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After raising $200,000 to cover living expenses, Hayes and her family moved from @placeholder in July to prepare for the surgery. | By James Nye PUBLISHED: 09:29 EST, 13 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:03 EST, 13 September 2012 A Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the first such procedure performed in the United States. Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, will receive two new arms above the elbow and the former massage therapist said what she is most looking forward to is wearing her wedding ring again. Approved by the pioneering hospital for the transplant after undergoing a rigorous evaluation, the mother of three has battled through two years of rehabilitation as a result of losing all her limbs after giving birth to her third child in 2010.
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Katy Hayes has been approved by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to receive a double arm transplant as soon as a donor becomes available
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Spoke at a press conference held by the hospital of her desire to touch and hold her children and husband again | 55,800 | record_train |
It is a wide spectrum of where you can be killed in @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Julian Cardona is a photojournalist who works in the "murder capital of the world" -- Juarez, Mexico. He takes pictures of bodies and survivors, migrants and countrymen, violence and vigils. The 51-year-old photographer puts his life on the line for such photography because he wants the world to know of a patch of earth that many American journalists -- even those in Mexico, too -- fear to tread and often avoid. That's because the violence by Mexican cartels and other criminals who control swaths of the borderlands have secured a reputation for ferocious violence and carnage, including to those who dare to chronicle the death toll.
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Julian Cardona, 51, visits California to display his photos of Juarez, Mexico
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Juarez is called "the murder capital of the world"
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The 51-year-old photographer doesn't venture out alone any more because of the violence
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Cartel carnage has turned parts of his one-time "calm" hometown into a "ghost town," he says | 55,801 | record_train |
'I had a hamstring injury and it takes a few games to get back to your best,' he told @placeholder. | Aaron Ramsey is confident he can reproduce his show-stopping form of last season for Arsenal as he approaches full fitness following hamstring troubles that have ruined his campaign so far. The midfielder delivered good news following the Gunners' disappointing 2-1 loss to Manchester United at the weekend - he's feeling back to his best. And the timing couldn't be more perfect ahead of the Gunners' Champions League meeting with Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Aaron Ramsey says he's approaching full fitness after struggling with hamstring problems this season Ramsey skips away from Manchester United's Marouane Fellaini in their disappointing loss on Saturday
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Arsenal face Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in the Champions League
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Aaron Ramsey says he's feeling back to his best ahead of the showdown
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The midfielder has struggled with hamstring problems but is fit again | 55,802 | record_train |
The tool was turned off before @placeholder launched and is still unavailable to users. | Washington (CNN) -- When the troubled federal health care website came online, the key "Anonymous Shopper" function was nowhere to be found -- even though it passed a key test almost two weeks before HealthCare.gov launched. That successful test, noted in documents obtained by CNN and confirmed by a source close to the project, contradicts testimony from an Obama administration official overseeing HealthCare.gov, who told lawmakers earlier this month the function was scrapped because it "failed miserably" before the October 1 launch. Like much of the HealthCare.gov rollout, the subject has become political fodder for Republicans, who claim the decision to nix the anonymous shopper was made by administration officials worried it would produce rate estimates so high they would deter potential enrollees.
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"Anonymous Shopper" function was touted as easy way to compare plans
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Administration official said it was scrapped because it "failed miserably"
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Documents CNN has obtained finds that the program passed key tests in September
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Some Republicans speculate whether it was pulled for political reasons | 55,803 | record_train |
@placeholder took the drastic action after talks with union leaders fell through. | Central Falls, Rhode Island (CNN) -- The teacher at an embattled Rhode Island school who displayed an effigy of President Obama in his classroom is under disciplinary review, according to the school superintendent. The Obama effigy was an apparent protest of the president's support of mass firings of the school's teachers. Its existence was first reported on CNN.com on Thursday. An Obama doll, about a foot tall, hung by its feet from a white board; the doll held a sign that said, "Fire Central Falls teachers." Superintendent Frances Gallo discovered the item late Monday at Central Falls High School after being asked about a rumor about an Obama doll hung by his feet in a classroom.
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Obama effigy found in classroom at troubled Rhode Island school
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"It was obviously imprudent on his part," superintendent says
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Local teachers union condemns act
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Source said teacher is beloved faculty member who has done much good | 55,804 | record_train |
@placeholder in particular have a lot of amylase in their saliva because their diets are full of starch: chips, rice and baked potatoes. | (CNN) -- Your saliva is doing all kinds of useful things for you all the time -- for instance, helping you chew and taste food. It's also home to more than 600 species of bacteria, which are harmlessly enjoying the moisture of your mouth. There's a slew of bacteria floating around in your mouth, but it's generally harmless. Since people have different eating habits in different places, you might think an American's saliva might look a lot different from, say, a South African's. But a new study published in the journal Genome Research finds that bacteria in saliva may not be as related to environment and diet as you might think.
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Saliva contains more DNA than blood because of all of the oral bacteria
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Most common type of bacteria in saliva is Streptococcus, in a mostly harmless form
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Saliva spreads molecules to the taste receptors on the tongue | 55,805 | record_train |
Imagine my surprise, then, when Russian government minders pick us up at @placeholder's newly-constructed airport, and then send a busload of foreign journalists to sparkling downtown Grozny without any armed escort. | Grozny, Chechnya (CNN) -- It has been ten years since my last visit to Chechnya. I knew the place had changed. I didn't realize how much. For a decade, Chechnya was the most violent, hopeless, war-torn corner of Russia. Russia's impoverished, conscript army had been locked in an ugly struggle with Chechen insurgents that left the region's capital, Grozny, a smoking ruin. Much of the civilian population was either homeless or had fled. Meanwhile, even the most courageous reporters and human rights activists thought twice about sneaking into the republic. By the end of the 1990s, Chechen gangs made a lucrative business out of kidnapping and ransom. The kidnappers became quite adept at chopping off hostage body parts on camera, to provide gruesome video incentive for swift payment.
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Chechnya has seen construction surge in formerly war-torn areas
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Chechan president was rebel fighter
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Activist: critics of president have ended up dead
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Neighboring Russian regions have grown more violent | 55,806 | record_train |
He remembers a senior official who once used @placeholder's private elevator and ashtray. | Seoul (CNN) -- Head butting stacked tiles, smashing a slab of granite on your chest with a mallet, breaking light bulbs with one finger. All vital qualifications if you want a job protecting the elite of North Korea. Propaganda footage from North Korean TV shows a staggering array of physical feats, using taekwondo and other martial arts. Visually impressive -- although it's not certain how the skills would keep an armed assassin at bay. Lee Young-guk was bodyguard to the late Kim Jong Il for 10 years until just before he took control of North Korea. He says he went through very similar training before he was considered fit to protect a leader.
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Lee Young-guk was bodyguard to the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il for ten years
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He remembers him as a man surrounded by terrified advisors
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Lee was caught trying to escape in 1994 and sent to an infamous prison camp
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He says he fears the current North Korean leader may be even worse than his father | 55,807 | record_train |
Scrutiny of sexual violence has grown in India since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a @placeholder bus. | Police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl at a private international school in the Indian city of Bangalore. According to the complaint, the girl was crying when her mother picked her from the school and initially said that someone beat her up. The mother noticed wounds on the girl's private parts and she then admitted that she had been sexually abused by 'an uncle in school'. Schoolchildren shout slogans as they carry placards during a demonstration in New Delhi against the rape of a five year old girl in April Police are examining CCTV footage for clues and are awaiting a report on the child's medical condition after she was admitted to hospital.
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Police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl at a private international school in Bangalore
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The girl told her mother she'd been abused by 'an uncle in school'
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Police are examining CCTV footage for clues and are awaiting the results of the child's medical
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The incident is the third case in four months of a young female student being allegedly sexually assaulted on a Bangalore school campus
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Statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau for 2013 show one rape was reported every 21 minutes in India | 55,808 | record_train |
Beginning at 4 p.m. on @placeholder, an indoor tailgate party will kick off. | (CNN) -- Brrrrr. Much has been said about the Super Bowl's outdoor setting this arctic winter. But no matter what unfolds at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, adjacent New York City will be fired up to host hordes of visitors. If you've snagged tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII, lucky you. Maybe you don't have tickets but will be in town to witness the football frenzy. Or maybe you hate the sport and can only keep your game face on for so long before you seek refuge in everything else the city offers. Spruce Goose's bizarre story Here's some play-by-play action for fans -- and ideas for nonfans. And yes, there are winter festivals and events planned in New Jersey for the big week, but we're guessing you'll be spending most of your time exploring New York.
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Super Bowl Sunday in New York offers fun for fans and nonfans alike
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Chinatown's Lunar New Year parade is happening on February 2
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Two-for-one Broadway tickets offer another distraction in New York | 55,809 | record_train |
"Just one rocket is probably something we can move on from," an Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity shortly before @placeholder officials announced a cease-fire deal. | Gaza (CNN) -- One moment there are rocket attacks and claims Israel fired at Palestinian fishermen. The next there's the head of a Palestinian negotiating team detailing a five-day extension of a cease-fire in and around Gaza. Then -- after yet more rockets hit Israel -- there are Israeli airstrikes. So what gives? Is Israel's military action a blip or does it signal a full-scale resumption of the offensive that left nearly 2,000 in Gaza dead, most of them civilians? Will Israelis once again find themselves seeking shelter as rocket after rocket rain from overhead? And do the peace talks, and the just announced cease-fire, have any chance?
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NEW: IDF: At least 8 rockets fired from Gaza; Israel responds with airstrikes
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NEW: Palestinian negotiator: "Positive atmosphere," but "sticking points" remain
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Palestinian officials announce a 5-day extension of a cease-fire for Gaza
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But the firing of rockets, Israeli strikes raise questions about whether it will hold | 55,810 | record_train |
Psaki said she was not aware of a specific law barring @placeholder from going abroad to join military organizations that have not been designated a foreign-terror organization. | Three Americans are fighting alongside Kurdish forces against the Islamic State terror group in northern Syria, a spokesman for the Kurdish group told CNN on Thursday. One of the Americans was identified by the Kurdish People's Protection Units, also known as the YPG, as Jordan Matson of Wisconsin. Matson is fighting in Haska province near the town of Jazaa, close to the Iraqi border, YPG spokesman Redur Xelil said by telephone. Intense fighting between ISIS and YPG has been reported in the region in recent weeks. Xelil declined to provide further details about Matson and the other two Americans, and he did not say if they were fighting in the same area.
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Official: Jordan Matson is one of three Americans fighting with Kurdish force in Syria
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Matson is fighting near the town of Jazaa in northeastern Syria, the official says
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He was wounded in fighting, but is fine, says the YPG spokesman
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The U.S. State Department says it is aware of the reports | 55,811 | record_train |
He said: 'The decision to introduce sanctions against the bank indicates that it is reliable, since the @placeholder does not like it' | Vladimir Putin yesterday mocked the West's sanctions against Russia - as eastern Europe began boosting its defences amid fears of further Kremlin land grabs. Putin dismissively brushed aside concerns raised by Washington, Brussels and London and inked Crimea's switch to rule by Moscow in defiance of international objections. He also laughed off punishments imposed by the U.S. and EU on his closest friends and their banks. Putin opened an account in blacklisted St Petersburg-based Rossiya Bank, which was singled out for sanctions by America, and ordered that his monthly £4,500 salary be paid into the bank. 'I have ordered the administrative department to transfer my salary there,' he said.
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Opened Rossiya Bank account - earmarked for sanctions by U.S.
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Putin's £4,500 monthly salary will now be paid into the bank
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Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov also opened an account there
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Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk hit out at Putin the 'armed gangster' | 55,812 | record_train |
Echoing a growing chorus of voices cautioning against exploitative behavior from foreign investors, Thakkar adds that, whilst @placeholder still needs investment in many sectors, gone are the days where the continent desperately relied on outsiders. | (CNN) -- At just 31 years old, and already heading a vast business empire he built from scratch, Ashish Thakkar has been referred to by some as Africa's youngest billionaire. But this is a label the Ugandan entrepreneur doesn't want to associate himself with. "Money should never be a measurement for anything," says Thakkar, founder of the pan-African multi-sector business conglomerate Mara Group. "I like to see myself as an entrepreneur that's being disruptive -- I like to be the underdog in a lot of cases," he adds. "It's all about how you go about it; but one thing I definitely don't want to be known as is as 'Africa's youngest billionaire.'"
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Ashish Thakkar, 31, is the founder of pan-African business conglomerate Mara Group
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The Ugandan entrepreneur started IT venture in his teens
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He now heads a corporation doing business in 18 African countries
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Thakkar is set to go into space as part of the Virgin Galactic program | 55,813 | record_train |
Although the series carries certain devices of other crime dramas, they are covered in the grit and deceit of a point in @placeholder's history that is rarely portrayed. | (CNN) -- In BBC America's new prime time drama, "Copper," Irish-immigrant detective Kevin Corcoran roams from the filthy slums of Five Points to the glimmering sidewalks of Fifth Avenue -- all with a set of brass knuckles snugly resting on his fingers. The year is 1864, and the tattered remnants of an ongoing Civil War remain in New York City. Blood is regularly spilled on the cobblestones and in dirty back alleyways. No one gives a man carrying the body of a young dead girl through the streets a second glance, but they balk at the idea of women wanting to vote.
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BBC America's new show "Copper" focuses on New York's turbulence in 1864
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It is the channel's first original scripted series
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"Copper" explores both the slums of Five Points and the glamor of Fifth Avenue | 55,814 | record_train |
comments appear to contradict Mr @placeholder’s pledge in the summer to find | By Gerri Peev and Alan Roden PUBLISHED: 20:00 EST, 9 October 2012 | UPDATED: 16:31 EST, 10 October 2012 David Cameron today prepared to hand over powers which will give 16-year-olds the vote in the Scottish independence referendum. However, despite the concession to the Nationalists, he vowed to fight to preserve the United Kingdom ‘with everything we’ve got’. At a meeting on Monday the Prime Minister will agree to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond’s demands that 16 and 17-year-old Scots should be given a vote on independence. Future: David Cameron (left) will meet Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond (right) in Edinburgh on Monday to finalise arrangements for the historic referendum on Scottish independence
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Under-18s are close to securing a vote in the historic referendum on the United Kingdom’s constitution in 2014
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The deal was struck in exchange for Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agreeing to a single, ‘in or out’ question on the ballot paper
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Polls show that two thirds of Scots want to remain British | 55,815 | record_train |
Predicting the outcome is a time-honored @placeholder parlor game, but rarely consistently successful. | Washington (CNN) -- Inside the marble walls at the Supreme Court, the last days of June are called the "flood season," a frantic push to finish its work for the summer. The stakes are especially high this term, with rulings on two major issues left to be announced. What the justices decide in the next week or so could fundamentally change lives and legacies on a range of politically explosive issues. On Monday, the court sidestepped a sweeping decision on the use of race-conscious school admission policies, ruling on the criteria at the University of Texas and whether they violate the equal protection rights of some white applicants. The justices threw the case back to the lower courts for further review.
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Rulings on two major issues are among those remaining to be announced
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The cases include a pair of appeals testing the right to same-sex marriage
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Two other cases involve the future of the Voting Rights Act and oversight of some elections
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The justices have already secretly voted on the pending cases | 55,816 | record_train |
'We were not informed of the bar's policy in advance of the show and didn't expect any trouble since we had never had any problems of the sort in our homestate of @placeholder. | PUBLISHED: 07:46 EST, 6 August 2013 | UPDATED: 15:32 EST, 7 August 2013 Every performer knows that even when faced with disaster, the show must go on. And that is exactly what happened when the underage guitarist of an American band was refused entry to his own gig. The Michigan-based band Wayne Szalinski were due to play in a Chicago bar during a tour of the U.S Midwest, but were told that because of a strict over 21s door policy the lead singer and guitarist would not be allowed in. Scroll down for video Instead of joining his band mates Andrew Adams, Ian Siporin and Nick Galli onstage, Andy Milad (pictured) instead hooked up to the sound system inside, and played on the streets outside
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Michigan band Wayne Szalinski due to play in Chicago bar during tour
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But bar refused guitarist Andy Milad entry because of a strict age policy
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He played outside on streets while the rest of the band continued inside | 55,817 | record_train |
Additionally, 60% of @placeholder gas mains are made of unprotected steel or cast iron, which are prone to leaks and no longer used by main manufacturers. | Those two New York buildings where eight people died in an explosion were served by a very old gas main -- 127 years old to be exact. It's the latest incident in what experts warn is a dangerous trend plaguing the nation's oldest cities: natural gas leaks and aging infrastructure. "Gas explosions are happening way too frequently," said Mark McDonald, president of Boston-based NatGas Consulting and the New England Gas Workers Association. "It's an epidemic." The cause of Wednesday's explosion in East Harlem, which injured dozens and destroyed the five-story buildings, has not been determined officially. But tests taken of the soil in the area in the hours after the explosion found natural gas at levels as high as 20% when none should have been present, federal investigators said.
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Buildings where eight in East Harlem died were served by a 127-year-old gas main
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U.S. utilities struggle to maintain and replace antiquated, leaky gas mains
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Safety expert: "Gas explosions are happening way too frequently" | 55,818 | record_train |
Supplies: Several bags of fertiliser were found at Breivik's house near @placeholder | Clean-cut: But Anders Behring Breivik had terrifyingly extreme views The sight of Anders Behring Breivik – tall, clean-cut and dressed in a police uniform – must have at first seemed a reassuring presence to the young members of Norway’s governing Labour Party when they encountered him at their summer camp on the island of Utoya. Until the moment he opened fire. Now the 32-year-old who reportedly shot dead at least 85 victims in cold blood, and killed another seven with the Oslo bomb, has emerged as a Right-wing extremist bitterly opposed to Norway’s tradition of open-minded liberalism. His internet postings betray a hatred of multi-culturalism and include offensive references to ‘Somali immigrants with full Norwegian passports’ living off state benefits and sending money home to their Muslim relatives.
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Anders Behring Breivik posted online about 'Somali immigrants with full Norwegian passports'
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He had no military background or criminal record
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Norway's lax gun laws allowed him to buy two firearms
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As a farmer, he could buy fertiliser to make bombs without arousing suspicion
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He had made contact with the EDL and other far-right organisations | 55,819 | record_train |
The @placeholder once had 51 of the Perry-class ships, which were up to 453 feet long and displaced as much as 4,300 tons. | (CNN)When the USS Kauffman steamed out of Norfolk Naval Station earlier this month, it marked the beginning of the end for an entire class of vessels in the U.S. Navy. The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate will be the last of more than four dozen such ships to put itself in harm's way. "I am honored and humbled to have this opportunity to lead such a capable and proud group of sailors on this, the final deployment of an FFG-7 class ship, and to be the last in a great line of frigate commanding officers," the Kauffman's skipper, Cmdr. Michael Concannon, said in a Navy statement.
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The USS Kauffman's deployment is the last for Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates
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Perry-class frigates have been in the U.S. Navy for almost 40 years
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In the 1980s, attacks nearly sank two Perry-class frigates in the Persian Gulf
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Navy secretary says littoral combat ships will be the new frigates | 55,820 | record_train |
Suarez suggested the fact he is @placeholder counted against him. | By Simon Jones PUBLISHED: 08:23 EST, 11 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:28 EST, 11 June 2013 Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has underlined his need to leave Anfield despite his love for the club and accused the media and the FA of driving him out. The Uruguay star is in South America preparing for the Confederations Cup and Liverpool have insisted he is not for sale. But Suarez, who is serving a 10-game domestic ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, has again railed against his treatment from the media. Ready to say goodbye: Luis Suarez says he is being driven out of Liverpool
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Accuses the media of only focusing on the bad aspects of his game
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Claims The FA did not treat him the same as John Terry in his race case
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Says he'd like to play for Real Madrid but claims no contact has been made | 55,821 | record_train |
"I would hope they would understand that there are second- and third-order effects that will occur that will affect that young man and woman who's out there on point for @placeholder, serving their nation today, because of their actions back in the United States," he said. | (CNN) -- A Florida pastor told CNN on Tuesday that while his congregation still plans to burn Qurans to protest the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the church is "weighing" its intentions. Terry Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, who was interviewed on CNN's "American Morning," said the congregation is taking seriously the warning from the U.S. military that the act could cause problems for American troops. "We have firmly made up our mind, but at the same time, we are definitely praying about it," Jones said. Later Tuesday, Jones had a response to a statement from Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who said the burning of Islam's holy books "could cause significant problems" for American troops overseas. "It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort in Afghanistan," Petraeus said in a statement issued Monday.
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NEW: Pastor calls on Petraeus to confront radical Islam
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He says congregation is aware of warning that act could cause problems for U.S. troops
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U.S. embassy deplores disrespect against Islam
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Quran-burning pastor is "really quite uninformed," Atlanta imam says | 55,822 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder pictured on Thursday morning back on the job after he was car-jacked | A man has been charged with attempted murder and armed robbery after he fled from a siege in south-east Queensland and stole a Channel Seven news car before crashing into a service station and surrendering to police. Jordy Brook, 45, was charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a handgun and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle on Thursday afternoon. He will appear in court on Friday. Cameraman Peter Steer, who Mr Brook stopped and turned his gun on before making off with Mr Steer's car, claims police took about 30 minutes to respond to his two triple-0 calls, the Courier Mail reported.
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Queensland siege ended after man fled in stolen Channel Seven news car
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Police arrested the man at the Eumundi service station after car chase
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Earlier, police were called to a Noosa Heads home after gunshot was heard
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A woman injured at the home was taken to hospital with head, neck injuries
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A 45-year-old man was charged with attempted murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of a handgun and dangerous operation of a vehicle | 55,823 | record_train |
Her place in history, and @placeholder's grip on the Solheim Cup, was secure. | (CNN) -- It is a rivalry which can make or break golfers. Europe vs. the United States, whether in the Solheim Cup or its male equivalent the Ryder Cup, is a grudge match as intense as any on the planet. It requires players with nerves of steel, who can handle the weight of a continent's expectations on their shoulders. It requires players like Caroline Hedwall. "Being out there, the pressure, I get so pumped," the 24-year-old Swede told CNN. "I just find a different focus out there. It's just me and the ball, and the hole ... it's just a cool feeling."
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Golfer Caroline Hedwall says she thrived under Solheim Cup pressure
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Europe crushed the United States 18-10 in August's competition in Colorado
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Hedwall became the first woman to win all five of her Solheim Cup matches
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The Swede is aiming to win the first major of her career | 55,824 | record_train |
This is the first presidential campaign to feel the full effects of @placeholder. | Cincinnati (CNN) -- Mitt Romney had a mutiny on his hands. Not with his staff but with his embeds. The hardworking, 20- and 30-something off-camera network news reporters who chronicle Romney's every public utterance had decided on a plan: They would band together and confront the candidate working the rope line, mini-cams in hand, with the hopes of forcing Romney to comment on the Rush Limbaugh controversy. Limbaugh had called a woman who testified on the importance of birth control coverage a "slut." Not surprisingly, outside of Seattle on Friday, Romney declined to answer a question from CNN about Limbaugh's insult.
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Mitt Romney's nonresponse on the Limbaugh furor gained momentum on Twitter
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Left-leaning blogs picked it up, and hours later, Romney commented
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Rick Santorum is the polar opposite of Romney in his relations with media | 55,825 | record_train |
Bright future: @placeholder had just recently graduated from college and wanted to continue studying for a law degree before her untimely death | A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for killing her friend in a fight that started on Facebook and involved actual spilled milk. Kayla Henriques, 20, plead guilty to manslaughter Wednesday in the death of her brother's girlfriend Kamisha Richards, 22 in February 2011. The fight happened started when Richards loaned Henriques, then 18, $20 dollars to buy supplies for her 1-year-old son Alex. Fighting online: Kayla Henriques, left, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the February 2011 death of her brother's girlfriend Kamisha Richards, right Friends: Richards, left, was good friends with her boyfriend's sister Henriques, middle before the fight
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Kamisha Richards loaned her boyfriend's sister $20 for baby supplies
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When Kayla Henriques spent the money on something else, Richards demanded the money back over Facebook
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The argument continued online until the girl's fought in person, with Richards getting stabbed by Henriques with a kitchen knife
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Henriques will spend 15 years in prison on a manslaughter conviction
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She originally faced 25 years to life for second-degree murder | 55,826 | record_train |
But the biggest effect of @placeholder hasn’t been the scars it’s left. | By John Preston PUBLISHED: 16:43 EST, 5 June 2014 | UPDATED: 13:04 EST, 7 June 2014 Defying the tanks: A Beijing citizen stand sin front of tanks in Tiananmen Square in 1989 There is one photograph that encapsulates the stand-off between the Chinese army and democracy campaigners in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. It shows a man standing in front of three tanks. In his hand he is holding a carrier bag, rather as if he’s been rudely interrupted while out shopping. No one has ever identified the man, but that’s not the strangest thing about the photo — it’s the fact that in China today scarcely anyone has seen it.
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25 years ago the Tiananmen Square massacre shocked the world
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The events of June 4, 1989 have disappeared from Chinese history books
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The President also noted that Iran does not recognize dual citizenship, so anyone with an @placeholder passport is considered Iranian only by the government. | (CNN) -- Airstrikes against ISIS militants are a "psychological operation," not a military one, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview that aired Friday. "It is a common threat for all of us," he said. "And this requires a unison effort from all of us." "We need a vast campaign of operations ... the aerial bombardment campaign is mostly, I would say, a form of theater, rather than a serious battle against terrorism." Iran and the United States have found their foreign policies surprisingly aligned in the past several months, as both try to beat back the advance of the Sunni extremists that have gained a foothold in Iraq and war-torn Syria.
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Iran has sent Revolutionary Guards to Iraq to fight against ISIS
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President Hassan Rouhani insists Syria's government has battled terrorists
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'I would think they’ll probably quite enjoy the fact that the favourite’s position is now being taken from us and given to @placeholder. | The heatwave sweeping through Donetsk threatens to affect England's Euro 2012 opener against France tomorrow, but that hasn't dampened England fans' moods. Supporters revelled in the sunshine and enjoyed beers with the locals in the Ukrainian city despite fears that the footballers will be unable to adjust to the soaring temperatures. England will open their campaign in temperatures of up to 32C tomorrow, 13C higher than those they have acclimatised to in their Polish base of Krakow, while France have been training just down the road at local club Shakhtar Donetsk's centre. England fans Stan Stansfield and Dex Marshall enjoy a beer with locals in Donetsk, Ukraine, this afternoon
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Fans enjoy Donetsk sunshine, but are wary ahead of crucial opening fixture
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FA book plane from Krakow on June 20 - the day after game against Ukraine
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England travel to Ukraine today before tomorrow's match in 32C heat
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Hodgson remains defiant ahead of game and insists England have 'no fear'
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After @placeholder had recovered enough to contemplate sport, tennis remained popular with aristocrats -- including the royal family and Crown Prince Akihito -- but public interest slipped away toward baseball and football, and the talent production line ceased. | (CNN) -- With his heroics at the U.S. Open in New York, Kei Nishikori has blazed a trail through history. Defying injury, an all-night marathon and several of the world's best tennis players, he became the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final. The 24-year-old dredged up a seismic shock to dispatch world No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Saturday and even though he lost to Marin Cilic in Monday's final, there's surely more to come from Nishikori. "We have been waiting such a long time for a star like this so this is a very big moment," says Hitoshi Ko of Japan's Smash Tennis magazine.
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Kei Nishikori will play in his first grand slam inal at the U.S. Open on Monday
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He is the first Japanese male to reach Grand Slam final
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Nishikori is highest ranked Japanese man of Open Era, having broken top 10
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@placeholder is known for sculpting people with hollow spaces in their bodies | By Tara Brady PUBLISHED: 06:35 EST, 13 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:16 EST, 13 October 2013 Standing Figure by Henry Moore has been stolen from a park in Scotland A valuable bronze artwork by Henry Moore has been stolen from an open air sculpture park. Standing Figure, created in 1950, was one of four Moore pieces in Glenkiln Sculpture Park, in Lincluden Estate by the Glenkiln Reservoir in Shawhead, Dumfries and Galloway. The park also includes his world renowned King and Queen sculpture, and other works by Auguste Rodin and Jacob Epstein. Police said the piece was worth a 'high value', and are appealing for anyone who saw any suspicious people or vehicles in the Glenkiln Reservoir area on these dates to contact them.
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Standing Figure was one of four Moore pieces in Glenkiln Sculpture Park
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The park in Scotland also has pieces by Auguste Rodin and Jacob Epstein
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that recorded images of @placeholder trying to enter the house. | A window shatters. The sound of footsteps is followed by sharp cracks of gunshots, a teenager's groans and a fall. Minutes later, there are more bangs and screams from another teen before she, too, was silenced by a central Minnesota homeowner who was convicted of plotting the whole thing. A day after Byron Smith was found guilty of premeditated murder, jurors said the audio of the Thanksgiving Day 2012 killings of two unarmed teens - a recording that the 65-year-old switched on before the break-in occurred - was key in his conviction. The recording captured the sounds of Smith shooting Brady as he came down the stairs. Brady groans after the first and second shots, but is silent after a third shot, and Smith can be heard saying, 'You're dead.'
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Minnesota court releases tapes recorded by killer Byron Smith, 65, of the moments he killed the two teens who tried to rob him on Thanksgiving 2012
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Byron Smith, a 65-year-old retiree who once set up security in American embassies for the U.S. State Department, shot Nick Brady, 17, and Haile Kifer, 18
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The recordings capture the shocking moment Smith taunts Kifer just before he shoots her, saying, 'You're dying, b****'
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Prosecutors key evidence was an audio recording that captured the killings in chilling detail, including Smith's taunts as the teens died
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On Tuesday jurors convicted Byron Smith, 65, and a judge sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killings
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'@placeholder will start running on Tuesday and then we have to see every day. | By Karolos Grohmann Germany coach Joachim Low on Monday dismissed suggestions his pre-World Cup camp resembled a hospital due to the number of injured players. Captain Philipp Lahm and keeper Manuel Neuer are recovering from injuries and have yet to start training, while playmaker Bastian Schweinsteiger and defender Marcel Schmelzer are training alone at their northern Italy training camp. Holding midfielder Sami Khedira only recently returned to action after six months out injured and although he played for Real Madrid in Saturday's Champions League final, he was replaced after an hour. Bullish mood: Joachim Low is confident he will have his key men fit for the World Cup
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Coach hit back at claims pre-World Cup camp resembled a hospital
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Lahm and Neuer are recovering from injuries and yet to begin training
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Schweinsteiger and Schmelzer training alone at Italian base | 55,833 | record_train |
Besides donating T-shirts and promoting the event on social media, @placeholder had no hand in directly organizing it. | (CNN) -- Tamika Morrison and Joi Disroe knew each other for several months before they met in person. But, when they finally did connect, it was as if they had known each other for much longer. "The emotion was so genuine," Morrison said of their first encounter. "When she looked at me, she looked like she saw a friend of hers that she had not seen in a long time." The two met at a gathering for Atlanta-area "pinners," the name fans use to pledge their allegiance to Pinterest, the popular Internet pinboard. As the online community swells with more and more people sharing images of dream homes, extravagant food and inspirational phrases, pinners are forging connections in real-life at fan parties such as May's "Perfect Pinterest Party" in Atlanta.
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As Pinterest community grows online, pinners organize meet-ups to connect followers
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Pinners in Atlanta organized a party to benefit a local nonprofit
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The @placeholder must approve international treaties for them to take effect. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has invited congressional leaders from both parties to join him in a meeting to discuss what to do in the waning days of the current Congress, vowing Thursday that it will "not be just a photo-op." "I want us to talk substantively about how to move the American people's agenda forward," Obama said. The meeting is set for November 18, Obama said, following elections Tuesday in which his Democratic Party lost control of the House of Representatives and saw its Senate majority reduced. Current members of Congress keep their jobs until the end of the year in what's known as the "lame-duck" session.
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NEW: White House spokesman says he expects multiple meetings to occur
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Obama wants the Senate to approve an arms control treaty with Russia
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He'll meet leaders of the outgoing Congress in two weeks, he says
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Four men flying from @placeholder to Cuba were shot down and killed by Cuban air force jets. | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A member of the "Cuban Five" spy group renounced his United States citizenship at the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana on Monday, removing the final obstacle to his permanent return to the island. Rene Gonzalez, a Cuban intelligence officer, was a member of a network of agents in South Florida that the Cuban government said was gathering intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks against Cuba; U.S. federal prosecutors called them a dangerous spy cell. The men were convicted in 2001, and ever since they have been the focus of a campaign by Cuban officials to free them.
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'Cuban Five' renounces U.S. citizenship as condition of staying in Cuba
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U.S. judge issued renunciation option for Rene Gonzalez on Friday
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Convicted spy would be lesser U.S. security risk in Cuba, judge writes
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He said he may request a recount, that he wants to ensure that some military ballots were mailed out, and that the difference between his votes and @placeholder's may shift if a "consistent standard" for evaluating the write-in ballots is applied. | Washington (CNN) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Wednesday declared victory over fellow Republican Joe Miller in the nation's last Senate race, saying the result of her write-in candidacy was a "miracle." "Against all odds, we as Alaskans together made history," Murkowski told cheering supporters in Anchorage. If she prevails in a potential challenge, Murkowski would become the second person to ever win a write-in bid for the U.S. Senate. Murkowski's statement was the climax in the state's bitter and prolonged Senate battle. It was essentially a triumphant declaration of beating back a three-pronged attack: from Miller, from the Tea Party Express, and from Sarah Palin.
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Murkowski thanks Alaskans for helping make history
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She ran as write-in candidate after losing primary to Joe Miller
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In the card game @placeholder each card contains a list of numerical data, and the aim of the game is to compare these values to try to trump and win an opponent’s card. | By Jack Doyle Senior Labour ministers are agitating against Ed Miliband in a game of ‘leadership Top Trumps’, the party’s policy chief has admitted. Jon Cruddas named Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Mr Balls’s wife and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, and health spokesman Andy Burnham as among those positioning themselves to replace him. His comments are the most explicit admission to date by a senior party figure that senior Shadow Cabinet figures may attempt to remove Mr Miliband in a bid to improve the party’s prospects. Bid for power? Jon Cruddas named Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, Mr Balls's wife and Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (pictured together) as among those positioning themselves to replace Mr Miliband
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Jon Cruddas said Labour ministers may attempt to remove Mr Miliband
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Seen as a bid to improve party's prospects amid catastrophic poll ratings
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But Mr Cruddas hit out at those who suggested that others would be better
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Chris,Porter is father to Rubi's father @placeholder and Liam, 28. | By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 10:13 EST, 11 April 2013 | UPDATED: 10:13 EST, 11 April 2013 A family is celebrating the birth of its first girl for 90 years. Rubi Victoria Porter was born in Lincoln County Hospital on March 29 weighing 7lb 8oz. Her parents, Rudi and Vicky Porter, of Newark, Notts, said they had decided not to ask the sex of their baby during scans, so the birth of a girl was a complete surprise. Proud father Rudi holds baby Rubi, with (L to R) her grandfather, Chris Porter, great grandfather Thomas Porter and uncle Liam Porter
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Rubi Victoria Porter was born on March 29 weighing 7lb 8oz
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She is the first girl born in to the family in nearly a century
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Customers can also choose to embellish the familiar @placeholder logo with diamonds. | By Mark Prigg It has become something of a tradition for jewellers - creating a jewel encrusted 'bling' version of Apple's handset. A US jeweller today launch preorders for the first diamond encrusted iPhone 6 - even though Apple hasn't actually released it yet. Brikk's Lux line of gold, platinum, and diamond-encrusted versions of the iPhone 6 will cost $4,495 to $8,795 - and owners will have to wait until a month after the 'plain' version is released. The $8,395 version of the iPhone 6, in white finished with 24k yellow gold. Each handset is disassembled by Brikk. They are hand polished, prepared and plated with five layers of diverse metals before their final plating in either two layers of gold or platinum.
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Gold, platinum, and diamond-encrusted versions of the iPhone 6 will cost $4,495 to $8,795
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Official handset expected to come in white, black and gold | 55,840 | record_train |
United fans have come to expect victories immediately after @placeholder with just one defeat in 22 years | The challenging festive period is often a time in which Premier League titles can be won and lost. With fixtures piling up and squads feeling the strain, the statistics show that some teams cope much better than others. Here, Sportsmail delves into the most fascinating facts and stats from the Premier League Boxing Day fixtures of the past. Manchester United are the kings of Christmas When it comes to picking up three points on Boxing Day, Manchester United reign supreme having lost just one of their 22 fixtures (a 3-1 defeat against Middlesbrough in 2002). With that impressive tally giving the Red Devils an 86.4 per cent Boxing Day win ratio, it's no wonder that the Old Trafford club have collected 13 Premier League trophies, often being known for hitting form during and after the festive period.
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Manchester United have lost on Boxing Day just once in Premier League
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Arsenal next best, having won 15 of 22 Boxing Day fixtures since 1992
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Everton and Aston Villa have the worst records of Premier League regulars
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Robbie Fowler is leading Boxing Day goalscorer ahead of Theo Walcott
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Gareth Barry has scored four of his 50 league goals on Boxing Day | 55,841 | record_train |
In another, @placeholder is kneeling and readies to fire the crossbow-like weapon. | (CNN)A massive hunt was launched Friday for the only surviving suspect from the two standoff scenes in France, who may have escaped, police union spokesman Pascal Disant said. Hayat Boumeddiene, a 26-year-old woman, allegedly was the accomplice of Amedy Coulibaly, 32, in a hostage-taking incident at a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris. Four civilians were killed by a gunman in the hostage standoff before police stormed the market, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins told reporters Friday. Two police officers were also wounded in the raid, he said. Coulibaly was killed in the police operation, authorities said. Boumeddiene may have eluded capture during the confusion as the freed hostages were running away, Disant said.
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Le Monde says photos show Boumeddiene in a niqab and holding a weapon in 2010
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Police hunt for Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, an alleged accomplice from a hostage-taking site
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The other hostage-taking suspect is dead after a police operation | 55,842 | record_train |
‘I read on the news today some information that homosexuals will be getting married in the State of Alabama today, and I wanted to give you a live report from @placeholder,’ the intrepid correspondent says into the camera. | All those who have been wondering what effect the legalization of same-marriage marriage has had on Alabama now have their answer, and all thanks to self-proclaimed 'redneck news reporter' Jeremy Todd Addaway. On Monday, Addaway posted a hilarious video on his Facebook page shot on his property near Red Hill, Alabama, in which he tries – and fails - to find evidence that gay marriage is destroying Blount County. The video, which clocks in at under 2 minutes, begins with Mr Addaway dressed in a camouflage sweatshirt filing a report from the field on the state of his county in the aftermath of a federal court ruling allowing same-sex couples to get marriage licenses.
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Jeremy Todd Addaway's video shows him reporting on the state of his county in the aftermath of the same-sex court ruling
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To prove that nothing has changed, Addaway shows a pile of branches and his shed, where he says there are no homosexuals to be found
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Addaway’s satirical video has been viewed more than 766,000 times and shared 13,225 times on Facebook | 55,843 | record_train |
According to the company's most recent reports, @placeholder's net debt stood at $1.6bn at the end of March 2012. | Suntech Power Holdings, which was until recently the world's largest producer of solar panels, has said its main subsidiary in China is bankrupt, in a further stark illustration of the declining fortunes of the global solar industry. Suntech's Wuxi subsidiary is the first big Chinese solar group to declare insolvency and the world's biggest such bankruptcy, following a string of failed western solar companies including Q-Cells in Germany and Solyndra in the US. "What the Suntech case shows us is that the Chinese companies are not too big to fail," said Jenny Chase, head of solar analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "We are entering a period of great difficulty for Chinese solar manufacturers."
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Suntech Power Holdings has said its main subsidiary in China is bankrupt
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Until recently Suntech was the world's largest producer of solar panels
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It’s not just Chris Smalling on @placeholder, you’ve got Rojo on Terry. | Chelsea could have been awarded a penalty in the first half of their Premier League clash with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday. There were two separate incidents in the area as Chris Smalling appeared to wrestle Branislav Ivanovic to the ground as Marcos Rojo similarly seemed to hold John Terry. Sportsmail's GRAHAM POLL gives his verdict of Phil Dowd's handling of the incident. Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo both appear to headlock Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry Smalling appears to blatantly pull down Branislav Ivanovic in the penalty area at Old Trafford Ivanovic is holding onto Smalling after being dragged down in the area by the Manchester United defender
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Chris Smalling and Marcos Rojo appeared to headlock John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic
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Phil Dowd missed the incident in the first-half at Old Trafford
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The interview was particularly emotional for his coach @placeholder who announced last week he would be leaving the side at the end of the season. | The normally stoic coach of the Newcastle Knights revealed he lost interest in football in the weeks after one of his players Alex McKinnon suffered a devastating spinal injury that ended his career. Wayne Bennett sat down with the NRL Footy Show's Erin Molan on Thursday night and opened up about the emotional time. When asked if he ever contemplated ending his coaching career, Bennett takes a deep breath before answering: 'I wasn't interested in football for a couple of weeks.' Scroll down for videos Erin Molan (right) spoke with Alex McKinnon (left) in his only one-on-one interview since his accident on the footy field in March
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The usually stoic coach held back tears during Thursday's interview
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Wayne Bennett said he 'didn't care whether we won or lost' games
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Alex McKinnon renewed his vow to walk again during the Footy Show
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@placeholder later lived a few doors away at the top of the cobbled street in which it still stands. | By Paul Harris PUBLISHED: 19:32 EST, 5 April 2013 | UPDATED: 19:32 EST, 5 April 2013 It basks in the glory of being Sir Francis Drake’s local, parts of it proudly hewn from the spoils of the Spanish Armada he helped to defeat. But even though the Minerva Inn in Plymouth went on to survive centuries of redevelopment around it – and later escape Hitler’s bombs – the ancient hostelry may finally have encountered an enemy it cannot defeat. Safety officials have decided the 16th century building’s timber beams and woodwork pose a fire risk, and must be covered in flame retardant paint.
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Woodwork of Minerva Inn in Plymouth poses a fire risk, say safety officials
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Pub’s owners told to paint ceiling that bears years of hand-written messages
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It took Mr Smith five flights over two days to eventually get back home to @placeholder after his wife's death on 23 January 2015. | A British oil rig worker in Indonesia heard his young wife die from a ruptured heart valve while she was receiving treatment in Shetland, 7,000 miles away. Darron Smith, 35, was working on the rig off Batam Island when he got a phone call from his mother to call home urgently as his 37-year-old wife Anna had been taken ill. Over the next 24 hours she was transported to Gilbert Bain Hospital on Shetland in preparation to be taken to Scottish mainland for specialist care, but her condition rapidly deteriorated. Knowing she was unlikely to survive, Mr Smith stayed on the phone while medical workers fought to save her life - and eventually heard them telling his mother the tragic news that she had died.
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Darron Smith, 35, was working on an oil rig off Batam Island in Indonesia
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He was told to call home urgently as his wife Anna, 37, had been taken ill
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Over the next 24 hours her condition deteriorated at a hospital on Shetland
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Mr Smith was on the phone when he heard medical workers tell his mother that Mrs Smith had tragically died of an undiagnosed heart condition | 55,848 | record_train |
Speaking to @placeholder, Weir said that physical attacks weren't just made by him. | By Daily Mail Reporter Johnny Weir has opened up about his divorce from his husband - claiming his husband was often abusive towards him and relied on his money. In an ugly twist, the 29-year-old former skater shared details of his two-year marriage with Victor Voronov, a non-practising attorney, in an interview with Access Hollywood on Thursday. While he was all smiles and professionalism during his stint as a commentator in Sochi, behind the scenes, he struggling with a 'personal hell' of an emotionally and physically abusive partner, he said. He filed for divorce on February 12, while he was in Sochi.
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The former figure skater and Olympics commentator, 29, announced the break up with Victor Voronov on Twitter on Wednesday
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He has claimed that his husband was emotionally abusive and that they fought constantly during Weir's time in Sochi
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The couple, who married 2 years ago, were at the center of a recent domestic dispute case in which Voronov accused Weir of biting him
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TMZ have released a photo of the alleged attack
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@placeholder is still one of our biggest airmail cargo destination and we transport over 500,000 kgs of letters and parcels a year between the Sydney and London. | The first letter sent by Airmail from Britain to Australia has been unveiled, along with a host of retro travel posters to celebrate 80 years of the Kangaroo Route. British Airways has marked the 80th anniversary of its regular mail service between the UK and Australia - which falls on December 8 - by releasing the posters which encouraged Britons to make the journey Down Under. The first Airmail letter was sent on December 8, 1934, when Imperial Airways, a precursor to British Airways, began its regular weekly mail service between England and Australia. Generations of families have kept in touch via the UK-Australia Airmail post service from British Airways
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The Airmail service has helped families stay connected since 1934
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First UK to Australia Airmail letter was sent on December 8 of that year
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Then, it took three different carriers for the parcel to reach Australia
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Manning said the video and the behavior of the @placeholder involved was so disturbing, "It burdens me emotionally." | Fort Meade, Maryland (CNN) -- Pfc. Bradley Manning pleaded guilty Thursday to 10 of the 22 charges against him -- but not the most serious one, "aiding the enemy" -- in what the government says is the largest leak of classified documents in the nation's history. And, for the first time, Manning offered his rationale for the crimes. In court, Manning detailed why and how he sent classified material to WikiLeaks, a group that facilitates the anonymous leaking of secret information through its website. He said he passed on information that "upset" or "disturbed" him, but nothing he thought would harm the United States if it became public. Manning said he thought the documents were old and the situations they referred to had changed or ended.
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Manning offers his rationale for the crimes, saying he didn't mean to harm the U.S.
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He has pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 charges against him
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Manning did not plead guilty to the most serious charge: aiding the enemy
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As part of his conditions for reconciliation, @placeholder reportedly issued a five-page document including a list of no-no's like extramarital sexting and mutual masturbation and bi-yearly STD tests from both parties. | By Associated Press and Meghan Keneally NBC has added Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski to its Kentucky Derby line up as fashion correspondents after their star turn as figure skating commentators at the Sochi Olympic Games. The two former figure skaters, who earned the Olympic bronze medal in 2008 and the Olympic gold in 1998 respectively, made a name for themselves by wearing over-the-top outfits throughout the Russian winter games in February. Their keen fashion eyes will be in full force next Saturday at the storied horse race where attendees try to out do one another on their hat selections.
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Figure skaters Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski will comment on the big hats and outlandish fashion at the horse race next Saturday
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Will also mark the first time that former GMA co-host Josh Elliot works for NBC since leaving the ABC morning program
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The duo was initially brought on air as commentators for the Sochi winter games in February and were a hit | 55,852 | record_train |
@placeholder shouts during his 2008 speech, in which he encouraged students to 'rescue' science fiction. | By Daily Mail Reporter A speech to incoming college freshmen that was hailed by major news networks as the most 'epic' of all time was apparently partially plagiarized. Nick Selby, a student at Georgia Tech, lifted part of the speech from his high school debate coach, Andy Stone, who gave a similar address in 2008 that is available on YouTube, Gawker reported. Like Stone, Selby used theme music from '2001: A Space Odyssey' to punctuate the climax of his speech and he used similar phrasing, though the speeches were about two different subjects. Scroll down for video... Starts slow: Georgia Tech sophomore Nick Selby's freshman welcome speech began with typical advice then became an unforgettable address like none other
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Nick Selby, a student at Georgia Tech, lifted part of the speech from his high school debate coach, Andy Stone, who gave a similar address in 2008 that available on YouTube
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Selby's speech has garnered one million YouTube views
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Selby says he asked Stone for permission to lift parts of his speech | 55,853 | record_train |
There's still the possibility that action -- including, potentially, criminal charges -- could be taken against Officer @placeholder. | The Ferguson police officer who shot Michael Brown didn't stop him because he was suspected in a convenience-store robbery, but because he was "walking down the middle of the street blocking traffic," the city's police chief said Friday. Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson -- hours after documents came out labeling the 18-year-old Brown as the "primary suspect" in the store theft -- told reporters the "robbery does not relate to the initial contact between the officer and Michael Brown." So why did Ferguson police opt to release surveillance video of the convenience-store incident Friday -- the same day they named, six days after the shooting, the white police officer who fatally shot the African-American teenager -- if the two situations aren't related?
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‘Got a question today about @placeholder and Phil,’ he tweeted. | By Derek Lawrenson for the Daily Mail Rory McIlroy perused social media and the television sports bulletins on Wednesday night and was aghast at what he found. There, he was described as having said Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods were washed up, and their day had come and gone. Which was, quite frankly, a travesty. Asked a straightforward question about the absence of the two superstars from the Tour Championship for the first time since 1992, he gave a typically straightforward answer. ‘They’re just getting older,’ he responded. ‘Phil is 43 or whatever he is (he is 44) and Tiger is nearly 40. So they’re getting into the sort of last few holes of their careers.’
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Rory McIlroy defended comments about Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson
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McIlroy said pair were in 'last few holes of their careers'
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Visas to @placeholder are notoriously difficult to get and those that do get the stamp must ready themselves to swallow some whopping prices. | Yachts fill the bay in front of sparkling new skyscrapers rising from the city beyond. Cross the street to the other side, and sandy beaches are lined with restaurants and nightclubs. Sunbathers lounge during the day, replaced in the evening by fine diners who think nothing of plopping down a couple hundred dollars for sushi or lobster. After a pre-disco nap, the beautiful people emerge and the music cranks up from midnight until the sun comes up again. It's not Miami or Rio, but the Ilha de Luanda, a tropical beach playground in the African country of Angola for the wealthy and increasing number of expatriates who work there.
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Luanda's beach front is filled with restaurants where diners think nothing of dropping a few hundred dollars on seafood
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Naquele Lugur is a white-walled patio restaurant with an unmatched view of the city
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The company knows if the eyewear was transferred because each device is registered under the buyer's @placeholder account. | (Wired) -- Google is barring anyone deemed worthy of a pair of its $1,500 Google Glass computer eyewear from selling or even loaning out the highly coveted gadget. The company's terms of service on the limited-edition wearable computer specifically states, "you may not resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person. If you resell, loan, transfer, or give your device to any other person without Google's authorization, Google reserves the right to deactivate the device, and neither you nor the unauthorized person using the device will be entitled to any refund, product support, or product warranty." Welcome to the New World, one in which companies are retaining control of their products even after consumers purchase them.
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Google is barring users of its $1,500 Glass connected eyewear from reselling or loaning them out
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However, the @placeholder infighting also raised questions about GOP unity heading into November. | (CNN) -- Tea Party favorites won two primary elections over more mainstream Republicans on Tuesday, demonstrating again the clout of the conservative political movement on the political right. Now the question is whether the right-wing candidates can also defeat Democratic rivals in November's congressional elections, when the stakes are higher and the full electorate is deciding. The results in Delaware and New York highlighted the last major day of primary voting before the upcoming election in just under seven weeks. Voting in seven states and the District of Columbia included embattled veteran U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel's victory in his New York Democratic primary despite allegations of ethics violations, and D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty's bid to hold off a major primary challenger.
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Victories by O'Donnell, Paladino raise questions over Republican unity
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O'Donnell says she can win without support of national Republicans
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The advance came shortly after a senior U.S. official said that new leads developed from the @placeholder end of the investigation show Shahzad likely had training in Pakistan from extremists. | Washington (CNN) -- Investigators believe that Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad had ties to TTP, a Pakistani Taliban group, a senior law enforcement official and a U.S. intelligence official said Thursday. The law enforcement official said the extent of Shahzad's involvement with TTP has not been determined and could range from communications to training, and does not necessarily mean that TTP directed the attack. TTP released a video making a claim of responsibility for the attack on a website established the day before the failed bombing attempt, but a spokesman for TTP has denied any connection with the 30-year-old Pakistani-American.
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Faisal Shahzad probably trained with extremists in Pakistan, official says
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Dr Emmanuel said: ‘We now think that neurological diseases such as MS and @placeholder’s are linked to the gut being more leaky, permitting pathogens into the bloodstream and causing an antibody response. | By Hilary Freeman Gut feeling: Brain disease can be caused by an unhealthy stomach Anxiety or anticipation can often lead to a feeling of ‘butterflies in the stomach’ – which usually dissipates along with the source of the consternation. But scientists have discovered that the nerve pathways between the gut and the brain that cause this phenomenon may also be linked to degenerative illnesses such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), as well as some mental health problems. Dr Anton Emmanuel, consultant neuro-gastroenterologist at University College London and the National Hospital for Neurology, explained: ‘The gut and brain share the same nerve chemistry and have a dialogue.
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Study suggests that brain disease can be caused by an unhealthy gut
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Thursday's decision indicated the court was moving ahead with a retrial of Fahmy and @placeholder, but several scenarios are possible. | An Al Jazeera journalist who spent more than a year behind bars in Egypt on terror-related charges has been joyfully reunited with his family. Pictures emerged on Twitter of Baher Mohammed smiling happily with his wife, Jehan, and their three children. Mohammed's colleague tweeted a picture of them together with the message 'family reunion after 411 days', while another image of them was simply captioned 'finally!' Mohammed's wife had given birth to their third child, Haroon, without her husband by her side. Scroll down for video Pictures emerged on Twitter of Baher Mohammed smiling happily with his wife, Jehan, and their three children
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Pictures emerged of Baher Mohammed reunited with his wife and children
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The Egyptian had been held for over a year on terror-related charges
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He was released along with Al Jazeera colleague Mohamed Fahmy
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They are being represented by George Clooney's lawyer wife, Amal
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Similarly @placeholder on November 22 - the day to be thankful doesn't appear to stretch to indulging in porn. | Perhaps it's the threat of Santa's naughty list but a survey has revealed that the day of the year Americans are least likely to watch pornography is Christmas. Website Pornhub - which allows free access to millions of X-rated videos - analyzed their U.S. traffic in 2012 last week to work out when they had the highest and lowest number of viewers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the days when porn was least watched are all holidays - with the top three being Christmas Day, Thanksgiving and Easter Sunday. Turned off: A porn website has revealed that it got the lowest number of hits on U.S. holidays
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Father's Day, Memorial weekend and Fourth of July also made the list of days when porn users were least likely to go online | 55,862 | record_train |
Across @placeholder children have been orphaned after their parents died from Ebola (pictured). | Sitting outside his mud-brick home in the tiny village of Meliandou, Guinea, Etienne Ouamouno holds a crumpled picture in which he cradles his newborn son, Emile. Etienne explains that Emile was a playful toddler, and used to like playing outside the house with his ball and listening to the radio. But in December last year, the two-year-old got sick. The toddler came down with a sky-high fever, began vomiting, and passing black stools. At the time, Etienne had no idea what was wrong, but experts now believe that Emile was Ebola 'patient zero' - the first person to contract the virus, starting the current outbreak.
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Emile Ouamouno, two, is named as 'patient zero' of current Ebola outbreak
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A decrepit looking house in New Orleans' east side on January 2015 in @placeholder | In the desperate search for bodies after Hurricane Katrina, rescue teams waded through New Orleans armed with spray cans. Each crumbling home they searched was marked with an X. A number sprayed next to it indicated how many dead bodies lay inside. Now, a decade on from one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history that killed more than 1,800 people, the haunting red, yellow and green graffiti lingers in a once-thriving city that has been reduced to squalor. Scroll down for video Destroyed: The amount of water on top of this New Orleans nursing home caused part of the roof to fall in after Hurricane Katrina in 2005
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Photographer Johnny Joo visited east side of New Orleans which was largely neglected by the clean-up
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Homes have been abandoned and remain desolate wrecks without roofs, windows and even walls
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This pattern is typical of many rocks examined with the rover's laser-firing @placeholder. | By Mark Prigg It is the nearest there has ever been a nightclub on another planey. Nasa today revealed video footage showing its Curiosity rover firing lasers on the red planet. The ChemCam laser instrument has zapped more than 600 rock and soil targets on Mars since Curiosity landed in the planet's Gale Crater in August 2012 - but this is the first time the process has been seen. Scroll down for video The flashes occurred while the rover's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument fired multiple laser shots at the baseball-sized rock to investigate the rock's composition. Preliminary analysis of the ChemCam spectra from this target rock, appropriately named 'Nova,' indicates a composition rich in silicon, aluminum and sodium, beneath a dust layer poor in those elements.
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The ChemCam laser instrument has zapped more than 600 rock and soil targets on Mars
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It also closely echoes the @placeholder case that overturned bans on interracial marriage. | San Francisco, California (CNN) -- They've been committed to each other for eight years and have four sons together, but there's a component missing in one Berkeley, California, couple's life that's out of reach for them: getting married. Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier's partnership is one that has taken center stage because of the ongoing debate on same-sex marriage in California. On Monday, the spotlight will be even brighter, when a trial challenging California's Proposition 8, which bans same-sex marriage, begins in U. S. District Court in San Francisco. Demonstrators are expected to be out in force. Plans had been made to have a camera in the courtroom, and the proceedings distrubuted on YouTube, but the ballot initiative's sponsors prevailed in their 11th-hour bid to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to restrict distribution of video of the trial -- at least temporarily.
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Trial focuses on constitutionality of ban on same-sex marriage
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And @placeholder fought back, protesting over what they considered a grossly misleading attack against Goldwater. | Washington (CNN) -- The screen is black and white. A little girl, no taller than the weeds that surround her, stands in a field and picks petals from a delicate daisy. She quietly counts each one. Suddenly an ominous voice can be heard counting down from 10. She looks up as the camera zooms in on her face, all the way into her iris. And then the unthinkable happens: A mushroom cloud. Sunday marked the 50th anniversary of the famous "Daisy" ad run by Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential campaign. The aim of the one-minute spot, widely known as the first political attack ad, was to frame Republican Barry Goldwater as a warmonger.
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Lyndon B. Johnson's campaign aired the "Daisy" ad on September 7, 1964
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The controversial ad targeted his opponent, Republican Barry Goldwater
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Experts say the spot, considered the first political attack ad, changed politics
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Both sides dug in and there were two government shutdowns -- but the shutdowns backfired on Gingrich, and @placeholder came out the political losers. | Washington (CNN) -- Newt Gingrich left the Republican presidential campaign with a mixed legacy and a campaign deep in debt. The former speaker was left for political dead last year after his top campaign advisers quit over a disagreement on the direction of the campaign and its financial structure. But he came roaring back in late 2011 -- due in part to a Republican electorate that was not sold on Mitt Romney's candidacy. It is the past few months, though, for which he may be most remembered -- for staying in the race for too long, rather than for the big ideas he espoused on the campaign trail.
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Former House speaker announces he's suspending campaign
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Gingrich leaves campaign trail $4.3 million in debt
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Authorities have strengthened security to guarantee Noriega's safety in prison, @placeholder Foreign Minister Roberto Henriquez said. | Panama City (CNN) -- His fate uncertain, Manuel Noriega is being returned Sunday to Panama, nearly 22 years after the former dictator was forcibly removed from office by U.S. forces. Now 77, Noriega is being extradited this weekend from France, which got Noriega in April 2010 after he spent two decades in an American prison. Panamanian officials want him to face justice in the case of the killing of Hugo Spadafora, a doctor and political opponent of Noriega. Noriega was convicted in absentia of being involved with the kidnapping and killing of Spadafora in 1985. After a stop in Spain, Noriega is expected to arrive late Sunday afternoon in Panama City.
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The former strongman is expected to arrive in Panama late Sunday afternoon
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Panamanian officials want him to face justice there
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It's funny that @placeholder would latch onto the phrase, because they've shown a distinct lack of judgment and resolve on the issue. | Washington (CNN) -- On Tuesday, for the second time this month, the Republican field will debate foreign policy, a topic that hasn't seen much attention in the race until now. The candidates will be fighting an uphill battle against the president's strong record on national security. President Obama has racked up an impressive series of foreign policy victories and promises kept: He ordered a daring raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden and has taken out scores of top al Qaeda leaders, including lead recruiter Anwar al-Awlaki. He brought the Iraq war to a close, as promised, and has started a responsible withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Donna Brazile: GOP presidential candidates can't beat Obama's record on national security
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Three-quarters of Americans approve of his decision to pull troops from Iraq, Brazile says
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I trained hard in the @placeholder and was feeling very good about the upcoming race. | Distance runner Gilbert Tuhabonye survived the ethnic violence in his native Burundi in 1993 and rebuilt his life in the U.S. He now coaches in Austin, Texas and has been attempting to qualify for this year's Olympics. He'll be writing about his preparations and giving his views on athletics leading up to the Games. CNN -- May 20, 2008 Athletes and non-athletes alike often have the dream of going to the Olympic Games -- it's the ultimate experience in sports. He may have not finished the London Marathon, but Gilbert Tuhabonye has overcome greater setbacks. I am no exception and this year, I decided to go for it, but first I needed a qualifying time in the marathon. I decided that the Flora London Marathon was my best shot at getting a qualifying time that might land me a spot on the team of my country -- Burundi.
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Marathon runner Gilbert Tuhabonye writes for CNN.com leading up to the Olympics
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"If you don't use the opportunities against @placeholder he gets momentum. | (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal won a record sixth title at the Rome Masters to strike a psychological blow over Novak Djokovic ahead of the French Open. The Spaniard won 7-5, 6-4 to help erase painful memories from last year's final when Nadal again faced Djokovic only for the Serb to come out on top. The victory also ends a run of seven defeats for Nadal against Djokovic. "Winning is important, when you lose you play with doubts," Nadal told AFP after the match. "This was an important match. I will put this trophy in my bedroom. It is a dream of confidence I am playing well.
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Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic 7-5. 6-4 in the final of the Rome Masters
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Later in the show, Daniels was equally bemused at winning for his performance as a news anchor on "@placeholder." | (CNN) -- On a wild night of upsets at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, virtually nothing seemed to be going "Breaking Bad's" way. The AMC series, which concludes its much-lauded run next Sunday, didn't win a lot of honors it was expected to. Bryan Cranston, who was tabbed for outstanding lead actor in a drama, lost to "The Newsroom's" Jeff Daniels. Co-star Aaron Paul, who could have won supporting actor in a drama, ended up watching "Boardwalk Empire's" Bobby Cannavale take home the trophy. But when it came time for the big prize, outstanding drama, things broke for "Bad." "Holy crap! I did not see this coming," said creator Vince Gilligan, citing all of the other nominated shows in "this golden age of television" "Bad" felt so fortunate to be a part of.
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But @placeholder said he took his aunt up on the offer. | (CNN) -- Pete Seeger, the man considered to be one of the pioneers of contemporary folk music who inspired legions of activist singer-songwriters, died Monday. He was 94. Seeger's best known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)" and "If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)." But his influence extended far beyond individual hits. His grandson Kitama Cahill Jackson told CNN that the singer died of natural causes at New York Presbyterian Hospital on Monday evening. Familiar with controversy In a career spanning more than 70 years, Seeger frequently courted controversy.
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Pete Seeger dies of natural causes in a New York hospital, his family says
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His career spanned more than 70 years, often courting controversy
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Denmark, who needed to win the match to have any chance of progressing to the knockout stages, started their match with @placeholder brightly. | (CNN) -- Japan have comfortably beaten Denmark 3-1 at the Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg to book their place in the last 16 of the World Cup. First half goals from Keisuke Honda and Yasuhito Endo gave the Danes a mountain to climb. They never looked like they would recover and a miserable night was completed when Shinji Okazaki added a third in the 87th minute, shortly after a Jon Dahl Tomasson 81st minute goal had given Denmark a glimmer of hope. The Danes were comprehensively outplayed by Japan who produced their most resolute and skilful display of the tournament so far.
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Japan produce stunning performance to beat Denmark 3-1 in Rustenburg
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Netherlands beat Cameroon 2-1 in Cape Town to continue 100 percent record
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He said his employer fired him after the @placeholder article. | Fort Worth, Texas (CNN) -- An internet troll reviled for his pornographic posts on Reddit and recently revealed as a middle-aged software programmer told CNN that he made "a huge mistake." For years, 49-year-old Michael Brutsch hid behind the online screen name "Violentacrez," creating hundreds of subforums on the user-generated website, such as "Rapebait," "Incest," "Pics of Dead Kids," "Choke a Bitch," and "Rape Jokes." "Violentacrez" has been banned from the site several times, although Brutsch still maintains a separate account. Last week, Gawker revealed the identity of "Violentacrez," whose posts generated as many as 800,000 subscribers and triggered a debate about whether Reddit was criminally liable for the content of its forums. Reddit is a website where the popularity of posts -- and whether they are featured prominently on the site's main page -- is determined by registered users' votes.
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Man behind behind 'Jailbait,' 'Rape Jokes' posts on Reddit was recently identified
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Michael Brutsch lost his job after his identity was revealed
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@placeholder is a trendsetter and it will be meaningful when the state with the largest death row gives up the cost and moral burden of capital punishment. | (CNN) -- While the presidential candidates spar in debates and jump on gaffes, two possibly historic votes on November 6 will cut to the most primal issues: nothing less than death and love. In California, voters will decide whether to keep the death penalty on the books in America's most populous state. Meanwhile, in my own state of Minnesota, there is a good chance that a proposed constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage will be defeated. Each is significant because it could represent a crucial shift in momentum and a turning point — away from the use of the death penalty, and toward a broader societal acceptance of gay men and women.
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Voters in California will decide on death penalty and those in Minnesota on gay marriage
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Mark Osler: Each is significant because it could represent a turning point in history
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Osler: Let's see if Californians and Minnesotans choose less death and more love | 55,877 | record_train |
The bids started at just 99p for the black cake and @placeholder received 11 bids in the time that it was up for grabs. | Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day. But one bride-to-be wanted something more alternative - and she sure got what she asked for. Celia, a bride from Haltwhistle, Northumberland, snapped up this black iced tyre cake online after seeing a beautifully decorated image, but what she actually received was much less glamorous. Not what she bargained for: When Celia's wedding cake arrived, she was shocked by the monstrosity, it was nothing like the cake she had dreamed of (L) Arriving at the reception on her wedding day, Celia was horrified to be confronted by a lopsided mess that barely resembled the well-finished three-tier cake she had requested.
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Women wanted black tyre wedding cake as light-hearted take on tiered cake
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The beginning of Nyong'o's fairy-tale rise to Hollywood's new It Girl began with her brilliant portrayal of @placeholder, a filthy, psychologically abused and violently beaten slave in the best picture winner, "12 Years a Slave." | "No matter where you are from, your dreams are valid." Dignified, inspiring words spoken by young woman who looked like a fairy princess on Hollywood's most spectacular night. Lupita Nyong'o won the Academy Award for best supporting actress -- and black, brown and "other" women and girls all around the world exhaled with relief and cheered with delight. The Cinderella story endures because deep down, people want to believe in improbable beauty and equal access to happily ever after. You know how it goes: A kind young girl alone and far from home is placed in a hostile environment, ignored and abused. Against all odds, she finds the power of her imagination, transforms into a graceful beauty and becomes the belle of the ball.
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Lupita Nyong'o won best supporting actress Oscar in a fairy-tale rise in Hollywood
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Michaela Angela Davis: She is a "pop of color" in neutral landscape of awards season
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Davis: She gave a brilliant performance as the slave Patsey; now she's the It Girl
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And with a bunch of tea party vs. establishment primary battles yet to come, what happened in @placeholder will only embolden the grassroots. | (CNN) -- A day after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's almost unprecedented primary loss, his defeat is being felt far from his central Virginia congressional district. Aftershocks from Cantor's loss at the hands of a little known and underfunded tea party supporter and economics professor rocked the political world -- from the campaign trail to the halls of Congress and the White House. The ouster of the No. 2 House Republican, who was seen by many as the next speaker, overturns the chamber's leadership hierarchy, and effectively kills any chance of immigration reform. "It's just sending shivers throughout the Republican conference," veteran GOP Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska told CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.
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Cantor's loss is sending "shivers" through the House Republican Party
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House leadership shakeup - Cantor is expected to resign as majority leader
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UEFA also confirmed they had dismissed an appeal from by @placeholder regarding to an original complaint they had made about the behavior of Barcelona's players during the first leg in Madrid. | (CNN) -- Barcelona midfielder Sergio Busquets is free to play in the Champions League final against Manchester United after UEFA dismissed an allegation of racism by Real Madrid. Real posted a video on their official web site which, they claimed, showed Busquets shouting towards Marcelo during their match at the Bernabeu. The footage was captioned "mono, mono", which means "monkey" in Spanish. An ill-tempered semifinal that saw two players sent off and Real manager Jose Mourinho sent to the stands finished 2-0 to Spanish champions Barca, who then secured their place in the final with a 1-1 draw in the second leg at the Nou Camp.
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UEFA dismiss allegations of racism leveled at Barcelona player Sergio Busquets
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Real Madrid had accused Busquets of racially abusing one of their players
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He and @placeholder traded insults last week in the only televised head-to-head debate of the campaign. | Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday conceded defeat in his bid for re-election as French president, accepting the blame for the result. "I carry the entire responsibility for this defeat, and I'm going to say why. I fought for the values of responsibility, and I'm not a man who does not accept his responsibilities," Sarkozy said from his Paris campaign headquarters, as members of the crowd shouted, "No!" "I'm ready to become a French person amongst French people, and more than ever I have the love for my country deeply ingrained in my heart," Sarkozy said. Before the election, as opinion polls suggested his rival Francois Hollande would win easily, Sarkozy's camp had been pinning their hopes on the pollsters being wrong. But they were not.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy concedes defeat in re-election bid
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Parents in @placeholder seeking a medical exemption have to submit a written statement from their doctor or registered nurse indicating why the exemption is needed. | President Barack Obama is urging parents to get their children vaccinated in the face of a measles outbreak that has infected more than 100 people in the United States. But New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who may run for Obama's job next year, insisted on Monday that moms and dads deserve 'some measure of choice' in the matter. His press aides scrambled in the late morning hours to contain the political damage, trying to clarify and re-frame what he said while touring a biomedical company in Cambridge, England. In an interview taped Sunday before the Super Bown but aired on Monday's 'Today' show, Obama said measles was a preventable disease.
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So-called 'anti-vaccination' movement has raised the issue over and over, with Hollywood figures like Jenny McCarthy and Kristin Cavallari drawing fire for their views
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Obama says 'there is every reason to get vaccinated, but there aren't reasons to not'
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She acknowledged Tuttle could be slow but said he wasn't usually a cashier though sometimes steps in to help out when @placeholder is busy, as was the case Saturday. | By Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 00:14 EST, 12 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:18 EST, 12 November 2013 Tens of thousands of people have come to the defense of a grocery store cashier with Asperger's Syndrome after he was yelled at by an impatient customer because he was checking her 'too slow.' Chris Tuttle, a seven year veteran and beloved member of staff at the Wegmans in Clay, New York, was serving the unnamed woman on Saturday when she flew off the handle, complaining to his manager and making him so shaken he dropped a candle. Upset and still stressed 10 hours later, Tuttle told his sister, Jamie Tuttle-Virkler, about the incident, and she enlisted the help of her Facebook friends to lift his spirits.
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Chris Tuttle, a seven year veteran at the Wegmans in Clay, New York, was serving the woman Saturday when she yelled at him and complained to his manager
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Upset and still stressed 10 hours later, Tuttle told his sister, Jamie Tuttle-Virkler, about the incident, and she appealed for help on Facebook
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'@placeholder is well known around the world for their vast selection of toys for children of all ages. | Toys 'R Us is removing its Breaking Bad collectible dolls after more than 9,000 people signed a petition launched by a 'concerned parent' in Florida. Susan Schrivjer, from Fort Myers, Florida launched an online campaign to have the action figures pulled from Toys 'R Us' racks, calling them a 'dangerous deviation' from the company's values. Toys 'R Us, based in Wayne, New Jersey, said that the dolls based on the characters from the hit show are being removed immediately from its website and shelves. Scroll down for video Fully loaded: Both White and his business partner have action figure versions complete with gas masks, a duffel bag of cash, and a toy bag of crystal meth
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Toy giant removes Breaking Bad action figures after mother's petition
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Susan Schrivjer, Florida, was 'appalled' when she found figures in store
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More than 9,000 signed petition to have dolls removed from Toys 'R Us
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The governor's race in @placeholder had earned a prominent stage among a series of high-profile gubernatorial elections that some analysts speculate could be a bellwether for future presidential politics. | (CNN) -- Republicans appeared to have regained the majority of U.S. governorships Tuesday night, capturing 10 in states where the previous executives were Democrats, according to CNN projections of exit poll data. But Democrats scored two takeaways, including in California, where CNN projected that Jerry Brown will defeat Republican Meg Whitman for the governorship now held by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is stepping down under term limits. Brown returns to the governor's mansion in California 28 years after his last term ended. The other takeaway state was Hawaii. GOP women made major inroads, as New Mexico's Susana Martinez, South Carolina's Nikki Haley and Oklahoma's Mary Fallin all defeated their Democratic opponents.
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Tea Party favorite Nikki Haley wins in South Carolina, CNN projects
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Susana Martinez wins in New Mexico | 55,886 | record_train |
Local resident @placeholder, 25, who was just two when her father passed away in 1990, was shocked and angry when she spotted the notice on a visit. | By Mark Duell Mourners have arrived at their loved ones’ graves to find their headstones plastered in yellow notices - claiming they were ‘unsafe’. Shocked owners of 488 graves at Worting Road Cemetery in Basingstoke, Hampshire, were warned they were liable if ‘anyone was injured’ by the gravestones. They now face paying for repairs in one year or their memorials could be removed. Among those told their gravestone was unsafe is the family of David Ridgers, who has been buried there for 24 years. Yellow sign: Claire Ridgers-Smith (left) with her sister Davee Ridgers and her son Charlie Ridgers, by David Ridgers's gravestone at Worting Road Cemetery in Basingstoke, Hampshire
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Owners of Basingstoke graves warned they are liable if 'anyone is injured'
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Among those told their gravestone was unsafe is family of David Ridgers
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@placeholder's aim was to capitalise on the desert sun, which it estimated could provide more power in six hours than mankind could use in a year. | Tunisian sunshine could soon be powering homes in the UK if an ambitious North African project gets the green light. The TuNur project aims to power up to 2.5 million UK homes by 2018 using solar energy captured in the vast Tunisian plains. Its investors have already spent £8 million ($12.9 million) on their project, which they claim will provide energy that is 20 per cent cheaper than other sources. Tunisian sunshine could soon be powering homes in the UK if an ambitious North African project gets the green light. The TuNur project (pictured) aims to power up to 2.5 million UK homes by 2018 using solar energy captured in the vast Tunisian plains
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The TuNur project has already spent £8 million ($12.9 million) on its plans
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It is developing a solar farm in Kebili Governorate, south western Tunisia
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It says it can provide energy 20 per cent cheaper than other sources
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These reflect and concentrate light onto a central point, generating heat
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TuNur was an associate member of a separate solar project, Desertec which last week announced that it had all but folded | 55,888 | record_train |
No plush @placeholder property is complete without a roof terrace (and a smattering of rain) | Demand for properties which cost £1million a year to rent is soaring because of growing concerns about mansion tax and stamp duty, according to a new report. The £1million-plus rental market has boomed since 2010, when two large penthouses were let out in Mayfair, London. Since then, the market has grown across the capital to include properties in Knightsbridge, Chelsea, South Kensington, Notting Hill, Regent's Park, St John's Wood and Holland Park. The average weekly rent in London's ultra-prime lettings market is now £3,500 per week or £182,000 per year. The most expensive property on the London rental market - and one of the most expensive rental in London ever - is No.11 at Cornwall Terrace
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London's super-prime rental market is booming after recent stamp duty increase and concerns over mansion tax
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The average weekly rent in London's lettings market is now £3,500 per week - a 23 per cent rise on five years ago
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Six-bedroom Westminster mansion is currently on market for £960,000 per year, and Chelsea house up for £600,000
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Five-bedroom Knightsbridge property, boasting its own swimming pool, on rental market for £768,000 per year | 55,889 | record_train |
Third on the list was @placeholder, with 11.3 per cent of drivers surveyed reporting a minor accident as a result of concentrating on the iconic tourist attraction instead of the road. | By Kerry Mcdermott PUBLISHED: 05:41 EST, 14 September 2012 | UPDATED: 15:26 EST, 14 September 2012 A mysterious circle of ancient stones looming high over the Wiltshire countryside, prehistoric Stonehenge is one of Britain's most spectacular sights. But taking your eyes off the A344 to gawp at the view as you drive past the towering monoliths could come at a price. Stonehenge has topped a list of sights around the country most likely to cause awestruck drivers to have an accident - with the Angel of the North and the Blackpool Tower also responsible for many a swerve or bump.
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Distracted drivers have more accidents passing the ancient Wiltshire monument than any other landmark in the country
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Angel of the North, Blackpool Tower and the Houses of Parliament have also caused minor crashes and close shaves
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Spellbound motorists admit slowing down by up to 27mph to get a better look as they pass spectacular sights | 55,890 | record_train |
If @placeholder were to depart it would leave promises about increasing the number of home-grown graduates in the Chelsea team sounding hollow. | By Laurie Whitwell Follow @@lauriewhitwell Ryan Bertrand has an interesting take on the match that made him famous overnight. Thrust into the starting XI against Bayern Munich on May 19, 2012, he did the job requested of him by Roberto Di Matteo to help Chelsea claim Champions League glory. ‘It’s something I don’t want people to forget, I’ve had success at the highest level,’ says Bertrand. ‘But, personally, I don't want to rest on my laurels, I've got the taste and it’s something I want to actively pursue. I want that again.’ VIDEO: Scroll down to watch Bertrand talk about his Chelsea future
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Ryan Bertrand rose to fame after helping Chelsea win the 2012 Champions League
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The 24-year-old has impressed on loan with struggling Aston Villa, the sixth club he has been farmed out to
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Jose Mourinho refused Brendan Rodgers' request to take him to Liverpool
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England international is prepared to travel any distance to play regularly | 55,891 | record_train |
‘Aleksandar’s a very quick player and he has two good feet which he can shoot with,’ added @placeholder. | By Mark Wilson Celtic have completed a double transfer swoop as Manchester City’s Belgian centre-half Jason Denayer joined Aleksandar Tonev in signing in time to play in next week’s Champions League qualifier with Maribor. As anticipated, Aston Villa’s 24-year-old Bulgarian winger Tonev completed his loan move to Parkhead after completing the formalities on Monday afternoon. Celtic boss Ronny Deila then succeeded in persuading the highly-rated 19-year-old Denayer to continue his development in Glasgow in a deal thought to be similar to Tonev’s. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Celtic reject Legia 'rematch' call New Bhoy: Jason Denayer poses with Celtic boss Ronny Deila after joining on loan from Manchester City
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Jason Denayer and Aleksandar Tonev have joined on year-long loan deals
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Both players eligible to face Maribor in Champions League qualifier
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Bulgarian Tonev was sold on the deal by compatriot Stiliyan Petrov
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Celtic manager Ronny Deila excited by Tonev deal | 55,892 | record_train |
The lightening offensive by the @placeholder takes the group closer to its dream of carving out an Islamic state straddling both Syria and Iraq. | By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor Toppling Saddam Hussein bears some responsibility for today's crisis in Iraq, Tony Blair has admitted. Mr Blair said it would be 'absurd' to argue the 2003 Iraq war had nothing to do with the chaos in the country today - as al-Qaeda inspired Isis fighters close in on Baghdad. The former Prime Minister's admission comes just days a week after he claimed the US-American invasion was not to blame for the looming civil war in the country. He said it was the 'predictable and malign effect' of the crisis in Syria. Scroll down for video
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Former PM says it would be 'absurd' to dismiss impact of 2003 invasion
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Insists failure to end Syrian civil war is the principle cause of the Iraq crisis
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Claims al-Qaeda inspired terror groups were 'on their back' in 2010
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Latest intervention comes as ISIS terrorists swallow more chunks of Iraq
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Iraq for crisis talks | 55,893 | record_train |
Understandably, Tamara dotes on her beautiful daughter: 'When I was pregnant I said to @placeholder I was going to breastfeed the baby for maybe two months at the most and then switch to formula milk. | Socialite Tamara Ecclestone is a home-loving girl, and so she should be, when that home contains 57 rooms, is worth an estimated £70 million, and stands on the most expensive street in London. Tamara, the eldest daughter of Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone, has lived in the house with her husband, Jay Rutland, and their five-month-old daughter, Sophia, for a year. The incredible house - built in the early 1900s - has four storeys above ground and two below and its value has almost doubled since the two-year renovation project she masterminded with London-born but Los Angeles-based designer Gavin Brodin was finished in 2013.
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The value of the house in Kensington has has jumped from £25 million to approximately £70 million since work was completed
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West London house has four storeys above ground and two below | 55,894 | record_train |
Cross-dressing killer @placeholder was later to become one of the director's most-famous characters in the 1960 movie Psycho, a film which has come to define Hitchcock's style of psychological horror. | By Damien Gayle 'Hitchcock disguised as Molly': The director before he was famous, wearing a figure-hugging dress on the tennis court in Shoreham-by-Sea Scroll down for video It could have been the inspiration for Norman Bates. Or perhaps it's just a case of Hitchcock holiday japes. Whatever the story behind these remarkable pictures, they show the Psycho director in an entirely different light to the troubled genius whose legacy has been sullied by his reputation for cruelty. The previously unpublished album is believed to have belonged to director Graham Cutts, for whom the young Alfred Hitchcock worked as an assistant early in his film career.
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Incredible collection put up for sale by book dealer Christian White
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It shows Hitchcock as a young assistant director just beginning his career
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Candid pictures date from the early- to mid-1920s | 55,895 | record_train |
Outside the prison in @placeholder, there was a candlelight vigil attended by members of Gardner's family. | Draper, Utah (CNN) -- Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed early Friday by firing squad, the Utah Department of Corrections said. Gardner, 49, is only the third person in 33 years to die by firing squad in the United States. He was killed at 12:20 a.m. MST (2:20 a.m. ET), a Corrections Department spokesman said. A hood was placed over Gardner's head and a paper target pinned to his chest. He was heavily restrained as a five-person firing squad took aim at the target and shot him, witnesses said. Journalists who witnessed the shooting said it happend quickly. One reporter said she noticed that Gardner moved after he was shot.
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NEW: Witnesses said the execution was fast
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Ronnie Lee Gardner executed by firing squad
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Supreme Court earlier denied stay of execution appeal
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Third person killed by firing squad in U.S. in 33 years. | 55,896 | record_train |
But now, with the impending appointment of @placeholder, Palace are back in the limelight. | Crystal Palace have got their mojo back. A club that has been on an upward trajectory for the past four-and-half years was seeing all that hard work beginning to disintegrate with the acrimonious departure of Tony Pulis and the unimaginative appointment of Neil Warnock. Palace know they will never be able to compete with the biggest sides in the land, but the Eagles thrive on being the cool kid in the Premier League playground. Neil Warnock rues a missed opportunity against Burnley as Crystal Palace fans watch on Impressing neutrals with their guts, passion and eccentricities is in this club's fibre, and those attributes have all been sadly lacking since August, having been so proudly prominent last season.
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Alan Pardew set to leave Newcastle United to take over at Crystal Palace
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Cult hero Pardew played for Crystal Palace from 1987 to 1991
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Palace finished 11th last year but are currently 18th in Premier League | 55,897 | record_train |
Though the youngster considers @placeholder to be both her mother and father, the school said only fathers could attend. | A girl who was told she cannot attend a father-daughter dance with her single mom will get a dance of her own. Meghan, eight, asked her mother Shawna Steeves, 30, to be her date for the annual party at Southwest Elementary School in Lawson, Missouri, next week. But when the school heard of their plan, the Parent Teacher Association informed Steeves no mothers are allowed for 'authenticity' reasons. Now, after a week-long battle, the school has refused to change the rules - but a community group has pledged to throw a separate party for Meghan and other children of widows or single mothers.
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Shawna Steeves was asked by her daughter Meghan to be her date
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30-year-old said yes but asked Southwest Elementary in Lawson, MO
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The principle initially said yes - but the PTO overturned the decision
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After PTO refused to back down, a community group is throwing dance for daughters of widows and single moms | 55,898 | record_train |
@placeholder has posted violent language that glorifies the DNS on social meda sites | By Sam Webb PUBLISHED: 02:39 EST, 6 May 2013 | UPDATED: 09:43 EST, 6 May 2013 The brother of a promising football star is a 'general' in a criminal gang believed to be involved in shootings, stabbings and violent street battles over territory. Wilfried Zaha, 20, has been signed by Manchester United after the winger, who currently plays for Crystal Palace, impressed reds boss Sir Alex Ferguson. But his 24-year-old brother Herve has gone down a different path as a high-ranking member of the feared Don't Say Nothing crew, also known as DSN. Wilfried Zaha (left) has a brother with links to the notorious and feared DSN gang based in Croydon, south London. Herve (right) was given a conditional discharge last year after throwing a paving slab at a car
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Wilfried Zaha's brother Herve with links to feared DSN gang
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Zaha recently signed to Man United for £15million
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DSN, or 'Don't Say Nothing', linked to numerous violent crimes | 55,899 | record_train |
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