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"In the 21st century, we know that the future of our economy and national security is inextricably linked with one challenge: energy," @placeholder said at a news conference to introduce his energy team. | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announced key members of his energy team on Monday, naming physicist Steven Chu as secretary of energy, and former EPA administrator Carol Browner to a new post in the White House to coordinate energy and climate policy. Carol Browner was one of four key environmental nominees named by Obama. Obama also named Lisa Jackson, former head of New Jersey's environmental agency, to serve as his Environmental Protection Agency administrator, and Nancy Sutley, the Los Angeles deputy mayor for energy and environment, to lead the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Sutley, a prominent supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, is the first high-ranking gay appointee to the Obama administration.
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Nobel-prize physicist Steven Chu named secretary of energy in Obama's cabinet
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New post created in White House for energy and climate policy coordinator
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Obama said he would invest $150 billion over 10 years in clean energy | 54,900 | record_train |
He said: ‘We are a mainstream party and @placeholder as our leader is coming up in support of a No vote.’ | Nigel Farage met Rupert Murdoch in his New York offices after filming interviews for some of the mogul's news channels, it has been revealed. The Ukip leader was summoned to Murdoch's NewsCorp Manhattan office after taping a segment for Fox News's Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto shows. During an advertisement break, Cavuto turned to Farage and said: 'Sir, the boss wants to see you... the big boss,' it was reported. Scroll down for video Nigel Farage, pictured in Edinburgh today, had a 'private conversation' with Rupert Murdoch after being called up to the media mogul's Manhattan office Mr Murdoch's publications have been known to heavily endorse political parties, with the front page of The Sun condemning candidates such as Labour's Neil Kinnock in the 1992 General Election with a headline of: 'If Kinnock wins today will the last person to leave Britain please turn out the lights.'
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Ukip leader ushered to media mogul's office while taping interviews
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Party spokesman confirmed the meeting as a 'private conversation'
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Farage taped segments for two shows on Murdoch-owned channel Fox | 54,901 | record_train |
Cosby had said at his deposition that @placeholder and her mother asked only for an apology in early phone calls about the issue in January 2005, and he said they received one. | Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid spiking a second accuser's story. Excerpts released Wednesday of Cosby's deposition from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand quote Cosby as saying he feared the public would believe her sexual-assault accusations if the Enquirer published similar claims by Beth Ferrier. Both women accused Cosby of drugging and molesting them. Scroll down for video Bill Cosby testified under oath in 2005 that he gave the National Enquirer an exclusive interview about looming sexual-assault accusations by a Canadian woman against him in exchange for the tabloid spiking a second accuser's story
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Excerpts of Cosby's deposition from a civil lawsuit filed by Andrea Constand quote Cosby as saying he feared the public would believe her sexual-assault accusations if the Enquirer published similar claims by Beth Ferrier
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Cosby, in the deposition, said he had a contract with the Enquirer
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Cosby said in 2005 he had been given a draft of Ferrier's interview with the Enquirer and was told she had passed its lie-detector test | 54,902 | record_train |
Knox and Kercher were students at @placeholder's university for foreign students when Kercher's partly clothed body was found stabbed and with her throat slashed in the house they shared. | Perugia, Italy (CNN) -- Murder victim Meredith Kercher's family cannot forgive anyone until they know the truth about her killing, Kercher's sister said Tuesday as Amanda Knox flew out of Italy, a free woman after four years. Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were dramatically cleared of the murder Monday, in a jury ruling that left Knox sobbing and almost unable to walk out of the court unaided. The decision stunned the Kercher family, who were visibly downcast Tuesday morning. It sends them "back to square one," Kercher's brother Lyle said. Stephanie Kercher, the victim's sister, demurred when asked if the family is ready to forgive Meredith's killer or killers.
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NEW: Knox is emotional, "overwhelmed" after arriving in Seattle
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The exoneration of Knox and her ex-boyfriend sends the victim's family "back to square one"
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The Kercher family cannot forgive anyone "until the truth is known," the victim's sister says
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Knox and Raffaele Sollecito successfully appealed their convictions of murder | 54,903 | record_train |
'When you have enjoyed all the success of being at a club as big as @placeholder for more than a decade, there is no hiding the fact that my current circumstances are a bit of a comedown. | Rio Ferdinand admits spending time on QPR's bench has been a 'comedown', but is still more than happy to be at the club. The former England captain penned a one-year deal with Rangers in the summer, reuniting with former boss Harry Redknapp after leaving Manchester United. Having established himself as one of the Premier League's best ever defenders while at Old Trafford, few would have predicted the 36-year-old failing to make the grade at Loftus Road. Rio Ferdinand has spent the majority of his time at QPR on the substitutes' bench The 36-year-old will be hoping to worm his way back into Harry Redknapp's first team plans
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Rio Ferdinand has played just seven Premier League games this season
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The centre back joined QPR on free transfer after leaving Man United
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Ferdinand's last appearance came in October against West Ham | 54,904 | record_train |
Democrats don't want @placeholder to become a political problem for Obama. | Princeton, New Jersey (CNN) -- Despite all the questions surrounding the war in Afghanistan, congressional Democrats have not challenged the administration's policies since President Obama announced a surge of troops in 2009. The release of classified documents about the war by the website WikiLeaks seemed to have no impact on Capitol Hill. The same week that the documents were released, the House approved legislation with almost no debate that will provide tens of billions of dollars for the war effort. Even though the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee is chaired by John Kerry, who entered the national spotlight in the 1970s with his riveting testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the problems with the war in Vietnam, the panel has been relatively quiescent.
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Julian Zelizer: WikiLeaks disclosures stirred hardly any reaction in Congress
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He says Democrats are trying to avoid adding to Obama's problems
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Gulf of Tonkin resolution was a case of Congress giving president blank check, he says
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Zelizer: Congress needs to use its powers to question whether war strategy is the right one | 54,905 | record_train |
Meanwhile, al Qaeda's global war has sifted to a place it believes it can still win -- @placeholder. | WESTERN DESERT, Iraq (CNN) -- The hot wind swirls around the human bones and cracked skulls that litter the forsaken desert lands in Western Iraq. The entrance to the bunker complex where al Qaeda terrorized enemies in Iraq. We are standing in the middle of what was an al Qaeda execution site, just outside an intricate bunker complex that the organization used to torture and murder its victims, the bodies left to rot or be eaten by animals. From the back of the police truck the opening to the first bunker is barely discernible in the distance. "Al Qaeda came in as a massive force" one of the officers says as we bump along the harsh terrain. "They stole our cars, our personal cars. They kidnapped two of my brothers. They blew up the house over there."
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Abandoned al Qaeda in Iraq bunker base littered with bones of its enemies
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U.S. bombed bunkers in 2007 but stench of decay remains in desert base
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Source close to al Qaeda says it lost in Iraq as it lost support of the people
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He says al Qaeda's focus is now Afghanistan | 54,906 | record_train |
The deal, Netanyahu argued, leaves @placeholder "taking only cosmetic steps which it could reverse easily within a few weeks, and in return, sanctions that took years to put in place are going to be eased." | While the EU and the United States cheered a deal that world powers reached with Tehran over its nuclear ambitions, Israel was fierce in its criticism Sunday. "What was concluded in Geneva last night is not a historic agreement, it's a historic mistake," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters. "It's not made the world a safer place. Like the agreement with North Korea in 2005, this agreement has made the world a much more dangerous place." "For years the international community has demanded that Iran cease all uranium enrichment. Now, for the first time, the international community has formally consented that Iran continue its enrichment of uranium."
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White House: Israel "has good reason to be skeptical about Iran's intentions"
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The deal makes the world "a much more dangerous place," Netanyahu says
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"You are not our enemies," Israel's president tells Iranian people
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Last week, Iran's supreme leader said Israeli officials "cannot be even called humans" | 54,907 | record_train |
But NAACP leaders feel there is ample evidence to prove Palin and others who deny there is racism in @placeholder are wrong. | Washington (CNN) -- The NAACP has passed a resolution that condemns what it feels is rampant racism in the Tea Party movement. Members passed the measure on Tuesday at the organization's 101st annual convention in Kansas City, Missouri. Tea Party activists have swiftly denounced the action as unfounded and unfair. The resolution pits the nation's oldest civil rights organization, with its storied history of wins on behalf of racial justice, against a grassroots conservative movement that has won some recent political races and is flexing its muscle in Republican circles. "We take no issue with the Tea Party. We believe in freedom of assembly and people raising their voices in a democracy," Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said in a statement.
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NAACP passes resolution blasting Tea Party for "continued tolerance for bigotry"
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Tea Party activists denounce the action as unfounded and unfair
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Sarah Palin calls the charge a "regressive and diversionary tactic"
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NAACP leader cites slurs directed at lawmakers during the health care vote | 54,908 | record_train |
In another clip, he said that he and @placeholder make a 'pretty perfect team' and kisses the rescue puppy on the top of his head. | By Sara Smyth PUBLISHED: 07:01 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:34 EST, 29 April 2013 WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT An eight-year-old who suffers from autism, has transformed from a 'painfully awkward, isolated' boy into an outgoing chatterbox, thanks to his beloved rescue dog. In just two months, the Staffordshire terrier mix has made Jonny Hickey 'the happiest child that I've ever seen him be,' according to his mother Linda. Jonny, from John's creek, Georgia, barely spoke before meeting Xena. He spent hours playing marbles on his own and was terrified of new experiences.
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8-year-old autistic boy who barely spoke transformed into lively chatterbox when met companion Xena
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Jonny Hickey spent his time playing marbles in silence now he sings while playing with beloved dog
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Rescue puppy scarred and starved through abuse nicknamed Xena, warrior puppy after making miraculous recovery
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Family from Georgia found dog on Facebook group, which now has 19,000 fans
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Research proves companion animals have 'calming presence' on autistic children
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Releasing video updates to support Autism Awareness and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 54,909 | record_train |
In remarks on March 23, he described Russia's snap military exercises as "worrisome," suggesting they had been used as a tool to bring Russian forces into a high state of readiness without prompting a @placeholder response. | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Both Kiev and Washington say that Russian forces are massing in large numbers near Ukraine's eastern border -- and that they represent a threat to Ukraine and potentially to other former Soviet states. It's hard to pin down an exact figure, amid a welter of different views, but the U.S. and Ukraine agree the number of Russian soldiers present has risen fast in recent weeks. Russia, meanwhile, says it is simply conducting exercises in its southern and western military regions. It said one battalion was pulled back from a border area Monday after completing those drills, but NATO says it cannot confirm any withdrawal.
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NEW: NATO chief says he can't confirm Russian withdrawal from area bordering Ukraine
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Russia says one battalion is being pulled back from border region after finishing drills
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U.S. officials say Russia may have as many as 40,000 troops near its border with Ukraine
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NATO commander Gen. Breedlove says Russia has a sizable force that is "very, very ready" | 54,910 | record_train |
Glitz: Merle died in 1979 and took the secret to her grave, saying her father had been a distinguished @placeholder man | She was one of the great stars of Hollywood’s golden age and shared a kiss with Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights. But mystery has always surrounded Merle Oberon’s early life, not least because of the version of events given by the actress herself. She claimed she was born in Tasmania and then moved to India to live with her aristocratic godparents after her distinguished father died in a hunting accident. Her Who’s Who entry in the 1970s listed her birthplace as Tasmania and her father as a British Army officer. Dark secret: Merle Oberon was a Hollywood great and appeared with Laurence Olivier in Wuthering Heights (1939), left. But the woman she thought was her sister actually gave birth to her aged 12
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Actress shared famous kiss with Laurence Olivier in a long Hollywood career
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She always said her Army officer father had died in a hunting accident
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But new records show her father was a railway engineer from Darlington
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He had Merle by the 12-year-old daughter of his then-girlfriend
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So Merle grew up thinking Constance Selby was her sister, not her mother | 54,911 | record_train |
Screamer: @placeholder scored a wonderful solo goal as Real lost to Inter Milan on 3-2 on penalties | By David Kent Gareth Bale became the world's most expensive footballer when he signed for Real Madrid last summer - but is Nemanja Vidic trying to tempt the Welshman to join him in Italy? The pair were pictured talking after Inter Milan's victory on penalties on Saturday in California, with Vidic appearing to be pointing and giving Bale advice - possibly that he should sign for Inter. The former Manchester United centre-back had just witnessed Bale score a stunning solo goal against his side as the International Champions Cup match finished 1-1 after normal time. VIDEO Scroll down to watch David Beckham return to Real Madrid and meet Gareth Bale
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Vidic was pictured pointing backwards and talking to Gareth Bale in tunnel
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Inter Milan beat Real Madrid 3-2 on penalties after drawing 1-1
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Bale opened the scoring after just 10 minutes at California Memorial Stadium
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Welshman struck from outside the box following a burst into space
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Inter equalised through a Mauro Icardi penalty in the second half | 54,912 | record_train |
@placeholder offered a pointed response to the Goldberg article, saying he's "not prepared to make concessions that endanger our state." | Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu haven't liked each other for years -- they just aren't bothering to hide it anymore. Long time observers of the U.S.-Israeli relationship struggle to remember when the personal chemistry between the leaders of the two countries was so bad. Even the Israeli prime minister has compared their relationship to that of a bickering "old couple." The latest example of their dysfunctional marriage emerged Tuesday when a senior Obama administration official was quoted calling the Israeli leader a "chickens**t" who doesn't match war talk with action. The unnamed official, speaking to Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, was only saying in public what key Obama aides have been muttering privately for years.
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The relationship between the U.S. and Israel is hitting new lows
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An Obama administration official was quoted as calling Israeli PM "chickens--t" | 54,913 | record_train |
HALF-TIME: BRAZIL 0-5 @placeholder – The pre-tournament favourites are booed off at the break by their own fans after an abject half that saw them ship five goals in the space of 18 minutes. | By Charlie Scott Follow @@charliefscott Estadio Mineirao represented Dante's very own circle of hell in Belo Horizonte, as his Bayern Munich team-mates ran riot during Germany’s crushing victory over Brazil. The centre-back, who was standing in for suspended captain Thiago Silva, will dread returning to Bavaria for pre-season after Germany’s Bayern contingent - particularly Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos - tore through Luiz Felipe Scolari’s side, who were also without star forward Neymar. Below, Sportsmail takes a closer look at where and when it all went wrong for Dante and his team-mates against Joachim Low’s ruthless team... VIDEO Scroll down for Brazil fans devastated by Germany's 7-1 semi-final victory
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Defender replaced captain Thiago Silva, who was out through suspension
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Brazil were also without their talismanic forward Neymar because of injury
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Germany tore the host nation to shreds, scoring five in the first half
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Bayern supplied three of Germany's goals, with Toni Kroos netting twice and Thomas Muller scoring his sixth of the tournament
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Andre Schurrle added two further goals after the break, before Oscar struck | 54,914 | record_train |
Krebs himself seems amused by the notion that his life and unglamorous work may soon be dramatized by @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Does the computer breach at Target have the makings of a movie? Throw in a shotgun-toting security analyst, Russian hackers, drugs and a SWAT team and Hollywood appears to think so. Sony has bought the rights to a New York Times article about Brian Krebs, the security blogger who was the first to expose December's security breach at Target, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The article, "Reporting From the Web's Underbelly," was written by Nicole Perlroth and details how Krebs' blog about cybercrime has prompted criminals to hack him repeatedly, send heroin and excrement to his home and falsely accuse him of murder.
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Security blogger's story from Target hack could become a movie
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Sony has secured rights to New York Times article on Brian Krebs
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Krebs has been targeted by criminals, writes with a shotgun at his side | 54,915 | record_train |
J-Lo's concert in Turkmenistan may at least give the rest of us a chance to learn something about a desperate nation that never would make @placeholder headlines if not for such a celebrity appearance. | (CNN) -- American pop star Jennifer Lopez is catching all sorts of heat after her Saturday performance of "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to one of the world's most notorious dictators, Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. "It was our pleasure, and we wish you the very, very happiest birthday," Lopez says in a YouTube video of the performance. Statements like that feel gross, of course, if you know that Berdymukhamedov has been accused of imprisoning political dissidents, imposing "draconian restrictions on freedom of expression and association," says Human Rights Watch, and, according to The Atlantic, ordering his goons to kill or get rid of stray cats.
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Singer Jennifer Lopez draws criticism for her performance in Turkmenistan
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John Sutter says the "Happy Birthday" concert actually was productive
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He says Lopez inadvertently lent her celebrity to raising awareness about human rights
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Sutter: "a diva's visit with a despot can raise more than awareness" | 54,916 | record_train |
Tamogami called @placeholder a "thief" and vowed to protect the islands. | (CNN) -- Anti-China protesters gathered Saturday in Tokyo and six other major cities in Japan to rally against what it calls an invasion of disputed islands that both claim are part of their territories. Protesters held up Japanese flags and chanted, "We will not allow Communist China to invade our territory." Beijing says the Diaoyu Islands and most of the South China Sea belong to China, disputing neighboring countries' claims. In Japan, the islands are known as the Senkaku. The rally was organized by Toshio Tamogami, a former Japanese chief of staff for the Self Defense Force. Japan rejects China's demand for an apology
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Protesters hold up Japanese flags and chant slogans against China
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Beijing says the Diaoyu Islands belong to China
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In Japan, the islands are known as the Senkaku | 54,917 | record_train |
@placeholder, 32, had a nose job to rid herself of a bump on her bridge and has also had boob jobs. | From Amy Childs to Lauren Goodger, the stars of The Only Way Is Essex are no strangers to cosmetic surgery. So when Abigail Clarke, 23, from Chigwell, Essex, joined the reality TV show two years ago, she followed suit because she felt under pressure to look perfect. She decided to have lip filler injected to enhance her pout but lived to regret it as she ended up with painful, swollen lips. Scroll down for video Abigail, right, pictured with former TOWIE star Lauren Goodger, left, in 2013 said she felt under pressure to have surgery to look as glamorous as the other celebrities
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Abigail Clarke, 23, joined The Only Way Is Essex two years ago
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She said seeing other stars have surgery made her keen to try it
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Thought enhancing her lips would increase her confidence
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But she reacted badly to the filler and had a swollen trout pout
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Left with painful, lumpy lips and wishes she never had treatment
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Endures painful reversal procedure to regain her natural look | 54,918 | record_train |
The system's board says it may ask the fraternity's membership in July for authority to close six hospitals -- including the one in @placeholder -- largely because the endowment fund that supports the hospitals dropped from $8.5 billion to $5.2 billion over the last year as the stock market plummeted. | (CNN) -- Matt Aldridge would have trouble contemplating life without the Shriners Hospital for Children in Greenville, South Carolina. Maddie Aldridge has received extensive care at South Carolina's Shriners Hospital, including leg amputation. Aldridge, 28, and his 21-month-old daughter, Maddie, were born without shinbones. Both had their legs amputated at Shriners near their first birthdays. Like all care given to youths admitted to any of North America's 22 Shriners Hospitals, their surgeries and follow-up treatments were free to them. Aldridge estimates the care he received through his teens in the Shriners' system -- which admits children irrespective of their parents' income -- cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, approaching the lifetime limits of some insurance policies.
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Hospitals' leaders seek savings after endowment fund shrinks in stock market
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One solution could be closing six of 22 hospitals
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Fraternity representatives would have to approve closures in July meeting
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South Carolina family: We'd be devastated without Shriners' free, expert care | 54,919 | record_train |
With such a global presence, @placeholder doesn't need Formula 1 to grab brand awareness. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- In 1968 the Lotus Formula 1 team broke new ground. Rather than racing in a livery related to national flags or emblems, the team took to the circuit with cars in the color-scheme -- and wearing the logo of -- Imperial Tobacco's Gold Leaf brand. Lewis Hamilton's helmet bears the "Striding Man", symbol of Johnnie Walker for nearly 100 years Since then Formula 1 and sponsorship have walked hand-in-hand, sponsorship money being a significant -- and in many case major -- source of revenue. But what do sponsors get out of Formula 1? Johnnie Walker, a Scotch whisky brand of Diageo, is in its third season of sponsoring the McLaren Mercedes team. Ben Anderson is Johnnie Walker's Global Brand Director: "Specifically for us we're looking at doing two things. At a brand level we're trying continually to develop the equity in our brand image. And that's by getting involved with international, stylish events like Formula 1.
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Formula 1 seen as a young and dynamic sponsorship opportunity
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Global reach of the sport is seen as an advantage
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Corporate hospitality helps Johnnie Walker get closer to its customers | 54,920 | record_train |
@placeholder maintains an extensive network of labor camps across the country used to punish petty criminals like prostitutes and thieves. | Beijing (CNN) -- A Chinese journalist, whose work exposed alleged human rights abuses of the government, has been detained by secret police in Beijing, said a close friend and human rights groups. Du Bin released a feature-length documentary on the notorious Masanjia labor camp in May. He vanished later that month, says Hu Jia, an activist and friend of Du. Hu says the last time Du's friends heard from him was 10 p.m. on May 31. Friends went to his apartment to look for him the next day but no one answered the door. Hu says family members found two copies of an unsigned police subpoena at Du's residence in Beijing.
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Rights Group: Author, filmmaker and activist Du Bin has been detained by police in China
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Du was last seen in May, the same month he released a documentary on a China labor camp
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Family members found two copies of a police subpoena at Du's residence in Beijing | 54,921 | record_train |
The fighting has led to a column of @placeholder tanks patrolling the area around the largely porous border to protect against any threat posed the Islamists | Dressed in casual T-shirts with their arms around each other, the men posing for photographs could be documenting a visit to any tourist attraction in the world. But these Turkish daytrippers aren't admiring a famous painting or well-known monument - they are taking pictures of U.S. airstrikes against brutal Islamic State terrorists in the Syrian city of Kobane. With explosions taking place behind them in a city where ISIS have butchered hundreds of Kurds over the last few weeks, the carefree men seem more interested in documenting the moment on digital cameras and mobile phones than coming to terms with the horrific reality of the situation.
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Turkish men pose for photographs overlooking besieged Syrian city Kobane
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Area is scene of intense fighting between Kurdish troops and ISIS militants
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Spectators document ongoing fighting using cameras and smart phones
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Even pose for photographs in front of American airstrikes on ISIS targets | 54,922 | record_train |
It took 43 minutes for him to die, according to a timeline provided by @placeholder officials. | (CNN) -- After a seven-week lull following the botched execution of an Oklahoma man, executions resumed in the United States this week with three men put to death over 24 hours -- one in Missouri, one in Georgia and one in Florida. Three more are scheduled to die by lethal injection in the next five weeks, and more than 3,000 men and women await execution in the 32 states where it's currently legal and in three others where it's no longer used for new crimes but still on the books for existing convictions. But major legal and technical considerations will continue to surround the issue for the foreseeable future. Here's an update on the most important issues:
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Questions raised by botched Oklahoma lethal injection remain unanswered
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Seven weeks after that death, Oklahoma is still investigating what happened, officials say
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A big issue involves the drugs used in executions, and where states are getting them
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Policy shift "could be just one more problematic execution away," expert says | 54,923 | record_train |
The U.S. Army in @placeholder said it was aware of the incident but did not give further details. | TOKYO (CNN) -- The U.S. military held a "Day of Reflection" on Friday for troops in Japan after allegations that two U.S. service members committed sexual assaults on the southern island of Okinawa. Protestors in Okinawa express anger at claims two U.S. service members committed sexual assaults The goal is to emphasize professionalism and core military values, the U.S. military said. Service members will meet in small groups to discuss topics such as personal values, responsible alcohol consumption, and understanding ethnic differences between the United States and Japan, the military said. The "Day of Reflection" follows the arrest last week of a U.S. Marine for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl and allegations Thursday that an employee of the U.S. Army raped a Filipino woman. Both incidents allegedly happened on Okinawa, where people have long resented the presence of the U.S. military.
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U.S. military observes "Day of Reflection" amid sexual assault allegations
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Marine arrested for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl
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Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda condemns the incident as "unforgivable"
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Separate claim that an employee of the U.S. Army raped a Filipino woman | 54,924 | record_train |
The slow economy that followed @placeholder put limits on the amount of cash for building affordable housing. | (CNN) -- Five years ago this month, Katrina hit New Orleans. What it created is a tale of two cities, the haves vs. the have-nots. Enormous progress in the city's Business District overshadows the lingering blight in the 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish, where folks are still struggling to rebuild and many lots remain empty. Unfortunately, Katrina attacked the two poorest states in America, Mississippi and Louisiana. It destroyed or disrupted the economic engines of both states: their tourism, shipbuilding, fisheries, port operations industries and petroleum production in the Gulf. Katrina left about 1,836 people dead, destroyed about 275,000 homes in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, and cost the federal government about $114 billion.
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Russel Honoré: Post-Katrina New Orleans is a tale of two cities, haves vs. have nots
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Progress in the Business District but lingering blight in poorer neighborhoods, he says
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Honoré points to new hotels, restaurants, public service buildings, charter schools
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But crime remains high, many homes still a wreck, little public housing for poor, he says | 54,925 | record_train |
The centrist party is among those aiming to gain more power and unseat Netanyahu when @placeholder go to the polls on January 22, 2013. | (CNN) -- For months, Republicans derisively doubted if U.S. President Barack Obama was a true friend of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, questioning if Americans should re-elect someone who might not be on the same page with the long-time U.S. ally. Now, it's Netanyahu facing political heat in his own country -- for his relationship with Obama. Despite sometimes blistering attacks over where his administration stands on Israel and against Iran's nuclear program, Obama this week emerged victorious in the U.S. presidential election. But Netanyahu has months to go in his own campaign, including time to answer questions about his relationship with the American leader.
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Republicans had criticized Obama over whether he was close enough to Israel
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U.S.-Israeli relations may be a factor in Israel's election, set for January 2013 | 54,926 | record_train |
Covers so much ground for @placeholder, hard to imagine the team without him. | England laboured to a scrappy 1-0 win against Estonia in Tallinn on Sunday evening, Wayne Rooney's free-kick finally breaking the deadlock against the 10-man hosts. Roy Hodgson's men enjoyed plenty of possession, but struggled to open up a dogged Estonia outfit. Here's how Sportsmail's Joe Bernstein rated England's performances. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jack Wilshere talk about his deeper role for England Wayne Rooney curls a free kick over the wall and into the corner to finally give England the lead Joe Hart 6 – Didn't have to be at his shot-stopping best. His presence adds security in tricky away games but distribution let him down on occasions. Geed up the team in the tunnel before kick-off and got the clean sheet.
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Wayne Rooney free kick puts England ahead against Estonia
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Hosts had been reduced to 10 men after captain Ragnar Klavan sent off
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Friday's government filing provided no detail of how @placeholder, Restis, or any others involved could have come to possess U.S. national security secrets. | (CNN) -- The Justice Department on Friday invoked the government's "state secrets privilege" to intervene in a private legal dispute between the owner of a Greek shipping company and a U.S. nonprofit that advocates against Iran's nuclear program. In a court filing in New York, government lawyers asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by Victor Restis against the group United Against Nuclear Iran. Restis claims he was defamed in a UANI campaign that alleged his company had ties to the Iranian government companies that are involved in Iran's nuclear program. The government filing said an unnamed U.S. agency had determined the case risked revealing government secrets.
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Fuller and other journalists were interviewing the general -- better known as @placeholder -- in makeshift barricades that protesters have set up in downtown Bangkok. | (CNN) -- A journalist who was interviewing a key political protest leader in Bangkok said the sniper bullet that struck the man came so close that it "felt like it grazed my head." Describing a chaotic scene on the streets of the Thai capital Thursday night, Thomas Fuller of the International Herald Tribune described to CNN how Maj. Gen. Khattiya Sawasdipol was shot in the head as he was interviewing the opposition figure. "I was facing him, he was answering my questions, looking at me and the bullet hit him in the forehead, from what I could tell," Fuller told CNN's Michael Holmes. "It looks like the bullet came over my head and struck him. I don't have any way of confirming this beyond what I remember from the scene, but it felt like it grazed my head."
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Reporter was interviewing Thai opposition figure when man was shot in head
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Many Thai protesters has set up a makeshift barricade, reporter says
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We found that many @placeholder communities now experience dozens of tidal floods every year. | (CNN) -- Two years ago next week, Superstorm Sandy barreled through parts of the United States, causing $65 billion worth of damage to communities up and down the Eastern seaboard. Sandy, which brought extensive flooding to New York and Atlantic City, was described by many as a once in a generation storm. But in the coming years, thanks to global warming, it won't take superstorms like Sandy to bring regular and potentially dangerous flooding to parts of the United States. Tidal flooding used to be a relatively rare occurrence along the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, generally happening only occasionally at high tide or king tide, when the sun and the moon are aligned. But based on what scientists already know about climate change, it is clear that sea levels are going to rise over the next few decades. Coastal flooding is expected to occur even more often and cause more disruption. This will redefine how and where coastal residents live, work, and go about their daily routines.
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Global sea levels rose about 8 inches from 1880 to 2009, says science group
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Melanie Fitzpatrick, Erika Spanger-Siegfried: It's accelerating along East Coast
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'The cash and carbon cost of digging phosphate out of the ground in a far-flung foreign clime then shipping it back to Britain makes no sense when compared to the local, sustainable process of our reactor in @placeholder. | By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 22:25 EST, 5 November 2013 | UPDATED: 06:57 EST, 6 November 2013 A new £2 million sewage treatment plant is turning our waste into a sustainable source of environmentally-friendly fertiliser that experts claim could help secure future global food supplies. The nutrient-recovery reactor, the first of its kind in Europe, is producing high-grade phosphorus-based fertiliser from the 'unique' waste water coming out of Slough, Berkshire. Phosphorus is a key ingredient in fertiliser and vital for the growth of crops but its cost has increased by 500 per cent since 2007 as the availability of mined phosphate rock dwindles from non-renewable reserves.
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The nutrient-recovery reactor, a first of its kind in Europe, is based in Slough
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It uses sewage to produce a high-grade phosphorus-based fertiliser
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Phosphorous is a key ingredient in fertiliser and vital for the growth of crops
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The UK currently imports all its phosphate fertiliser - 138,000 tonnes a year
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The new plant will offer a renewable source of phosphate fertiliser in Britain | 54,931 | record_train |
O'Brien said that @placeholder had "consistently underestimated the risk involved." | Days after Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo disintegrated above California, killing one of its co-pilots, Virgin founder Richard Branson says making commercial space travel a reality is worth the risks involved. The accident killed co-pilot Michael Tyner Alsbury and injured co-pilot Peter Siebold, who managed to parachute to the ground. Branson paid tribute to Alsbury in an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow on Monday. "He was an extremely brave man -- as all test pilots are, extremely brave people. He had a young family, he was married and his family loved him enormously," Branson said. "But he was a test pilot, and test pilots are trying to discover things that 400 engineers and technicians on the ground can't necessarily see on the ground. And the test pilots push the aircraft to the limit before, finally, members of the traveling public are allowed on it."
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Virgin Galactic founder lauds test pilot killed as an "extremely brave man"
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The other pilot, who was injured, is alert and talking with his family and doctors, company says
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A lever on the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo was moved earlier than it should have been
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'I am glad to hear the happy news,' wrote the monarch, 'which, I am sure, filled the princely family and @placeholder's people with joy.' | Princess Charlene has given her first interview since giving birth last week and has revealed that she was 'overwhelmed with emotion' when the babies were born. The twins, Princess Gabriella Thérèse Marie and Prince Jacques Honoré Rainier, were born six days ago by caesarean section at the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. A week on, the twins and their mother remain in hospital, with 36-year-old Charlene admitting that there's a possibility that the family won't be able to celebrate their first Christmas at home. Scroll down for video Crazy in love: Charlene, seen here during her last public appearance before the birth, is utterly delighted
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Princess Charlene has opened up about the birth of twins last week
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Described the newborn babies as 'beautiful, expressive and active'
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'@placeholder has not yet been granted the due process of a fair trial. | FIFA's official ticket and hospitality partner MATCH has denied its English director Ray Whelan is 'a fugitive' from Brazilian police. Detectives declared Whelan as a fugitive when he disappeared from his hotel via a service entrance minutes before police investigating illegal World Cup ticket sales arrived to re-arrest him. MATCH said in a statement: 'We do not believe that the term "fugitive" is appropriate under the circumstances as he is presently with his lawyer. 'Fugitive': Ray Whelan, the director of MATCH services, is said to have fled through the service entrance of the lavish Copacabana Palace an hour before Brazilian police were set to re-arrest him
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Executive of MATCH is embroiled in World Cup ticket touting probe
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Ray Whelan left the Copacabana Palace before he was set to be re-arrested
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@placeholder, the youngest of the brides, wanted to transform her size 16 figure into a size 12-14 for her big day. | By Daily Mail Reporter Anyone searching for a little inspiration to lose weight before their wedding should take a look at these leading ladies. Kat Badley, 29, Vicki Smart, 30 and Lisa Wright, 45, lost a combined 5st between them over just 10 weeks in preparation for their weddings this year. As part of This Morning's Weight Loss Wedding, the women have overhauled their diet and worked with top nutritionists and personal trainers. Weight loss wedding: Rylan Clark congratulates (L-R) Kat Badley, Vicki Smart and Lisa Wright on losing a combined 5st between them Starting out: Kat Badley, Vicki Smart and Lisa Wright on This Morning before their Weight Loss Wedding 10-week challenge
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Kat Badley, 29, Vicki Smart, 30 and Lisa Wright, 45 are all getting married
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They took part in This Morning's Weight Loss Wedding 10 week challenge
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While @placeholder may have inherited the football gene, Dad can already see Kai developing street-smarts. | Wayne Rooney has paid a fascinating and insightful tribute to his family — wife Coleen and sons Kai and Klay — after helped him celebrate the milestone of winning his 100th England cap. Team Rooney were at Wembley to see Dad join the likes of Bobby Moore and David Beckham in the exclusive 100 club and he in turn has revealed for the first time the key role they play in his life and career. Rooney, who will turn 30 next year, is a vastly different person from the callow youth who first appeared on television screens chewing gum when he picked up the BBC’s Young Sports Personality of the Year award in 2002.
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England captain Wayne Rooney has lavished praise on his family
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Rooney has revealed he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids
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The Manchester United forward won his 100th cap against Slovenia
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Dancy said @placeholder is not necessarily interested in selling the portrait. | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A rarely seen portrait of Michael Jackson is on display inside a Harlem luxury car dealership. Macky Dancy, a partner at Dancy-Power Automotive, said the oil painting titled "The Book" is believed to be the only portrait for which Jackson sat. The oil painting titled "The Book" is on display at Dancy-Power Automotive in Harlem, New York. A different portrait of the entertainer was among items auctioned from his Neverland Ranch in April. It is not clear whether Jackson sat for that painting. The painting on display in Harlem belongs to Marty Abrams, a friend and customer of the owners of the high-profile dealership.
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Oil painting said to be the only portrait for which Michael Jackson sat
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am doing the same thing @placeholder did - I am standing up against bad | Despite a collection of seemingly racist rants about 'negros,' slavery and 'picking cotton,' not everyone thinks Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy is a racist, and one of the people defending the one-time far-right-wing folk hero is one of his bodyguards - who happens to be black. Jason Bullock has been at Bundy's side since his battle with the federal government began heating up in late March. According to Bullock, the man he's come to know over the last month is not a racist. In fact, Bullock says he would take a bullet for Bundy. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Jason Bullock (left) says he would take a bullet for Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy (center) despite his recent racially insensitive rants
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Cattle rancher Cliven Bundy's black bodyguard, Jason Bullock, says he would take a bullet for him
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Bullock says he doesn't think Bundy is a racist, despite his recent rants
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Bundy doesn't understand why his remarks have caused so much fuss, claiming he is just like Rosa Parks and 'standing up against laws which destroy our freedom'
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He has refused to pay $1million taxes on his herd
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Bundy has become a hero among locals who claim that the federal government is 'overreaching'
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Bundy told supporters on Saturday that black people 'abort their young children, put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton'
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The Nigerian government consented to some demands by Boko Haram, but @placeholder declined to provide details. | Nigeria has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist terror group Boko Haram that includes the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls, Nigerian officials said Friday. The deal came Thursday night after a month of negotiations with representatives of the group, said Hassan Tukur, principal secretary to President Goodluck Jonathan. "We have agreed on the release of the Chibok schoolgirls, and we expect to conclude on that at our next meeting with the group's representative next week in Chad," Tukur said. Officials provided few details about the release. Doyin Okupe, a government spokesman, did not specify when the girls would be freed. He said not all would be let go at once, but a "significant number" would be released soon.
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"On the war front, we can say there is peace now," government spokesman says
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Nigeria and Boko Haram have agreed to a ceasefire
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The deal includes the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls
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But he said the @placeholder appeals process is more flexible than in the American courts, noting the appeals court could open the case for a further evaluation of evidence and new information. | (CNN) -- Serving a 26-year prison sentence for the murder of her roommate, American Amanda Knox said Sunday she is scared, but determined to prove she is innocent, according to an Italian lawmaker who visited her cell. Knox, 22, seemed very pleased by the visit, which included members of the Italy USA Foundation, said Catia Polidori, a member of the foundation and a member of the Italian Parliament. Knox is also grateful for the foundation's interest in her case, Polidori said. "In my opinion, in spite of the imprisonment, she seemed to be serene," Polidori told CNN. While Knox is aware of the seriousness of her situation, Polidori said, she is "resolute" about proving her innocence.
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Delegation from Italy USA Foundation visited Amanda Knox in Italian prison
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Knox seemed "serene," denies guilt in roommate's murder, one visitor says
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Delegation took her English-language books as Christmas gift
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Knox's father has said he believes she'll be freed on appeal | 54,940 | record_train |
"Volvo is setting a wonderful example to other international companies, as this shows they view Eastern Europe and @placeholder as an area of interest for their future business development." | (CNN) -- The European Tour has long sought to grow golf outside the continent, taking top players around the world to Asia, the Middle East and Africa, while its second-tier circuit even visited South America this year. Its latest bid to break new ground -- the largely untapped golfing market of Eastern Europe -- has been driven by the desires of one of its major sponsors. One of the tour's premier events, the World Match Play Championship, will next year move home from economically-stricken Spain to Bulgaria -- which doesn't have a player ranked in the world's top 1,500 professionals, but has attracted car manufacturer Volvo.
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Bulgaria will host a full European Tour event for the first time in May 2013
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The World Match Play tournament will begin a new rotation of venues
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Its sponsor Volvo is seeking to take it to areas of business interest
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European Tour circuit moves to China this week for a newly-sanctioned event | 54,941 | record_train |
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, Maria Alyokhina, centre, and @placeholder left, are pictured | By Anthony Bond Controversial: Russia's President Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism of the imprisonment of the female punk band Pussy Riot by claiming 'they would be at home doing housework' if they had not 'broken the law' Russia's President Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism of the imprisonment of the female punk band Pussy Riot by claiming 'they would be at home doing housework if they had not broken the law'. Speaking to a group of foreign Russian experts, Putin said the bands three members deserved their fate because they threatened the moral foundations of Russia. During the two-hour dinner, the president, now in his 13th year running Russia, became animated only when asked about the band.
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Putin said the bands three members deserved their fate because they threatened the moral foundations of Russia
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Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, have been sentenced to two years in jail after bursting into a cathedral to protest against Putin
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A third convicted band member, Yekaterina Samutsevich, was released on appeal
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@placeholder initially said that to reduce the risk of poisoning, household cleaners and laundry detergents should be kept out of children's reach. | By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 25 May 2012 | UPDATED: 13:07 EST, 25 May 2012 Proctor & Gamble said it will change the design of packaging for its miniature laundry detergent product to deter children from eating the brightly colored packets that look like candy. Spokesman Paul Fox said the Cincinnati-based company plans to create a new double latch lid on tubs of Tide Pods 'in the next couple of weeks'. Doctors said children sometimes swallow the pods thinking they are edible. Nearly 250 cases have been reported to poison control centers this year. Worrying: Nearly 250 cases of children swallowing the detergent pods have been reported to poison control centers this year
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Parents and doctors worried that kids think the pods are pieces of ribbon candy
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Texas reported 71 instances of exposure this year, all but one in March or later.
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Missouri reported 25 cases related to the packets, and Illinois reported 26 | 54,943 | record_train |
I was also in another relationship and @placeholder remained resolutely single. | By Liz Hodgkinson PUBLISHED: 15:48 EST, 7 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:35 EST, 7 August 2013 Sitting at the kitchen table, a pensive look on her face, I could tell my 11-year-old granddaughter Delilah had something on her mind. 'Don't you like Grandpa Nev?' she asked of my ex-husband, Neville. 'Yes, I do like him,' I replied. 'Then why are you divorced?' 'We like each other,' I tried to explain, 'but we just don't like living together.' As Delilah tried to absorb this, with a puzzled look on her face, I felt a great sadness that two of her loving, doting grandparents couldn't be the traditional granny and grandpa she would clearly love to have.
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Writer divorced husband Neville, with whom she is good friends, in 1988
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Other countries likely to be mentioned by name include Bahrain and Yemen, but not with the same level of criticism as directed at @placeholder, the administration officials said. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama will use a major speech this week on the Middle East to reaffirm basic U.S. principles and policies regarding the region while also toughening his administration's stance against Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, administration officials said Monday. The speech Thursday at the State Department also will address the ongoing fight against al Qaeda following the May 2 killing of its leader, Osama bin Laden, as well as the current status of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said the officials, who spoke on condition of not being identified. Last week, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporters that Obama's address will be a "fairly sweeping and comprehensive" take on the events that have upended governments in Tunisia and Egypt and pushed other countries to take steps toward reform. The speech comes nearly two years after a 2009 address in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, that called for "a new beginning" between the United States and the Muslim world.
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Obama will address the U.S. role and policy in the region, officials say
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Bahrain and Yemen also to be named, officials say | 54,945 | record_train |
The tops: A spiral staircase is seen from the outside of the @placeholder jet sound-stage | For the price of an actual plane ticket, you can experience what it was like to fly in the golden age of air travel. The 'Pam Am Experience' will be conducting four four-hour 'flights' over the next few months, in a reconstructed Boeing 747. And while the plane doesn't actually take off, passengers get a round-trip ticket to the past with a four-course airline meal and a tour of the perfectly reconstructed jet from the Sixties. Luxury: For the next three months, Air Hollywood, a Los Angeles sound stage, will be hosting four 'Pan Am Experience' dinners - showing 'passengers' what it was like to fly during the golden age of air travel
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The 'Pam Am Experience' will put on four dinners inside a plane sound-stage over the next three months
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Tickets to dinner cost $297 for first class and $197 for clipper class | 54,946 | record_train |
Banned: The BBC banned @placeholder after it emerged the corporation spent £103,667 on the drink in a few years | By Tom Gardner PUBLISHED: 09:08 EST, 3 June 2013 | UPDATED: 12:41 EST, 3 June 2013 It was meant as a small token of appreciation to mark 33 years of tireless service from a longstanding BBC employee. But the broadcaster's bosses did not take kindly when a colleague tried to treat legendary football commentator Brian Arrundale to a £36.65 bottle of champagne on his retirement. The corporation refused to sign off the expenses claim - which equated to little more than £1 for every year of work - made by senior broadcast journalist Paul Addison. Falling flat: The BBC has been accused of a lack of common sense after refusing to pay for a Champagne gift for retiring commentator Brian Arrundale, pictured front left celebrating with colleagues
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BBC bosses refused expenses claim from colleagues wanted to treat Hartlepool United commentator Brian Arrundale
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Amount equated to little more than £1 for every year worked
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Corporation accused of a lack of 'common sense'
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Between 2007 and 2011 BBC splashed out on 9,000 bottles of champers, spending a total of £103,667 on bubbly | 54,947 | record_train |
He addressed the view of @placeholder as an autocrat and inept leader who left Venezuela worse off than when he assumed power. | (CNN) -- Hugo Chavez was known to break out into song during his long-winding speeches, and fittingly, traditional Venezuelan llanera music filled the space where his funeral was held. Chavez, who died Tuesday at age 58, was a polarizing figure in his country. But his followers revered him, and his funeral Friday in Caracas reflected that status. There were 32 heads of state in attendance, and all of them were called, in groups of eight, to flank the Venezuelan president's casket and observe a moment of silence as honor guards. Venezuelan standouts in the arts and sports likewise surrounded the deceased leader.
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NEW: Funeral includes traditional music, honor guards
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‘Imagine how wonderful it must be for them for share photographs and stories of an event like this with the grandparents around the dinner table at @placeholder. | By Rebecca English PUBLISHED: 12:02 EST, 11 December 2013 | UPDATED: 13:55 EST, 11 December 2013 The Duchess of Cornwall helped to make the Christmas of a terminally-ill toddler an extra special one today by inviting her to decorate the Christmas tree at Clarence House. Lorna Gentry, who is two and half, is suffering from an incurable brain tumour and has been given just months to live, her unspeakably brave parents revealed. But the pretty youngster, wearing her best party dress, raced around the antique-filled drawing room of the Prince of Wales's official London residence with the energy of your typical, determined toddler.
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One of 12 children with life-limiting conditions invited to Clarence House
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@placeholder's fate is up in the air: He hasn't been charged, though a grand jury is hearing evidence and will determine whether to indict him. | The Ferguson, Missouri, police chief insisted Thursday that he won't step down -- despite continued unrest months after one of his officer's fatally shot Michael Brown and high-level talks that could lead to his exit. "I'm going to stay and see this through," Chief Thomas Jackson told CNN. The firestorm around Jackson began August 9, when Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, shot Brown, an African-American teen. Wilson's defenders have said he acted in self-defense, while Brown's backers note the teenager wasn't armed and claim he had his hands up when the fatal bullets hit him. The incident roused large and, at times, violent demonstrations in Ferguson. Jackson faced criticism over his department's handling of the Brown shooting and the subsequent protests.
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Officials: There's a collective decision Ferguson will move on without Jackson
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Ferguson chief says he has "a lot of people behind me," wants to finish the job in city
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The conflict in Darfur began in 2003 after rebels in the western region of @placeholder began attacking government positions. | (CNN) -- An American human rights group documenting widespread sexual violence against Darfuri women in Sudan and Chad has called for "vigorous prosecution of rape as a war crime." Sudanese women in a refugee camp in southern Chad in March. Physicians for Human Rights, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, issued a report Sunday "documenting the scope and long-term impact of rape and other sexual violence" experienced by women who fled the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur and now live as refugees in neighboring Chad. The report -- titled "Nowhere To Turn: Failure To Protect, Support and Assure Justice for Darfuri Women" -- is based on interviews with 88 female refugees living in Chad's Farchana refugee camp. The study was done with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.
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88 Darfuri women interviewed in Chad described "profound" suffering and fear
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Expert in refugee trauma says "the atmosphere of intimidation was palpable"
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The split could result in the election of a new @placeholder congressman from a region that has backed Republican congressional candidates since 1872. | (CNN) -- A Republican Party that struggled in the wake of recent Democratic landslides sprang back to life Tuesday with wins in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, according to CNN projections. In Virginia, 55-year-old former state attorney general Bob McDonnell will be the first Republican to win the state's highest office in twelve years, CNN projects. Republicans will win races for Virginia's lieutenant governor and attorney general as well. In New Jersey, former federal prosecutor Chris Christie will oust first-term Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, CNN projects. Christie will be the first Republican to win the top office in heavily Democratic New Jersey in 12 years.
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@placeholder really wanted to convey the scope of the problem, a spokeswoman said. | (CNN) -- Move over, Cookie Monster. And pipe down, Oscar the Grouch. There's a new muppet in town, and she's hungry. Her name is Lily, and the newest member of the muppet pantheon symbolizes a serious social condition in today's recessionary era: nationwide hunger. Colored pink and sporting long pigtails, Lily has been designed by Sesame Street to look like a 7-year-old girl. Her character confronts a growing national struggle -- food insecurity. Her story offers an optimistic scenario of how the community at large is supporting her and her family. Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Co. are introducing this new muppet in an hour-long special, "Growing Hope Against Hunger," Sunday on PBS.
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Lily is a pink muppet with long pigtails, resembling a 7-year-old girl
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Sesame Street portrays Lily and her family dealing with food insecurity
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At the moment, all of my co-workers are making fun of me for just now learning about "@placeholder." | (CNN) -- On Monday afternoon, something called Kidz Bop was trending on Twitter. I had never heard of it, but was instantly amused by the word "Bop." You see, when I was a kid, Nana lived with us at home in Arizona and she used to wield a giant cardboard wrapping paper roll that we affectionately called her Bopper. When our Great Dane, Shane, would annoy her, she'd promptly try to beat the crap out of him. And he loved it. But Kidz Bop appeared to be far less amusing than Nana's cardboard bludgeoning stick. As one Twitterererer put it: "Kidz Bop can go die in a hole."
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In this week's "Apparently This Matters," Jarrett Bellini takes on Kidz Bop
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The kiddie music series was trending on Twitter after an ad aired on Nickelodeon
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What's new? Kids now warble Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"
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If I could advise @placeholder, I would tell him to dump his advisers because they are doing him no favours. | By John Watson John Watson competed in 152 Formula One races over 10 years. He won five times, including the 1981 British Grand Prix for McLaren, and scored 169 career points. After leaving the sport in 1985, Watson has forged a successful media career, and today he writes for MailOnline. Following the fall-out from the Hungarian Grand Prix, Watson dissects the situation at Mercedes following Lewis Hamilton’s team orders snub. Mercedes were in the worst sort of position ahead of Sunday’s Hungarian Grand Prix, with one driver in Nico Rosberg starting from pole position and their other driver, Lewis Hamilton, beginning the race from the pit lane.
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Hamilton decided to reject Mercedes' plea to let Nico Rosberg to pass him
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She filed a handwritten document from 2007 that, if validated by the court, would give her @placeholder's estate. | (CNN) -- Gary Coleman's funeral, if there is one, will wait for several months while a Utah judge decides who will permanently control of the former child actor's estate, a lawyer said Wednesday. Coleman will be cremated and his ashes will be put away until a will dispute between ex-wife Shannon Price and former business associate Anna Gray is resolved, said Robert Jeffs, an attorney appointed temporary special administrator. Coleman divorced Price in 2008, but they were living together in Santaquin, Utah, when he suffered a fall at home last month and died two days later of a brain hemorrhage at the Provo, Utah, hospital.
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But despite the favourable references and presidential endorsement, Hoover ordered his agents to contact Saltzman and 'vigorously protest any mention of @placeholder or portrayal of its agents in his proposed movie.' | J Edgar Hoover refused permission for Bond producers to even mention his agency by name after he was passed a memo on Goldfinger Nowadays James Bond is a household name that everyone, from designer brands to luxury car makers, wants to be associated with. But back in 1964 - just two years after the Cuban Missile Crisis - the FBI reacted with horror after learning of plans to feature the Bureau in upcoming Bond flick Goldfinger. J Edgar Hoover refused filmakers permission to even mention his agency by name after being passed a memo explaining that Bond was a British spy who had 'beautiful women presenting themselves to him in scanty attire'.
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Producer Harry Saltzman sent FBI request to use military planes in film
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@placeholder sais: 'I jumped up, started shouting at Darren, "You've lost him!" | By Deborah Arthurs PUBLISHED: 11:33 EST, 4 September 2013 | UPDATED: 11:38 EST, 4 September 2013 Earlier this year teenager Dwayne Ward was subject to a horrific and bloody assault while on holiday in Turkey with his family. After Dwayne, 17, became separated from his brother Darren, 32, while out drinking on the famous Bar Street in the holiday resort of Marmaris he was approached by two Turkish men who proceeded to stab him 19 times, slash his body, face and neck with a razor blade, strip him naked and leave him for dead in a park.
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Dwayne Ward was found naked in a garden in the Tepe district of Marmaris
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Attackers had 'tried to slit his wrists to finish him off'
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But amid @placeholder' zeal to paint Clinton as a serial fabricator in advance of her decision on whether to run for president, they have asked few questions publicly about State Department policies and decisions before the attack took place. | Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is coming out swinging on behalf of both Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama, insisting that neither should be second-guessed on their foreign policy records. The nanny-state pol, now a registered independent after years in both the Republicans and Democratic parties, said Clinton likely did all she could about the situation in Libya that led to the deaths of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans. 'I think most of the criticisms of Hillary are totally unfounded – you can maybe disagree with her policies, but what'd you expect her to do in Benghazi?' he said in a recent interview.
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The former mayor accused House Republicans of 'cheap politics' for questioning Clinton's actions before and after the 2012 terror attack
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An aide to a member of the new House Select Committee on Benghazi says it will probe Clinton's failure to heed security warnings before the attack
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The focus on the former secretary of state comes as she is the Democrats' undeniable presidential front-runner
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The State Department had numerous warnings, including knowledge of a terrorist rally and parade in Benghazi months before the attack
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The group that led the assault on the U.S. diplomatic compound and killed the American ambassador also warned of 'assassinations' to come | 54,959 | record_train |
@placeholder FA went on to claim Muntari's banishment came after a meeting descended into chaos on | By Kieran Gill Follow @@kie1410 Ghana’s Kevin-Prince Boateng says he and team-mate Sulley Muntari were sent home from the World Cup squad after coach Kwesi Appiah hurled insults and told him to 'f*** off'. Boateng claims Appiah sent the pair to the dressing room after the manager caught them laughing during a one-on-one exercise, and shouted at the Schalke midfielder behind closed doors. It goes against the Ghanaian FA's statement which said the decision to send Boateng home was because of 'vulgar insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah during the team's training session'. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Kevin-Prince Boateng make a stand against racism
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Kevin-Prince Boateng claims Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah hurled insults and told him to 'f*** off' after one-on-one exercise with Sulley Muntari
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He says Appiah stopped training when pair were laughing, sent them to dressing room, then 'started shouting'
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Ghanaian FA claimed Boateng was sent home for 'vulgar insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah during the team's training session'
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Muntari was banished for 'an unprovoked physical attack' on Moses Armah, an Executive Committee member, say Ghanaian FA
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Pair suspended on Thursday before 2-1 loss to Portugal in Group G closer | 54,960 | record_train |
At the double: Rodriguez puts @placeholder 2-0 up with a close range strike | Dark horses two, dark forces nil. Uruguay can now join Luis Suarez in watching the World Cup from home, banished not by FIFA or a dastardly European conspiracy, but a young man who has proved it is possible to play football from the heavens, without simultaneously dragging the game into the gutter. James Rodriguez, now the tournament top scorer, made it five goals in four World Cup games for Colombia, including what may prove to be the highlight of this World Cup. It is human nature to hope that we have not seen the best already, but it is also possible that tonight we did.
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James Rodriguez scores wonder volley to send Colombia through
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Midfielder now has five goals in the World Cup and leads the race for the Golden Boot
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Uruguay struggle without suspended striker Luis Suarez | 54,961 | record_train |
He has in the past spoken of his desire to coach, and @placeholder said the door would always be open for him at Arsenal. | Turns out it wasn’t all va-va-voom. Thierry Henry put his success down to hard work and dedication, with a little inspiration from Arsene Wenger, Pep Guardiola and others, as he hung up his shooting boots and prepared for a new life in television. Henry will shelve his coaching ambitions to accept a six-year deal with Sky Sports, worth £4million a year, starting in the new year with the 37-year-old Frenchman operating as an expert pundit and global ambassador. It means a return to London, the city where he achieved status as a living legend and where a statue in his honour stands outside Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.
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Thierry Henry has accepted a six-year deal with Sky Sports worth £24m
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The Arsenal legend has returned to London, where he became a legend
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Henry: 'I've taken my decision and the next chapter is coming. I love London, where everything changed in my life'
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Henry admits Arsene Wenger has 'been a father-figure' throughout his life | 54,962 | record_train |
Beyond the divorce case, the @placeholder audio has raised a number of ethical and legal issues about how it was recorded, and what it now means that the revelations apparently made in the privacy of a therapy session have been made public. | Actor Stephen Collins has asked a judge to eliminate any future spousal support payments over leaked audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls. Collins' attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan filed a trial brief on Friday stating that his client has lost all future earning power due to the posting of the audio online last month. His estranged wife Faye Grant has denied that she leaked the recording made during a 2012 therapy session. Actor Stephen Collins has asked a judge to eliminate any future spousal support payments to estranged wife Faye Grant over leaked audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls
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Actor wants to stop having to pay his wife $13,000 a month in spousal support
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He has accused her of leaking audio in which the former 7th Heaven star purportedly acknowledged molesting underage girls
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Estranged wife Faye Grant has denied that she leaked the recording made during a 2012 therapy session
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The recording cost the 67-year-old Collins a role in the upcoming film Ted 2 and knocked scheduled re-runs of 7th Heaven off two cable networks | 54,963 | record_train |
Suspicions over how much @placeholder knew about the Benghazi probe could complicate Petraeus' testimony over the controversial issue. | By Hugo Gye, Meghan Keneally and Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 18:56 EST, 12 November 2012 | UPDATED: 18:56 EST, 12 November 2012 A top Democrat has warned that David Petraeus must testify to the Senate about the terror attack in Benghazi - and he could be forced to do so by legal means. Dianne Feinstein insisted it was 'unacceptable' that the former CIA director had not yet given Congress an account of a trip to Libya he made shortly before his resignation last week, and threatened to seek a subpoena to obtain it. Petraeus was due to discuss the CIA's role in the raid which killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans before Congress on Thursday.
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Dianne Feinstein threatens to subpoena former CIA director after he pulls out of appointment to give evidence about Benghazi attack
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Replacement will speak instead but Petraeus promises to testify in future
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His alleged mistress Paula Broadwell talked about Libya at college lecture
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Said there were Libyan prisoners in American consulate at the time of the September 11 attack that left four dead including ambassador | 54,964 | record_train |
"Given that record, the @placeholder is the last place Carly Fiorina should go next." | (CNN) -- Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina finally made it official Wednesday: She's running for Senate in California. The first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company made the announcement at an event in conservative Orange County, pledging that her focus will be on "economic recovery and fiscal accountability" "The decisions made in Washington impact every family and every business, of any size, in America. Throughout my career, I've brought people together and solved problems, and that is what I plan to do in government: Set aside ego and partisanship and work to develop solutions to our problems," she told supporters.
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO was first woman to lead Fortune 500 company
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She will face off with conservative assemblyman for GOP nomination
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Recent poll found 60 percent of state's Republican voters undecided
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Winner will face incumbent Barbara Boxer in November | 54,965 | record_train |
@placeholder switched to a one-drug execution method late last year. | By Belinda Robinson Death: Jeffrey Ferguson is shown before his execution in this March 17, 2014 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections A man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a 17-year-old girl made funny faces and mouthed words at his own daughters minutes before he was put to death last night. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, was executed by lethal injection just after midnight on 26 March at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri. He was accused of kidnapping Kelli Hall as she finished her shift at a Mobil gas station in St. Charles, Missouri on Feb. 9, 1989.
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Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, was executed by lethal injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre, Missouri
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The 59-year-old was accused of kidnapping Kelli Hall as she finished her shift at a Mobil gas station in St. Charles, Missouri on Feb. 9, 1989
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After the execution, the victims father Jim Hall said: ‘Hopefully, now we can move forward’ | 54,966 | record_train |
Several weeks on, however, and the @placeholder landscape is a little clearer. | For a Manchester United manager, there is never really a honeymoon period. Louis van Gaal probably realised that as soon as his team lost their opening game of the Barclays Premier League season to Swansea at Old Trafford. As United prepare to return to action at West Brom on Monday, however, it is hard to escape the feeling that their season, to all intents and purposes, starts now. The first thing Van Gaal did when he arrived at Old Trafford was to ask for time and that was reasonable. The squad he inherited from David Moyes lacked balance, he stressed, and he was right. This was a dressing room, for example, that had more No 10s than Trafford bus depot.
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Louis van Gaal has been at Manchester United for three months
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Started disastrously with defeat by Swansea at Old Trafford
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Manchester United headed into international break in fourth place
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Michael Carrick among players returning from injury | 54,967 | record_train |
But there is no question that @placeholder has been shoring up popular support for the man who has ruled this country for more than 40 years. | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Britain's decision to expel Moammar Gadhafi's diplomats from London ensures that the bloody test of wills in Libya will grind on for weeks, if not months to come. Barely 15 days ago, there was optimism from regime insiders here in Tripoli that a deal was in the works to resolve the five-month conflict. Perhaps this was because the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was fast approaching, and with it, an anticipated slow-down in fighting on the front-lines. Also, the regime was engaged in talks on multiple fronts with its European, American, and Libyan opponents. Developments over the last two weeks appear to have killed those hopes.
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There was optimism recently from regime insiders in Tripoli that a deal was in the works
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British move seen as escalation against Gadhafi
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Libya insists that a cease-fire must come first
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Rebels and their Western allies say Gadhafi must go | 54,968 | record_train |
Al-Shabaab is associated with @placeholder and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States. | (CNN) -- A suicide bomber who carried out an attack in Somalia this weekend was an American citizen of Somali descent, a website associated with the Al-Shabaab Islamist movement claimed Sunday. The website named the bombers as Aden al-Ansari and Cabdi Salaam al-Muhajir, and posted what it said was an audio interview with al-Muhajir speaking American-accented English. The speaker urges his "brothers and sisters" to "do jihad" in America, Canada, England, "anywhere in Europe, in Asia, in Africa, in China, in Australia, anywhere you find kuffar," a derogatory term for non-Muslims. The African Union force trying to establish order in Somalia said there had been an attack Saturday involving two suicide bombers in the capital Mogadishu, but said AU troops "beat off" the attack by "al-Qaeda linked terrorists."
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A website associated with Al-Shabaab posts an audio interview with the alleged bomber
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The American-accented speaker urges his brothers and sisters to "do jihad"
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He would be at least the third Minnesota Somali-American to blow himself up in Somalia
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In the Somali-language version, he boasts of having killed many infidels | 54,969 | record_train |
"The full and phased withdrawal of Israeli military forces should be coordinated with the assumption of @placeholder security responsibility in a sovereign, non-militarized state. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday made official the long-held but rarely stated U.S. support for a future Palestinian state based on borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war. In the past, the United States has unofficially backed a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict based on the borders in place prior to the war 44 years ago in which Israel seized the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula. In a major speech Thursday, Obama became the first president to formally endorse the policy, but he also acknowledged the need for modifications through the negotiating process due to conditions on the ground.
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President Obama formalizes a longstanding but rarely expressed U.S. position
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A Palestinian state must be viable, while Israel must be secure, Obama says
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Netanyahu rejects Israel's withdrawal from existing population centers | 54,970 | record_train |
@placeholder brings this mission to life, empowering children everywhere to take control of their destinies, beginning with their own lungs." | (CNN) -- A Missouri-based coal company was the victim of a hoax Tuesday after activists set up a fake website saying the company would offer free, custom-branded inhalers to children. A press release supposedly from Peabody Energy said it was creating a new public health initiative "designed to combat the stigma of asthma among American children." Under the so-called "Coal Cares" initiative, the false statement said, the inhaler actuators would be given to children living within 200 miles of a coal plant, along with coupons good toward purchase of asthma medication. "Earlier today, an activist group released a 'spoof' website claiming to be sponsored by Peabody Energy," the real company said in a statement. "The site is in fact a hoax, making inaccurate claims about Peabody and coal."
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The spoof was engineered by a group concerned about kids' health
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Peabody Energy says it's "a global leader in clean coal solutions"
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With the 2014 midterms as a focal point, the President should get back to communicating with grass-roots @placeholder and shaping the agenda of his final years in office based on some of the issues they feel have been sidetracked in the past few years. | (CNN) -- As millions of Americans think about how they can do better in 2014 through their New Year resolutions, President Obama might want to make a few of his own. Although it is true that the president has faced a horrendous political environment -- filled with tea party Republicans intent on obstructing every proposal and media that are often too willing to report dubious facts -- Obama has not made his situation much easier for himself. In a number of areas, he might think about strategies that can improve his political standing and put him in a better position for the political fights over immigration, the budget, climate change and foreign policy that loom ahead.
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Julian Zelizer: President Obama should adopt resolutions for 2014
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He says the White House should work more closely in coordination with Hill Democrats
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Obama should focus on setting agenda, details of policy and quality of staff work, he says
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Zelizer: Obama should aim to recapture enthusiasm he stirred in grass roots | 54,972 | record_train |
‘We thought long and hard about who would really benefit from having a cat café in @placeholder. | By Lizzie Edmonds PUBLISHED: 13:58 EST, 1 March 2014 | UPDATED: 06:25 EST, 2 March 2014 Britain's first ever 'cat cafe' where customers can enjoy a cup of coffee in the company of several felines officially opened its doors this morning. The grand opening of Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium in Bethnal Green, east London, was much anticipated by animal lovers across the capital. Within hours of its opening date being announced online, the cafe's website crashed when 3,000 people attempted to book a table. The cafe's website crashed as cat-lovers scramble to book a table
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Lady Dinah's Cat Emporium opened its doors in east London today
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Customers can enjoy a selection of food and drink in company of 11 cats
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Cat Cafes are something of a craze in Asia, with over 100 opened in Tokyo
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Eatery owned by Lauren Pears - who raised money for business online | 54,973 | record_train |
Pellegrini said: ‘We are pleased with @placeholder, he is working hard. | By Dominic King for the Daily Mail Follow @@DominicKing_DM Stevan Jovetic and Sergio Aguero tormented Liverpool as Manchester City made a bold early statement in title race. As Mario Balotelli watched on from the Directors’ Box, Brendan Rodgers will have been left to wonder whether his new £16million signing will lift Liverpool to City’s level. Jovetic scored either side of half-time to take the game away from Liverpool, with substitute Sergio Aguero coming off the bench to finish Liverpool off with his first touch, as City ran out convincing 3-1 winners at The Etihad Stadium. Hero: Stevan Jovetic scored twice on Monday night to help City to a 3-1 win over Liverpool
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Stevan Jovetic scored twice in the 3-1 win over Liverpool on Monday
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After a fine pre-season, the Montengrin looks to have improved drastically
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Manuel Pellegrini insists the forward can be key to City's success
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers says spending spree will not buy them success after the signing of £16million Mario Balotelli | 54,974 | record_train |
He said the best thing he'd ever done was to sign for @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed on Tuesday that Wayne Rooney wants to leave the English Premier League club in a series of interviews aimed at ending speculation over the soccer star's future. "We cannot quite understand why he would want to leave," Ferguson told reporters, revealing he had first known in August that Rooney would not sign a new contract. "We don't understand it. I can't answer any questions about why he is doing it. "We can speculate. We can have opinions. It won't matter a dickie-bird, simply because the player is adamant he wants to leave. We have to deal with the next part of that, which we will do, as best we can, in relation to this request.
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Alex Ferguson reveals that Wayne Rooney said in August he would not sign a new deal
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Man Utd manager speaks out as rumors spread about apparent rift with Rooney
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He insists he has never fallen out with England striker and is disappointed by situation
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An employee at Cox Communications found the fuzzy package and immediately contacted the @placeholder | By Associated Press and Peter Rugg A San Diego cable company employee expecting a shipment of fiberglass equipment got a shock when he discovered two newborn kittens clinging to life inside the box. KGTV reports Thursday that the kittens are recovering after being accidentally shipped by truck from the Los Angeles area to a Cox Communications office in San Diego. Upon finding the tiny black cats, a Cox warehouse worker called his nephew, who happens to work for the Humane Society in San Diego. Scroll down for video Kittens Mouse and Wifi were discovered by a San Diego cable company employee inside box he thought would contain a shipment of fiberglass equipment
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Kittens likely left in the box by their mother while she went to hunt
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It cited "suspected @placeholder involvement in several of the breakouts which led to the escape of hundreds of terrorists and other criminals." | (CNN) -- At least 49 inmates broke out of a prison in Tunisia on Sunday night, the country's state-run Tunis Afrique Presse reported. Security forces have detained 13 of the escapees, according to the report, which cited a security source. The incident occurred in Gabes, in the southeastern part of the North African country. It is the latest mass prison break in the turbulent Muslim world. Recent prison breaks have been cited by analysts as one of several reasons the United States heightened its security and closed various embassies last month. Prison breaks occurred last July in Pakistan, Iraq and Libya, and have been a known strategy of al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Details are not known about who escaped from the Tunisian prison, but there are longstanding fears that militants are focusing on springing their fighters and leaders who are incarcerated.
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Thirteen of the escapees in Tunisia have been detained
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"It was no different than what I do at practice on my own and I'm able to break a record at my house," @placeholder added. | New York (CNN) -- Competitive eater Joey "Jaws" Chestnut proved himself the official top dog of the hot dog-eating world when he ate 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes at the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest on Monday, but his archnemesis Takeru Kobayashi crushed Chestnut's world record at an off-site event where he pounded down 69 hot dogs and buns. For the fifth year in a row, Chestnut beat the 17-man field at the 96th annual Major League Eating event at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. Kobayashi, who has been banned from the contest due to a contract dispute with Major League Eating, competed from afar: on the roof of a Manhattan bar, in unison with Chestnut and his fellow competitors.
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Joey Chestnut wins Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, eating 62 hot dogs and buns
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Takeru Kobayashi beats Chestnut's world record at a separate event
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Major League Eating will not recognize Kobayashi's feat as a record
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Sonya Thomas wins the women's competition, eating 40 hot dogs and buns | 54,978 | record_train |
In the reverse fixture in December there was another rout, and @placeholder again scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 win, taking the aggregate score to 11-2. | Iago Aspas has a better goals-per-minute ratio than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar this season. The Liverpool forward, on loan at La Liga side Sevilla, has amassed an impressive record of one goal every 71 minutes in all competitions this term. Although notable in itself, the statistic becomes more impressive when compared to the biggest names in world football. Ballon d'Or holder Ronaldo for example, who has scored a goal every 72 minutes, and Messi - one goal every 82. Iago Aspas (third right) celebrates with his team-mates after scoring for Sevilla against Real Madrid this week Aspas also scored a late winner at the weekend as Sevilla came from behind to beat Espanyol 3-2
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Iago Aspas has scored a goal every 71 minutes for Sevilla this season
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His record is better than Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar
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Aspas scored six goals against lowly Sabadell in the Copa del Rey
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The Liverpool loanee has also scored in his last two La Liga matches | 54,979 | record_train |
A senior @placeholder official told reporters during a conference call following the president's remarks that new sanctions announcements could continue to roll out, and poked at some Russian officials who have portrayed a similar announcement on Monday as 'a slap on the wrist.' | President Barack Obama has signed a new executive order that authorizes his administration 'to impose sanctions not just on individuals but on key sectors of the Russian economy,' he said Thursday morning. Speaking on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One en route to Florida, he also announced a new raft of anti-Moscow choke-holds that the White House is attempting immediately to 'impose additional costs on Russia.' 'We're imposing sanctions on more senior officials of the Russian government ... [and] other individuals who provide material support' to them, Obama said in a brief statement. He also announced new sanctions on Bank Rossiya, which he said 'provides material support to these individuals.'
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President signed new executive order authorizing the U.S. to sanction 'a whole slew' of wealthy Russians and a bank that holds their assets
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New move freezes assets of new targets and prohibits them from doing business in the United States
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The bank will be denied access to U.S. dollars
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Additional sanctions would also go into place if Vladimir Putin invades more of Ukraine or other nations
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Hammers boss @placeholder won't risk the harmony in his squad by giving Morrison another chance | Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp is contemplating giving Ravel Morrison his 'last chance' to kickstart his career in the Premier League. The 21-year-old has a history of troublesome behaviour and has recently returned to West Ham after having his loan spell at Cardiff City cut short. Sam Allardyce is reportedly prepared to sell that talented midfielder for a fraction of his £18million release clause - with Redknapp considering a deal for the player who helped Rangers win promotion during a three-month loan spell last season Harry Redknapp is prepared to offer Ravel Morrison his 'last chance' at Queens Park Rangers
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Harry Redknapp is weighing up whether to bring Ravel Morrison to QPR
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Morrison has returned to West Ham after having Cardiff loan cut short
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Former Manchester United star has a history of courting controversy
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Redknapp insists Rio Ferdinand still has a part to play this season | 54,981 | record_train |
She also attacked @placeholder for trying to ‘steal the election’ by supporting a ‘biased’ electoral system. | John Bercow was urged to sack his chief spin doctor tonight after she launched an astonishing political attack on the Conservatives, Labour and Ukip. Justine McGuinness, who is in charge of media relations for the Commons Speaker, described the three parties as a ‘collection of clowns’. In an extraordinary rant at the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow, she accused the Conservatives of trying to ‘buy the election’, and blasted Ukip’s ‘utterly perverted notion of patriotism’. Commons Speaker John Bercow is supposed to be politically neutral, but his spokesman Justine McGuinness today used a speech to the Lib Dem party conference to launch an attack on other rival parties
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Justine McGuinness used a speech at Lib Dem conference to attack rivals
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Tory MP Michael Fabricant says it raises doubts about Bercow's judgement | 54,982 | record_train |
'I thought it was a big effort from us,' said Lambert despite @placeholder's third-straight league loss. | Yaya Toure admitted it felt 'amazing' to fire his first Barclays Premier League goal of the season and drive champions Manchester City to a crucial 2-0 victory at Aston Villa. City's talismanic midfielder hit back at criticism of his early-season form with a late goal to break spirited Villa's stubborn resistance, before Sergio Aguero claimed a second at the death. Ivory Coast star Toure reacted to critics of his form by admitting he is only human, then pledging to help City chase down early-season league leaders Chelsea. Yaya Toure celebrates his sublime goal against Aston Villa on Saturday in Manchester City's 2-0 win
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Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park on Saturday
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It took until the 82nd minute for City's first goal from Yaya Toure
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Sergio Aguero blasted home a second just before full-time
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Toure described his strike as 'amazing' after being the subject of criticism
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Villa boss Paul Lambert said his team have nothing to be ashamed of | 54,983 | record_train |
At the time, @placeholder, who is known professionally by his first name only, denounced the arrests. | (CNN) -- Six Iranians who were arrested after making a dance video set to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" received suspended sentences of six months in prison and 91 lashes, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said Thursday, citing sources close to the accused. Another person involved in the making of the video, Reihane Taravati, received a suspended 12-month prison sentence in addition to suspended lashes, the rights group's executive director, Hadi Ghaemi, said. Authorities accused her of possessing alcohol and posting the video online, the group said. A trial was held early last week. The sentences of prison terms and lashes are suspended for three years provided the seven people -- Taravati, director Sassan Soleimani, Neda Motameni, Afshin Sohrabi, Bardia Moradi, Roham Shamekhi, and a person known as Sepideh --- don't engage in any more "wrongdoings," the organization said.
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A dance video got three men and three women and the director in trouble
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@placeholder wants to close Guantanamo, which began housing detainees after the 9/11 attacks. | (CNN) -- U.S. military commanders would no longer be permitted to overrule a court-martial judgment in sexual assault cases under reforms approved by the Senate late Thursday. That and other steps to combat sexual assault in the armed forces were included in legislation outlining military priorities for the fiscal year ending September 30. President Barack Obama said he was giving the military one year to implement reforms in preventing sexual assaults, saying the armed forces need to "step up their game" in dealing with the issue. "If I do not see the kind of progress I expect, then we will consider additional reforms that may be required to eliminate this crime from our military ranks and protect our brave service members who stand guard for us every day at home and around the world," the President said in a statement issued Friday.
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Changes to military law included in sweeping defense bill headed to President's desk
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Congress acted after report showed increase in military sexual assault complaints
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Pay up: @placeholder says negligence caused the collision and that the $500,000 in repairs and inconveniences should be paid by his mother Sharon Jobson | By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 22:08 EST, 11 July 2013 | UPDATED: 05:07 EST, 12 July 2013 A Canadian railway is suing the mother of man killed by one of its trains – giving the heartbroken woman until exactly two years to the day of the accident to answer the suit.Sharon Jobson, of Glencoe, Ontario, has until July 29 to answer a $500,000 lawsuit from CN Rail brought against the grieving mother for damages and train delays incurred through her 22-year-old son John Jobson’s negligence despite the crossing still not having adequate signage and warnings, according to reports.‘We thought we had a happy ending. Lights and gates are going up in the next two weeks — they’ve already been delivered . . . I think everyone thought it was a good ending to a tragic story. This is just really a shock to everyone,’ Sharon Jobson told the Toronto Star.
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The lawsuit seeks damages related to the deceased man's negligence
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Well, yes, according to @placeholder, a veteran pilot who consulted on the film. | (CNN) -- As thousands of aviation geeks, (oops, sorry, "enthusiasts"), hang out at this week's giant AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the folks at Disney brought a gift: a sneak preview Friday night of the movie "Planes." This is Hollywood's answer to the wildly successful animated film "Cars." "Planes" aims to celebrate the same passion for travel across skyways that "Cars" did for highways. Obviously, it's a safe bet many avgeeks will like it -- it's about planes! But are they gonna respect it? Although aviation enthusiasts tend to appreciate authenticity, attention to detail and accuracy, let's remind ourselves that this is a fantasy movie about planes that talk. With that in mind, when it comes to the aircraft, does the movie bear any resemblance to reality?
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A pilot/film consultant offers an aviation enthusiast's view of the new Disney film "Planes"
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Sean Bautista advised animators to make changes that made planes fly more realistically
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He suggested an idea for the movie's hero, Dusty, that was "almost like a vasectomy"
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They were in greater spirits than on Sunday night in @placeholder, when Argentina fans appeared to fight amongst themselves. | Argentina were welcomed home by thousands of fans celebrating their gutsy performance in the World Cup in Buenos Aires on Monday. The emotional fans flooded the road leading from the airport to the Argentinian FA complex in Eleiza, hours after their 1-0 defeat to Germany in Rio de Janeiro. Argentina last played in a World Cup final in 1990, when they lost to West Germany, and were looking to win the competition in their rival's backyard. Scroll down for video Stick with them: Argentina fans greeted their heroes hours after the final defeat to Germany So close: An Argentina fan kisses a replica of the World Cup trophy, which they haven't won since 1986
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Argentina defeated in World Cup final in extra-time by Germany, 1-0
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Thousands welcome back Lionel Messi and Co to Buenos Aires
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June 19, 2013 - @placeholder gets jeered after telling a bunch of elementary school students that he's a Cowboys fan. | (CNN)New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday night that the first time he spoke to Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones was in the summer of 2013. In the past, however, he has said otherwise. Last month, he said the two have known each other for "the last five years." In June of 2014, he said he first spoke to the Texas billionaire when he was running for governor for the first time in 2009. Why does it matter? Normally, it wouldn't. But when Christie went to the Cowboys playoff game against the Detroit Lions in Dallas earlier this month -- remember, the one with THE hug? -- his ticket and transportation were paid for by Jones.
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Chris Christie and Jerry Jones say they've been friends since September 2013
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Jones has treated Christie to a Cowboys game free of charge | 54,989 | record_train |
Bristol go into next Wednesday’s second leg needing to quickly cut down @placeholder. | By Rob Wildman London Welsh are in sight of a return to the Premiership after grabbing hold of this two-leg play off for a place among English rugby’s elite. A disastrous night for Andy Robinson’s Bristol included a serious ankle injury for former Wales captain Ryan Jones. Jones, parachuted into Bristol’s team from Ospreys this month, fell awkwardly at a line-out and had to be carried off some 28 minutes into a match which saw Welsh, relegated last season, win by three tries to one. Opener: Nick Scott of London Welsh breaks clear from George Watkins of Bristol to score his team's first try
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Welsh favourite for promotion after big win at Kassam Stadium
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Bristol skipper Ryan Jones carried off with serious ankle injury
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"She made the political weather, she made history, and let this be her epitaph: She made @placeholder great again," he concluded. | London (CNN) -- Margaret Thatcher was "an extraordinary leader and an extraordinary woman," British Prime Minister David Cameron said in a special session of Parliament Wednesday. He led tributes to Britain's only female prime minister two days after her death at age 87 from a stroke. Meanwhile, Thatcher's son Mark said that although his mother had been "blessed with a long life and a very full one," the family's loss is still difficult to bear. The family is "enormously proud" and grateful that Queen Elizabeth II will attend her funeral next week, he said. The lawmakers have been called back early from recess for the special parliamentary session to honor Margaret Thatcher's memory.
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NEW: Margaret Thatcher's son says she "was blessed with a long life and a very full one"
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Ed Miliband points to Thatcher's mistakes but also notes her achievements
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Cameron says Thatcher was "an extraordinary leader and an extraordinary woman"
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"It's impossible to deny the indelible imprint Margaret Thatcher made," says Nick Clegg | 54,991 | record_train |
But the Fatah spokesman nevertheless accused @placeholder of "cheap lies" and said that Fatah officials had "expected a united government to cater to the interests of our nation." | Fatah, the Palestinian political party, said Sunday it will scrap a series of events to commemorate the death 10 years ago of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The decision comes two days after a series of bombings at the homes of Fatah leaders and highlights rising tensions between the rival political factions, despite their April agreement on a unity government. In a statement Sunday announcing the decision to call off the Arafat events -- which were set to begin this week -- Fatah official Izam al-Ahmad cited bomb attacks which he blamed on Hamas. A number of explosions rocked homes owned by Fatah figures on Friday, according to the Palestinian Authority. No injuries were reported.
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Fatah scraps events commemorating Yasser Arafat's death in 2004
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The group blames Hamas for bombing the homes of Fatah leaders
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It is also shaping out to be a dry @placeholder for Southern Plains | By Associated Press and Reuters PUBLISHED: 12:58 EST, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:11 EST, 24 December 2013 More than 500,000 homes and businesses were still without power Tuesday afternoon in parts of central and northeastern U.S. as nearly 95million Americans hit the road or the skies ahead of Christmas Day. Municipalities impacted by the outages struggled to restore power in time for Christmas following an ice and snow storm that walloped portions of the U.S. over the weekend. While the holiday forecast for Tuesday night into Wednesday is mostly dry and mild, there are a few exceptions, including Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, which will experience snow showers stretching from the Great lakes to the Dakotas courtesy of a weak weather system.
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AAA predicts that nearly a third of Americans will travel for the holiday
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Upper Midwest, Northern Plains and western New York could see between a coating to a couple of inches of snow
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There were more than 1,800 delays and nearly 115 flight cancellations Tuesday
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More than 500,000 homes and businesses are still without power after weekend ice storm | 54,993 | record_train |
"We are now collating information gathered from a range of sources across the @placeholder and will continue contacting individuals who have made allegations in relation to the late Jimmy Savile over the coming weekend," it said. | London (CNN) -- Britain's public service broadcaster, the BBC, was caught up in a growing furor Saturday over claims that a late children's TV presenter sexually abused young women and girls, sometimes on its premises, in the 1960s and 1970s. The abuse claims, which come almost a year after presenter Jimmy Savile died, were made by five women in a documentary screened by rival broadcaster ITV Wednesday. Those interviewed for the film, titled "Exposed -- the other side of Jimmy Saville," gave detailed accounts of sexual assault while as young as 14 or 15. One said she was raped by him at age 16.
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Claims of sexual abuse have been made against a late BBC children's TV presenter
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Five women say Jimmy Savile abused them when they were teenage girls
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The BBC says it is horrified by the claims of abuse, dating back to the 1960s and 1970s
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A nephew of Savile, who was knighted for his charitable work, defends his reputation | 54,994 | record_train |
Hawkley beat out 30 other @placeholder pumpkin growers to take the cash prize of more than $13,000 | A California farmer has smashed the record for the largest pumpkin in North America with a mighty gourd weighing in at a monstrous 2,058 pounds. The white pumpkin made its public debut at the annual Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off where it was quickly dubbed the 'colossal ghost' by festival organizers, NBC Bay Area reports. The record-breaking pumpkin was grown by Napa's John Hawkley, who was just 265 pounds shy of taking the world record from Swiss grower Beni Meier who's 2,323 pound pumpkin was officially weighed just one day earlier in Germany. It was the first time a Half Moon Bay Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off entrant had broken the ton-mark.
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Napa grower John Hawkley will take in more than $13,000 in prize money for the pumpkin with the winner awarded $6.00 per pound
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Pumpkin made it's public debut at the Half Moon Bay pumpkin weigh-off in California
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Said to be the first time a contest entrant has broken the ton-mark | 54,995 | record_train |
Saturday's attack, Karzai said, shows "that @placeholder want longer presence of foreigners -- not their departure from Afghanistan." | (CNN) -- The commander of the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan has taken exception to President Hamid Karzai's contention that the United States and the Taliban were holding daily talks, and that the militant group prefers that foreign troops remain in the country. "We have fought too hard over the past 12 years. We have shed too much blood over the past 12 years. We have done too much to help the Afghan Security Forces grow over the last 12 years to ever think that violence or instability would be to our advantage," said Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force.
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"We have fought too hard over the past 12 years," Dunford says
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Karzai had said the U.S. and the Taliban were holding daily talks
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Hagel, Karzai meet to smooth over frictions
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In its strategic calculus, it needs to address mending relations with the @placeholder government and viewing terrorism as a shared problem. | It would be an understatement to say that Pakistan is under attack. This week, the Pakistani Taliban bypassed all security checks at the country's largest airport in southern port city of Karachi. A few hours earlier, another affiliate of the Pakistani Taliban massacred nearly 30 members of Pakistan's minority Shiite community in Balochistan province. A few hours after the Karachi airport was reclaimed by Pakistan's security agencies, a suicide bomber rammed a truck into a military checkpoint in North Waziristan, close to the Afghanistan border, killing at least three soldiers. The attack on Karachi's international airport resulted in the deaths of 29 people, including security personnel. The bodies of another seven cargo workers were recovered Tuesday from a cold storage facility at the airport. All 10 terrorists died during the assault.
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Airport attack was not Pakistan's first security lapse
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Military has taken the lead in responding to the strike
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Pakistan's government has struggled to negotiate with Taliban
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TTP used recent terror incidents to show cohesion, despite major faction split | 54,997 | record_train |
'Those at the top of the @placeholder need to sort out their priorities.' | Derby City Council has spent £6,000 installing three bike pumps A cash-strapped council has been slammed for spending £6,000 on just three bike pumps. Derby City Council in the east Midlands, has come under fire from local residents for splashing out on the 'ridiculous luxury.' The pumps, which are made by Cyclehoop, of London, cost around £2,000 to buy and install. Andy Silvester of the Tax Payers Alliance said: 'Taxpayers will be furious at this ridiculous waste of money. 'At a time when Councils across the country are pleading poverty, it's ludicrous to waste quite so much cash on this scheme.
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Derby City Council has paid £6,000 to buy and install three bike pumps
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The machines were branded a 'ridiculous luxury' by angry residents
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Tax Payers Alliance brand the scheme a 'ludicrous' waste of money
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Councillor says money was set aside from the Local Transport Plan | 54,998 | record_train |
There are more than 3,000 @placeholder members and associates in the U.S., the FBI estimates on its Web site. | This story is the third in a series focusing on the FBI as the agency hits the 100-year mark. Lucky Luciano organized the U.S. mob into a commission overseen by New York's five families. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Teflon Don is dead and gone. The Mustache Petes of the Mafia's old guard are mostly behind bars. And the crime rackets have gone global. Think La Cosa Nostra is just a quaint throwback, the stuff of gangster movies? Fuggedaboudit. Although the Mafia may not be as strong as it once was, FBI agents say organized crime is far from dead. Not only is the traditional mob still at it, but new organized crime groups also are vying for a piece of the action.
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Mafia became entrenched because FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover ignored it in 1930s
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1970 RICO statute, prosecutions weakened the mob in past two decades
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Other organized crime groups spring up, but lack the Mafia's structure
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