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'Hopefully some @placeholder can be installed at the cemetery because this sort of thing should never happen. | After her brother died in a motorbike accident, Sharron Clarke decided to give him the 30th birthday gift he had always wanted – spending weeks making a 2ft novelty Rolex watch. But days after she laid it on brother Andrew's grave it was gone – snatched by an opportunistic thief. Miss Clarke, 33, from Manchester, launched a Facebook appeal and was contacted by staff at a local pub, who told her someone had tried to sell the watch. They gave her CCTV images of two suspects, which she has now passed on to police. Sharron Clarke, left, made the tribute for her brother Andrew, right, who died tragically in a motorcycle crash
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Andrew Clarke died in a tragic motorcycle accident in May 2012
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His sister Sharron Clarke made the giant Rolex watch for his 30th birthday
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The family left the novelty watch on Mr Clarke's grave where it was stolen
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Now the family want the thieves, who were filmed on CCTV, prosecuted | 7,800 | record_train |
But with the @placeholder economy sagging, his hours have shrunk, even as his gas and grocery bills have skyrocketed along with other expenses. | ANAHEIM, California (CNN) -- As he fixes a broken sliding glass door at an apartment in Anaheim, California, Eduardo Gutierrez worries about his parents in Mexico. Eduardo Gutierrez can't send money back to his parents in Mexico due to rising costs and less work. He can no longer afford to send the $200 to $300 a month he had been sending back home to support his ailing father. "I kind of feel bad that I can't help my parents," said Gutierrez, a legal immigrant who has worked in the United States for 20 years. "I try. But I can't these days, and it's a tough situation."
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Remittances to Mexico fell $100 million in January, according to Bank of Mexico
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"I kind of feel bad that I can't help my parents," immigrant in U.S. says
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Payments to loved ones back home have slowed during U.S. economic woes
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Father in Mexico: "He says things are worse there in California than over here" | 7,801 | record_train |
I hope one day that I can make something of my life and show Mr. @placeholder or his family that I learned my lesson,' he concluded. | By Alexandra Klausner PUBLISHED: 16:56 EST, 26 November 2013 | UPDATED: 12:44 EST, 29 November 2013 Charles Rowan, a cage fighter from Michigan, faked his own death to avoid an $80,000 debt from his drug dealer. He's not only still alive, he was sentenced to 17 1/2 to 40 years in prison yesterday after he pleaded guilty to robbing a Michigan gun store. Rowan, 26, pleaded guilty to robbing the store in August but most of his family and friends thought he had died tragically in a car accident. The New York Times wrote an article following the incident and said fighting promoters, Rowan's family, and fans were so troubled by his death that they set up fights in Rowan's memory. 1,000 tickets were sold. There was a facebook group dedicated to raising money for Rowan's family.
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Charles Rowan, 26, apparently worked for a drug dealer and owed $80,000 a lost cocaine shipment
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After watching a show on The Discovery Channel, Rowan was inspired to fake his death and start his life anew so he had his girlfriend Rosa Martinez tell his family and friends he died in a car accident
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He robbed a gun store by hitting a 75-year-old man on the head several weeks after he 'died', and fled to his mother's house who turned him in to police
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He was known as a 'tomato can' in the fighting world, someone who is easy to knock over and and from whom 'red stuff' pours out
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Rowan feels sorry for his crimes and hopes 75-year-old Richard Robinette and his family will forgive him | 7,802 | record_train |
@placeholder are stepping up their search to replace former boss Neil Warnock and have earmarked Pardew | Just over a month ago, Alan Pardew sat down with Newcastle’s inner circle to discuss the club’s targets for the January transfer window. It was a short meeting. Mike Ashley was content, delighted with his club’s climb up the table after their failure to register a victory in the Barclays Premier League until they beat Leicester on October 18. But Pardew, who was named LMA manager of the year in 2012 after guiding Newcastle to fifth and the Europa League, is an ambitious man. Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is expected to be imminently appointed as Crystal Palace's new manager Pardew masterminded Newcastle to a 3-2 Premier League home win against Everton on Sunday
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Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is expected to take over at Crystal Palace
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Pardew will sign four-year deal worth up to £2m a year at Selhurst Park
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Neil Warnock was sacked as Palace boss following their 3-1 Premier League Boxing Day home defeat by Southampton
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Pardew has been undermined in his transfer policy dealings at Newcastle
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The 53-year-old has been the target of abuse from own fans this season
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Pardew played for Palace from 1987 until 1991 | 7,803 | record_train |
Snap shot: The book represents a decade-long collaboration with the families and performers of @placeholder | The Circus Chimera was closed down in 2007. Its founder and operator, Jim Judkins, could no longer establish work visas for his many international performers - mostly from China, South Africa and Russia - following legislative changes, and was forced to stop the tour he had done for almost 10 years. However the circus will forever live on thanks to photographer Norma I. Quintana. The one-ring show started in 1998, and the following year visited Napa, California, where Quintana lived at the time. She quickly became obsessed, wanting to know more about the people involved, and, with Judkins blessing, following the circus every summer from that year right up until the end.
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Photographer Norma I. Quintana spent 10 summers travelling with the Circus Chimera
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It was forced to close down in 2007
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She has since published a book, Circus: A Traveling Life, of the images she collected over the decade | 7,804 | record_train |
The secret vegetable market within @placeholder is a cheap place for labourers to provide themselves with vegetable and fruits | An Iranian photographer has captured the desperate lives of South Asian labourers who travel to Dubai in the hope of building a future for their families - but find only squalor, low wages and backbreaking work in stifling heat. Farhad Berahman's pictures were taken in Sonapur, the unofficial name for a work camp on the outskirts of Dubai, located far away from the luxury, soaring skyscrapers and vast wealth that the United Arab Emirates city is renowned for. 'Sonapur' - ironically, the name means 'City of Gold' in Hindi - is home to more than 150,000 workers, mostly from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and China.
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Photographer Farhad Berahman's striking photos document the lives of South Asian labourers who travel to Dubai
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They live in squalid conditions, work in searing heat and often cannot leave as their employers keep their passports | 7,805 | record_train |
'Finally, I would like to extend my sympathy to the family of @placeholder and everyone else who has been affected by this.' | The wife of a convenience store owner was worried about her husband's unusual disappearance from their home in south-west Sydney at 4am - the morning his shop was destroyed in a fatal explosion. A close friend revealed Naima Adeel was concerned when she discovered her husband Adeel Khan wasn't at their Greenacre home and tried to reach him on his phone a number of times, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. This comes as Mr Khan, 44, denied responsibility for the tragedy, which killed three people last week. The shop owner, who is still in hospital, has become a focus of police inquiries after he was rescued from the fire.
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Naima Adeel, wife of Rozelle convenience store owner, tried to call her husband when she discovered he was absent from home
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Shop owner Adeel Khan denies responsibility for the triple tragedy
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He has been moved from intensive care to a regular hospital ward
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Police continue to investigate possibility of a triple murder charge against those responsible
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Police found traces of accelerant at the convenience store that exploded into flames last Thursday
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Bianka O'Brien and one-year-old son Jude were killed in the blaze
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The body of Chris Noble, 27, was also found at the Rozelle site | 7,806 | record_train |
Obama ignored a reporter's shouted question about whether he has spoken to @placeholder this week. | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama took veiled shots at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday for ordering quarantines for medical workers returning to the United States after "doing God's work" treating Ebola patients in West Africa. Obama told reporters on the White House's South Lawn that he had spoken by phone with Amber Vinson, a Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola while treating a patient but was discharged from Emory University Hospital on Tuesday after doctors declared her free of the virus. He said he'll meet with health workers who have returned from West Africa on Wednesday, and that American officials should not "just react based on our fears" by imposing policies that discourage more workers from volunteering in the region that is the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.
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Obama said the United States shouldn't put "another barrier" on medical workers who treat Ebola patients in Africa
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His comments were a veiled shot at the governors of New Jersey and New York
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Those governors announced mandatory quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa | 7,807 | record_train |
The same statement said similar fact-finding commissions in @placeholder had concluded, "the dispersal of the sit-ins was conducted in accordance with the relevant international standards." | I've seen death in war zones -- Afghanistan, Pakistan's tribal region, Libya -- but never have I seen as much bloodshed as I saw in Cairo on August 14, 2013. It was the day Egypt's security forces used automatic weapons, armored personal carriers and military bulldozers to raid and crush a monthlong sit-in protest by thousands of supporters of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsy. According to a yearlong Human Rights Watch investigation released this week, at least 817 people were killed. The rights group called it "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history."
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Thursday is the anniversary of the violent crackdown on pro-Morsy protesters in Cairo
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Rights group: It was "one of the world's largest killings of demonstrators in a single day in recent history"
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CNN correspondent Reza Sayah recalls that day among the chaos near Rabaa Al-Adawiya mosque | 7,808 | record_train |
The legal advice concludes that Scotland would become a ‘new state’ while the remaining @placeholder would be considered a ‘continuing state’. | Blow: Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely (file picture) If Scotland voted for independence it could have to re-apply to a whole host of international organisations including the EU and the World Bank, laywers said. It would also have to renegotiate 14,000 international treaties, according to legal advice commissioned by Whitehall. The report is a huge blow to Alex Salmond, the SNP leader, whose claims Scotland would not have to apply to join groups such as the EU are sounding increasingly unlikely.
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Scotland would have to re-apply to organisations including EU
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Remainder of UK would continue to have same international powers
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Report is 'huge blow' to Alex Salmond | 7,809 | record_train |
Robbers: @placeholder (left) pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary and was sentenced to six years; Michael Faux (left)pleaded guilty to robbery and burglary and was sentenced to six years, eight months | By Paul Donnelley for MailOnline A gang who ram-raided a jewellery store to steal cash and jewels worth £100,000 have been jailed for more than 30 years. Michael Faux, 28, Paul Frater, 28, Lee Sowe, 30, and Jamie Upton, 31, used a Land Rover to ram the back wall of a jewellery store in Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, so it collapsed. Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard the gang stole vehicles fitted them with false number plates to use in the robbery a few days before the incident on October 4 last year. The Land Rover used by the ram-raiding gang who have been jailed for 30 years
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Gang stole several cars and fitted them with false number plates
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Land Rover used to repeatedly ram into the back of Rekha Jewellers in Ashton town centre
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The family who run it were closing up as the back wall collapsed | 7,810 | record_train |
But it's been made much worse by @placeholder repeatedly sending letters to me in his name.' | Distraught: Liz Lowther, pictured, said she was reduced to tears by the string of threatening letters from Virgin Media to her late husband, James A widow was left so distraught by threatening letters sent by Virgin Media to her late husband that she wrote to company founder Richard Branson. Liz Lowther said that she wrote to the company after her husband's death last March, explaining that she was handling his affairs and asking them to transfer the account into her name. But she was reduced to tears after Virgin Media continued to send notices addressed to James. Mrs Lowther, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, said Virgin had sent a number of letters requesting that she return a 'multi-media hub' - used to connect to the internet - and warned that she faced a £150 bill if she failed to do so.
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Liz Lowther wrote to Virgin Media notifying company of husband's death
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But claims they continued to write, demanding he return 'multi-media hub'
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Company warned Mr Lowther, who died last year, could face £150 bill | 7,811 | record_train |
Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scores his side's second goal after streaking clear of the @placeholder defence | Click here for your ultimate stats guide, including how Ciro Immobile's opening goal was all his own work And right here was the reason the Champions League seedings have got to change next year. Arsenal are about as close to being among the top eight teams in Europe as Borussia Dortmund’s mighty and magnificent Westfalenstadion is to a wet Wednesday at Gresty Road, Crewe. They were outclassed in Germany, outplayed, at times torn apart, reduced to an imitation of a team that UEFA blithely placed in Pot 1 when the draw was made earlier this month. Arsenal have no business sitting beside the champions of Europe and the Goliaths of the strongest European leagues right now.
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Ciro Immobile scored the opening goal for Borussia Dortmund after a solo run which started inside his own half
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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang rounded Wojciech Szczesny to score a second early in the second half
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Danny Welbeck missed three good chances for Arsenal as they looked to equalised
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Night got worse for Arsene Wenger when Jack Wilshere twisted his right ankle late on
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Dortmund belied their status as second seeds and made Arsenal look anything but a 'Pot 1' team | 7,812 | record_train |
"@placeholder told me she was going to try on everything," said Malkemus. | (CNN) -- "You can take my Fendi Baguette, you can take my ring and my watch, but don't take my Manolo Blahniks," begs Carrie Bradshaw while being mugged at gunpoint. It's no use. The heartless thief takes her precious strappy sandals anyway. Ok, so while it's a pretty far-fetched story line -- how many criminals are going to spot a designer heel two meters away? -- it does point to the "Sex and the City" character's unhealthy obsession with the shoe label. Indeed, Manolo Blahniks were as much a part of the hit TV show's lexicon as Cosmopolitans and Rampant Rabbits. The six-year series introduced the Blahnik brand to millions of women across the world -- even if they could never actually afford them.
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SJP to launch new shoe range with Manolo Blahnik
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Cost between $195 and $500 per pair at Nordstrom
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'Sex and the City' star tries each shoe to ensure comfort
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Influenced by mom's chic style growing up in Ohio | 7,813 | record_train |
While the @placeholder groups are willing to unite with the Arab opposition in Syria, they want more self-determination and autonomy in a post-Assad Syria. | At least 64 people were killed in Syria on Sunday, according to an opposition activist group, as the Arab League suspended a monitoring mission designed to protect Syrian civilians from government-sponsored violence. The dead included 19 in Homs, 15 in Hama and 16 around Damascus, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria. Three children were among those killed, the group said. The LCC also called on Syrians to make Monday a day a remembrance. "Please join us in observing a moment of silence as we remember the sacrifices of our fallen heroes, whose pure blood has saturated the earth of our beloved country," it said.
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The LCC asks that Monday be a day of remembrance
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The opposition group says 64 are killed Sunday
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Russia's foreign minister says he would support more Arab observers
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The Arab League suspended its mission because of violence | 7,814 | record_train |
@placeholder tapped McChrystal in June 2009 to be the top commander in Afghanistan. | Washington (CNN) -- The Rolling Stone magazine journalist whose article about Gen. Stanley McChrystal helped end the Afghanistan commander's career has been denied permission to embed with a military unit in Afghanistan, a Pentagon spokesman told CNN Wednesday. "Embeds are a privilege, not a right. The unit decided they didn't feel the trust necessary for an embed. They declined," Pentagon spokesman Col. David Lapan said, not specifying which unit was involved. Michael Hastings, the reporter, said via Twitter that his embed had earlier been approved, then was "disapproved." McChrystal's illustrious career came to an abrupt end when he resigned after he and his staff were quoted in a Hastings article criticizing and mocking key Obama administration officials.
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Travel with a military unit was approved, then "disapproved," the reporter says
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Embedding is a "privilege, not a right," a Pentagon spokesman tells CNN
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Michael Hastings' article helped end McChrystal's career
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McChrystal did not dispute the accuracy of the piece | 7,815 | record_train |
Professional poser: Eddie, pictured in a Burberry campaign with @placeholder, said he has struggled to be recognised as a serious actor after his initial modelling success | Eddie Redmayne has been widely praised for his portrayal of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything, a film that portrays the first steps in his career and his diagnosis with motor neurone disease. The new movie, which has already been tipped for awards season success, is based on Wilde's book Travelling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen, and Eddie has even been tipped for an Oscar. So who is Eddie Redmayne and how did he make the leap from gawky Eton schoolboy to esteemed actor and model? Scroll down for videos Big star: Eddie Redmayne last night attended the UK Premiere of The Theory Of Everything, within which he plays renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. He's been tipped for an Oscar, so who exactly is Eddie and how did he make it?
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Actor, 32, attended Eton with Princes William and Harry
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Began life on stage in theatre productions before hitting Hollywood
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Starred with Cara Delevingne in Burberry campaign
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Is engaged to publicist and planning wedding
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Been linked to Carey Mulligan and Taylor Swift | 7,816 | record_train |
Decorated: Mr @placeholder, who served in the first Gulf War, suffers from a mental illness | Arizona law enforcer Joe Arpaio condemned for 'discriminatory policing' By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 11:28 PM on 18th December 2011 A prisoner was brain dead after being restrained at a jail run by 'America's toughest sheriff' Joe Arpaio, according to a senior police officer. Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, a rival of Arpaio's for county sheriff, wrote on Facebook: 'We received news from an inside source that a Latino inmate at the 4th Avenue Jail is brain dead due to excessive force by detention officers.' Ernest M. Atencio, a 44-year-old Gulf War veteran, was being booked into the jail in Phoenix, when he was Tasered and suffered a heart attack, his family claimed.
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Arizona law enforcer Joe Arpaio condemned for 'discriminatory policing' | 7,817 | record_train |
She was already in @placeholder, so he filed a motion for the immediate return of his son. | By Lydia Warren Text messages detailed in court documents have revealed the bitter custody battle that is still waging between Bristol Palin and her son's father, Levi Johnston. The messages were shared with an Alaska court as Johnston tried to stop Palin traveling out the state, claiming he never gave his permission and demanding she stop doing 'whatever she wants'. Johnston, now 24, and Palin, 23, had son Tripp as teens just after former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin missed out on her bid for the vice presidency. They split in 2009, when he was just months old. Johnston has since married and has a one-year-old daughter named Breeze with his new wife, Sunny Oglesby - and in court documents, Johnston claims Tripp would much rather live with this family.
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Bristol Palin, 23, and her former boyfriend Levi Johnston 24, had son Tripp in December 2008 but split up months after
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Last October, she took him to Arizona for six months and claimed that Johnston had agreed to the arrangement
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But text messages show that he was not happy and demanded that the five-year-old boy be brought back immediately
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He is now battling for equal custody and the first hearing is in July | 7,818 | record_train |
He was described as ‘lazy [and] drunken’ when he headed the KGB’s field office in Dresden in former @placeholder between 1985 and 1990. | Russian President Vladimir Putin is ‘terrified’ of growing old and has undergone a facelift to give him a ‘young, dynamic appearance’, according to a documentary. The German programme also claims that the 62-year-old beat his former wife Lyudmila, and has ‘incredible delusions [of] control’ after surviving five assassination attempts in recent years. Other more bizarre claims include how he sleeps in late and works only in the afternoon after breakfasting on cottage cheese. Facelift? Vladimir Putin had wrinkles and eye bags in 2008 (left) and in 2011 (right) the lines had gone He then takes hot and cold baths, followed by a session in a gym filled with expensive American sports equipment to hone his figure.
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Documentary on Vladimir Putin claims he was a 'drunken groper' in 1980s
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The programme 'Putin the Man' aired in Germany on Tuesday evening
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The makers used Stasi police files and interviews with former KGB officers
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It branded him a 'lazy, drunken spy' during his time at Dresden field office
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The documentary also claimed he underwent a secret facelift in 2010 | 7,819 | record_train |
'We've transformed the shed into a really lovely office which overlooks the @placeholder, and our house is right next door, so all day, five days a week I look at it,' Kim said. | It's not every day that a property boasting one of the most ancient wonders of the world hits the market. Built on an expansive 431 hectares in Esperance, Western Australia, the full-size recreated Stonehenge has long been a sight to rival the real thing- and for only $5 million the granite marvel could be yours. Kim and Jillian Beale unexpectedly became the proud owners of the unusual backyard edifice in 2009, when the replica commissioned by the quarry next to their property failed to find the funding required to transport it to the Margaret River. Scroll down for video
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A property in Western Australia boasts a life-size replica of Stonehenge
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Stonehenge is a ancient edifice constructed of granite stones in a circle
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The structure is only 90 metres from the three-bedroom homestead
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It has brought in over 30,000 visitors since it opened to tourists in 2010
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The couple bought it as a semi-retirement plan but it's now a full-time job
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'Esperance Stonehenge' was valued at $5 million when it hit the market
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The property also incorporates a successful commercial cattle farm | 7,820 | record_train |
Reports claiming that @placeholder was experimenting with sapphire displays began last year, yet sources claimed at the time that Apple found the technology ‘infeasible.’ | It is rumoured that Apple’s iPhone 6 will feature a virtually indestructible screen made of sapphire. And now the eagerly-anticipated handset’s screen is said to be about to enter large-scale production later this month. To create enough of the man-made sapphire material, which will make screens that are scratch-resistant and flexible, Apple struck a deal with GT Advanced Technologies in Mesa, Arizona. Scroll down for video The iPhone 6's sapphire screen is rumoured to be going into large scale production this month. Here, one of the screens is repeatedly stabbed by a knife and emerges unscathed from the video trial which also sees in being bent and scratched with keys
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Report suggests sapphire screen for iPhone 6 is about to enter production
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Production of the material is set to begin at a newly-built plant in Arizona
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Screen is rumoured to be flexible and scratch-proof
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Last month, a video showed the 4.7inch screen being bent, twisted, scratched with keys and even stabbed with a knife
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Screen emerged totally unscathed - raising hopes is could lead to a far more resilient handset from Apple
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iPhone 6 believed to come in 4.7in screen and 5.5in screen versions | 7,821 | record_train |
Meanwhile, its soundtrack- encapsulated by @placeholder's show-stopping, infuriatingly catchy ballad Let It Go- stayed at the top of the American Billboard charts for 13 consecutive weeks and went onto become a social media phenomenon. | British parents are being left out in the cold when it comes to buying Frozen merchandise after it emerged retailers are charging them up to twice as much for toys than in the United States. The hugely popular Disney franchise was responsible for last Christmas's most popular toy- the Snow Glow Elsa- and demand for Frozen dolls, games and clothing shows no sign of abating. But it was revealed today that if Brits want to pick up the sell-out doll, which can move, light up and play Frozen's hit song Let it Go- they are expected to pay more than £12 extra than their American counterparts.
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British shoppers are paying more than double for Frozen toys compared to US
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Last Christmas' most popular toy- Snow glow Elsa- is £12 more in the UK
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Americans pay less than half for toys like the Musical snow wand and Olaf doll
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Consumer Action Group have slammed Toys R Us' different pricing as unfair | 7,822 | record_train |
The Urban Institute's @placeholder said that stagnant incomes are key to why some parts of the country are struggling to repay their debt. | By Associated Press Reporter More than 35 percent of Americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been reported to collection agencies, according to a study released Tuesday by the Urban Institute. These consumers fall behind on credit cards or hospital bills. Their mortgages, auto loans or student debt pile up, unpaid. Even past-due gym membership fees or cellphone contracts can end up with a collection agency, potentially hurting credit scores and job prospects, said Caroline Ratcliffe, a senior fellow at the Washington-based think tank. 'Roughly, every third person you pass on the street is going to have debt in collections,' Ratcliffe said. 'It can tip employers' hiring decisions, or whether or not you get that apartment.'
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35.1 percent of people with credit records had been reported to collections for debt that averaged $5,178
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Conversely credit card debt is down, with 2.44 percent of accounts overdue
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Collections industry employs 140,000 workers who recover $50 billion each year
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Texas cities have a large share of their populations being reported to collection agencies, especially McAllen and San Antonio | 7,823 | record_train |
But he said that not everyone conscripted into the Hitler war machine is truly a @placeholder. | By Daniel Miller PUBLISHED: 04:29 EST, 7 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:08 EST, 7 December 2012 Former Nazi guard Anton Geiser, 88, has appealed against a deportation ruling arguing he was forced to serve in the SS A former Nazi concentration camp guard, who has lived in the U.S. for more than 50 years, has launched an appeal arguing he should not be deported because he was forced to join the SS as a teenager. The case of Anton Geiser, 88, was yesterday being heard at the Board of Immigration Appeals in Falls Church, the nation's highest immigration court, where his lawyer argued that he had served in Hitler's army against his will.
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Anton Geiser, 88, claims he was forced to join the SS as a 17-year-old
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He has lived in Sharon, Pennsylvania for over 50 years
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He didn't tell his family about his Nazi service until 2004
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Justice department lawyers said he engaged in 'crimes against humanity' | 7,824 | record_train |
They have influence, but they've been lied to and they've been cheated by @placeholder. | Beijing (CNN) -- If the latest U.S. intelligence reports are true then North Korea is planning to test-fire not one but multiple missiles, the latest provocative act by its unpredictable young leader. While the region has become used to the posturing from Pyongyang, the recent wave of rhetoric has been unusually sustained and virulent, leading some analysts to consider the possibility of an armed confrontation between the two Koreas -- the neighbors remain technically at war after the 1950-53 conflict ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty. So far Kim Jong Un has refused to listen to the international community, leaving many to wonder if anyone can appeal to the leader, thought to be 30 years old, and defuse the crisis. All eyes are turned on China.
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New intelligence reports suggest North Korea planning multiple missile launch
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Traditional ally China increasingly irritated by regime under Kim Jong Un
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President Xi Jinping: No country should be allowed to throw region into chaos
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Analysts believe Kim is under pressure to justify his position at home | 7,825 | record_train |
clear: The @placeholder will not be a hiding place for the ill-gotten | Expensive taste: Son of Equatorial Guinea's president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, wearing a shirt emblazoned with his father's face, has reportedly spent $70million of his country's money He lives a typical Malibu playboy lifestyle - residing in a sprawling beach mansion, has dated rapper Eve and even splashed out $3million on Michael Jackson memorabilia. But now Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue is set to lose it all after it was revealed that the son of Equatorial Guinea's president is being hunted by the U.S. government for looting more than $70million from his own country. Mangue, 39, used his position as a government minister to siphon millions of dollars for personal use, according to two civil forfeiture complaints filed in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.
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Son of Equatorial Guinea's president splashed out $38.5m on private jet
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Dated rapper Eve and 'hired super-yacht for $700,000 to impress her'
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American-educated 39-year-old also spent $30m on Malibu mansion
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Shelled out $39m on Gulfstream jet and 24 cars worth almost $10m | 7,826 | record_train |
The hospital also asked for authority to decide, following those longer visits, if Hinckley could be released on convalescent leave and live full time in @placeholder with his mother. | Washington (CNN) -- A lawyer for John Hinckley Jr. is demanding Secret Service surveillance records from a trip the presidential assailant took last March to see his mother. Barry Levine complained at a court hearing on Thursday that the Secret Service provided an inaccurate report of one of Hinckley's periodic trips to Williamsburg, Virginia. Although details were not described publicly, a source with knowledge of the case said the Secret Service told federal prosecutors that Hinckley was involved in a "disruption" during a tour of an unnamed facility and that police were summoned. The source said that Hinckley was never involved in such an incident.
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Surveillance records sought from visit the presidential assailant made in March
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John Hinckley lawyer complains Secret Service provided inaccurate report
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Court weighing new treatment proposal for Hinckley, who shot, wounded Ronald Reagan
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Hinckley was found not guilty in the 1981 shooting outside a Washington hotel | 7,827 | record_train |
Evidence: Mrs Porter said her husband was away for long periods on trips where he would cheat on her, go to sporting events and even the @placeholder, picture, on one occasion, the court heard | Jacqui Porter (pictured) was today cleared of concealing her husband's multi-million pound scam The ex-wife of a multimillion-pound fraudster who used his ill-gotten gains to sponsor rugby stars such as Kenny Logan has been cleared of concealing his scam. Gerald Porter, 51, cheated his firm Greenfield Property Management Limited out of £3.2 million to lead a luxury lifestyle that included driving expensive cars, taking luxury holidays and throwing lavish parties. The huge rugby fan also spent some of the cash on the Wasps side and their winger Kenny Logan, the husband of TV sports presenter Gabby Logan. The Scotsman used company credit cards to splash out on VIP games, sponsor players and buy them flash cars and dinners at Michelin starred restaurants, London's Southwark Crown Court heard.
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Jacqui Porter, 40, cleared on charge of covering up her husband's scams
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Scottish rugby fan Gerald Porter had cheated his firm out of £3.2million
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She spent thousands on Versace and Armani designer clothes in Dubai
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Aides to Mr @placeholder said he had not taken part in the decision to hand the new money to Forgemasters due to his local connections. | By Jason Groves Last updated at 4:17 AM on 1st November 2011 A £1.4billion fund to boost economic growth has given grants to just seven firms so far, it emerged last night. The news came as Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced the second round of the Government’s Regional Growth Fund which, it is promised, will pay out £950million to 119 firms nationwide. He said the investment would ‘jump-start growth’ and create or safeguard up to 200,000 ‘jobs that last in the places that really need it’. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg (right) talks to Graham Honeyman, chief executive of Sheffield Forgemasters during a tour of the firm's steel plant today. He announced that the government will invest £950million to support growth
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Nick Clegg announces £950m investment to create or safeguard 200,000 jobs
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The defence contractor claims he had to act because the @placeholder government’s policies were a ‘threat to democracy’. | Damaging: Intelligence chiefs have lost track of some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals after US Edward Snowden (above) revealed their tactics Intelligence chiefs have lost track of some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals because US fugitive Edward Snowden exposed security service operations, it has been claimed. The UK’s eavesdropping service, GCHQ, has had to stop monitoring drug gangs, paedophiles, human traffickers and money launderers as a result of the ‘significant’ damage inflicted by the leaks reported in the Guardian newspaper, sources said. The Left-wing paper published a series of articles giving details of the activities of US and UK spy agencies, based on the top-secret files stolen by Snowden.
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed tactics of intelligence chiefs
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his death so that together with @placeholder, they could continue to | By Lucy Crossley Sick: This picture shows the selfie taken by heroin addict Kirsty Edmondson - as former history teacher Kenneth Chapman lay murdered beneath her This picture shows the shocking selfie taken by a heroin addict - as a former history teacher lay dead beneath her after he was murdered by her boyfriend. Kirsty Edmondson, 23, and 35-year old Christopher Sawyers used mobiles phones to take 'trophy photos' and had sex with each other in Kenneth Chapman's bed whilst they lived with his corpse for up to a week. In this image, released with the consent of Mr Chapman's family, the victim's body was in the room as Edmondson took the photograph, although he can not be seen.
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Kirsty Edmondson and Christopher Sawyers took 'trophy photos' after the death of Kenneth Chapman, as his body lay in the room
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Pair lived with former history teacher's corpse for up to a week
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Court told Sawyers injected victim with fatal dose of heroin to 'off him'
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Couple then tried to withdraw cash from his bank account
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Sawyers, 35, found guilty of murdering Mr Chapman and jailed for life
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Edmondson cleared of murder but admitted theft and fraud charges
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The family has acknowledged that @placeholder surveillance video showing the trainer's death might be shown during the trial, but they hope it will not be released to the public. | Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- SeaWorld employees on Tuesday testified at a federal job safety hearing that, while the behavior of killer whales is is extremely predictable, the job of working with a 6-ton marine mammal carries a calculated risk. The hearing, before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Review Commission, resumed Monday after a two-month hiatus. It was convened to look into the death of SeaWorld Orlando trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, in February 2010. OSHA attorneys called three witness -- all from SeaWorld San Diego, including the California park's vice president. SeaWorld strongly objected to the California employees being called as witnesses in a case involving only the Florida theme park.
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Employees testify in OSHA hearing into the death of a killer whale's trainer
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They testified that trainers are taught to recognize signs of aggression
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OSHA has cited SeaWorld for not having adequate safety precautions
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He is pictured above appealing to @placeholder from his hospital bed | The father of a British ISIS hostage has died days after making an emotional plea for his son’s release. Paul Cantlie, of Hampshire - who recorded an impassioned video message for his son John's captors earlier this month, calling on them to give the hostage up - died from complications after pneumonia. The 80-year-old’s family said he died not knowing whether John's captors had received any of the messages he had sent them. Relatives have made ‘urgent’ attempts to contact John and inform him. Scroll down for video Complications following pneumonia: Paul Cantlie (left), who recorded an impassioned video message for the captors of his son John (right) earlier this month, calling on them to give the hostage up, has died aged 80
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Paul Cantlie, 80, of Hampshire, dies from complications after pneumonia
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He recorded impassioned video for his son John's captors to give him up
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Young officer: @placeholder (third from left) died in 2012 at the age of 73 | By Daily Mail Reporter and Ap PUBLISHED: 21:04 EST, 15 December 2013 | UPDATED: 00:35 EST, 16 December 2013 The daughter of the Austin police officer who fatally shot University of Texas Tower sniper Charles Whitman has now joined the Austin Police Department herself. Monika McCoy is the 42-year-old daughter of Houston McCoy, who shot Whitman dead and ended the slaughter that left 17 people dead and 32 others wounded. The mother of two sons says her children had been her priority. Now that they're grown, she says she's pursuing a career path that has been her dream since childhood.
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Monika McCoy is the daughter of Houston McCoy, who killed Charles Whitman in 1966
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Whitman killed 17 people with high-powered rifles while perched in the University of Texas clock tower
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Whitman also killed his mother and wife
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When asked if he liked his new car, which has already been insured, @placeholder said Robertson was quite clear. | (CNN)The world's most famous commuter thought he was meeting friends for lunch Friday to close out a wild week in the spotlight. But James Robertson, whose 21-mile round-trip work commute garnered worldwide attention and more than $300,000 in donations, got more than just lunch. The 56-year-old is now the owner of a brand new 2015 Ford Taurus. Blake Pollack, who befriended Robertson 1½ years ago and has helped drive him to media interviews all week, helped pull off the surprise, suggesting they stop by a car dealership after lunch to pick up some brochures and start researching cars. Robertson and Pollack were joined by Evan Leedy, the college student who set up a GoFundMe page on Robertson's behalf. They walked into Suburban Ford in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and instead of brochures, saw a shiny red car topped with a big bow.
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James Robertson walks 21 miles round-trip to work
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His story sparks online donations surpassing $300,000
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Many of the Lerner emails sought by Congress have been recovered by searching the archives of other @placeholder employees who sent or received them. | The chairman of a powerful committee in Congress is demanding access 'without delay' to a key witness in the Lois Lerner email saga that has engulfed the IRS, but the Treasury Department insists she can't testify until after the midterm congressional elections. House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp, a Michigan Republican, demanded late Wednesday in a letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew that he must make Treasury counsel Hannah Stott-Bumsted available before that Nov. 4 political milestone date. Stott-Bumsted was the first Treasury aide to learn that the IRS was unable to locate two years' worth of disgraced official Lois Lerner's emails because of a hard drive crash.
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House Ways and Means chairman angrily demanded that Treasury Secretary make lawyer Hannah Stott-Bumsted available next week
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Stott-Bumsted was the first Treasury aide who learned from the IRS about disgraced former official Lois Lerner's now-famous 'lost' emails
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She was told by her friend Catherine Duval, an IRS lawyer she had worked with in private law practice
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Congress never learned about the emails, or the computer crash that destroyed them, until two months later
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'Once on his feet, Diego saw @placeholder, a familiar face in the crowd, and clutched onto his leg. | By James Nye A Salvadoran thug who executed his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend and let fellow gang members shoot her terrified two-old-son as he grabbed his leg for help has been added to the FBI's 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives' list. MS-13 gang member Juan Elias Garcia, 21, whose last reported sighting was somewhere in Honduras in 2011, is the fourth person sought by federal authorities in the Long Island killings of 19-year-old Vanessa Argueta and her 2-year-old son Diego Torres, said George Venizelos, the FBI assistant director of the New York field office. Garcia, who is 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weighs 125 pounds is a native of El Salvador and is the first MS-13 gang member to make the bureau's most wanted list.
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A reputed member of the murderous international gang known as MS-13 was added to the FBI's list of 'Ten Most Wanted Fugitives'
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Juan Elias 'Cruzito' Garcia, 21, is wanted for his role in the 2010 killing of his girlfriend and her toddler son, federal authorities said on Wednesday
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Authorities said Garcia was romantically involved with Argueta
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Garcia and his fellow gang members shot Argueta as her son watched
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In its most recent government requests report @placeholder stated: ‘We respond to valid requests relating to criminal cases. | MI5's Andrew Parker briefed the PM about a reluctance among internet firms to cooperate with tracking terrorists David Cameron has been warned by the country’s top spy chiefs that internet companies including Facebook and Google are undermining national security. The Prime Minister was told internet giants have ‘withdrawn’ their cooperation and are obstructing MI5 requests for help tracking terrorists and major criminals, including paedophiles. It follows fugitive Edward Snowden’s claims that the firms are used to snoop on British citizens, which is disputed by spy chiefs. Before the US whistleblower’s disclosures, they willingly responded to lawful requests for details of phone calls, emails, text messages and other private information.
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Cameron told internet giants have withdrawn cooperation with MI5
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Some are obstructing requests for help tracking terrorists and criminals
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She also said they refused to tell her which hospital her son had been taken too but this has been denied by @placeholder. | Ezell Ford, 25, was shot dead by officers in South Los Angeles on Monday evening An eyewitness to the death of Ezell Ford has claimed an officer with the LAPD shouted 'shoot him' just before the mentally ill unarmed 25-year-old was fatally shot on Monday. The Huffington Post claims witness, Leroy Hill, saw an officer with the LAPD shoot Ford three times while he was on the ground and that he saw the entire incident unfold in front of him. Hill denied that Ford had any association with Los Angeles gangs and claimed that officers ambushed him as he walked down the street.
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Ezell Ford, 25, was shot dead by officers in South Los Angeles
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Eyewitness claims LAPD officer shouted 'shoot him' before bullets fired
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Rally has been organised for Sunday at 3pm at LAPD headquarters | 7,839 | record_train |
"It's like you were sent by God," he told the @placeholder sailors. | (CNN) -- Relations between the United States and Iran, already strained by U.S. sanctions on Iran's central bank and Iranian naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz, are on the verge of spinning out of control. What can push the two nations into a military confrontation is the fate of a former Marine, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati. A Revolutionary Court in western Iran sentenced the dual U.S.-Iranian citizen to death on January 9, claiming that he is a CIA spy. It is not often that the fate of entire nations hinges on that of a single individual, but the execution of a Marine by Iran will almost certainly inflame public opinion and tilt the balance toward war.
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Amir: the fate of a former Marine can push the U.S. and Iran into a military conflict
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He says that the incident of American sailors rescuing Iranian fishermen is a diplomatic feat
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Amir: what if the whole rescue incident was an act of God?
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He says many in Iran dream of an Iranian Spring, they do not want war with the U.S. (or Israel) | 7,840 | record_train |
Making overtures to a group responsible for the death of thousands fighting for your closest ally in @placeholder is as significant as it is surprising. | (CNN) -- Last month, the Yemen-based branch of Ayman al-Zawahiri's international terrorist network, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), released a worrying statement calling on Muslims around the world to forget their differences and renew their efforts to carry out operations against American targets, be they civilian, governmental, military or diplomatic. But this was by no means the most troubling aspect of the communique. More important than the threat -- which, let's face it, is nothing new -- was the fact that this was the second statement from AQAP in recent months to go against al-Zawahiri's official policy towards ISIS and express its wholehearted support for the group's actions in Syria.
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AQAP last month called on Muslims to forget differences focus on American targets
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Charlie Winter writes that it was the second such communique from the al Qaeda offshoot
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It indicates how much the global jihadist dynamic has changed since airstrikes began, he says
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The trend of jihadists rallying around the anti-Western flag is worrying, he writes | 7,841 | record_train |
A major lack of game-time at @placeholder means Burns has had little chance to turn the heads of the England selectors. | Drawing comparisons with his younger brother, Freddie Burns shows a rare moment of self-doubt. The Leicester No 10 has been keeping a close eye on his sibling, Billy, who is breaking through into the senior ranks at Gloucester. ‘He reminds me of myself a few years back,’ said Burns. ‘He’s got no fear and is full of confidence. ‘There’s a bit of a carefreeness and you can put mistakes down to naivety. Now any mistakes are punished because there’s an expectation level, but I’m happy with that.’ Freddie Burns hasn't had the start to life at Leicester he hoped for but is showing signs of confidence
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Leicester's Freddie Burns takes on Bath's George Ford on Sunday
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When the sides met in September at The Rec, Bath smashed Tigers 45-0
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Many of the state's political leaders -- including @placeholder -- have called on the governor to resign. | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich vowed Friday to fight federal corruption charges and stay on the job, despite calls for his resignation amid allegations that he attempted to sell President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich spoke to reporters at a news conference Friday but did not take questions. "I will fight, I will fight, I will fight until I take my last breath. I have done nothing wrong," Blagojevich said in a brief news conference in Chicago. "I'm not going to quit a job that people have hired me to do." The spirited comments were the first public statements from the second-term governor about the allegations since his arrest December 9 on federal corruption charges.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he is not guilty of criminal wrongdoing
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Blagojevich says he has the truth on his side, vows to stay on the job
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Governor accused of trying to sell President-elect Obama's Senate seat
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Blagojevich's lawyer says evidence was illegally obtained | 7,843 | record_train |
Newcastle goalkeeper @placeholder was unable to get a hand on to Dzeko's first-half strike | With £28million new boy Wilfried Bony looking on from the bench all eyes were on Edin Dzeko. How would the big man react? The arrival of last season's Premier League top scorer already seems to have prompted the departure of one City striker, with Stevan Jovetic not even included in Manuel Pellegrini's squad for this one. Edin Dzeko scored his first Premier League goal since his brace against Hull on September 27 The Bosnian shows his excitement after scoring past Newcastle goalkeeper Tim Krul Dzeko scored his side's third goal in Manchester City's 5-0 win against Newcastle at the Etihad Stadium
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Edin Dzeko scored in Man City's emphatic 5-0 win against Newcastle
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Yet the @placeholder model was never supposed to be just about drone strikes, especially as the U.S. drone campaign in Yemen has not been intense enough to disrupt AQAP. | (CNN)News that the United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Yemen -- and reports that Houthi rebels have seized U.S. Marines' weapons -- have laid bare the failure of U.S. policy in the country. The Houthis -- a Shiite insurgent group backed by Iran -- are now the key power brokers in Sanaa, Yemen's capital. They have also extended their presence far south of their historical northern stronghold, advances that prompted Yemen's entire executive branch to resign on January 22, following a successful siege of the presidential compound. In the process, the Houthis have destroyed Yemen's legal government, thrown out its draft constitution, infiltrated its intelligence services and security forces, and demanded that all sides in Yemen's complex and acrimonious socio-political-economic system play by their rules. Meanwhile, their military expansion is beginning to fuel sectarian Sunni support for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, which is recruiting and expanding its operations.
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The United States suspended operations at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen this week
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Katherine Zimmerman: Even before, U.S. Yemen policy had only limited success | 7,845 | record_train |
Unlike most of @placeholder's capitals, it's a relatively low-rise city where shade is at a premium, except on some lushly landscaped plazas. | (CNN) -- Overshadowed by its bigger, flashier neighbors, Paraguay is a curious country that's overlooked by visitors who flock to South American destinations like Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and the highlands of the Andes. For those who visit nearby nations, though, Paraguay's subtropical forests, broad rivers and unusual history can make it an intriguing detour. Surrounded by Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia, this landlocked nation is larger than a glance at the map suggests. It's roughly the size of California but has only about 6.7 million residents, at least 3 million fewer than Los Angeles County. Taste Paraguay's delicious mistake
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Paraguay's subtropical forests, broad rivers and unusual history can make it an intriguing detour
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Nearly 90% of Paraguayans speak Spanish and indigenous Guarani
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A common traditional dish, Paraguayan soup isn't quite what its name would suggest | 7,846 | record_train |
By the time Fawcett moved into her @placeholder condo in 1999, she had possession of the Warhol portrait -- as well as a twin print Warhol created at the same time. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Ryan O'Neal told a jury on Monday that he is the rightful owner of an Andy Warhol celebrity portrait that hangs over his bed. It is of the woman he considers the love of his life, "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett. Fawcett, who died of cancer in 2009, bequeathed her art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas at Austin; the university is accusing O'Neal of stealing away with its Warhol. "The painting is mine," testified the 72-year-old actor, who rose to fame as the impossibly handsome star of the 1960s television soap opera "Peyton Place" and the 1970 film "Love Story."
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Farrah Fawcett left her art collection to her alma mater, the University of Texas
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University is suing Ryan O'Neal for an Andy Warhol portrait of Fawcett
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Actor testifies the portrait belongs to him and is countersuing the university
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Jury hears about "falling out" after Fawcett found O'Neal in bed with another woman | 7,847 | record_train |
Apple is unhappy that @placeholder contains a similar ‘analyser server’ for ‘detecting structures in the data’. | By Mark Duell Last updated at 9:25 AM on 19th July 2011 It’s a controversial court ruling in favour of Apple that could ultimately even lead to the ban of all Google Android phones and tablets in the U.S. Apple has won a preliminary ruling from a U.S. trade panel that Taiwanese handset maker HTC infringed on two of its patents. HTC uses Google's Android operating system for its smartphones and the case is being closely watched by the mobile devices market. Court battle: Apple, manufacturer of the iPhone 4, left, has won a preliminary ruling that HTC, which produces the Evo 4G, right, infringed on two of its patents
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Preliminary patent court ruling in Apple v HTC case
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HTC uses Google's Android operating system
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"The @placeholder team said they were unfit physically and mentally to carry on after talking to the officials and they will now decide the fate of this match. | (CNN) -- Ethnic tensions in the Balkans and an incident involving a drone led to the abandonment of a major European international football game Tuesday. Serbia's European Championship qualifying match with Albania was abandoned after 41 minutes following ugly clashes between both sets of players. The brawl followed the arrival of a mini-drone, which flew over the stadium while carrying a flag depicting the "Greater Albania." When Serbian player Stefan Mitrovic ripped the flag down, it provided the catalyst for an already combustible tie to fully ignite. Martin Atkinson, the English referee, took the players off the field with the game goalless following clashes between rival players.
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Brother of Albanian PM was arrested after the brawl, Serbian PM's office says
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Serbia's game against Albania in Belgrade was canceled after 42 minutes
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Beards for religious purposes are to be kept to 1 millimeter in length, he said, adding that there are other @placeholder and Orthodox uniformed members who observe the accommodation. | New York (CNN) -- A Hasidic NYPD recruit is planning a lawsuit after being dismissed for refusing to trim his beard for religious reasons, his attorney said Sunday. Fishel Litzman, 38, was asked to leave the police academy on Friday, his attorney, Nathan Lewin, told CNN. He began the police academy in January, he said, was in the top 1% of his classes and is "highly regarded" by his peers. The dismissal, Lewin said, is a clear example of "religious discrimination." "We are planning to bring a lawsuit," the attorney said. "This should not be a practice of the NYPD."
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Fishel Litzman was asked to leave the police academy Friday, his attorney says
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As the couple chatted in the show's kitchen, @placeholder remarked that she did not seem like a 'typical' politician's wife. | Miriam Clegg today revealed the secret to being a politician's wife is a thick skin, plenty of coffee and not getting cross when the media attacks her husband Nick. In a new Lib Dem attempt to woo daytime TV viewers, the Cleggs appeared on ITV's Lorraine, chatting on the sofa and cooking jacket potatoes with ragu. Mrs Clegg admitted her husband is not a great cook, but she would like George Clooney to play him in a film of his life. Scroll down for video As her husband Nick tried his hand at making jacket potato with ragu, Mrs Clegg revealed he was not a great cook
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Lib Dem leader and his wife appear together on ITV show Lorraine
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Miriam chatted with host Lorraine Kelly before the couple cooked ragu
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She admitted her husband is not a great cook, as he grated cheese
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If officials thought they had got out of the frying pan, they are firmly in the fire now, because the assistant coach has a capacity to go berserk that is even easier to trigger than @placeholder’s. | Mario Mandzukic missed two golden chances as La Liga champions Atletico Madrid started the defence of their campaign with a whimper against Rayo Vallecano. Missing suspended manager Diego Simeone, Atletico Madrid looked toothless without Diego Costa, even against the leakiest defence in last season’s competition, and the Croatian could not step up to fill the gap. At a rowdy, intimate Vallecas, the favourites looked tired after their Super Cup exertions on Friday against Real Madrid and lacked incision, showing why they have been linked with playmakers like Santi Cazorla, Marco Reus and Shinji Kagawa this summer. SCROLL down to watch Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone sent off in Super Cup
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Manager Diego Simeone started his eight-match touchline ban
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Striker Mario Mandzukic missed two glorious chances for Atletico Madrid
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Atletico Madrid beat Real Madrid to the Spanish Super Cup on Friday
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'The argument that undoubtedly followed was no doubt a result of pent up feelings about Mr @placeholder which were then now doubt expressed in clear terms and she told us and she accepts that she became uncharacteristically aggressive.' | Tulisa Contostavlos sobbed in court today after a judge threw out her appeal against her conviction for punching the celebrity blogger she suspected of putting her sex tape online. The 26-year-old former X Factor judge was found guilty of hitting the reality star Savvas Morgan at the 2013 V Festival in Chelmsford as he followed her to a Winnebago for a party. Judge David Radford, sitting at the appeal hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court today, refused to accept that the singer had not punched him and said she 'lost control'. Tulisa Contostavlos, left, lost the appeal for her conviction reality star Savvas Morgan, right, who she says conducted a 'vendetta' against her. Mr Morgan told the court he did not watch X Factor as he lived in L.A.
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Tulisa Contostavlos, 26, attempted to overturn conviction for assault
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X Factor judge said that Mr Morgan developed 'strange obsession' with her
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However no word from Today on whether Lauer or @placeholder foots the bill. | By Louise Boyle for MailOnline NBC is footing the bill for their $20million-a-year man Matt Lauer's helicopter jaunts to and from his Hamptons estate, it was claimed today. In an effort to keep the veteran Today anchor happy, network bosses are allegedly paying for Lauer to commute to his mansion in Long Island where he lives permanently with wife Annette and their three children. In June, Lauer signed a two-year extension on his annual $20million contract with Today, calling it 'the best job in broadcasting'. Matt Lauer and his wife Annette pictured on August 31 this year at the 39th Annual Hampton Classic Horse Show Grand Prix in Bridgehampton, New York. The Today host is said to chopper to and from his Hamptons home where he lives year-round
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Today anchor commutes 'up to three times a week' by chopper to his Hamptons home so he can spend more time with his wife and children
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Baltimore County detectives traced the suspect's car registration to an address in @placeholder. | (CNN)It started as a police chase after a teenager allegedly ignored a traffic stop by a Maryland state trooper. By the time it ended, the 16-year-old suspect was dead in a shootout with officers. During an investigation into the teen's background, police found three bodies at a Kentucky address linked to him. Authorities in both states are trying to put together a timeline of events that ended with the shootout Saturday. How did the teen, identified as Jason C. Hendrix of Corbin, Kentucky, get from his hometown to Baltimore County? Did he kill his mother, father and sister? If he did so, why? And when?
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However, last night Mr @placeholder vowed to block any Tory plans to remove housing benefit from those aged under-25. | Nick Clegg today refused to back George Osborne’s demand for massive cuts in the welfare bill, arguing parents aged under-25 should not be banned from claiming housing benefit. The Liberal Democrat leader said he would ‘knock on the head’ the idea of Conservative plans for a £10billion cut to the welfare budget. But he said he was open to the idea of some limits on housing benefit, putting himself at odds with Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes who said last night: ‘We’ve not signed up to cutting housing benefit and I don’t imagine for a moment we will.' Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today ruled out banning under-25s from claiming housing benefit, after meeting with U2 frontman Bono yesterday to discuss global poverty
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Deputy Prime Minister says he will 'knock on the head' Tory plans for tough cuts to welfare
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The network is blamed for more than 1,000 U.S. casualties in @placeholder. | (CNN) -- The U.S. ambassador to Islamabad was summoned to Pakistan's Foreign Ministry on Saturday, a day after Pakistan Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by a U.S. drone strike. Foreign Ministry spokesman Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry did not explain why the envoy was summoned. A U.S. State Department official confirmed the meeting to CNN but would not disclose details about it. The State Department official would not discuss U.S. operations in Pakistan but stressed the Pakistan Taliban's 2009 attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan and claims of responsibility for a failed attempt to bomb Times Square in New York.
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NEW: U.S. official stresses Pakistan Taliban ties to 2009 attack and Times Square plot
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U.S. and Pakistani officials say Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a drone strike
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Done deal: Liverpool met the £20million release clause in Lazar Markovic's @placeholder contract | Liverpool are ready to revive interest in Swansea pair Ben Davies and Wilfried Bony as their proposed moves to Tottenham stall. Swansea are seemingly preparing for Bony's departure after they made an offer of around £6million for Watford striker Troy Deeney on Wednesday. Tottenham's offer of Gylfi Sigurdsson for Davies and Michel Vorm was rejected but they have considered £20m-rated Bony, as well as Lille's Divock Origi. VIDEO Scroll down to see other Liverpool targets Divock Origi and Lazar Markovic in action Tussle: Liverpool and Tottenham both want to sign Swansea duo Ben Davies (left) and Wilfried Bony (right) Finisher: Bony is rated at £20million and Spurs or Liverpool will have to stump up the cash for him
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Bony and Davies have been in talks with Tottenham but deals have stalled
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Swansea are lining up £6million Troy Deeney as Bony's replacement
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Spurs offer of Gylfi Sigurdsson for Davies and Michel Vorm was rejected
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Nine @placeholder passengers are among the 298 feared dead after a | In scenes reminiscent of the MH370 disaster four months ago, sobbing relatives of passengers travelling on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 have gathered at airports in Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur to learn the fate of their missing loved ones. Clutching the side of an escalator for support, one man weeps after finding out the fate of his relative at an information point set up at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, where the doomed plane took off from at lunchtime today. At Kuala Lumpur International Airport, where flight MH 17 was due to land shortly after 6am local time on Friday morning, women cry into tissues as they hear about the fate of their loved ones.
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Relatives gathered at airports in Amsterdam and Kuala Lumpur
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Nine Britons and 27 Australians were among those on board, according to Dutch authorities
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Fears that up to 23 Americans could have been on Malaysian Airlines flight
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After the news broke that @placeholder was stepping aside, the senator said this: | San Diego (CNN)Marco is having a moment. As in Marco Rubio, the 43-year-old senator from Florida, who seems to be experiencing a resurgence in popularity among fellow Republicans. It's something that just six months ago, few political observers could have predicted. And if Rubio is interested in applying for a job on Pennsylvania Avenue, as seems to be the case, the timing of this warm embrace couldn't be better. On Friday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney bowed out of the 2016 presidential campaign, telling supporters on a call that he believes it's "best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity" to become the nominee.
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Mitt Romney tells supporters Friday he does not intend to run for president in 2016
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This would have had a major effect on endorsement deals and whether companies would have waned to be aligned with the @placeholder brand. | By Daily Mail Reporter It's a case that, according to the IRS, is very black and white. The Michael Jackson Estate is accused of cheating taxpayers out of millions of dollars by allegedly undervaluing the wealth of the late pop great - and has been hit with a penalty of more than $702 million. New legal documents filed with the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, which were obtained by the L.A. Times, say that after Jackson died in June 2009, the executors of his estate valued the singers net worth at around $7 million. However the IRS are disputing the figure and claim MJ is actually worth $1.125 billion.
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Legal documents show executors of Michael Jackson's estate valued the singers net worth at $7 million after he died in June 2009
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The IRS now says the net worth was actually $1.125 billion
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The estate has subsequently been hit with $505 million in taxes and an additional $197 million for 'gross valuation misstatement penalty'
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Being an electric jeepney driver is the first time that @placeholder has had the benefits and security that most people expect with a job -- a daily shift of eight-hours, health insurance and a weekly paycheck. | (CNN) -- The streets of Manila can be an unforgiving place for the city's taxi and public transport drivers. Chronic traffic jams and badly maintained roads are part of the daily grind but add in the possibility of floods during the annual typhoon season and a strong constitution is needed. But Josefina Barandon doesn't mind, and as one of the city's few female drivers will happily take to the streets in her electric jeepney as long as she is able to, come rain or shine. Barandon is one of three women driving Manila's 20-strong fleet of electric public vehicles that ply the streets of Makati, the capital's central business district.
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Women driving new electric jeepneys on streets of Manila
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Public transportation in Philippines dominated by male drivers
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Philippines ranks high on WEF Gender Gap index
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But at 23 weeks @placeholder suffered a heavy bleed with stomach pains and a worried Nick rushed her to hospital where she was told she was in labour. | By Katy Winter A couple are celebrating the miraculous recovery of their 10 month old son after he and his twin brother were born extremely prematurely at 23 weeks. Deborah Jackson, 32 and partner Nick Filby, 28, from Harlow, Essex, find their happiness is tainted by heartache as they grieve the tragic death of their second son. Despite the best efforts of medical teams, baby Owen only survived an hour after his delivery, while his brother Ollie fought for his life in hospital for six months. Alongside Deborah and Nick's joy at Ollie's recovery and homecoming, they are still grieving the tragic lost of his twin brother Owen
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Couple horrified Deborah, 32, went into labour 18 weeks early
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Twins Ollie and Owen were born at just 1lb 10g and 1lb respectively
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Tragically baby Owen died in his mother's arms just hours after birth
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Ollie was in hospital for over six months, suffering brain bleeds, hole in the heart, lung and intestine infections and detached retina
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Deborah and Nick buried Owen not knowing if Ollie would survive
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"'inFamous' has always been my favorite Sony-exclusive franchise, and the first '@placeholder' was actually the reason I bought a PlayStation 3 a few years into its lifecycle. | (CNN) -- If Sony is to continue its sales dominance in the new gaming and entertainment console market, it may be one of its most popular exclusive titles for the PlayStation 4 that does the trick. "inFamous: Second Son" continues the franchise's story of enhanced humans who are able to use special powers for good or for evil. This episode benefits in many ways, though, because the developer, Sucker Punch, start working with Sony early into the development cycle of the PS4 and really get a sense of how the new console would work. A new protagonist and a new city let the animators really explore areas of expression that they couldn't do with the older generation consoles. Animation director Billy Harper said the result is a real city -- Seattle -- that feels more natural than those in previous "inFamous" titles.
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'inFamous: Second Son' is an exclusive PlayStation 4 title
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That sparked international condemnation, with the OAS on Tuesday passing a resolution calling for Zelaya's reinstatement by Saturday and threatening to suspend @placeholder from the group. | TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) -- The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras' interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power. OAS Secretary General Jose Insulza doubts Honduras' new leaders will restore ousted President Jose Zelaya. "They have, for the moment, no intention of reversing the situation," Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza told reporters. He said he had reached that conclusion after speaking Friday with members of the Supreme Court, among others. Insulza also rejected assertions by the interim government that the change in leadership was not really a coup d'etat.
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OAS head doubts Honduras' interim leadership will restore ousted President Zelaya
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Vice chancellor: Honduras prepared to withdraw from OAS
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When @placeholder returned to the store the next day to complain, a Macy’s manager blamed it on the cops and said officers frequently come into the store to monitor surveillance videos without permission, according to Palmer. | By Marie-louise Olson Furious people took to Facebook to vent their anger over the recent profiling of shoppers in the New York retailer, Barneys. This comes as a fourth person has come forward with similar claims, this time against Macy's - the second in a week. Art Palmer says four plainclothes cops questioned him three blocks away from the flagship store after he bought $320 worth of Polo dress shirts and ties in April. The latest accusation echoes those by Trayon Christian and Kayla Phillips against Barneys and by actor Robert Brown against the same Macy’s. Shocking: Trayon Christian, 19, left, and Kayla Phillips, 21, claim they were interrogated by police after buying expensive items from Barneys
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Art Palmer, 56, of Brooklyn, is the fourth person to claim he has been racially profiled while shopping
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On Sunday he said four plainclothes cops questioned him three blocks away from Macy's after he bought $320 worth of Polo dress shirts and ties in April
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New York fashion retailer Barneys is coming under a lot of fire on its Facebook page after two young black people say they were stopped while shopping for expensive goods
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Barneys' Facebook wall is being bombarded with angry comments
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One user calls it 'modern racism'
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Trayon Christian, 19, sued Barneys, saying he was accosted by undercover NYPD officers after using his debit card to buy a $349 Ferragamo belt in April
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Kayla Phillips, 21, said she was surrounded and interrogated by police after purchasing a $2,500 handbag from Barneys in February
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Reverend Al Sharpton has accused Barney's of 'upscale racial profiling'
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He said blacks and Latinos worry about being 'stopped-and-frisked' by police and 'shopped-and-frisked' in retail stores
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Sharpton has demanded a meeting with Barneys and called for a boycott of the retailer
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Even fashion megastar Tyson Beckford, 42, has said he frequently gets judged on the color of his skin in Barney's and other places
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Iranian authorities revoked her press credentials in 2006, but @placeholder continued to file short news items without permission, the journalists' group said. | (CNN) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson has offered to travel to Iran to help release a jailed Iranian-American journalist who was recently convicted of spying. The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he would be willing to travel to Iran to appeal for Roxana Saberi's freedom. "If our voices are heard in Iran today, I would be anxious to travel with a delegation to Iran, if we are permitted, and make an appeal for her freedom," said the longtime civil rights activist, according to his Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson, 67, was speaking Tuesday at a peace conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. "Whenever we've brought people out of captivity, whether in Syria, Cuba, Iraq, or Yugoslavia, or Liberia, it's always opened a diplomatic door to reduce tensions," he added.
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Civil rights activist says he's willing to travel to Iran to seek journalist's release
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@placeholder's Mediterranean Avenue: Makoko established itself as a fishing village in the 18th century and now has a population nearing 100,000 | By Simon Tomlinson PUBLISHED: 13:19 EST, 14 December 2012 | UPDATED: 13:30 EST, 14 December 2012 The makers of Monopoly have advanced to Lagos in Nigeria to launch the first African city edition of the famous board game. Instead of Mayfair or Boardwalk, players will have the chance to buy Banana Island, a prestigious development where properties in the real world fetch millions. The cheapest square - the Old Kent Road of London or the Mediterranean Avenue of the U.S. version - is a fishing slum on stilts known as Makoko. All go in Nigeria: Promoter Fiona Donald holds a Lagos edition of Monopoly at the launch of the first African city version of the game
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Mayfair makes way for Banana Island, Makoko replaces Old Kent Road
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Other squares include Nigerian Stock Exchange and notorious Kirikiri jail
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Lagos State Government hopes it will educate public about road safety
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ET) when it enters @placeholder to light the Olympic cauldron. | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China opened the 29th Olympic Games on Friday with stunning fireworks as the Asian nation kicked off one of the most heavily scrutinized games in history. Drummers perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Fireworks shot off across the Chinese capital as hundreds of drummers and dancers performed under a light display at the National Stadium, drawing applause from the estimated 90,000 in attendance. It was a stunning beginning from the nation of 1.3 billion people. Media observers said they believe the opening ceremony will be the single most watched television event in history.
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NEW: Fireworks, drummers in opening ceremony of 2008 Summer Olympics
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Bomb threat forces Air China to cancel some flights
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President Bush among world leaders attending opening ceremony
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In a rallying cry to his troops on Wednesday, Assad said their battle against rebels would decide @placeholder's fate. | Syrian rebels turned a captured tank on government forces today and bombarded a military airbase boosting their firepower in the week-long battle for the country's commercial capital Aleppo. President Bashar al-Assad's troops meanwhile pounded the strategic Salaheddine district in Aleppo itself with tank and artillery fire while rebels tried to consolidate their hold on areas they have seized. In the capital Damascus, troops overran a suburb yesterday killing at least 35 people, mostly unarmed civilians, residents and activist organisations said. Captured weapons: Syrian rebels captured a tank and used it against government forces, boosting their firepower in a week-long battle for commercial capital Aleppo
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Rebels consolidate their forces in Aleppo after a week-long battle for Syria's commercial capital
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In the capital Damascus government troops overrun a suburb, killing 35 unarmed civilians raising questions over war atrocities
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The fighting comes as Kofi Annan steps down as the U.N. Arab League mediator in the conflict
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President Bashar al-Assad has not spoken publicly for two weeks since an attack on his inner circle raising concerns for his safety
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She tweeted: ‘Very interesting train journey to Euston Chancellor George Osborne just got on at @placeholder with a STANDARD ticket and he has sat in FIRST CLASS. | By Gerri Peev and John Stevens PUBLISHED: 11:08 EST, 19 October 2012 | UPDATED: 19:21 EST, 19 October 2012 George Osborne was forced to hand over nearly £200 yesterday by a railway ticket inspector – after he sat in a first-class seat with a standard-class ticket. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was spotted on the express service from his constituency in Cheshire to London as he watched a DVD on a computer. Yesterday fellow passengers even claimed Mr Osborne had refused to leave the first-class carriage and sit with those in the cheaper seats. Going off the track: George Osborne on the train from Wilmslow to London - sitting pretty in First Class on a standard fare ticket
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Millionaire MP 'argued with train staff' after refusing to leave First Class
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Chancellor's aide insisted Osborne could not sit in Standard Class
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Ticket inspector refused to back down, ordering the MP to pay £160 upgrade
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Tough going: US Women's Open champion @placeholder could only manage a three-over-par 75 | Japan’s Ayako Uehara mastered the windy conditions at Royal Birkdale to lead after the opening round of the Ricoh Women’s British Open on Thursday. Uehara recovered from a bogey on her first hole to fire five birdies in an opening four-under-par 68, finishing one shot ahead of American Mo Martin. Test: England's Charley Hull plays second shot out of the rough on the first hole Martin birdied three of the last five holes to return a 69, with compatriots Mina Harigae and Morgan Pressel and Australian Sarah Kemp another shot back on two under. World No 1 and defending champion Stacy Lewis returned a 71 matched by England’s Holly Clyburn as only nine players broke par and more than a dozen took more than 80. Scotland’s Kylie Walker birdied the last for an 82 which started with a quintuple bogey nine on the first.
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Japan's Ayako Uehara leads after opening round 68
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World No 1 and defending champion Lewis carded a 71
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He said: '@placeholder was heartbroken when he lost him and it was horrible at the time. | By David Baker PUBLISHED: 10:02 EST, 3 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:56 EST, 3 June 2012 When Dobby the corn snake disappeared without a trace last year devastated 10-year-old Max Gerrard frantically tried to hunt down his beloved foot long pet. Having finally given up hope of finding the reptile though the youngster and his family moved home shortly afterwards, making way for new homeowners. But as the somewhat startled new family stumbled across it in the garage one year on it was not so hard to spot - as it had grown to a whopping four foot. Slithering surprise: Max Gerrard has been reunited with his beloved snake Dobby after new householders discovered the reptile lurking in his old home in Northumberland
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She said: ‘I think there is a link between Dando and @placeholder. | By Mario Ledwith and Chris Parsons Updated: 17:32 GMT, 3 March 2012 Murdered: Jill Dando was gunned down on the doorstep by a Serbian hitman, it was claimed last night BBC presenter Jill Dando was one of two journalists ‘executed’ by a Serbian hitman in a revenge attack, it was claimed last night. The allegation was made by a Serbian widow whose husband was killed in similar circumstances just 15 days before Miss Dando’s murder in April 1999. Branka Prpa said she was convinced that her husband and the former Crimewatch presenter were targeted by the same killer after insulting Slobodan Milosevic’s brutal regime.
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Serbian widow claims BBC presenter was killed by same hit man who assassinated her husband
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The most recent landmark cases on this in technology have been the decade-long investigations and prosecutions on @placeholder's dominance of PC software. | Editor's note: Chris Anderson is the editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and the author of "FREE: The Future of a Radical Price", published by Hyperion on July 7. The book's first printing generated controversy over failing to attribute some passages to Wikipedia, which Anderson said in his blog was a mistake and will be corrected. Chris Anderson says technology allows giants like Google to give away services. (CNN) -- When Christine Varney was confirmed in May as the Obama administration's top antitrust cop, some of her words from last year sent a chill through the Googleplex, the search engine's headquarters in Silicon Valley.
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Chris Anderson: Obama's antitrust chief concerned about Google's power
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He says she will have to decide whether it's OK for Google to give things away
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He says Google's dominance in ads gives it power to win new markets
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"When the woman appeared with the newborn baby girl in @placeholder on Friday, July 24, the suspicions of a number of this woman's acquaintances were piqued. | (CNN) -- A judge set bond at $2 million Thursday for a 35-year-old woman who faces charges in the case of a woman whose baby was ripped from her womb. Darlene Haynes, pictured with one of her other children, was found slain in her apartment closet, authorities said. Investigators detained Julie A. Corey on Wednesday afternoon and charged her with being a fugitive from justice. They found her with a newborn in Plymouth, New Hampshire, during an investigation into the death of 23-year-old Darlene Haynes, whose body was found Monday in the closet of her home in Worcester, Massachusetts. Haynes was eight months pregnant.
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Darlene Haynes, who was eight months pregnant, found dead in apartment closet
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But it was not just their returning striker who struggled for @placeholder; their general play was sloppy and Ukraine's greater urgency and desire meant they bossed the game. | (CNN) -- Wayne Rooney returned with a goal to send England through to the quarter finals of Euro 2012 as Group D winners. Rooney's second-half header saw Roy Hodgson's England leapfrog France, who crashed to a 2-0 defeat against Sweden but still limped through to the last eight. Rooney, who had missed a glorious first-half chance to break the deadlock, headed in from close range after goalkeeper Andriy Pyatov had spilled Steven Gerrard's cross. Yet the real post-match talking point centred on a call for goalline technology as co-hosts Ukraine saw a Marko Devic shot apparently cross the line before being scrambled away by John Terry.
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Wayne Rooney's goal seals England a 1-0 win over Euro 2012 co-hosts Ukraine
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Second-half goals from Ibrahimovic and Larsson seal Sweden's win
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But you have to hand it to @placeholder for managing to leave audiences breathless in anticipation of a sequel after making them sit through two-plus hours of merely satisfactory storytelling. | (EW.com) -- There's a reason Marvel conceived the X-Men as a team: The menagerie of mutants are more interesting when they come in a pack. When the posse of super-powered outcasts was first brought to the screen by Bryan Singer in 2000, Hugh Jackman's mutton-chopped, adamantium-clawed Wolverine emerged as the stand-out super-freak. And Hollywood accounting being what it is, he was naturally granted his own solo encore in 2009's underwhelming X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a silly spin-off that never quite came together. Now, to wipe the slate clean, Jackman and director James Mangold (Knight and Day; Girl, Interrupted) have teamed up to bring out the claws once again in The Wolverine. And while it's definitely a more entertaining and far deeper film than the last Wolverine outing, it still falls short of the top tier of Marvel tentpoles like the fizzy Iron Man and Sam Raimi's Spider-Man.
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Hugh Jackman is back as Wolverine
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@placeholder is in a unique situation in history of serving two popes. | PUBLISHED: 14:50 EST, 10 February 2014 | UPDATED: 15:06 EST, 10 February 2014 It was the quietest of announcements that had the effect of a thunder-clap on the Catholic world: A year ago today, Pope Benedict XVI said - in a voice so soft that cardinals strained to hear - that he was becoming the first pontiff to resign in more than half a millennium. On the eve of the anniversary, Benedict's longtime private secretary credited his boss' stunning decision with opening the way to the 'enormous impact' Pope Francis is having on the church and the world at large.
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New life: Technically it was not a same-sex marriage, which is banned in Cuba, because @placeholder is legally a woman - having undergone the country's first state-funded sex change operation | By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:29 AM on 15th August 2011 A gay man has married a transgender woman in Cuba - in what has been hailed as a 'significant step forward' for gay rights in the communist Caribbean country. Ignacio Estrada, 31, and Wendy Iriepa, 37, tied the knot in a simple civil ceremony on the same day as Fidel Castro's 85th birthday - in what they called a 'gift' to the former leader. They then draped themselves in the rainbow flag of gay pride to ride through the streets of Havana. Here comes the bride: Wendy Iriepa (left) and Ignacio Estrada (right) tied the knot in a simple civil cermony on the same day as Fidel Castro's 85th birthday - in what they called a 'gift' to the former leader
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Although he fled Germany just prior to @placeholder, he said it was not hard to take up arms against his home country | Seventy years after helping recover stolen art from the Nazis, Harry Ettlinger gets to see his story on the big screen In the searing heat, some 700 feet deep in the bowels of the Kochendorf salt mine in Germany, Harry Ettlinger prised open one of the 40,000 mud-crusted crates stacked by the shaft. Inside, piled high, were scores of paintings. Haltingly, he unwrapped the first. Inside the packing paper, its vibrant colours glancing off the flickering light of his pit lamp, the distinctive features of Rembrandt gazed back. Harry recognised it at once. Six years before, in 1938, as a 13 year old art lover in his native Karlsruhe in Germany, he had yearned to see the Dutch artist’s iconic self-portrait that hung in the town’s museum. But as a German Jew, ostracised and under threat, he wasn’t allowed inside the building. Now, in 1944 with war raging around him as the Allies routed the Nazis troops, Harry, who had fled Germany and was now an American GI, knew his discovery of the precious icon - one of five million art works looted by Hitler’s troops - would be saved for posterity.
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Harry Ettlinger fled the Nazis then returned to help recover stolen art work
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WWII hero's story made into a Hollywood film featuring George Clooney
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However, the windsurfers are fighting back with legal action and online petitions against the @placeholder. | London, England (CNN) -- Windsurfers took to the sea Tuesday for what could be the last time in an Olympic Games if the International Sailing Federation gets its way. In May 2012 the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) decided that windsurfing -- which made its Olympic debut in 1984 -- would not be included in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Instead, it is set to be replaced by kiteboarding, a younger and faster sport that is growing in popularity. It was a close vote, but one that went 19-17 in favor of kiteboarding. Read more: Kiteboarding -- Meet future champions of newest Olympic sport
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Second there is a history between @placeholder and Jordan, which has cracked down on the group's supporters, putting many in jail. | (CNN)The burning death filmed, produced and edited on videotape is a watershed moment for ISIS and for the Kingdom of Jordan. It is clear now that ISIS was never going to release Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, there was never going to be a deal. The hoax of an alternative outcome in exchange for the failed suicide bomber was nothing more than an effort to humiliate Jordan and demonstrate the growing power of the movement. The main objective of such a strategy is simply to widen the base of supporters in the region and inside of Jordan. The CIA says there are between 20,000 and 31,000 ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria, and the great majority of these foreign fighters are from Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.
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Every action by ISIS designed to alienate moderate Muslims and decent human beings, writes Zain Verjee
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Verjee: Only result they want is more violence as violence is what swells their ranks
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Speaking at a promotional event in Japan, Neymar said: 'I am recovering bit by bit from the injury and I will arrive in @placeholder at 100 per cent. | By Associated Press Neymar could return to action for Barcelona on August 18 as the serious back injury that curtailed his World Cup continues to heal. The Brazil star fractured a bone following a challenge by Colombia defender Juan Zuniga in their quarter-final match and was ruled out for the rest of the tournament. But he is targeting the Gamper Trophy fixture with Mexican side Leon on August 18 for his comeback, which would come a week before the start of their La Liga campaign against Elche. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Neymar mobbed in Japan as he arrives to film advert
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Neymar fractured a vertebra in his back after challenge from Colombia's Juan Zuniga at World Cup
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Harandi added that various government officials had declared that cooperating with the channel would lead to problems for @placeholder professionals, the news agency said. | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- The activities of the week-old BBC Persian TV channel are illegal, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. BBC says the news it broadcasts on the channel is gathered from abroad, using sources within Iran. The minister of culture and Islamic guidance, Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi, also banned Iranian journalists and artists from working for the channel. A BBC spokesman in London, England, said the corporation is breaking no laws in Iran. BBC Persian TV launched January 14, broadcasting in Farsi to Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, the BBC spokesman said. It joins the 69-year-old BBC Persian radio service and the Web site BBCPersian.com, launched in 2001.
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BBC spokesman says British broadcaster is breaking no laws in Iran
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BBC Persian TV launched January 14, broadcasting in Farsi
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"We therefore again call on all @placeholder, members and (supporters) of the ANC and our alliance partners to come and register their outrage at this insult and attack on our president and the ANC," it said. | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- Thousands of people are expected to march Tuesday in South Africa to protest a portrait of President Jacob Zuma that shows his genitals. Zuma's supporters in the ruling African National Congress say the portrait is insulting and call it an attack on both the president and his party. About 15,000 people are expected to participate in the march to Johannesburg's Goodman Gallery, where the work was on display, according to the South African Broadcasting Corporation. The painting by artist Brett Murray, called "The Spear," is reminiscent of Soviet-era propaganda posters. Red on one half and black on the other, the painting shows Zuma in a proud stance with his genitals prominently exposed.
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The portrait shows President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed
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Following that December 6 conversation, Te'o went to his coaches with the story, which spurred @placeholder to hire outside investigators to look into it. | (CNN) -- Manti Te'o -- one of the best defenders this season in college football -- defended himself in an ESPN interview, saying there was no way he was part of a hoax involving a deceased girlfriend. "I wasn't faking it," Te'o told ESPN's Jeremy Schaap in an off -camera interview highlighted on the network Friday night. "I wasn't part of this." For days, the linebacker has been the subject of ridicule after reports surfaced that the girlfriend he'd said died this fall of leukemia never existed. Te'o rose to national prominence by leading Notre Dame's Fighting Irish to an undefeated regular season, amassing double-digit tackle games and becoming the face of one of the best defenses in the nation.
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Manti Te'o talks to ESPN about hoax, telling the network, "I wasn't faking it"
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Notre Dame's investigation backs Te'o claim of two men, one woman behind hoax
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With the outbreak of the measles epidemic in December — after the disease was eradicated from the @placeholder in 2000 -- the scientific community is mobilizing to counter the "anti-vax" movement, which has grown over the past decade. | Washington (CNN)At least three would-be Republican presidential contenders have said that vaccinating children should sometimes be done on a voluntary basis, but their careful comments on the issue underscore how problematic it could be for some of them in a primary fight. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Monday morning in asserting that the choice should be left up to the parents. And BuzzFeed highlighted comments made by former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina last week defending parents' rights on the issue. The scientific community overwhelmingly agrees that vaccines are needed to protect the public, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has provided assurances that the United States "has the safest, most effective vaccine supply in history."
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was asked about requiring vaccines, while he was visiting London
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The scientific community overwhelmingly endorses vaccines and the CDC says the U.S. "has the safest, most effective vaccine supply in history"
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Christie's spokesman later clarified his comment to say that Christie believes there's "no question" that kids should get the measles vaccine" | 7,888 | record_train |
to Queensland news reports, Barnett initially fled to @placeholder, | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:30 EST, 23 November 2013 | UPDATED: 00:10 EST, 24 November 2013 Dorothy Lee Barnett disappeared with her 11-month-old baby from South Carolina in 1994, only to be located and arrested in Australia this month after almost 20 years on the run. As her extradition back to the U.S. to face kidnapping charges appears inevitable, information has emerged about the situation the troubled mother was in before she hatched a plan to flee the country. According to Benjamin Harris Todd - Barnett's ex-husband and the father of Savanna Harris Todd, who has been living in Queensland, Australia, under the name Samantha Geldenhuys - he took Barnett to court before the birth of their baby because of her worrying behavior.
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Savanna Harris Todd was allegedly kidnapped by her mom, Dorothy Lee Barnett, in 1994 when she was 11-months-old
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Now mother and daughter have been located in Queensland, Australia, after almost two decades of living under several aliases in South Africa and New Zealand
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Barnett is facing a string of federal charges and is expected to be extradited to the U.S.
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In-depth details have emerged about the situation Barnett was in before fleeing, including her violent mood swings and erratic behavior towards ex-husband Benjamin Harris Todd | 7,889 | record_train |
Remy LaCroix (left), Keiran Lee (second from left), Lexi Belle (right), and Tori Black (second from right) will be the judges, while @placeholder (center) is the host | A new reality show is aiming to turn one young man and one young woman into the next big things in the world of adult entertainment. The Sex Factor puts eight men and eight women who have no prior experience in a Las Vegas home together as they compete for stardom and a $1million prize. And among the contestants are Wall Street intern Paige Jennings, who goes by the name Veronica Vain, and recently made waves when she announces she was leaving the financial world to pursue her dreams of porn. Duke University porn star Belle Knox had previously been named as the host, but has now been replaced by Asa Akira.
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The Sex Factor is a new show that has eight men and eight women competing for a $1million prize and three-year porn contract
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Among the contestants is Wall Street intern Paige Jennings, who made waves when she announced she was leaving finance for porn
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The contestants all have no porn experience, and had sex on camera for the first time during the audition process
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The judges include adult stars Tori Black, Lexi Belle, Remy LaCroix and Keiran Lee, whose penis was insured by $1million by Lloyd's of London
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Duke University porn star Belle Knox was originally set to host, but has been replaced by Asa Akira | 7,890 | record_train |
I mean c'mon @placeholder, we don't do that in our culture," he said. | (CNN)Jon Stewart ripped into Mike Huckabee on the "Daily Show" Monday, saying the former Arkansas governor was being hypocritical in his recent criticism of Beyoncé. In his book that was released Tuesday, "God, Guns, Grits and Gravy," Huckabee rails against what he describes as the artist's "explicit" style and questions whether her husband, Jay-Z, is "exploiting his wife as a sex object." Beyonce, 'My Dog Skip' and cigarettes: 7 things we learned in Mike Huckabee's new book The potential presidential contender, who recently ended his Fox News show, also argued that the Obamas shouldn't let their daughters listen to the multiplatinum singer because "what you put in your brain is also important, as well as what you put into your body."
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Jon Stewart called out Mike Huckabee for saying Beyoncé was too 'vulgar'
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Huckabee argues that the artist should be more careful due to her role model status | 7,891 | record_train |
‘I had looked at the quality both @placeholder and France were putting on the pitch and could see they had a good chance of scoring a lot of goals. | By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 05:28 EST, 16 September 2013 | UPDATED: 15:07 EST, 16 September 2013 An unemployed punter has lost out on more than £8,000 after a bookmaker gave him the wrong odds on a winning bet. Oshane Grant, 42, of Easton, Bristol, was expecting to pocket £9,250 if France, Serbia and Argentina’s football teams all scored at least three goals in their World Cup 2014 qualifying matches. His £100 accumulator with Coral came good when Serbia put three past Wales, France scored four against Belarus and Argentina smashed five past Paraguay in their games last Tuesday. Bet: Oshane Grant, 42, of Easton, Bristol, was expecting to pocket £9,250 if France, Serbia and Argentina's football teams all scored at least three goals in their World Cup 2014 qualifiers
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Unemployed Oshane Grant, 42, of Bristol, was hoping to pocket £9,250
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He was betting on goals in France, Serbia and Argentina football games
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His £100 accumulator won but Coral only paid out £1,217 after its error
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Clerk gave Grant odds for teams scoring four - rather than three - goals | 7,892 | record_train |
In them, @placeholder -- who refers to himself as "Reverend" - congratulated friends working on campaigns for "crushing it mafia style." | Washington (CNN)The Obama administration's top aide in charge of promoting Obamacare enrollment is leaving the White House, possibly with eyes on helping another Democrat win the job in 2016. Marlon Marshall, an aide to Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign, is leaving the White House to rejoin 270 Strategies, a Democratic consulting firm he helped found. "I am thrilled today to announce I will be returning to the management team of 270 Strategies," Marshall, who served as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, said in a statement. "I want to thank the President for the opportunity to serve and Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett for being an amazing boss and mentor."
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Marlon Marshall is leaving the White House and could be in line for a possible Clinton campaign job
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Marshall will join 270 Strategies, a Democratic consulting firm he helped found
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He is close with the man widely seen as the frontrunner to lead Clinton's possible 2016 campaign | 7,893 | record_train |
So he started to walk on his lunch break, using his iPhone to post his distance on @placeholder. | His friends used to call him "Hoss," as in Hoss Cartwright from the TV show "Bonanza." At 6'2" and roughly 380 pounds, Mark Rucker once resembled the big, friendly character. Now, they call him "The Beast." The nickname is apt. Since February 2011, Rucker has run his first 5K, his first 10K, his first half-marathon and his first marathon. He's completed an Olympic-distance triathlon and lost more than 100 pounds. And on August 26, he'll participate in his first full-length Ironman competition in Louisville, Kentucky. Like they say, he's a beast. "What he does after this Ironman, I don't know," his wife, Annita Rucker, said with a laugh. "I hope he can find something to focus all this energy on."
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Mark Rucker lost more than 100 pounds by changing his diet and racing
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Rucker will compete in his first Ironman competition on August 26
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He used DailyMile.com and the iPhone app to track his workout progress | 7,894 | record_train |
An @placeholder spokesperson said: 'Since launching nearly four years ago, it has always been a priority to bring the Instagram community simple yet powerful tools that let people capture moments and express their creativity. | By Harriet Hernando for MailOnline An incredible hyperlapse video showing President Barak Obama's Marine One helicopter landing has been captured - on a mobile phone app. Oliver Cox, an associate producer at NBC news, claims he filmed the US President arriving at the White House using Instagram's new app feature. The Hyperlapse footage - available for the iPhone and iPad - shows the helicopter coming into land on the grass - although the President is not seen. President Obama has a fleet of helicopters and decoys that are often employed for security purposes. Marine One coordinates with the Marines, the New York Police Department and the Secret Service to ensure his safety.
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Instagram launched the new app this week
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It creates timelapse videos - without all the expensive camera equipment
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Oliver Cox for NBC news filmed the Marine One helicopter landing | 7,895 | record_train |
But unlike Alexander the Great, @placeholder didn't command by the force of his personality, says Prevas, but sought to forge a consensus. | (CNN) -- There are certain elements of leadership that survive the centuries -- that are classical, says John Prevas, co-author of "Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today." And while these features aren't necessarily a guarantee of success in the modern world, they can provide professionals with a framework around which success can be built, he says. So which leaders from the ancient past should you be looking to model your career on? Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) Alexander III of Macedon is the standard for leadership by which all others are measured, Prevas says. But does he merit his place as a leadership icon?
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Today's professionals can learn much from the ancients
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Alexander the Great was notable for his "intense focus" but was undone by his ego
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Lesser-known leaders like Xenophon are good examples of leading by consensus
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Cleopatra was a realist and wasn't afraid to team up with a partner | 7,896 | record_train |
A foreign aircraft traveling in an @placeholder can be required to identify itself for entry into that country's airspace. | (CNN) -- Tensions magnified among the world's top three economies over China's controversial new air defense zone. The issues range from disagreements on air space as well as disputed islands between China and Japan. On Saturday, China declared the creation of an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, eliciting strong criticisms from the United States and its close ally, Japan. Both countries refuse to recognize China's newly created zone. What is China's "Air Defense Identification Zone"? China released a map and coordinates that identify its air defense zone on November 23. It declared that aircraft in the area must report their flight plans to China, maintain two-way radio and clearly mark their nationalities on the aircraft. The new rules went into effect 10 a.m. that day, Xinhua reported.
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Japan and China's compete with claim for Diaoyu/Senkaku Island | 7,897 | record_train |
But the U.S.'s so-called "wet foot, dry foot" policy means @placeholder who reach U.S. soil are not sent back to Cuba, which Cuban authorities say leads to an increase in illegal journeys. | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A columnist in Cuba's main government-run newspaper Friday accused employees of the United States diplomatic mission in Havana of accepting bribes for visas, charges that American diplomats challenged. The columnist, Nestor Garcia Iturbide, wrote in the state-run Granma that U.S. consular officials were in the "business of denying visas" to promote dangerous and illegal travel as well as a side business selling visas. According to Garcia Iturbide, "to receive the visas some people pay off officials" during secret meetings arranged outside the U.S. Interest Section in Havana, but he offered no details of the alleged payments.
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A Cuban newspaper columnist says U.S. visas can be had for money
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U.S. diplomats challenge the claim
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They say the application process has sped up, that they don't promote illegal travel | 7,898 | record_train |
DIY: @placeholder couldn't find anything like this on the market so decided to create it himself. | By Bianca London With viewing figures of almost 10 million every week, ITV's charming period drama Downton Abbey is in no doubt. But it appears a weekly television fix is not enough for one Downton fan who is so fixated with the upstairs/downstairs lives of the 1920s characters that he has recreated the British Edwardian drama out of thousands of Lego bricks. The Earl and Countess of Grantham, Bates the valet, Branson, Matthew, Carson the butler, Mary, Sybil and the imposing Dowager are all brought to life in brick form in his one-of-a-kind Lego set. Fanatic: A devoted Downton Abbey fan has recreated the British Edwardian drama out of thousands of Lego bricks. He gave his creation, which took fifteen hours to design, to his girlfriend for Christmas
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Created by Eric Stevens, 23, from Rochester, New York
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Created it as a Christmas present for his girlfriend
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Used a digital designer and aerial shots of Highclere castle
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Took 15 hours to design | 7,899 | record_train |
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