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The @placeholder thieves might have gotten away with more, but were foiled by three other workers returning from dinner break. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:49 EST, 17 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:01 EST, 17 November 2012 Brazen: Thieves made off $1.9m worth of Apple iPad minis from the JFK airport cargo hold - the same site as the 1978 Lufthansa heist which inspired mob film Goodfellas A cargo worker has been arrested over the brazen th... | 64,600 | record_train |
The @placeholder also asked for policies to ensure the department does not impersonate other news organizations in the future. | (CNN) -- The director of the FBI defended Friday an agent's actions in impersonating an Associated Press reporter to track down a suspect -- a tactic criticized by the news agency as "unacceptable." In a letter to the New York Times, FBI director James Comey said the deception had occurred in 2007, as the agency tried ... | 64,601 | record_train |
Under a deal brokered by Pelosi, Hoyer will become the minority whip in the next @placeholder -- the second Democratic slot -- while Clyburn will serve as assistant leader, a newly created third Democratic position. | Washington (CNN) -- House Democrats voted Wednesday to make Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, their leader for the 112th Congress, overcoming objections from moderates who argued that she was partly responsible for the party's overwhelming defeat at the polls two weeks ago. Republicans, who won a net gain of at least... | 64,602 | record_train |
"@placeholder is a sweetheart and a brilliant comedic performer. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- It's official: Ashton Kutcher is filling the gap left by Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men." "I can't wait to get to work with this ridiculously talented 2.5 team and I believe we can fill the stage with laughter that will echo in viewers' homes," Kutcher said Friday in a statement released by C... | 64,603 | record_train |
Both Qatar games were recorded as 20-0 defeats on the @placeholder' official website. | Qatar have pulled out of the women's basketball competition at the Asian Games after refusing to abide by international regulations preventing them from wearing hijabs. The Qatari players had been asked to remove their head coverings before their opening group game against Mongolia on Wednesday, but chose to pull out o... | 64,604 | record_train |
@placeholder has moved to the left; the Republicans have moved to the right. | (CNN) -- For those who didn't know much about Shirley Temple, her passing this week revealed two surprises. First, that her post-Hollywood career was dominated by public service. She ran (unsuccessfully) for Congress in 1967, served as a representative to the United Nations and was ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovaki... | 64,605 | record_train |
AP: 'One of the biggest scandals in recent @placeholder history' | A former FBI agent who went missing in Iran was working for the CIA there, not conducting private business as officials have previously claimed, The Associated Press and the Washington Post reported on Thursday. Both the State Department and Bob Levinson's family have long denied he was working for the U.S. government ... | 64,606 | record_train |
When I look at South Africa, I know there is about 30% of trade going to @placeholder, so if something goes wrong in Europe it will have an effect on South Africa which is why any solution will require the cooperation of all players and I understand perfectly that South African authorities are concerned about the way t... | (CNN) -- Africa's growing economies should put jobs creation at the heart of their development policies, according to the head of the International Monetary Fund. Speaking to CNN's Robyn Curnow, Christine Lagarde said that youth unemployment is one of the biggest challenges facing Africa's countries. "There is a vibran... | 64,607 | record_train |
@placeholder child protection agencies knew Pipah was in the care of a convicted peadophile but did not act sooner | The neice of David Farnell alerted child protection authorities that her paedophile uncle was caring for a baby 10 weeks before news of the Thai surrogacy scandal made international headlines. The West Australian Department of child protection was made aware of the fact on May 15, but acted only after news of the baby ... | 64,608 | record_train |
He has however, pledged his support to @placeholder, despite the 8-0 defeat to Southampton on Saturday. | Former Sunderland chief executive Roberto De Fanti has hit back at claims made by Paolo Di Canio about his part, or lack of, in the club's recruitment last summer. Di Canio, who was sacked at the beginning of last season, says he didn't choose any of the 14 players the Black Cats signed before his departure. But De Fan... | 64,609 | record_train |
No stranger: Because both of his dogs, pictured, also appeared surprisingly calm around @placeholder, the homeowner feared she had been there more than once before | By Nina Golgowski PUBLISHED: 17:23 EST, 26 September 2012 | UPDATED: 17:32 EST, 26 September 2012 Wet bandit: Jennifer Burgess, 24, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly found showering in a man's home and attempting to make off with his belongings A man who returned home to find a naked woman greeting him at his fro... | 64,610 | record_train |
But @placeholder's single win over her came at Wimbledon back in 2008. | (CNN) -- They've taken contrasting routes to the Wimbledon final, have very different styles of play and polar opposite personalities, but Sabine Lisicki and Marion Bartoli will have one thing in common on Saturday afternoon on the famous Centre Court. Both will be searching for a maiden grand slam title -- the ultimat... | 64,611 | record_train |
‘The profits of companies run by Mr @placeholder being under-declared, falsely represented to the tax man and therefore the tax position was fraudulently advantageous to the defendants.’ | A tax cheat who compared himself as ‘Del Boy’ and applied to appear on The Only Way is Essex was jailed for five years today after conning the taxman out of £5.8million. Michael Woodward, 29, who applied to be on the ITV show in 2010, was cheating the government out of money, while using his ill-gotten gains to buy a f... | 64,612 | record_train |
The news that she contracted @placeholder cast further doubt on the hospital's ability to handle the virus and protect employees. | (CNN)The second Dallas health care worker who was found to have the Ebola virus should not have boarded a commercial jet Monday, health officials say. Because she had helped care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, and because another health worker who cared for Duncan had been diagnosed with Ebola, the worker was no... | 64,613 | record_train |
But the next day it escalated with Mr @placeholder claiming the former speaker questioned why he showered with the door closed. | By Louise Cheer for Daily Mail Australia For the first time, James Ashby - the man who filed sexual harassment claims against Peter Slipper two years - has personally detailed the allegations he brought against his former employer. During his first week on the $160,000 job as Mr Slipper's adviser in 2010, Mr Ashby was ... | 64,614 | record_train |
The toy is a tool for @placeholder to get a younger audience into virtual reality. | The popular View-Master toy, beloved of children from the 1960s onwards, has got a modern makeover. Toy manufacturer Mattel has worked with Google on the new toy, which will rely on a smartphone to deliver its optical trickery. The virtual reality device makes use of Google’s Cardboard to deliver immersive scenes such ... | 64,615 | record_train |
The juvenile admitted on the stand to shouting "go home you @placeholder [expletive]" after the first fight dispersed, prompting Ramirez to turn back and attack him. | POTTSVILLE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A fomer Pennsylvania high school football player was acquitted of murder Friday in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant last summer. Luis Ramirez died of blunt force injuries after a confrontation with a group of Pennsylania teens. However, a Schuylkill County jury found Brandon P... | 64,616 | record_train |
Clapping: Harry applauds as teams take to the pitch for the @placeholder v Brazil match at the Estadio Nacional | If he wanted to experience that winning feeling at World Cup 2014, then Prince Harry certainly chose a good match to attend last night - by watching host nation Brazil trounce Cameroon. The prince, who is starting a week-long tour of South America, was pictured getting to his feet and celebrating the goals as he sat am... | 64,617 | record_train |
"The United States has been supporting @placeholder since 9/11, training our forces," he said. | Washington (CNN) -- Authorities in Yemen questioned people at a mosque and a school in the capital of Sanaa because the facilities were attended by attempted bombing suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the spokesman for Yemen's Embassy to the United States said Tuesday. Mohammed al-Basha told CNN's "The Situation Room" ... | 64,618 | record_train |
Osterloh said users spend an average of 520 million minutes on @placeholder every day. | (CNN) -- With Facebook integration and the ability to have group video chats, Skype is getting more social. The site, which allows free internet voice and video calling, announced the changes in a video posted on its official blog Thursday. The new Skype for Windows will include a Facebook tab that lets users watch the... | 64,619 | record_train |
His wallet was found in some woods near clothing and jewellery that belonged to @placeholder but authorities found nothing else of significance at the time. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 03:40 EST, 11 October 2012 | UPDATED: 06:32 EST, 11 October 2012 An inmate on death row used his last breath to protest his innocence of the murder of a 12-year-old girl as he was executed in Texas last night despite his legal team arguing he was mentally ill. Jonathan Green, 44, was j... | 64,620 | record_train |
Although most outsiders to the @placeholder can't tell this difference, Black Country folk can quiet fiercely defend the difference between the accent. | A primary school which banned pupils from using Black Country slang to halt a ‘decline in standards’ has revealed the controversial policy seems to have improved children's reading and writing. Parents were furious when school chiefs ordered children to stop speaking the dialect, saying it should be preserved to prote... | 64,621 | record_train |
A @placeholder official said, "It's unfortunate the civilians were there in the wrong time." | Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- A drone strike in Yemen on Saturday killed at least 10 suspected al Qaeda militants but also inadvertently resulted in the deaths of three civilian day laborers, a high-level Yemeni government official told CNN. The strike targeted a pickup in al-Hazemiyah district of al-Bayda province, three Yeme... | 64,622 | record_train |
The new Indy figures are sure to get fans drooling at Comic-Con, and here are five more toys that should fly off shelves on @placeholder. | (CNN) -- You can almost hear them now. The throngs descending on San Diego Comic-Con, ready to devour as much pop culture as they can possibly muster over an extra-long weekend. Officially, the Con begins on Thursday of next week. But, there is that magical time known as Preview Night on Wednesday, when the number one,... | 64,623 | record_train |
recognized @placeholder 'as the person in the video cutting off the foot of | Two men who were awaiting trial for the brutal murder and dismembering of a 19-year-old Oklahoma girl have had their charges dropped after police failed to find enough evidence to pin them to the gruesome crime. Luis E. Ruiz's parents praised the Lord as their son was freed from Oklahoma county jail yesterday, where he... | 64,624 | record_train |
Earlier in the morning she had hugged her brother good-bye before he flew to @placeholder airport in Haiti. | (CNN) -- With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in America are "sick with worry" and scrambling for information about Tuesday's earthquake, while fretting about their troubled homeland and their loved ones. "Well, we're watching the news unfold, and I just don't know what to think," said Gepsi Met... | 64,625 | record_train |
Afzal said he approached the @placeholder case ‘like any other’. | Nazir Afzal, of the Crown Prosecution Service, has defended taking celebrities to trial over historic sex abuse claims The chief Crown prosecutor who put Coronation Street actor William Roache in the dock over historic sex abuse claims has hit back at critics who accuse him of mounting a ‘witch-hunt’ against celebritie... | 64,626 | record_train |
But @placeholder wasn't the only thing police scooped during the dramatic raid. | By Freya Noble Guns, snakes and drugs have been seized in Sydney's west as police target an outlaw bikie gang. Four men were also arrested as Strike Force Raptor continued its investigation into the Rebels motorcycle gang, police say. On Thursday morning, a 47-year-old life member of the Rebels was arrested in Macquari... | 64,627 | record_train |
He said he had been asking the Pentagon for months about information about @placeholder, on behalf of a constituent whose husband was killed five years ago. | Washington (CNN) -- The Air Force admitted Thursday that it sent more sets of military personnel remains to a Virginia landfill than it originally acknowledged. Backtracking on initial information about how it handled the remains of American service members killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Air Force now says the cre... | 64,628 | record_train |
@placeholder is from Dubai, according to the human rights group. | (CNN) -- Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who has been missing for more than a week following his purported arrest in Cairo, is to be released Monday, according to two Egyptian television news networks. Telecom executive Naguib Sawiris announced on OTV Sunday that Ghonim would be released at 4 p.m. Monday. Sawiris told ... | 64,629 | record_train |
Obama responded: "What's great about @placeholder is the way that we all take these different cultures and we make one culture out of it." | (CNN) -- There's no "authentic" way to be black, President Barack Obama told a group. For once, I agree with the President. Speaking at a town hall event this week about his "My Brother's Keeper" initiative, the President gave blacks permission to be individuals, rejecting the idiotic notion that speaking proper Englis... | 64,630 | record_train |
winner over here,' @placeholder called out as the winner crossed the line. | By Louise Boyle PUBLISHED: 12:57 EST, 9 April 2012 | UPDATED: 15:37 EST, 10 April 2012 The theme for the Easter Egg Roll at the White House was 'Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move! ', following the First Lady's campaign against obesity - and the Obamas threw themselves into the spirit of the day. The Obamas welcomed thou... | 64,631 | record_train |
@placeholder released the text of the speech before he gave it on Thursday at his organization's convention in Alaska. | (CNN) -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin responded angrily on her Facebook page Friday to a verbal attack by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka where he called her a "crazy magnet." "I'm not sure why he's attacking my record when I'm not the one responsible for the policies resulting in continued mass unemployment and a ... | 64,632 | record_train |
The judge said of @placeholder, who was convicted of robbery aged 15: 'Bradley is plainly a very dangerous man. | Gangsters who planted a hand grenade in the bushes outside Kenny Dalglish's home were jailed for life today, ending a merciless campaign of violence across the north of England. The gang of five, led by Kirk Bradley and Anthony 'Fat Tony' Downes, both 26, was responsible for numerous shootings across Liverpool, a kidna... | 64,633 | record_train |
The refusal of all the GOP candidates to really look at immigration and offer a plan -- despite the glad-handing and tepid avowals of commitment -- makes it clear that the GOP just doesn't have the deep connection with @placeholder necessary to pull off a win in November. | (CNN) -- TIME magazine's cover story, which hit the newsstand Thursday, argues that Latino voters will cast the deciding vote in the upcoming election. After watching the Republican candidates lock the kryptonite that is the immigration issue around their necks during the Arizona debate, my bet is that President Barack... | 64,634 | record_train |
A ground of King Penguins stand together in @placeholder | By James Rush PUBLISHED: 08:41 EST, 26 December 2012 | UPDATED: 15:16 EST, 6 January 2013 This baby penguin clearly wasn't camera shy as he posed for a picture before hungrily snapping his beak around the cameraman's legs. The tiny King Penguin was among a gang of chirpy chicks which surrounded wildlife photographer Jo... | 64,635 | record_train |
pair had a very public falling out when @placeholder began his romantic | Mia Farrow has admitted that Frank Sinatra may be the father of her son, instead of Woody Allen. Rumours about the parentage of her son Ronan, 25, have long dogged Mia Farrow, and she finally addressed the issue in an interview saying the legendary crooner was 'possibly' his father. But on Wednesday, in reference to th... | 64,636 | record_train |
"No one and nowhere is safe in @placeholder," Hassan said. | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- For all the talk in diplomatic circles this week of finding peace for Libya, one thing remained clear Saturday: The war is raging unabated in Misrata. In the city under siege from Moammar Gadhafi's forces and mostly inaccessible for journalists, other than those on government-organized tours, re... | 64,637 | record_train |
The video shows the trooper, while testing Toth for @placeholder for more than 10 minutes, asking Witherspoon several times to stay in the car. | Atlanta (CNN) -- Reese Witherspoon's legal trouble over a spat with a Georgia state trooper has been settled with a fine, though a newly released video of the arrest -- with lines such as "you better not arrest me; are you kidding me?" -- is giving it fresh attention. The Oscar-winning actress, accused of interfering w... | 64,638 | record_train |
The 14 million figure @placeholder cites references those Americans who now have health care coverage since the law was enacted. | Nancy Pelosi says there are 14 million reasons why Chuck Schumer is wrong. In an intraparty feud about political strategy, the House minority leader called out the No. 3 Senate Democratic leader for saying on Friday that it was a mistake for Democrats to focus on passing health care reform in 2010. "After passing the s... | 64,639 | record_train |
intent for the @placeholder where he is set to play next year. | By Wills Robinson He began piano lessons at the age of five, and threw his first football at the age of 12. Now, Chad Thomas plays nine musical instruments and is one of the best high-school players in the country - a feat that has seen the 18-year-old receive 150 college scholarship offers. Thomas, who maintains a 3.3... | 64,640 | record_train |
The new season of "Boss" premieres August 17 on @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Though he's best known for his comedic work playing Frasier Crane on "Cheers" and "Frasier," Kelsey Grammer is enjoying critical success in dramatic fashion these days. On the Starz original series "Boss," Grammer plays Chicago Mayor Tom Kane, who is suffering with DLB, a degenerative neurological disorder. Th... | 64,641 | record_train |
However @placeholder's Ukrainian employers won't allow their star player to leave on the cheap as Chelsea look to seal both transfers before the deadline on February 2. | Chelsea have increased their offer for Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder to £18.7million as they continue to pursue Fiorentina winger Juan Cuadrado this transfer window. The Blues had an opening bid of £16million rejected for Costa on Thursday evening, according to the player himself. Chelsea have turned their attention tow... | 64,642 | record_train |
At great personal risk @placeholder has authoritatively covered the war in Afghanistan for the past 12 years. | The New York Times magazine is running a bombshell story alleging that the Pakistanis knew all along that Osama bin Laden was living for years in his longtime hiding place in the northern Pakistan city of Abbottabad, where he was killed by a U.S. Navy SEAL team on May 2, 2011. The Times story, titled "What Pakistan Kne... | 64,643 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder also suggested the judge’s comments were motivated by a ‘personal animosity’. | By Martin Delgado PUBLISHED: 18:54 EST, 14 July 2012 | UPDATED: 18:54 EST, 14 July 2012 Private messages: Mr Justice Mostyn is accused of making 'disobliging remarks' One of the country’s top judges has caused controversy by making disparaging private remarks about a barrister involved in his own divorce battle. Mr Jus... | 64,644 | record_train |
The role is tailor-made for a self-styled rebel like @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Early in Michael Mann's vivid, incisive, but half-cocked gangster opus "Public Enemies," Johnny Depp's John Dillinger returns to jail a few scant months after leaving it. Johnny Depp plays the charismatic John Dillinger in "Public Enemies." Only this time he's just visiting -- and he's taking his friends out w... | 64,645 | record_train |
Analysts expect that al Qaeda may choose to announce the elevation of @placeholder through a written statement to avoid having him take the security risk of recording a statement. | (CNN) -- A statement from al Qaeda on Friday marking the death of Osama bin Laden included renewed warnings of terrorist attacks against U.S. interests around the world and suggested that a process to choose his successor is under way. "Sheikh Osama didn't build an organization to die when he dies," the message said. I... | 64,646 | record_train |
@placeholder was highlighted as having one of the highest volumes of prescription painkillers sold. | (CNN) -- Early this week, I worked on my addiction treatment center's detoxification unit. I treated teenagers and young adults, pregnant women and medical professionals. I saw older pain patients who, having lost control over their prescriptions, began using intravenous heroin, very much to their shock. Many have deve... | 64,647 | record_train |
According to a signed affidavit, the operations manager on duty at @placeholder, spotted Casimir trying to hide a black bag with her hand and asked her what it was. | New York (CNN) -- A housekeeper at the U.S. Military Academy could face up to two years in jail if convicted of trying to steal a bag of frozen meatballs. Estelle Casimir pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in White Plains, New York, this month, according to her attorney. "She is very upset," said Michael Ferraro... | 64,648 | record_train |
@placeholder responded to the cease-and-desist letter by explaining that the aim of the group’s $100,000 campaign is to inform the public, not to cause harm. | A right-wing group running a series of anti-Islamic ads in New York City's subway system is pulling a poster that shows captive journalist James Foley with the masked militant who decapitated him. The ads were bankrolled by the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) led by blogger Pamela Geller. They are being yank... | 64,649 | record_train |
However, English is Sierra Leone’s official language and despite its common use, @placeholder has no official status in the country. | A witness gave evidence for an hour before anyone realised she was not speaking English. Judge Nicholas Madge (pictured) was eventually told she was speaking Krio, an African Creole variant A woman gave evidence in a rape trial for an hour before anyone realised she was not speaking English. She was testifying against ... | 64,650 | record_train |
We remind you of this because the timing of @placeholder's death is not lost on us. | Editor's note: Campbell Brown anchors CNN's "Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull" at 8 p.m. ET Mondays through Fridays. She delivered this commentary during the "Cutting through the Bull" segment of Friday night's broadcast. CNN's Campbell Brown praises Mark Felt, the Watergate case's "Deep Throat." (CNN) -- Cutting throu... | 64,651 | record_train |
Last week, Peter, 59, said that their love blossomed in 2009, after Louise separated from @placeholder. | By Polly Dunbar and Gill Pringle PUBLISHED: 16:55 EST, 3 November 2012 | UPDATED: 05:19 EST, 15 November 2012 Accusations: It has been claimed that Peter and Louise Mensch were long embroiled in an adulterous affair before they got married For two decades, Louise Mensch –née Bagshawe – has cast a shadow over Melissa Me... | 64,652 | record_train |
But @placeholder, 27, maintained she had still planned to tie the knot with her former fiancé. | Sorry, "Bachelorette" fans: there will officially be no wedding for Ali and Roberto. "Ali Fedotowsky and Roberto Martinez have ended their relationship," the couple's rep tells PEOPLE. "As they go through this difficult time, we ask that you respect the couple's privacy." The duo's romance unfolded in 2010 on season 6 ... | 64,653 | record_train |
@placeholder's free marijuana ordinance will go into effect next August. | Low-income residents in a California city will soon be able to get high for free. The Berkeley City Council has passed a law requiring medical marijuana dispensaries to distribute 2 percent of their stashes to people making less than $32,000 per year or $46,000 per family. Under the new ordinance, which was approved un... | 64,654 | record_train |
in the world — 50 places behind @placeholder — but he is no slouch, as | Rafael Nadal gritted his teeth, wiped his brow and looked to the sky after winning on grass for the first time in two years. He had become only the 11th player in the open era to win 700 tour-level matches but his expression told a story of relief, not records, after he battled back to beat Martin Klizan 4-6, 6-3, 6-3... | 64,655 | record_train |
'Now I know coming into the @placeholder what a Paralympics is like, how big an event it is. | By Rebecca Evans and Louise Eccles PUBLISHED: 23:28 EST, 30 August 2012 | UPDATED: 00:04 EST, 31 August 2012 World record holder Victoria Arlen can swim again after she was originally ruled ‘ineligible’ for the London Paralympics after as her impairment was not deemed severe enough to qualify. Arlen, 17, appealed the d... | 64,656 | record_train |
‘I want everyone to understand that — most of all the @placeholder fans, who have been a great support to me since coming to the club. | Aleksandar Tonev broke cover on Wednesday to again deny he is a racist — despite his appeal against a seven-game ban for abusing Aberdeen’s Shay Logan failing on Tuesday. The on-loan Aston Villa winger lost his bid to have an earlier Judicial Panel judgment overturned, with an appellate body branding him an unreliable... | 64,657 | record_train |
Many of the scenes for @placeholder were filmed at Abronhill High, a school which opened in 1978. | A school that was made famous in the film Gregory's Girl is being flattened by demolition crews, despite a desperate campaign to keep it open. Bulldozers today began tearing down Abronhill High in Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire, where the 1981 Bill Forsyth film was shot. The work - expected to last one week - comes after pa... | 64,658 | record_train |
But @placeholder insists the changes are needed because rising life expectancy increases the financial burden on the pension system. | Paris, France (CNN) -- France entered a fifth day of nationwide strikes Saturday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets, rallying against a government proposal to raise the national retirement age to 62. Protesters formed a line stretching two miles long near the historic Bastille Square in Paris, wavin... | 64,659 | record_train |
According to the Premier League, their @placeholder page and that of the 20 clubs in England's top division have attracted an aggregate of 60 million 'likes.' | (CNN) -- The combined following of Manchester United stars Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand on Twitter is an impressive 7.7 million -- more than the population of Switzerland. And to reflect the growing trend of footballers waxing lyrical on the micro-blogging site -- and occasionally overstepping the mark -- the English... | 64,660 | record_train |
When @placeholder partnered with Vodafone, the intention had been to develop a system for women, usually the recipients of microfinance, to repay micro-loans cheaply and quickly. | (CNN) -- Snapchat may be the latest application with a new mobile payment feature launched this week, but the idea that made Snapcash possible was spawned more than seven years ago in Africa. When M-Pesa came on the scene in 2007 -- a money transfer system devised by Vodafone and Kenya-based Safaricom - it sparked a mi... | 64,661 | record_train |
A 2010 report by the department's Inspector General concluded @placeholder — among five top prosecutors investigated -- was the "the U.S. attorney who most often exceeded the government (travel expense) rate without adequate justification." | Ethics troubles complicated New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's chances of becoming Mitt Romney's running mate last year, The New York Times reports is in an upcoming chronicle of the 2012 presidential campaign. The Times reported that too many questions remained after Christie completed the vetting process and Romney had... | 64,662 | record_train |
• Establish an independent commission to investigate and report publicly the circumstances of detention and interrogation at U.S.-run prisons in Afghanistan, @placeholder and Guantanamo Bay; | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former terrorist suspects detained by the United States were tortured, according to medical examinations detailed in a report released Wednesday by a human rights group. A U.S. serviceman with his dog watches a detainee at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003. The Massachusetts-based Physicians for Hum... | 64,663 | record_train |
A U.S. official in @placeholder, who was not authorized to speak publicly because of the sensitivity of the situation, earlier told CNN: "Everyone here is OK." He said there had been no evacuation. | Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Anger over a film that denigrates the Prophet Mohammed spread to Yemen, where four protesters died Thursday during clashes with security forces outside the U.S. Embassy, according to Yemeni security officials. Twenty-four security force members were reported injured, as were 11 protesters, accordi... | 64,664 | record_train |
In the wake of the disaster, Mr Sgobba has been highly critical of @placeholder's attempt to pioneer private space travel and claims the company worked in secrecy. | Virgin Galactic was operating short of safety standards that allow for crew members to survive two separate and unrelated failures, a safety expert has claimed. Considered best-practice within the industry, the system known as 'two failure tolerance' is designed to allow for survival if there are two unrelated problems... | 64,665 | record_train |
Perhaps the most famous (and most visited) castle in @placeholder is right in the center of the capital city. | (CNN) -- In the best fairy tales, there is always a castle: tall turrets, an intimidating moat and a breathtaking view. In Scotland, those ancient castles overlook deep lochs and tower over cities. The wandering traveler will find these envy-inducing castles in every corner of Scotland. In honor of Sunday's National Ta... | 64,666 | record_train |
He was on holiday in Devon, but was called back to @placeholder to chair a one-day debate on the summer riots. | By Simon Walters PUBLISHED: 18:09 EST, 21 July 2012 | UPDATED: 18:09 EST, 21 July 2012 Commons Speaker John Bercow charged taxpayers £624 to have his chauffeur rush him to Devon for a ‘dirty weekend’ with wife Sally before she entered Celebrity Big Brother. His official limo picked him up at Westminster and drove him 2... | 64,667 | record_train |
@placeholder was asked to declare a federal state of emergency for the city before the storm hit but delayed acting for days, leaving many without any aid. | (CNN) -- Just as President Barack Obama secured his re-election, a scandal jolted his national security team. The resignation of retired four-star general David Petraeus as CIA director over an extramarital affair followed by the investigation of the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, in relation to e-... | 64,668 | record_train |
@placeholder papers signalled the outcome of last Wednesday’s hearing as a positive one for heart specialist Gerry and Kate moments after it finished. | Parents: Kate and Gerry McCann were hurt by a controversial book about Madeleine, a judge ruled The former police chief who published astonishing claims that Kate and Gerry McCann faked their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance to cover up her death expects them to lose their libel battle against him, it was claimed tod... | 64,669 | record_train |
@placeholder officials point out that most of the deaths involve criminals; few civilians have been killed. | Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Shootouts between drug suspects and the military in the Mexican northeastern border state of Tamaulipas have left seven dead and 11 wounded, the government reported. One of the dead and the 11 wounded were Mexican military who were ambushed while on patrol late Thursday night in the cities ... | 64,670 | record_train |
They want sentences of 12 years for Perello and two years for @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Prosecutors asked Wednesday for a 25-year sentence for Argentina's last dictator, who is on trial on charges that he violated human rights during his 17-month rule in the early 1980s. Former Gen. Reynaldo Benito Bignone is accused of torturing 56 people and depriving them of their liberty, as well as committin... | 64,671 | record_train |
The motivation for the downgrades given by @placeholder's actually cites the excessive attention given to fiscal austerity as one principal reason for the downgrading of a whole swath of euroland. | (CNN) -- It has now been certified officially: Germany is special, at least in the eyes of ratings agency Standard & Poor's. According to Standard & Poor's, Germany is the only country in the eurozone which still deserves the prized AAA rating with a stable outlook. Nine other countries, together accounting for more th... | 64,672 | record_train |
Floored: @placeholder runs off to celebrate as Cahill ends up with his face in the dirt | Gary Cahill will be taking Italy’s winner in Saturday’s World Cup opener personally. When you’re a top defender, that is how you feel. To be fair to the Chelsea defender, he was taken out of the game by Antonio Candreva’s pinpoint cross. The ball was played into the most difficult area for Cahill to deal with it — the ... | 64,673 | record_train |
Deportation proceedings were served against the scammer on July 29 2010, but by that time she had given birth to fourth child in @placeholder and a pending custody case means she still cannot be removed. | By Aaron Sharp PUBLISHED: 08:29 EST, 6 December 2013 | UPDATED: 09:39 EST, 6 December 2013 Ayan Ismail, seen walking from Woolwich Crown Court today, fraudulently claimed £91,000 in benefits A Somali asylum-seeker who has evaded deportation despite twice being convicted of ID fraud, has walked free from court again aft... | 64,674 | record_train |
@placeholder has made a special hurdle for the jumping sheep - she has measured different heights for the bar to go on. | For one lucky sheep his ability to be a real woolly jumper has saved him from the pot after a farmer's grand-daughter spotted his extraordinary ability to leap over fences and began training him. The ram, named Lavender because owners initially thought he was female, now follows 13-year-old Isobel Brown, wherever she g... | 64,675 | record_train |
But by taking his most brilliant minister out of the political front-line, @placeholder has put the future of education in this country in jeopardy. | By Daniel Johnson David Cameron's decision to remove Michael Gove as Education Secretary is an act of folly for which our children will pay a heavy price. Gove is the one man in the Cabinet who entered office with a clear vision of what he needed to change in his department and proceeded to force through his reforms ag... | 64,676 | record_train |
The @placeholder official said Sunday that Saleh was in the hospital for "a scheduled checkup, not an emergency," while acknowledging he continues to face health issues. | Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said. Saleh led Yemen for 30 years before stepping down, amid widespread protests as well as international pressure, last November as part of a l... | 64,677 | record_train |
All @placeholder, regardless of age and parental status, will qualify if they are poor. | (CNN) -- The big summer showdown has come and gone. The Supreme Court decided the Affordable Care Act could stand, and so it remains, for the most part, undisturbed. The next hurdle will occur in November, when the country goes to the polls. For the sake of argument, though, let's assume the health care law will not be... | 64,678 | record_train |
Kelley - who has been described as the 'other other woman' - has been accused of many things since the scandal erupted - that she too was having an affair with Petraeus, that they exchanged more than 30,000 emails, that she had an affair with Gen @placeholder and that she used cancer charity funds for entertainment pur... | By Rachel Quigley and Michael Zennie General John Allen, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, has been cleared of military misconduct allegations for exchanging 'racy' emails with Tampa socialite Jill Kelley, a key figure in the scandal that led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus. A Penta... | 64,679 | record_train |
In a nod to that episode, she told Lauer and @placeholder: 'If this is indicative of the campaign it was the most fun moment of the campaign.' | He may be laying low for six months. But disgraced Nightly News anchor Brian Williams couldn't escape ridicule in one of the biggest comedy events in TV history. On the red carpet for Saturday Night Live's 40th anniversary Jim Carrey alarmed Today newscaster Matt Lauer when he bluntly asked: 'Where are you hiding Brian... | 64,680 | record_train |
Frieden said he believed the case also marked the first time this particular strain of Ebola has been diagnosed outside of @placeholder. | The man with the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. went to hospital feeling sick only to be given antibiotics and be sent home. It was not until two days later that the man was admitted to the Dallas hospital and put in isolation, it has been reported. It raises the frightening prospect that he was mixing freel... | 64,681 | record_train |
@placeholder wrote to the mom and offered her a free travel voucher, but she says she just wanted to raise awareness and receive an apology | By David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 14:29 EST, 7 August 2013 | UPDATED: 05:36 EST, 8 August 2013 More than 30 moms gathered together to breastfeed their babies as part of a ‘Nurse In’ protest in front of the American Airlines ticketing counter at Baltimore–Washington International Airport on Wednesday morning. The protest wa... | 64,682 | record_train |
The @placeholder said it was behind an April 28 roadside bombing on a main road through Karachi that left at least five dead and 10 injured. | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least 10 members of Pakistan's military were killed in a gun battle with Taliban militants at a naval base in the coastal city of Karachi, authorities said Monday. The clashes raged for hours after attackers with guns and grenades stormed the compound Sunday night. By Monday afternoon, t... | 64,683 | record_train |
But not everyone is turning their back on @placeholder, just yet. | By Marie-louise Olson PUBLISHED: 14:05 EST, 12 January 2014 | UPDATED: 16:38 EST, 12 January 2014 The Bridgegate controversy seems to spiraling out of control for Chris Christie as more politicians come forward to offer their view on the scandal, with one state senator calling him ‘Liar-in-Chief’. New Jersey Democrat R... | 64,684 | record_train |
Both the attacks in Nigeria and those in Paris are shocking and horrifying in their own respects, and yet one fomented an unprecedented international reaction -- a popular show of force that rivaled even the reaction to 9/11 -- while the response to the attacks in @placeholder paled in comparison. | Washington (CNN)Almost immediately following the news of the first terrorist attacks that eventually killed 17 people across France, the global community united around a Twitter hashtag "Je suis Charlie" and just days later foreign leaders linked arms with their French counterparts to lead a historic million-person str... | 64,685 | record_train |
And if people don’t think the new relationship is an improvement, then they will exercise their sovereign right to leave the @placeholder. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 06:19 EST, 4 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:25 EST, 4 December 2012 London Mayor Boris Johnson called for major changes to Britain's relationship with Brussels, which could then be put to a referendum Dramatic cutbacks to the UK’s relationship with Europe are ‘essent... | 64,686 | record_train |
With league rules stating that all final day games must kick off at the same time any delay for the match with relegation threatened @placeholder would have had serious repercussions. | By Paul Donnelley Red-faced police scored an own goal when they evacuated hundreds of fans from a football stadium - after officers accidentally left a fake bomb in an executive box. Around 30,000 fans were getting ready to celebrate Wolverhampton Wanderers' League One title at Molineux on the last day of the season wh... | 64,687 | record_train |
"I will miss her each and every day, but as a man of faith, I know that she is with her @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Civil rights activist Evelyn Gibson Lowery, who with her husband, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, participated in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march in Alabama, died Thursday morning at her Atlanta home, a family spokeswoman said. She was 88. She suffered a stroke last week, and on Wednesday returned home from a hospi... | 64,688 | record_train |
The Scotland star had signed a pre-contract agreement with Gloucester back in March when @placeholder was in charge. | As first days go, it was not what Greig Laidlaw had expected. As he walked through the doors of Gloucester Rugby Club, the man who had signed him, Nigel Davies, had long since headed in the opposite direction. Indeed, the Scotland international needed to seek out his new boss to make his introductions. On top of that, ... | 64,689 | record_train |
Joorabchian also said he believed his player could end up at @placeholder next season. | (CNN) -- Paris Saint-Germain completed the signing of Brazilian international defender Alex from Chelsea Friday on a two-and-a-half-year deal. The 29-year-old is re-united with PSG coach Carlo Ancelotti, who was in charge at Chelsea when they won the English Premier League and FA Cup double in 2010. He had fallen out o... | 64,690 | record_train |
‘The United States continues to closely monitor the North Korean nuclear program and calls upon @placeholder to honor its international obligations.’ | The secretive nation of North Korea had given away the status of its nuclear arms program months before its controversial leader, Kim Jong Un, openly declared he would order nuclear strikes, it was revealed today. Newsweek/Daily Beast today exclusively revealed that the country, known as much for its nuclear weapons as... | 64,691 | record_train |
As @placeholder loomed closer this year, she decided it was time to banish the myth that only men grow moustaches and take part in the charity event. | By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 06:17 EST, 28 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:55 EST, 28 November 2013 A woman who has spent the month growing a moustache has been so pleased with people's reactions that she's considering keeping it. Sarah O'Neill was once dubbed 'Mac3' due to having an excess of facial hair as a result of su... | 64,692 | record_train |
Decisions: Sarkozy said he would be 'letting the French people down' by not stranding against socialist incumbent Francois Hollande (left) at the 2017 @placeholder presidential elections. | Return: Nicolas Sarkozy has finally announced that he will seek the leadership of the opposition UMP party in a move that would position him for a 2017 presidential bid France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy announced his return to politics today by declaring he would seek the leadership of the opposition UMP party... | 64,693 | record_train |
She called the meeting a "good start" toward establishing a "positive relationship" with @placeholder. | TRIPOLI, Libya (CNN) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Friday with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, who asked for the latest news on the hurricanes plaguing U.S. coasts in recent weeks. Condoleezza Rice and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi discussed the weather Friday at their initial meeting. "The first one was no... | 64,694 | record_train |
It's genetic: Jasmine's father @placeholder (left) and her uncle Jim Mitchell (right) were pioneers in the production of pornographic films in San Francisco. | By Joel Christie A statewide manhunt is on for the daughter of slain San Francisco porn mogul Artie Mitchell after she rammed a police car when officers attempted to arrest her in a sting operation. Authorities say 33-year-old Jasmine Mitchell is on the run and considered 'dangerous and desperate', wanted in relation t... | 64,695 | record_train |
@placeholder knew of the car's sensitivity when they launched the model in 2004. | By James Nye New security footage released today raises the horrifying possibility that Paul Walker was trapped inside his car for up to a minute before the fireball which engulfed his Porsche Carerra GT took hold. Contradicting previous reports that Walker's car exploded in flames on impact in Santa Clarita on Saturd... | 64,696 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder continued the charm offensive after a much-lauded speech to parliament earlier in the day, complimenting the Australian wine at the dinner held in his honour. | Prime Minister Tony Abbott has copped a ribbing from Today Show presenter Karl Stefanovic after he looked a little a dusty the morning after his important night with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.The Channel Nine breakfast show host observed that Mr Abbott might have had a few too many Sakes with Mr Abe after signing agreemen... | 64,697 | record_train |
Princess Madeleine of @placeholder and Christopher O'Neill wave from a balcony before a private dinner on the eve of their big day | By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 14:31 EST, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 01:38 EST, 8 June 2013 Three years ago she crossed the Atlantic with a broken heart. Now Sweden's 'party princess' returns from New York to Stockholm to tie the knot with her new, British-American love. Tooday, Princess Madeleine - the Duchess of Halsingl... | 64,698 | record_train |
Meanwhile, @placeholder was confirmed Tuesday as the new Portugal coach until the end of Euro 2012. | (CNN) -- Former German international star Lothar Matthaeus is to take charge of the Bulgarian national team, it was announced Tuesday. The much-traveled Matthaeus replaces Stanimar Stoilov, who quit after Euro 2012 qualifying defeats to England, and more damagingly, Montenegro earlier this month. "Lothar Matthaeus is ... | 64,699 | record_train |
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