed Tuesday, Minister Andrez Izarra said in a post on his Twitter account. "All the contacts that Venezuela is making with the Arab world and the entire world is for peace in Libya. Tomorrow new developments," the tweet read. Earlier this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the United States' criticisms of Gadhafi had a clear aim: military invasion. "Let's not get carried away by the drums of war, because the United States, I am sure that they are exaggerating and distorting things to justify an invasion," Chavez said Monday, according to Venezuelan state media.
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The Venezuelan leader proposes sending a goodwill commission to mediate in Libya
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"Let's not get carried away by the drums of war," Chavez says
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Gadhafi and Chavez have a close relationship
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Chavez claims "a campaign of lies is being woven" about Libya | 52,765 | record_train |
Loughner, 22, of @placeholder, Arizona, has no rational understanding, an "irrational distrust of his lawyers" and "has delusions that prohibit him from considering legal defenses," the judge said. | Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- Jared Lee Loughner, accused of a mass shooting in which he allegedly tried to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, isn't competent to stand trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Larry Burns said he based his decision on two recent court-ordered mental evaluations of Loughner at a federal hospital in Springfield, Missouri. "The defendant was not able to comprehend the charges," Burns said. Loughner has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia by two experts who examined him, Burns said. A 52-page evaluation by psychologist Christina Pietz and a 43-page evaluation by psychiatrist Matthew Carroll both concluded that Loughner isn't fit for trial because he cannot assist in his defense due to mental illness. Both evaluations were recorded, but they weren't shown in court.
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Loughner cannot assist in his defense due to mental illness, a judge rules
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He agrees with two experts who came to that conclusion after evaluating the defendant
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Loughner has an outburst during a hearing and is removed from the courtroom
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Its interaction with the gas clouds @placeholder and G2 will give astronomers a unique opportunity to see how faint supermassive black holes 'feed'. | In 2011 astronomers announced they had discovered a gas cloud known as G2 drifting around the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's core. While the cloud had been observed orbiting the black hole its origins, however, were unknown. But now astronomers have found that the cloud is in an orbit matching another gas cloud - suggesting both may have been ejected by a star as it orbits the black hole. A cloud at the Milky Way's core could be form a star, say astronomers. In this image the red part of the G2 cloud is seen in orbit around the black hole (path shown in solid white). The blue part is the second cloud, G1. The distance from red to blue is 900 times the Earth-sun distance. They may have come from star S2
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Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany have provided a new theory for a gas cloud spotted in orbit around the Milky Way's core
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The cloud dubbed G2 could be part of a stream of gas from a star
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They made the discovery by finding another cloud in a similar orbit
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It suggests both originate from the wind of a nearby star
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The police department has dismissed the notion that accidental contamination could be the reason for @placeholder's DNA being present. | In August 1978, 15-year-old Barbara Nantais was found strangled to death, mutilated with a knife and with a fistful of wet sand stuffed down her throat on a beach in San Diego. Six years later, Claire Hough, age 14, was discovered murdered on the same stretch of beach and suffering roughly the same injuries to her body as Nantias. Both murders languished in the cold-case file for more than 30 years until this month, when police used DNA evidence to link two men to Hough's killing. Murder mystery: Barbara Nantais, 15, was killed and mutilated at a San Diego beach in August 1978
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Barbara Nantais, 15, was found strangled and mutilated at Torrey Pine State Beach in San Diego in August 1978
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Claire Hough, 14, died under similar circumstances on the same beach in August 1984
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FBI concluded that both teenagers were likely killed by the same person
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San Diego criminologist Kevin Charles Brown, 62, had been questioned over 1984 killing
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He was found dead from apparent suicide in mid-October as police 'prepared to arrest him'
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Convicted rapist Ronald Tatro was also linked to Hough's murder, but he died in boating accident in 2011
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Apple in China recently posted instructions on how to tell an official power adapter from a fake one, after a number of @placeholder owners claimed to have been electrocuted by their handsets | Apple has announced a global programme to replace all third-party and counterfeit USB power adaptors. The move comes after a Chinese woman was reportedly electrocuted while using a non-Apple charger. The technology giant has said consumers can buy an authentic USB adaptor for the equivalent of $10 (£6.51). Apple has announced a global programme to replace all third-party and counterfeit USB power adaptors. The move comes after a Chinese woman was reportedly electrocuted while using a non-Apple charger Apple chargers normally cost around £15 in the UK. Ma Ailun, 23, collapsed and died in China last month after answering her iPhone while it was charging.
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USB Power Adaptor Takeback Programme cuts price from £15 to £6.51
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"Just end it here," Farzana said to @placeholder, according to their daughter. | London (CNN) -- Shafilea Ahmed's parents have long denied killing their pretty teenage daughter for shaming the family, but the "honor murder" case that has gripped Britain took an unexpected turn this week. Shafilea's mother, Farzana, abruptly changed her story in court and implicated her husband, Iftikhar, in the killing, CNN affiliate ITV reported Monday. Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed are on trial in Chester, England, accused of killing Shafilea, 17, (pictured left) in September 2003. They have pleaded not guilty. Her dismembered body was found on a riverbank months after she disappeared. She had been stripped of anything that would identify her, prosecutor Andrew Edis told the jury in May, according to ITV.
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Shafilea Ahmed's parents are accused of killing the 17-year-old in an "honor murder"
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They denied killing her, but on Monday, the mother said she saw her husband attack the girl
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Shafilea's sister testified last month that she saw her parents stuff a plastic bag into her mouth
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The United Nations estimates there could be 5,000 honor murders per year worldwide | 52,770 | record_train |
The court martial having delivered its guilty verdict (two of his comrades were acquitted), there will be pressure to make an example of @placeholder so that the remnants of an unpopular war can be airbrushed away and the national conscience soothed. | Understanding: Nearly half of the British public believe there should be special pleading for a man sent to forfeit is life overseas The Chief of the Defence Staff says ‘murder is murder’ and there must be no special pleading on behalf of British Marine Sergeant Alexander Blackman when he is sentenced today for murdering an injured insurgent in Afghanistan. But General Sir Nicholas Houghton could not be more wrong. I believe it is imperative there should be special pleading for a fighting man our government sent into battle with orders to forfeit his life if called upon to do so.
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The journal, sent to @placeholder members, included news on paedophiles, articles on child porn and cartoons mocking assaults on children. | The National Council for Civil Liberties placed a recruitment advert for new members in the house magazine of the notorious Paedophile Information Exchange, it emerged yesterday. Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman and her MP husband Jack Dromey say PIE was banished before she became the NCCL’s legal officer in 1978. But disturbing new evidence contradicts this claim – and reveals further embarrassingly close ties between the NCCL and the paedophile group campaigning to legalise sex with children. Scroll down for video Sick: The NCCL ran a the appeal for members next to a picture of a young boy in what appears to be a PE kit
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Abuse group leader, Tom O'Carroll said: they didn't try and make us leave
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Appeal for members was published in 'Year of the Child' edition in 1979
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Former minister Patricia Hewitt shared platform with PIE leader in 1977
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Three senior Labour figures all held key roles in the council
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@placeholder was bailed after today's hearing until the start of the trial. | A barrister and part-time judge today denied perverting the course of justice in connection with the Chris Huhne case. Judge Constance Briscoe appeared before the Old Bailey in London accused of two counts of intending to pervert the course of public justice, relating to statements made to police. She allegedly gave two inaccurate statements to Essex Police during their investigation into allegations the then Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne had got his ex-wife Vicky Pryce to take his speeding points. Plea: Constance Briscoe, right, is flanked by a police officer as she leaves the Old Bailey in London after denying two charges of perverting the course of justice in connection with the Chris Huhne case
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Barrister Constance Briscoe is charged with two counts of perverting justice
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56-year-old is accused of lying to police about her contact with the press
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She pleaded not guilty and was bailed until her trial in January, 2014 | 52,773 | record_train |
She used to travel with the carnival, and the carnival ended up going broke in @placeholder. | OXFORD, Iowa (CNN) -- Brianne Leckness stares into the camera, a crooked smile spread across her face. It's the epitome of youth -- a young girl with bows in her hair ready to tackle the world. A dog scampers behind her in a blur. Brianne Leckness is one of 100 people featured in a new book called "The Oxford Project." But then you learn her story and how her life has changed since that day in 1984 when photographer Peter Feldstein took her picture in Oxford, Iowa, a town of about 700 people. You may pause. You may even cry.
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Peter Feldstein set out in 1984 to photograph everyone in Iowa town
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He then rephotographed them 20 years later and recorded their oral histories
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Feldstein's colleague Stephen Bloom: "My job in Oxford was to talk to the voiceless"
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@placeholder was released under a €100,000 ($133,000) bail, according to prosecutors. | Paris (CNN) -- Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn pushed back Tuesday against allegations that he facilitated prostitution in France, saying there was "no significant evidence" the former International Monetary Fund chief knew young women at parties he attended were being paid for sex. Other suspects held over an investigation into prostitution centered around the city of Lille "said that Dominique Strauss-Kahn did not know that these women were being paid," Strauss-Kahn's lawyer Henri Leclerc said in a news conference. "We hear that these women say otherwise. Well, no! I can tell you these women do not say otherwise," he said. Strauss-Kahn was formally warned Monday that he is under investigation for "aggravated pimping" for accusations that he participated in a prostitution ring, prosecutors said.
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Attorney: There is no evidence Strauss-Kahn knew women at sex parties were paid
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Other suspects say the former IMF chief did not know, Henri Leclerc says
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Strauss-Kahn is warned he is being investigated for "aggravated pimping"
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French police are investigating a high-profile prostitution ring in Lille | 52,775 | record_train |
The latest attack on coalition troops by their supposed @placeholder allies brings the number of people killed in so-called "green on blue" incidents to more than 50 this year. | (CNN) -- Afghan insurgents who staged a daring, well-planned raid on Camp Bastion, the military base where Britain's Prince Harry is deployed, were wearing U.S. Army uniforms, NATO said a day after the attack. It's extremely rare for Afghan insurgents to use U.S. uniforms in their attacks. The last time CNN can identify was more than two years ago, when NATO repelled attacks on two bases in Khost province in August 2010. No coalition troops were killed in that attack, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said at the time. At least two U.S. Marines were killed in the brazen strike late on Friday, and six jets were destroyed, ISAF said as it released more details about the raid.
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NEW: It appears to be the first time Afghan insurgents have worn U.S. uniforms in years
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Insurgents in U.S. Army uniforms attack the camp where Prince Harry is based
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The well-trained, well-armed attackers kill two Marines and destroy six jets
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Four NATO troops killed by Afghan police were American, an official says | 52,776 | record_train |
In fact, there were plans to kill off @placeholder, both in the first and second seasons. | (CNN) -- The second season of the Showtime hit "Homeland" ended with an explosive finale that left the CIA headquarters in shambles and a former war hero on the run, suspected of setting a bomb that killed 219 innocent people. The third season, which premieres Sunday, begins 58 days where season two left off. At the Washington premiere of the new season, the cast told CNN what to expect when "Homeland" returns. With that in mind, here are 10 things you need to know about what's coming up on the Emmy-winning drama: 1. Brody is missing. In the two episodes provided to critics, former military hero Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) is nowhere to be found. Now that he's a wanted terrorist -- whose videotaped confession from season one is public -- nobody knows where he is. The show's trailers reveal he's in hiding overseas, but how soon he shows up is anyone's guess.
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Showtime's "Homeland" returns for third season on Sunday
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He has called for @placeholder assistance 'on the need to make the investigation international'. | Russia has accused Ukrainian air-traffic control of sending Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 into the conflict zone where it was shot down last month. The Russian envoy to the UN Security Council has demanded Kiev release all records of its air-traffic controllers' communications with the plane, whose downing is the subject of a major diplomat crisis. The passenger jet carrying 298 people was hit by a missile the Ukrainian government and its allies say was fired from the rebel-held Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on July 17. Scroll down for video Wreckage: The crash site of MH17, which went down on July 17 with the loss of all 298 passengers and crew
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Russian envoy to UN demands Kiev release communications with MH17
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Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russian-backed rebels of downing jet
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Russia accuses Ukrainian government forces of firing the fatal missile | 52,778 | record_train |
He believes Russia was stripped of its empire by the @placeholder’s chicanery. | Deep in the flat and featureless landscape of eastern Ukraine, it is all too possible that the outline of World War III is taking shape. Whipped up by the Kremlin propaganda machine and led by Russian military intelligence, armed men are erecting road blocks, storming police stations and ripping down the country’s flag. They are demolishing not just their own country — bankrupt, ill-run and beleaguered — but also the post-war order that has kept most of Europe and us, here in Britain, safe and free for decades.Vladimir Putin is striking at the heart of the West. Scroll down for video
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'Vladimir Putin is striking at the heart of the West'
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'We can chose to surrender any responsibility we have to protect Ukraine and the Baltic states'
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'Or we can mount a last-ditch attempt to deter Russia from furthering its imperial ambitions'
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'If we choose to resist Putin, we will risk a terrifying miltary escalation'
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'I do not think it an exaggeration to say this could bring us to the brink of nuclear war' | 52,779 | record_train |
Scholes also questioned Van Gaal's decision to employ a 3-5-2 formation at Old Trafford, where @placeholder's teams have traditionally played more orthodox 4-4-2 formations. | Paul Scholes has questioned Manchester United's transfer policy this summer following their opening day Premier League defeat at home to Swansea. United have made two signings in Ander Herrera and Luke Shaw but Scholes insists the club should have done better in recruiting more talent to Old Trafford. Speaking as pundit on BT Sport, the Red Devils legend insisted Louis van Gaal's side lack of midfield quality was to blame for their 2-1 defeat to the Swans. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Van Gaal: Our confidence will be smashed down with result Shrewd business: Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has questioned their transfer policy this summer
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Paul Scholes questions Manchester United transfer policy
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Scholes says United lack of midfield quality was exposed in Swansea defeat
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Scholes believes club should have bought Cesc Fabregas or Toni Kross
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The description continues: 'Bored with world domination, however, @placeholder soon realized that success isn't all it's cracked up to be without someone to love by your side. | Eric Trump has married his partner of six years Lara Yunaska in a luxurious celebration in Palm Beach. The 30-year-old son of billionaire businessman Donald Trump and his new wife, a former personal trainer held their nuptials at the Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Only two weeks ago Lara broke both her wrists in a riding accident and despite hopes they would heal in time, her bandaged arms were on display in the photos her guests posted to Instagram throughout the celebrations. Scroll down for video Husband and wife: Eric Trump said 'I do' to bride Lara Yunaska in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday
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Eric Trump married his partner of six years Lara Yunaska on Saturday
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Held nuptials at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, a property owned by Eric's father Donald
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Only two weeks ago Lara broke both her wrists in a riding accident and photos from the celebration show both of her arms strapped up in bandages
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Donald Trump Jr. served as best man - the ceremony was held under a crystal chuppah and officiated by Ivanka's husband Jared | 52,781 | record_train |
It is not known where Cavill and @placeholder were flying to on Friday. | Superman can famously fly faster than a speeding bullet – but the British actor who plays the superhero needs an ‘emotional support dog’ to board a plane. Man Of Steel star Henry Cavill, 31, was seen arriving for a flight at Los Angeles’ LAX airport last week with his dog, which was wearing a vest with the words ‘Working. Do not pet. Emotional Support Dog’ emblazoned on it. Under a unique US Department of Transportation rule, passengers are allowed to take their dogs on flights if they have a doctor’s letter stating the animal ‘is necessary to their mental health or treatment’.
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Henry Cavill arrived for a flight at Los Angeles’ LAX airport with dog Kal-El
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US Department of Transportation allows nervous fliers to travel with dogs
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And there are still too many @placeholder folks who haven't been able to come home. | (CNN Student News) -- August 30, 2010 Download PDF maps related to today's show: • New Orleans, Louisiana • North Korea • Washington, D.C. Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Hi everyone. I'm Carl Azuz and this is CNN Student News. We are commercial free and coming directly to your classroom from the CNN Center in Atlanta. Let's go ahead and get things started right now. First Up: Katrina - Then and Now AZUZ: First up, remembering a day five years ago that changed the lives of thousands of Americans: the day that Hurricane Katrina made landfall. Ceremonies and vigils took place all across the U.S. Gulf Coast yesterday. There's been a lot of progress and rebuilding since Katrina hit, but most people agree that there's still a lot that needs doing. During a visit to the Gulf yesterday, President Obama talked about the struggles facing the region.
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@placeholder -- who said the military didn't shoot people -- emphasized that he never gave any order for police to shoot people and only allowed tear gas and rubber bullets. | Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- Tunisia's interim president and prime minister resigned from the ousted leader's ruling party, state TV said Tuesday, a move seen as a gesture to placate angry street demonstrators and keep the unity government afloat. But at least four ministers from opposition parties have pulled back from the new government, leaving some observers concerned that the coalition may collapse before it can set up new elections. President Fouad Mebazaa and Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi submitted their resignations from the Constitutional Democratic Rally, which was the ruling party of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali -- now in exile in Saudi Arabia.
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The president and prime minister leave Ben Ali's old movement
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'Meanwhile, a credible witness - an honors student who had no obvious bias in favor of Syed - had come forward unsolicited with a recollection that she had been with @placeholder around the time of the murder ... | Convicted: Adnan Syed was convicted of the January, 1999, murder of his ex-girlfriend, Haw Min Lee A 15-year-old murder case that landed a popular teenager from Baltimore County behind bars for life is being revived in a podcast that offers more questions than answers about the crime and its fallout. Ultimately, a Maryland appeals court will decide the man's fate - ending years of speculation as to where Adnan Syed was for an hour after school on January 13, 1999. Millions of listeners are anxiously awaiting the next installment of Serial, a podcast from the creators of 'This American Life' that tells the story of Syed, a Woodlawn High School student who was found guilty in 2000 of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee.
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Adnan Syed convicted of murdering his ex, Hae Min Lee in 1999
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Judge sentenced him to life for strangling her after she broke up with him
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Syed, who is now 32, will have his appeal heard in January in Maryland
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He claims that his defence lawyer, who is now dead, was inept
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Syed claims he has an alibi and that his attorney never interviewed her
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'And we need to ensure @placeholder does not waste the talents of any our young people, be they men or women. | Thousands of female engineers will be trained up as part of a 'national mission' to get Britain building again, Ed Miliband announced today. The Labour leader said it was a 'national embarrassment' that just one in 25 engineers were women. He pledged to ensure an extra 400,000 engineers were trained up by 2020 - with a Labour source promising a 'significant increase' in the proportion of women. Scroll down for video Labour leader Ed Miliband was given a tour of the Tottenham Court Road Crossrail site in London today Mr Miliband said the engineers were needed to meet a shortfall in the number of skilled workers in the economy.
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Labour leader said number of women engineers a 'national embarrassment'
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Mr Miliband said just one in 25 engineers in the UK were women
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He had faced a tough battle from Marquez to third in the middle stages of the race but for once @placeholder came off second best. | By Hamish Mackay for MailOnline Follow @@H_Mackay Marc Marquez's 10-race winning streak in MotoGP is finally over after his team-mate Dani Pedrosa triumphed in Brno on Sunday. Marquez, who had won every race this season, dropped all the way down to fourth, the first time he has missed out on the podium in a MotoGP race. The two Repsol Hondas were split by the Movistar Yamahas of Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi in second and third. Success: Spanish rider Dani Pedrosa celebrates on the podium after his victory in the Czech Republic Pedrosa had started fifth on the grid but showed his best form as he eventually took the victory by 0.410 seconds from Lorenzo, who had been sixth on the grid.
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Dani Pedrosa triumphs in Brno
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Pedrosa's win ends Marc Marquez's 10-race winning streak
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The @placeholder has proposed one solution in the form of a sweeping immigration bill that the chamber passed last month. | (CNN) -- Joe Metz, a straight-talking Texas rancher on the U.S.-Mexico border, awoke recently to find 50 cows roaming freely in his front yard. Undocumented immigrants, he says, left a gate open as they crossed his land, which abuts the Rio Grande. For years, he's witnessed migrants and drug smugglers touch American soil for the first time on his property. "We deal with this every day," he said. But as a rancher in Hidalgo County, he also knows firsthand the need for labor to keep producers in the Rio Grande Valley operating. The traffic through his land frustrates him -- particularly the potentially dangerous drug traffic -- but he acknowledges that most crossers are looking for opportunity.
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The Senate's immigration bill calls for doubling the size of the border patrol
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The House is debating a strong security component to its bill, too
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Those who live on the border have a nuanced view of security
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Many want work permits for undocumented immigrants | 52,788 | record_train |
For @placeholder, Mandzukic was having little effect - back-heeling one ball straight out of play - but defensively they were airtight, offering no space to Barcelona’s front three. | Lionel Messi gave Barcelona the narrowest of first-leg leads over Atletico Madrid in their Copa del Rey quarter-final on Wednesday night. With stalemate looming Barcelona were awarded penalty four minutes from time and, although the Argentine saw his spot kick saved, he rammed home the rebound to give his team the edge ahead of next week’s second leg. After a cautious start to the game from both sides, Neymar was the first to go close - forcing a save from Jan Oblak. Alongside the Brazilian, Luis Suarez was occupying Uruguayan team-mate Diego Godin and Messi was loitering with intent on the right wing, making a fool of left-back Siqueira whenever he could.
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Lionel Messi scores after 85 minutes to break Atletico Madrid's resistance on Wednesday night
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Argentine saw his penalty saved by Jan Oblak but he followed up to tap in the rebound into an open goal
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Juanfran's challenge on Sergio Busquets brought a penalty in the 83rd minute of the match at the Nou Camp
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Two sides will meet again next week in the Copa del Rey quarter-final second leg at Vicente Calderon
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Fernando Torres started for Atletico but was hooked at half-time for Mario Mandzukic by Diego Simeone | 52,789 | record_train |
His need to offer a @placeholder moment asking for a rerun of the stimulus blank check reveals just how badly his economic policies have failed -- and just how bereft this administration is of any new ideas to replace them. | (CNN) -- In the film "Groundhog Day," Bill Murray has to live through the exact same day thousands of times. In this administration, most Americans can be forgiven for feeling as though they've lived through the same economic speech from President Obama nearly as many times. Given the extraordinary setting of a joint session of Congress, one has to question the notion of scheduling a rerun against the first-run debates taking place among Republican challengers to this president. The speech itself was almost literally a retread of the 2009 stimulus plan Obama pushed through a friendly Congress with almost no Republican support, with one important difference: The president never mentioned the cost of his proposal. He demanded that Congress pass his bill immediately more than a dozen times during the speech, but not once did he inform Congress of its price tag.
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Edward Morrissey says Obama jobs speech reminded him of film "Groundhog Day"
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He says speech was retread of jobs plans in the 2009 stimulus plan
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He says Obama vows everything will be paid for, but will let Congress figure out how
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Morrissey: Strategies like extending jobless benefits and payroll tax cuts are stale | 52,790 | record_train |
Terrified her secret would come out, @placeholder did all she could to cover up clues about her daughter's origins. | Secret love child: Judy Lewis, the daughter of Loretta Young and Clark Gable, has died of cancer aged 76 It was one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets for decades until the truth came out after 60 years. Now Judy Lewis - the secret love child of film stars Clark Gable and Loretta Young, who conceived her on the set of The Call of the Wild in the 1930s - has died of cancer aged 76. Lewis sensationally revealed in her 1994 memoir Uncommon Knowledge that she was conceived in 1935 when Young, 22, and the married Gable, 34, were shooting the classic movie.
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Judy Lewis, 76, was conceived on the set of 1935 film The Call of the Wild
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She only revealed who her true father was in a sensational 1994 memoir
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Lewis was told Gable was her father the night before her wedding aged 23 | 52,791 | record_train |
AZUZ: The 33 men who are waiting to be rescued from a mine in @placeholder are experiencing things most people never will and most people hope they never will. | (CNN Student News) -- September 23, 2010 Download PDF maps related to today's show: • New York City • Cuba • Chile Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Old McDonald had a farm. And if you could text about that fast enough, you might have won 50 grand! Today, you'll meet the teenager who did. I'm Carl Azuz. Welcome to CNN Student News! First Up: U.N. General Assembly AZUZ: First up, leaders from around the world are coming together for a meeting in New York City. It's the United Nations General Assembly, and it gets together every year. The group is going to talk about world issues; different leaders will make speeches. President Obama is scheduled to address the assembly today.
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Find out how the U.N. General Assembly can impact international issues
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Consider what some Cubans can expect as they move to the private sector
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Witness a day in the life of Chilean miners as they wait to be rescued
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Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories | 52,792 | record_train |
With Aguero under contract at @placeholder until 2017, the club would be unlikely to even consider selling their prize asset for anything less than the £36m they paid for him in July 2011. | Sergio Aguero's father has revealed that the Manchester City striker 'would love to go to Barcelona' amid Spanish media reports that the Catalans have launched a £31million bid. Barcelona hope to tie up a deal for the 47-cap Argentina international and know that their opening offer is likely to be rebuffed outright by City. But new Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique is a keen admirer of Aguero and he will insist that the Catalans return with a higher bid if a deal could potentially be struck, according to Spanish website Sport. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sergio Aguero interview... Sergio Aguero
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Aguero's father claims his son has always wanted to play for Barcelona
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Spanish media report the Catalans have made an opening £31m bid
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New Barca coach Luis Enrique is keen admirer of the Argentine striker
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The 25-year-old scored 28 goals in 34 games for Man City last season | 52,793 | record_train |
'@placeholder was so incredibly committed to the case and that comes across in his letters, which he wrote daily and in great detail. | A never-seen-before archive of evidence compiled by Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle when he turned sleuth to solve a real-life mystery has emerged for sale for £40,000. Conan Doyle followed in the footsteps of his most famous creation Dr Holmes when in 1906 he began investigating the peculiar case of George Edalji. The fascinating story, portrayed in the 2005 Julian Barnes novel Arthur and George, is set to hit television screens on Monday night, with Martin Clunes starring as Conan Doyle in the ITV drama. Iconic writer: A 1922 picture of English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created Sherlock Holmes
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George Edalji wrongfully convicted of horse mutilations in Staffordshire
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Iconic author took it upon himself to clear solicitor Edalji's name in 1906
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The writer's efforts are documented by dozens of letters to police chief
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Fascinating tale was told in 2005 Julian Barnes novel Arthur and George
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Story to be told in ITV drama starring Martin Clunes airing on Monday night | 52,794 | record_train |
Having just left @placeholder, where my trip started, this was the first leg of my self-proclaimed big adventure. | OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Washington (CNN) -- Taking a road trip by yourself can be good for the soul. The freedom and beauty of the open road on a recent trip in the Pacific Northwest and California brought me back to what is really important in life. Vistas along the California coast near Mendocino can be breathtaking. My road trip started in Seattle, Washington, and ended two weeks later in Sacramento, California, covering 2,277 miles with a stunning backdrop of natural beauty along the way. Living in the moment and charting my own course gave me a sense of self empowerment that extends to my path in life and what I want out of it.
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Olympic National Park has rain forests, glaciers, beaches, mineral hot springs
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Oregon cave stories include dog chasing bear and a "caveman" wedding
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Stunning seaside lunch in Mendocino, California, with amazing scenery
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Among giant Sequoias, strolling among 2,000-year-old trees overtakes author | 52,795 | record_train |
Achievement by @placeholder 4th graders in civics was slightly better, with 77 percent at or above basic levels. | (CNN) -- This time of the year, even the youngest children know something is up. There's a running stream of political advertisements on television, mail flyers with smiling politicians asking for our vote and the ubiquitous bumper stickers on cars. You can tell when children are getting their daily dose of politics the moment they start parroting back "I'm Barack Obama/Mitt Romney, and I approve this message." But making sense of the electoral process can be overwhelming for children. "One of the problems is civics is not taught adequately in schools. A Democratic system relies on an enlightened citizenry, as Thomas Jefferson said, to meet its goals," says Charles Quigley of the Center for Civic Education, a non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes civic education.
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Civics education is falling by the wayside in the U.S. due to testing, says an expert
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Teaching kids about the electoral process at home can begin with talking about rules
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Scholastic.com has online tools for teaching kids about politics, civics and participation
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See book recommendations for teaching kids about elections at the end of this article | 52,796 | record_train |
Dozens of Japanese factories and businesses temporarily shut their doors in the wake of the violence as angry crowds overturned @placeholder brand cars and looted Japanese stores in some areas. | Hong Kong (CNN) -- When Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping called Tokyo's territorial claims on a group of East China Seas island "a farce," he echoed national sentiment of protesters who took to the streets in anti-Japan protests in recent weeks. "Japan should rein in its behavior, not utter any words and prevent any acts that undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said Xi -- who is expected to become China's new president next month -- at a Wednesday meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, state media reported. As Beijing's presumptive new leader wades into the Japan-China dispute, analysts say the stakes are being raised in a dispute that is largely being led by nationalist fervor rather than government policy or underlining economic interests. And the détente that usually follows these territorial disputes is muddied by the leadership change in Beijing expected next month.
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Analysts: Nationalism, not economics, is driving the dispute between Beijing and Tokyo
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Leadership change in China next month will likely keep the issue boiling for longer
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Rising might and confidence of Beijing also at play in growing territorial disputes
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Nationalists in Japan have been driving Tokyo moves on the Diaoyu/Senkaku dispute | 52,797 | record_train |
"It made sense for @placeholder to come back," he added. | Hong Kong (CNN) -- As the attention of the rugby world is drawn to Hong Kong this weekend for the Rugby Sevens, corporations are looking to capitalize on a sport that soon will become an Olympic event. Two dozen teams will pound the pitch, put in flying tackles and perhaps lose teeth in an effort to claim the 2012 championship trophy. For the New Zealand Sevens team, it's time to defend last year's victory. For spectators, it's a chance to run up a credit card bill on beer and bizarre costumes. But for HSBC, this year's tournament marks its return to the stands as a sponsor after a 17-year hiatus.
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Despite cuttings tens of thousands of jobs, HSBC returns to sponsor the Rugby Sevens
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Profile of rugby growing with the sports inclusion in the 2016 Summer Olympic Gamers
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HSBC says it expects a 3-to-1 rate of return for its sponsorship investment
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Analyst: Returns for companies on sports sponsorship are "notoriously iffy" | 52,798 | record_train |
A memorial service will be held in @placeholder at a yet-to-be-determined date, he said. | (CNN) -- Donald "Duck" Dunn, the bass player who laid the musical floor beneath soul legends like Booker T. and the MGs, Sam and Dave and Otis Redding, has died at age 70, his family announced Sunday. Dunn was part of the house band at Memphis, Tennessee's Stax Records, the R&B powerhouse that turned out hits like "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay," "In the Midnight Hour" and "Soul Man." He was also a member of the Blues Brothers, the band that backed up comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in their "Saturday Night Live" appearances and film. "Duck Dunn was the backbone of the Stax/Volt era," Aykroyd said in a written statement. "He was and will remain universally loved by all that knew him. His talent, knowledge and warmth, and especially his humor will be greatly missed."
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"I've rarely had tears come so quickly," Booker T. Jones says
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Bass player "Duck" Dunn dies in Tokyo at age 70
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He was part of Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers
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His credits include "The Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" | 52,799 | record_train |
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