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three-day celebration last August at the @placeholder home of a family friend. | When a British rock star ‘married’ her Texan heiress girlfriend, the two women wanted their big day to be unforgettable – and spent more than £100,000 to make sure. Deborah Dyer, better known as Skunk Anansie lead singer Skin, and billionaire’s daughter Christiana Wyly held a lavish civil partnership ceremony near Verona in Italy. Guests quaffed cocktails at the historic Villa Di Campo hotel, danced to an orchestra and feasted on £25,000-worth of fine cuisine. Up to £10,000 was splashed out on flowers and cocktails alone. Unhappy: Rock icon Skin's civil partnership to billionaire's daughter Christiana Wyly was wrecked after they claimed their wedding planners failed to pay bills
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Skunk Anansie icon entered civil partnership with Christina Wyly last year
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Three-day event was held in luxury surroundings in the Italian Dolomites
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A month later the couple received demands for cash from nine contractors
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Suing their wedding planners claiming they gave them money for bills | 8,700 | record_train |
The show has quickly amassed a big following on @placeholder -- not just the hundreds of thousands who follow Lee and her co-stars, but in Twitter feeds like "@thelizalliance." | (CNN) -- Liz Lee is not your typical MTV reality show star. As friend Jake Fogelnest puts it, "While (the "Jersey Shore" cast) is out fist-pumping, Liz is in her dorm room watching Netflix." Lee's show, "My Life as Liz," chronicled the self-described nerd's senior year of high school in Texas during its first season last year. Its second season, centering around Lee's time in college in New York, premiered February 8 at 11 p.m. ET, with an 89% increase in viewership from the series premiere, according to MTV. "The executives at MTV are really smart. The fact that a show like that is on now is amazing and great," said Fogelnest, who hosted his own show on MTV as a teenager (from his bedroom, no less), "Squirt TV," in the mid-1990s. "My Life as Liz" is "the one thing where someone's not pregnant or drunk; it's what real people are like."
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MTV's "My Life as Liz," about a self-described nerd, has taken off on Twitter
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Unique to this MTV show is controversy on Liz Lee's "nerd cred"
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MTV's popular series "Daria," which started in 1997, is an inspiration for Lee
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MTV's embrace of nerd culture reflects culture as a whole | 8,701 | record_train |
"It was quite clear that there was very strong support in the Security Council this afternoon for the text that was introduced by @placeholder." | United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council discussed Friday a resolution introduced by Morocco that calls on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and transfer power to his vice president. The resolution also supports "full implementation" of the Arab League report on Syria that called on Syria to form a unity government within two months but stopped short of supporting military intervention. The Arab League report was released about a month after it sent observers into Syria. Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Araby and Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, are expected to brief the council Tuesday about the observer mission's findings. When asked whether that briefing would lead to a vote next week, France's U.N. Envoy Gerard Araud responded with just one word: "Inshallah," or "God willing" in Arabic.
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Draft resolution calls on al-Assad to step down, transfer power to vice president
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It also calls for formation of a national unity government
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Draft gives Syria 15 days to comply or risk further measures | 8,702 | record_train |
At the time of his release, doctors had said he had only months to live, but @placeholder was still alive -- albeit visibly frail -- as of a few weeks ago. | (CNN) -- Brian Flynn, brother of a victim aboard downed Pan Am Flight 103, said Thursday that the killing of former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi is a moment of justice. "For more than 20 years, (Gadhafi) continued to haunt the world," he said. "We can take some satisfaction that justice can be done." LIVE BLOG: Latest developments on Gadhafi's death A bomb left 270 people dead when it exploded aboard the Boeing 747 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland, less than a week before Christmas day in 1988. The attack ultimately was pinned on Libyan intelligence officials. Flynn's brother, John Patrick, was one of 35 university students killed in the tragedy. A permanent memorial at New York's Syracuse University was dedicated to the victims.
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NEW: Obama tells Libyans "You have won your revolution"
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NEW: Libya's new government is not likely to send back al-Megrahi
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NEW: "Part of me thinks this had to end this way," Brian Flynn says
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Flynn's brother was one of 35 university students killed in the 1988 bombing | 8,703 | record_train |
Long-term plans are driven mostly by a rising China, uncertainty about @placeholder's long-term presence and increasing capacity for building local and coastal defenses and shaping regional institutions. | Washington (CNN) -- Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a rising China and preserve American influence. In addition to Asia's looming role in the global economy, specific recent developments ensure that Asia will surface as an issue during the final months of the U.S. presidential campaign. Asian security issues should be debated during the course of the election, and they will be framed in terms starkly different from those likely to be heard among Asian experts ruminating at a conference. While foreign capitals and analysts will scrutinize campaign rhetoric for clues, they would do well to remember that governing is different from campaigning.
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Patrick Cronin: Asian security issues have barely been discussed in campaign
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He says issues such as North Korea and China's growing power need discussion
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Cronin: How can diminished U.S. military meet challenges in the region?
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He asks whether Japan, other nations, can play a larger role | 8,704 | record_train |
Her election is a reflection, yea an extension of the Rev.. @placeholder's dream. | (CNN) -- I hope President Obama called to congratulate Mia Love. The way he called college student Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a "prostitute." The way he called the NBA's first openly gay player, Jason Collins. The way he called the San Francisco Giants after they won the World Series. I hope he called Mia Love because her story is every bit as unlikely, courageous and yes, inspirational, as his own. Love -- the first black Republican woman elected to Congress -- will not be his political ally and that's OK. I spoke with membership services and blacks are no longer revoked for voting Republican.
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Mia Love became the first black Republican woman in Congress
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LZ Granderson says her life story is inspirational and reflects MLK's dream
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He says Love's story shows that Democrats don't have exclusive right to black voters | 8,705 | record_train |
Tressel received a five-year show-cause order that limits his athletic-related duties and applies to any @placeholder school that may want to hire him. | (CNN) -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association on Tuesday imposed a postseason ban on The Ohio State University's football program, effective next year, citing the school for "failure to monitor, preferential treatment and extra benefit violations." Ohio State had previously said it was vacating all 12 of its victories from the 2010 football season and placing itself on two years' probation after a scandal that cost coach Jim Tressel his job. Tressel resigned after being fined $250,000 and suspended for lying to NCAA officials investigating allegations that his players had received special benefits from local businesses. Several players, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor, allegedly swapped team and personal memorabilia and equipment for tattoos and other benefits. Tressel became aware of the transactions, which violate NCAA rules, but did not report them on a form that all coaches are required to submit.
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NEW: The NCAA imposes penalties beyond those self-imposed by the university
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NEW: It cites school for "failure to monitor, preferential treatment and extra benefit violations"
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NEW: Ohio State will not appeal the decision
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School's football program was rocked by a scandal involving players swapping memorabilia | 8,706 | record_train |
Afanador, who leaves momentarily to find the black bag that @placeholder allegedly threw out when he saw the cops, comes back a few minutes later. | Two police officers pleaded not guilty to assault charges on Wednesday in the violent beat-down of a teenage marijuana suspect who prosecutors say never put up a fight. David Afanador and Tyraine Isaac sat expressionless as defense attorney Stephen Worth entered the plea for them at an appearance in state court in Brooklyn. Afterward, Worth said a widely watched security video of the encounter was misleading. 'It's only damning because it lacks the context which the officers and the other evidence in this case will provide,' Worth said. Charged: New York police officers David Afanador, left, and Tyraine Isaac, right, leave state court following their arraignment on Wednesday where they plead not guilty to assault charges
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Officers David Afanador and Tyraine Isaac pleaded not guilty to assault charges on Wednesday in the violent beat-down of a teenage suspect
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Afanador, 33, faces up to seven years in prison if convicted of felony assault. Isaac, 36, faces up to a year if convicted of misdemeanor assault
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Kahreem Tribble, 16, was running away from officers in Brooklyn when they caught up to him, punching and shattering his front teeth
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Tribble, who was caught with marijuana, had already turned around to face the cops and had his hands up, surveillance footage shows | 8,707 | record_train |
It then offers you a cable to plug in your device, and checks if it's still in working order electronically - @placeholder promises it will not steal data from the devices. | By Rob Waugh Updated: 13:31 EST, 13 January 2012 The EcoATM: After analysing your mobile or MP3, it gives a quote on the spot, based on what a network of hundreds of electronics-recycling companies are willing to pay for it. If you accept, it spits out cash The EcoATM machine is a fully automated phone recycler that lets users drop off old mobiles - then pays for them in cash. It's a cupboard-sized machine with a big touch screen and metal tray where you can place your old phone or MP3 player. EcoATM already has some machines in California, but is rolling out across the U.S. shortly.
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ATM works out model using camera
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Uses cable to check if phone still working
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Checks price with network of second-hand dealers
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Offers cash instantly
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Also works with iPad, Kindles and tablets
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Back to Mail Online home
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Nothing the goalkeeper could do about that one... 3-0 to @placeholder. | Argentina traveled to Hong Kong looking for a morale-boosting victory following their 2-0 loss to bitter rivals Brazil. It's fair to say they got what they came for. Lionel Messi - who missed a penalty against Brazil - came off the bench to score twice as Argentina claimed an easy 7-0 victory against Hong Kong. Gonzalo Higuain and Nicolas Gaitan also scored a brace each while Ever Banega opened the scoring. Hong Kong had secured an important 2-1 win against Singapore on Friday but offered little against a far superior Argentina side. Host commentator Full-time and it's an easy victory for Argentina.
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Messi nets a sublime goal, taking on four men, to make it 7-0
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Gaitan gets his second of the match to give Argentina a 6-0 lead
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Lionel Messi makes it 5-0 just six minutes after coming on off the bench
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Higuain nets a brace to increase lead early in the second half
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Benfica midfielder Nicolas Gaitan adds to the score to make it 3-0
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Gonzalo Higuain heads home to double the lead
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Ever Banega opens the scoring for Argentina against Hong Kong
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Argentina XI: Guzman, Roncaglia, Otamendi, Vergini, Vangioni, Perez, Gago, Banega, Pastore, Higuain, Gaitan
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Hong Kong XI: Yapp, C. Lee, Agbo, Naegelein, Huang, Xu, W. Lee, Cheung, Chan, Karikari, Ju
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Lionel Messi and Angel di Maria left out of starting XI
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Hong Kong host Argentina in friendly on Tuesday (kick-off 1pm BST)
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Argentina looking to bounce back from 2-0 loss to bitter rivals Brazil
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Hong Kong looking to claim biggest scalp in history against Argentina | 8,709 | record_train |
It is noteworthy that the government has declined to intervene in this action," @placeholder said in a statement to CNN. | Washington (CNN) -- Two ex-Blackwater Worldwide employees allege the company charged the government for a prostitute and strippers and kept incompetent personnel for financial reasons, part of what they call a systematic pattern to defraud authorities. The accusations come in a lawsuit filed by Brad and Melan Davis -- who said the fraudulent activity, such as double billing and submitting false invoices, occurred while the security firm, now known as Xe, carried out its work in Iraq, Afghanistan and in Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. Melan Davis, who was involved in record-keeping, said Blackwater billed the government for prostitution services in Afghanistan from a Filipino female, whose name was on Blackwater's payroll roster under a category called "Morale Welfare Recreation."
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Two ex-Blackwater Worldwide employees sue, allege pattern of fraud, abuse against firm
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Security firm is now called Xe; company says suit's allegations without merit
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Suit alleges firm charged government for prostitution, strippers
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Actions allegedly occurred in Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina | 8,710 | record_train |
Game over: @placeholder strikes to make it 2-0 on the night against Paris Saint-Germain | By Alex Horlock Follow @@alexhorlock Jose Mourinho will not face disciplinary action from UEFA after charging down the touchline as his Chelsea players celebrated their tie-clinching goal against Paris Saint-Germain. After Demba Ba fired the ball past Salvatore Sirigu in the dying stages of the Champions League quarter-final second leg at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho sprinted out of his technical area to the corner flag, where his players were celebrating wildly. But after grabbing a number of players and whispering instructions in their ears, UEFA have confirmed they will not take action against the Portuguese coach for entering the field of play.
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Jose Mourinho sprinted down the touchline after Demba Ba's goal
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UEFA confirmed they will take no action against the Chelsea manager | 8,711 | record_train |
After pushing for strikes against @placeholder, Obama unexpectedly announced on August 31 that he would ask Congress to authorize military action. | As President Barack Obama presses his case for a strike on Syria, a new national survey shows him swimming against a strong tide of public opinion that doesn't want the United States to get involved. The CNN/ORC International poll released on Monday shows that even though eight in 10 Americans believe that Bashar al-Assad's regime gassed its own people, a strong majority doesn't want Congress to pass a resolution authorizing a military strike against it. More than seven in 10 say such a strike would not achieve significant goals for the United States and a similar amount say it's not in the national interest for the country to get involved in Syria's civil war.
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7 in 10 poll respondents say they don't think a strike on Syria would achieve U.S. goals
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Poll comes at beginning of a pivotal week for President Obama
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The president has had at least a small majority behind him in recent conflicts
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About eight in 10 believe al-Assad regime is or is likely behind chemical weapons attack | 8,712 | record_train |
@placeholder officials say Rosales illegally enriched himself as governor of Zulia state from 2002 to 2004. | LIMA, Peru (CNN) -- A Venezuelan mayor who says President Hugo Chavez is persecuting him on trumped-up corruption charges is seeking political asylum in Peru, his lawyer said Tuesday. Manuel Rosales, mayor of Maracaibo in Venezuela's Zulia state, is seeking asylum in Peru. Manuel Rosales, a leading political opponent who lost the 2006 presidential race to Hugo Chavez, faces corruption charges in Venezuela. He was supposed to have turned himself in to authorities on Monday but failed to appear. "According to the jurisprudential traditions of Peru and the historic traditions of asylum, Peru has to accept this petition for asylum, because it concerns a political leader, a man of great responsibility, and because Hugo Chavez has made impassioned public declarations against him in plazas and stadiums," attorney Javier Valle Riestra told CNN en Español.
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Venezuelan mayor Manuel Rosales seeking asylum in Peru, his lawyer says
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Rosales says corruption charges are trumped-up, cites political reasons
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Mayor was supposed to have turned himself in Monday but failed to appear | 8,713 | record_train |
@placeholder fundraises, and postures to fundraise, to support the next fight for control. | The Gingrich campaign has now confirmed a longstanding business relationship that enabled his consulting group to receive between $1.6 and $1.8 million from mortgage giant Freddie Mac. But it wasn't for "lobbying," Newt Gingrich insists. It was for "strategic advice on a wide range of issues." OK, but then doesn't the payment, AP's Tom Beaumont asked the former House speaker, just remind people that "your background comes from being a Washington insider?" "It reminds people," Gingrich corrected Beaumont, "that I know a great deal about Washington." And as he continued, "If you want to change Washington, we just tried four [sic] years of amateur ignorance and it didn't work very well, so having some-body who knows Washington might be a really good thing."
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Lawrence Lessig: Gingrich fundamentally changed nature of Congress
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He says the speaker focused GOP on fundraising, rather than nation's business
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Under Gingrich, holding power trumped deliberation on real issues
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Lessig says GOP gave up goal of shrinking government to avoid losing donations | 8,714 | record_train |
Annan also said al-Assad "reassured me of the government's commitment" to @placeholder's six-point peace plan, brokered in March, which has done nothing to stop the deadly violence. | (CNN) -- Russia will not deliver new weapons to Syria so long as the situation in that country is unstable, an official at the body in charge of monitoring Russia's arms trade said Monday, state media reported. "Russia, as well as other countries, is concerned by the situation in Syria," said Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, RIA Novosti reported. "We are not talking about new arms supplies to that country." "Until the situation stabilizes we will not deliver any new weapons (to Syria)," said Dzirkaln. He specifically said Russia would not supply Syria with Yak-130 aircraft. Russia has signed a $550 million contract for the delivery of three dozen such planes, RIA Novosti said.
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NEW: Heavy gunfire erupts at Syria-Lebanon border, official Lebanese news agency says
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No new weapons will be delivered "until the situation stabilizes," says Russian official
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Russia has been the long-time principal supplier of arms to Syria
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Kofi Annan says he will take "an approach" agreed to by al-Assad to the opposition | 8,715 | record_train |
@placeholder is one of the worst performing school districts in Michigan, according to the state Department of Education, and its high school currently ranks in the bottom 1% statewide. | The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has filed what it is calling a "first-of-its-kind" lawsuit against the state, its Department of Education and one Detroit-area school district for allegedly failing to teach students to read at grade level, as mandated by state law and its constitution. "What's unique about this is that we're focusing in on literacy and the right to read" Michigan ACLU Executive Director Kary L. Moss said of the complaint filed last week in state court. "Literacy is the gateway to all other knowledge." The suit names the Highland Park school district as a defendant, and it seeks to have the state and school district enforce a state law requiring that "a pupil who does not score satisfactorily on the 4th or 7th grade reading test shall be provided special assistance reasonably expected to enable the pupil to bring his or her reading skills to grade level within 12 months."
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Suit: An 8th-grade plaintiff has reading proficiency "appropriate for the 2nd or 3rd grade"
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The ACLU suit says students are not being educated as state law requires
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A spokeswoman for the governor says the state is working to improve the situation | 8,716 | record_train |
The church told @placeholder he could avoid a trial if he agreed never to perform another same-sex marriage again, but he refused. | (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania minister was found guilty in a church trial on Monday for officiating his son's same-sex wedding, according to church officials. Frank Schaefer, 51, the pastor at Zion United Methodist Church of Iona in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was found guilty by a jury of 13 ordained clergy members on two counts: officiating a same-sex wedding and being disobedient to the discipline and order of the church, according to Cathy Husid-Shamir, a Schaefer family spokesperson. Schaefer told CNN's Zoraida Sambolin that his son, Tim, asked him to officiate his wedding seven years ago, and he decided to do it "out of love for him."
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Frank Schaefer found guilty by jury of ordained clergy on two counts
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Church officials had asked him not to officiate future gay weddings; he refused
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He faces receiving a reprimand or suspension up to a full defrocking | 8,717 | record_train |
@placeholder testified that Korean Air told her to lie about what happened to investigators and not to talk about the violence. | Hong Kong (CNN)It wasn't just the nuts. The flight attendant who served the offending macadamia nuts testified that she and the chief flight attendant knelt before Heather Cho, the former vice president at Korean Air, and the daughter of the airline's chairman in apology. The former executive also shoved her, threw a tablet to her chest and called her a pejorative term for female dog after becoming angry over the service, Kim Do Hee, the flight attendant testified in court Friday. Cho, a former executive for South Korea's biggest airline faces charges, after she ordered an international flight back to the gate at New York's JFK airport after becoming dissatisfied that her macadamia nuts were served in a bag instead of on a plate in first class.
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Flight attendant: Korean Air exec yelled, cursed, physically abused her after nuts served
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Heather Cho ordered a Korean Air plane back to the gate in early December
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Outrage in South Korea over power of national corporations | 8,718 | record_train |
In @placeholder 90.2 per cent of people were seen within this time limit against a target of 95 per cent, although the numbers are not directly comparable because of differences in how they are recorded. | Ed Miliband has been accused of 'hypocrisy' for ignoring Labour's Welsh NHS crisis while trying to reap electoral profit from England's Health Service problems. More than 100 patients have signed an open letter to the Labour leader claiming he has 'turned a blind eye' to more serious failings in Wales. They also demanded a full inquiry into the Welsh NHS's troubles – a call echoed by one of Britain's most respected surgeons. Ed Miliband has been criticised for ignoring Labour's Welsh NHS crisis while trying to gain electoral profit from England's Health Service problems Former Royal College of Surgeons president Professor Sir Norman Williams said there were enough worrying 'smoke signals' to justify holding an independent inquiry into potential problems in the Welsh NHS.
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More than 100 patients sign letter saying Miliband has ignored Wales NHS
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They have also demanded a full inquiry into the Welsh NHS's troubles
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Mr Miliband criticised for ignoring failings and trying to reap electoral profit from England's Health Service problems | 8,719 | record_train |
In November, a @placeholder court rejected a request to release al-Mahmoudi and decided to extradite him despite arguments from his defense team that the lack of stability in Libya means he would not have a fair trial, according to Tunisian state news reports. | (CNN) -- Libya's most recent prime minister under the regime of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi was in Libyan custody on Sunday after extradition from Tunisia, a Libyan justice official said. Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi was handed over to prison officials in Tripoli, said the official, who asked not to be named as he is not authorized to speak to the media. Al-Mahmoudi was arrested in September near Tamaghza, near Tunisia's border with Algeria. At the time, the Tunisian interior minister said he had entered Tunisia illegally without a visa. The ministry said he was attempting to cross into Algeria at the time of his arrest. A decision to sentence him to six months in prison was later overturned on appeal.
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Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi is in the custody of prison officials in Tripoli
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He was arrested in Tunisia in September
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He was the prime minister under former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi | 8,720 | record_train |
In December 2001, Shahid gave an interview to a @placeholder newspaper. | A terror suspect who trained the ringleader of the 7/7 terrorist bombings in London has been allowed to set up an Islamic primary school, teaching children as young as three, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. As a member of a banned extremist group, Sajeel Shahid, 38, called for violence against British troops and ran a training camp in Pakistan where known terrorists learned how to make bombs and fire rocket- propelled grenades. One of his ‘graduates’ was Mohammed Siddique Khan, who led the gang of four suicide bombers on the deadliest terrorist attack ever committed in Britain, killing 52 people on the London Underground and a bus on July 7, 2005.
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Sajeel Shahid ran a camp where he taught combat and bomb-making skills
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Mohamed Siddique Khan was one of the men who trained with him there
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British-born jihadist was detained in then expelled from Pakistan in 2005
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He then set up the £2,000-a-year Ad-Deen primary school in Ilford, Essex | 8,721 | record_train |
"What I'm doing now is talking to the @placeholder, to relief agencies, just anybody in the world who might have an interest in burning wood more cleanly, and using less of it," he said. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Dean Still had been researching and developing cleaner, more environmentally-friendly wood-burning stoves for almost two decades when, while working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, he spotted a coal stove for sale on a street corner near Tibet, China. Workers at Shengzhou Stove Manufacturers prepare wood-burning stoves for firing. He had been looking for an established manufacturer who could mass-produce the more efficient, lower-emission stoves he had been developing with the Aprovecho Research Center (ARC), a non-profit research and education center based in Oregon in the United States. "It looked perfect. It had all the components," Still told CNN. "I knew we could change it to a wood-burning stove. There was a cell phone number on the side, so I called it."
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U.S. research center, Chinese stove manufacter win joint environment award
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They make stoves that use less wood, reduce carbon monoxide emissions
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Since 2007, they have sold 60,000 stoves in India, Argentina and Chile
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"The oil and the machinery is for logistic support to the @placeholder forces who killed our innocent sisters and brothers in Afghanistan, which we would never allow," Tariq said Wednesday. | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Attackers wielding rockets and machine guns in northwestern Pakistan struck a NATO convoy carrying fuel to Afghanistan, a local police chief said on Wednesday. Nisar Ahmed Tanoli, the police chief of Noshehra district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said 17 oil tankers and four containers were all set ablaze. This convoy was parked on side of the road, and convoys are generally operated by contracting Pakistani logistics firms, using local trucks and drivers. This is the latest strike on Afghan-bound supply convoys in Pakistan. Azam Tariq, the central spokesman for Pakistani Taliban, said a special squad designated to strike NATO supply efforts made the attack near Quetta, Pakistan.
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NEW: Another strike on oil tankers is reported
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The Pakistani Taliban says it has a special squad to attack NATO supply efforts
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A local police official says police are experiencing security problems | 8,723 | record_train |
But the defense argued that @placeholder contributed to her death but had no intention of killing her. | Charlottesville, Virginia (CNN) -- A judge is considering a jury recommendation that a former University of Virginia lacrosse player be sentenced up to 26 years in prison for his role in the death of his ex-girlfriend. A jury returned the recommendation late Wednesday, hours after finding George Huguely, 24, guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the May 2010 death of Yeardley Love. The case captured national attention with a spotlight shown on the volatile relationship of star athletes Huguely and 22-year-old Love, who both played lacrosse for the university's nationally-ranked teams. Judge Edward Hogshire is expected to schedule Huguely's sentencing date on April 16, at which time he can accept or reduce the jury's recommendation.
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A judge will schedule a sentencing hearing for George Huguely on April 16
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A jury recommended Huguely be sentenced to 26 years in prison
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The jury convicted Huguely, 24, in the death of his ex-girlfriend, Yeardley Love | 8,724 | record_train |
@placeholder's defeat means they are out of the competition after collecting just one point from their three matches. | (CNN) -- Colombia are through to the quarterfinals of the Copa America after beating Bolivia 2-0 in Sante Fe on Sunday to finish top of Group A with seven points. In-demand Porto striker Radamel Falcao put Colombia ahead in the 14th minute after running onto a long through-ball. And Falcao, who is rumored to be interesting Chelsea who are now managed by his former Porto coach Andre Villas-Boas, doubled the lead by netting from the penalty spot 12 minutes later. Has Argentine football reached crisis point? Adrian Ramos, Freddy Guarin and Dayro Moreno all went close for Colombia in the first half, although they took their foot off the gas after the break.
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Colombia defeat Bolivia 2-0 to secure place in Copa America quarters
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Radamel Falcao scores both goals as Colombia finish top of Group A
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At the same time, Obama responded to calls by civil rights groups for federal hate crimes charges to be filed against Zimmerman by saying the @placeholder legal process had reached a verdict. | In unscheduled and unusually personal remarks, President Barack Obama tried Friday to explain why African-Americans were upset about last week's acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin while lowering expectations for federal charges in the case. "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," Obama told White House reporters in a surprise appearance at the daily briefing. His remarks, which lasted about 20 minutes, escalated a nationwide debate on the verdict that has prompted protests, including some that turned violent. A Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman last Saturday in Martin's February 26, 2012, shooting death, inciting anger among many who considered the incident racially motivated murder.
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Obama decided Thursday to speak out on the Martin case
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Zimmerman's defense team says the verdict was just
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President Obama explains African American frustration over the Trayvon Martin killing
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Luckily, Jeff is protected by thick glass surrounding @placeholder's enclosure but the power of the huge animal is clear. | By Emma Thomas PUBLISHED: 10:09 EST, 21 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:30 EST, 21 November 2013 An incredible video shows the moment a tiger jumps at its trainer while his back is turned. Louisiana State University mascot Mike the Tiger VI is filmed poised and ready to spring as his trainer, Jeff, crouches down and looks over his shoulder at him. The minute Jeff turns around, the big cat leaps at him from the other side of a two-metre wide moat. Scroll down for video Ready to pounce: The tiger leaps at trainer Jeff as soon as he stops looking over his shoulder
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Louisiana State University mascot pounces at his trainer in 'Tiger Trick'
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Eight-year-old big cat separated from his trainer by a sheet of thick glass | 8,727 | record_train |
He thought that officials had concerns about 'possibly 30 children' and said he would raise the issue with @placeholder Government ministers. | A Slovakian woman who wants her two grandsons to leave the UK and live with her in Eastern Europe has won the latest round of a legal fight. The Court of Appeal gave the woman - who cannot be identified for legal reasons - the go-ahead to challenge a ruling saying the boys should be adopted and stay in the UK. Appeal judge Lord Justice McFarlane said Slovakian government officials had 'expressed concern' about the approach a lower UK court had taken to the case. The Court of Appeal has given the go-ahead for a Slovakian woman who wants her two grandsons to leave the UK to challenge a ruling saying the boys should stay in the UK
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She wants the boys, who were born in England to Slovakian parents, to leave the UK
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Social workers intervened after one suffered an injury thought to have been caused by his father | 8,728 | record_train |
So, in giving my very first congressional speech I stood at the lectern facing the @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Soon after I was elected to Congress, an issue came to the House floor to which I had given considerable thought and believed that my conclusions were sound, reasonable and persuasive. At the front of the House chamber, directly in front of the elevated rostrum from which the Speaker presides, are two lecterns. One is positioned to the right of center, facing Democrats, and one to the left of center, facing Republicans. Because I felt that most of my fellow Republicans would surely share my views, I decided to present my reasoning to the Democrats, who I had hoped to impress favorably.
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Mickey Edwards: Don't be surprised at the hyper-partisan nature of Congress
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Edwards: Congress' inability to deal with the nation's challenges can be fixed
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He says the problem begins with how people are elected to Congress in the first place
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Edwards: We've created a system that rewards incivility and punishes cooperation | 8,729 | record_train |
The Baha'i faith is a world religion that originated in 19th-century @placeholder but Iran does not recognize it. | (CNN) -- Seven Baha'i prisoners face a death-penalty trial Saturday in Iran amid calls for their release from a U.S. panel on religious freedom. A U.S. panel on religious freedom has demanded the immediate release of the imprisoned Bahai's. Responding to a letter from Roxana Saberi, the Iranian-American journalist who spent four months in an Iranian jail earlier this year, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) demanded the seven prisoners be freed rather than stand trial on charges of espionage and religious violations. If convicted, they could face execution. "In addition to the hundreds of Iranians who have been detained in the context of Iran's disputed presidential poll, many other 'security detainees' arrested long before the June election remain behind bars," Saberi said in her letter requesting U.S. government intervention in the Baha'i case.
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Seven Baha'is in Iran to face trial Saturday, could face death penalty
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U.S. panel on religious freedom urges their release, calls charges "baseless"
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The seven leaders are accused of spying for Israel and religious offenses
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The First Minister's stance is at odds with the three main parties at @placeholder, who have already ruled out the prospect of a formal currency union. | By Alan Roden, In Edinburgh and Dan Bloom No Plan B: Mr Salmond hinted that not keeping the pound would be like settling for second best Alex Salmond has admitted there is no acceptable 'Plan B' if an independent Scotland is barred from using the British pound. The First Minister said dropping the pound 'implies settling for what's second best' - but still insisted there will be a deal on a currency union with the rest of the UK. His admission came as Labour leader Ed Miliband revealed he will campaign again a currency union in the event of a 'yes' vote.
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First Minister made admission in an open letter to voters in today's Sun
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'It implies settling for second best', he said, insisting Scots can keep pound
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Ed Miliband reveals he will campaign against currency union in 2015 election | 8,731 | record_train |
John Terry and @placeholder acknowledge each other as the two build on their defensive partnership | When John Terry circa 1998 was trying to find his way at Stamford Bridge, he turned to a man by the name of Marcel Desailly. And that never changed, right up until the France defender left in 2004. '[Desailly] would stand there, in the team line-up, and say to me: "John, listen to this Champions League music, this is what you want to hear season after season," and he was excited,' Terry remembered last April. 'Even now I've got goose bumps on my legs – I will never forget those nights standing alongside Desailly in this competition.' Now Terry has gone from student to master with a new pupil in the class of 2015: Kurt Zouma.
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John Terry was tutored by Marcel Desailly as he became Chelsea's captain
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Kurt Zouma has been favoured ahead of regular centre-back Gary Cahill
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Zouma looked comfortable against Manchester City during their 1-1 draw
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He kept Sergio Aguero quiet and showed why he is ahead of Cahill
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@placeholder is used to treat small secondary tumours that have spread short distances from the primary tumour, or inoperable primary cancers in highly sensitive locations such as the lung, and is typically delivered over three to five treatment sessions of 40–60 minutes each. | Cancer patients who receive several weeks of radiation treatment could soon be a thing of the past, with doctors developing an Australian-first single session therapy in a handful of minutes. The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne has trialled a powerful new technique that could enable patients to safely receive their radiation treatment in a single, ten-minute session. Radiation Oncologist Dr Shankar Siva said since 2010, patients at the centre have been treated with high-dose Stereotactic Ablative Body Radiation Therapy (SABR) over a six to eight week period. But a team of experts have used a combination of the complex modelling calculations to allow doctors to deliver higher dosages and reduce treatment time even further.
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The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne trialled the innovative method for the first time on Friday
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Experts have developed a new technique that could enable cancer patients to receive their treatment in a single, ten-minute session
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Patient Harold Sciberras was the first in Victoria to undergo the treatment | 8,733 | record_train |
The suspect's father was one of many people searching for answers Tuesday after the mass killings that terrorized @placeholder last week. | Aasta, Norway (CNN) -- Three rapid blasts echoed across the Norwegian countryside on Tuesday as police detonated explosives found at a farm owned by the suspect in last week's bloodbath in Oslo and the island of Utoya. Anders Behring Breivik is accused of killing 76 people in the Friday attacks, most of them at a summer camp run by Norway's ruling Labour Party on Utoya. Police carried out a controlled explosion at his farm in Aasta, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) north of Oslo, once some of the material was taken away as evidence, police spokeswoman Laila Sondrol told CNN.
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NEW: Police detonate explosives at the massacre suspect's farm
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"This whole case indicates that he's insane," the suspect's lawyer says
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Obama offers condolences to Norway's ambassador in Washington
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It's hoped that by lodging a single claim for @placeholder the native title process, which in some cases has taken decades to finalise, will be resolved within a few years. | Australia's largest native title claim covering much of the Cape York peninsula in Queensland's far north has been lodged in the Federal Court in Brisbane. The claim covers 14.6 million hectares of land, a larger area than all of England, taking in all of the areas of the Cape not already under native title as well as some inland waters. The Cape York Land Council lodged the claim on Thursday on behalf of nine traditional owners. If finalised - a process expected to take several years - it will mean that all significant activity, including mining and development, will require consent from traditional owners.
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Cape York Land Council lodged the claim in the Federal Court on Thursday
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It covers 14.6 million hectares of land in the Cape York peninsula
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If finalised, all development will require consent from traditional owners
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600,000 hectares of Cape York land was returned to the traditional owners this week | 8,735 | record_train |
This is the latest court battle for Halle and Aubry, who split in 2010 after four years together, leading to a lengthy custody dispute over @placeholder. | Oscar winner Halle Berry's ex made 'completely and totally unacceptable' racial slurs against the actress - and dyed their six-year-old daughter's hair blonde, it was revealed in court today. The star took her former love, Gabriel Aubry, to court, accusing him of straightening their little girl Nahla's naturally curly hair and lightening it over the past year in a bid to deny her African-American heritage. As a result, Halle said in court documents, Aubry had caused Nahla 'potential psychological and physical damage' - and could cause her to wonder 'why her natural appearance is not good enough'. A judge ruled today that neither Halle nor Aubry can now change Nahla's hair, while court records obtained by MailOnline show that Aubry has made shocking racist remarks against the star.
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Star takes ex to court - accusing him of dyeing and straightening six-year-old Nahla's hair
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Halle - the first African American actress to win a Best Actress Oscar - says it could cause Nahla to wonder 'why her natural appearance is not good enough'
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Judge today bans both Halle and Aubry from changing Nahla's hair
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Court records show judge castigated Aubry for making racial slurs against Halle
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Halle is currently trying to cut Aubry's monthly child support payments | 8,736 | record_train |
@placeholder have repeatedly said Obama's proposal amounts to a government takeover of the private health care system that will do little to control spiraling medical inflation. | Washington (CNN) -- President Obama outlined his final version of a health care bill Wednesday and urged Congress to bring the plan to a conclusive vote within the next few weeks. The president said his nearly $1 trillion proposal is a compromise plan that combines the best ideas of both Democrats and Republicans. He asked Congress to "finish its work" and end what has become a yearlong vitriolic legislative showdown over his top domestic priority. "Everything there is to say about health care has been said, and just about everybody has said it," he said. "Now is the time to make a decision about how to finally reform health care so that it works, not just for the insurance companies, but for America's families and America's businesses."
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NEW: "Now is the time to make a decision" about health care reform, president says
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NEW: Obama backs reconciliation, controversial tactic that requires only 51 votes
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Top GOP leaders have reiterated calls for president to scrap his plan, start over | 8,737 | record_train |
Not everyone appears thrilled with the casting of the teenager, whose full name is @placeholder. | (CNN) -- One of the Disney stars is set to play the late singer Aaliyah in an upcoming television movie. Variety reports that Zendaya has been cast as the singer in a Lifetime movie to be based on the book "Aaliyah: More Than a Woman" by former Time magazine music editor Christopher Farley. The singer, born Aaliyah Dana Haughton, died in a 2001 plane crash in the Bahamas, along with the pilot and members of her video crew. She was 22. Zendaya, who like the late singer also performs using just her first name, is well-known for co-starring on the Disney Network series "Shake it Up!" and appeared as a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" in 2013.
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Zendaya will play the late singer in a Lifetime movie, report says
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Zendaya was also a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars"
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Strong support: @placeholder of Cambridge and Rebecca Deacon, 30, who has been Kate's private secretary since last year | By Rebecca English Royal Correspondent PUBLISHED: 17:33 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 07:34 EST, 23 July 2013 Kate's girl: The Duchess' private secretary Rebecca Deacon at the Lindo Wing on Monday The Duke and Duchess will not be hiring a nanny to help them with their young son, but there is no doubt that their team of trusted advisers that supported them through Monday's Royal birth will be there every step of the way. Including the medical team, their private secretaries and their security guards, the Cambridges have a close group of people to stand by them.
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The Duke and Duchess surrounded themselves with top team on Monday
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Including their medical team, their secretaries and security guard
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They supported Kate as she gave birth to Prince Cambridge | 8,739 | record_train |
Current anti-retroviral medicines suppress the replication of @placeholder by blocking the enzymes HIV uses to replicate itself | By Claire Bates PUBLISHED: 09:02 EST, 18 January 2013 | UPDATED: 13:36 EST, 18 January 2013 HIV has been turned against itself in the laboratory in a breakthrough that could permanently quash the virus that leads to AIDS, say scientists. A researcher in Australia worked out how to modify a protein in the virus, so that it instead provides strong, lasting protection from the infection. 'This is like fighting fire with fire,' David Harrich from the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, in Brisbane said. 'If this research continues down its strong path, and bear in mind there are a many hurdles to clear, we’re looking at a cure for AIDS.'
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Technique modifies a protein in the virus to that is provides protection from infection
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'It is like fighting fire with fire,' says lead researcher
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HIV could remain latent in body and not lead to AIDS | 8,740 | record_train |
All of this spurred a sympathetic @placeholder newspaper to call the Republicans the Grand Old Party, or the GOP. | Washington (CNN) -- Some may not realize that the modern Republican Party owes its origin to the fight over slavery nearly two centuries ago. In the tumultuous mid-1800s, right before the Civil War, some political activists were concerned about keeping slavery from spreading into new western territories, and they saw no way to stop it through existing political powers: the Democrats and the Whigs (the pro-Congress party of the mid 1800s that largely destroyed itself in the 1852 elections in a battle over slavery). So they formed a new party, taking the name "Republicans" in a salute to earlier American politicians.
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Republicans emerge as an anti-slavery party in 1800s
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Abraham Lincoln was party's first president
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GOP got name Grand Old Party from a Chicago newspaper | 8,741 | record_train |
The @placeholder Ten Commandments case is DeWeese v. ACLU (10-1512). | Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from an Ohio judge who wanted to post a copy of the biblical Ten Commandments in his courtroom. The case was among hundreds disposed of by the justices, who returned to start a new term after a three-month recess. Another separate, high-profile petition involved a death row prisoner challenging his conviction in the murder of an 11-year-old Florida girl. The Ohio case was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, which had successfully prevented Richland County Common Pleas Judge James DeWeese from posting another copy of the Ten Commandments.
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An Ohio judge wanted to post the Ten Commandments in his courtroom
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The court rejected the appeal; the ACLU and ACLJ were on opposite sides of the case
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The justices ask Florida to respond to an appeal in a Florida capital case | 8,742 | record_train |
But "Jobs" focuses on his early years at @placeholder and ignores almost everything else. | (CNN) -- After months of speculation and hype, the first biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit theaters Friday. "Jobs," directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starring Ashton Kutcher as the iconic tech guru, spans much of Jobs' early career, from his hippie days at Reed College in 1974 to the launch of the original iPod in 2001. And guess what? Although it omits or glosses over many chapters of Jobs' life, it's not bad. This is the first dramatic feature film to focus solely on the longtime Apple CEO, who died in 2011. A second Steve Jobs movie, written by Aaron Sorkin and adapted from the best-selling Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, is due as early as next year.
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Jobs," starring Ashton Kutcher in the iconic role, hits theaters Friday
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The movie is the first biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs
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Here are five things the movie gets right, and wrong | 8,743 | record_train |
Satellite image shows the area around the Yongbyon nuclear facility in @placeholder, North Korea in 2012. | North Korean scientists are now able to build crucial equipment for uranium-based nuclear bombs on their own, according to evidence gathered by two American experts. This cuts the need for imports, which had been one of the few ways outsiders could monitor the country's secretive atomic work. The experts say material published in North Korean scientific publications and news media shows that Pyongyang is mastering domestic production of essential components for the gas centrifuges needed to make such bombs. Pyongyang is mastering domestic production of essential components for the gas centrifuges needed to make such bombs: three file satellite images from 2012 show development of a building construction at Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea
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Pyongyang is mastering domestic production of essential components for the gas centrifuges needed to make such bombs
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Could spell the end of policies based on export controls, sanctions and interdiction that have been the centerpiece of international efforts
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Earlier this year, during a barrage of threats aimed at Washington and Seoul, Pyongyang vowed to resume all its nuclear fuel production | 8,744 | record_train |
The @placeholder’s owner was not thought to have been with it at the time of the attack. | By Lucy Osborne A vicious Bull Terrier which ran out of a home to attack a dog walker was killed when police were forced to use Tasers on it. Leicestershire Police said it was necessary for its firearms officers to twice Taser the animal after it locked its jaw around the man’s knee and wouldn’t let go. The dog-walker was taking his pet Alsatian on its evening walk on a quiet residential street in Braunstone near Leicester when the attack happened on Sunday. Restraint: A vicious Bull Terrier which ran out of a home to attack a dog walker was killed when police were forced to use Tasers, similar to the one pictured, on it (file photo)
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Leicester police said it was necessary for firearms officers to Taser the dog
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Animal locked its jaw around man's knee and would not let go
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Victim was taking his Alsatian for a walk when attack happened on Sunday
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Man spent a night in hospital and Alsatian 'almost died in the attack' | 8,745 | record_train |
At £4,745 a tonne, farmed @placeholder salmon is now 56.1per cent more expensive than this time last year and up by 4.5per cent month on month, says The Grocer. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:35 EST, 10 June 2013 | UPDATED: 20:25 EST, 10 June 2013 Fish lovers are facing a big leap in the price of salmon, according to a report yesterday. Prices have rocketed by 56 per cent in the past year. Salmon supplies have become more scare because of bad weather. Pricey: A shortage of salmon has made it an expensive treat over the past year Trade magazine The Grocer said yesterday: 'Bad news for fish fans – one of the UK’s most popular species - salmon - is currently experiencing sharp price increases.'
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Cold weather in Norway has slowed growth rates for farmed salmon
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This has cut the success of fish catches and pushed up the cost | 8,746 | record_train |
Soap star: Le Vell has played @placeholder for more than 30 years on the ITV soap | By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 10:45 EST, 17 May 2013 | UPDATED: 11:33 EST, 17 May 2013 Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell today denied a series of child sex offences when he appeared in court. The 48-year-old is charged under his real name Michael Turner with 19 offences, including six counts of raping a child, six allegations of indecently assaulting a child and seven counts of sexual activity with a child. The star, who plays car mechanic Kevin Webster in the ITV soap, answered 'not guilty' to each of the individual charges as they were put to him by the clerk during the brief hearing at Manchester Crown Court.
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The 48-year-old is charged under his real name Michael Turner
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He today pleaded not guilty at Manchester Crown Court to all charges
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Le Vell was released on bail until his trial later this year on September 2
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ITV said he will not appear in any episodes of the soap pending the outcome of legal proceedings | 8,747 | record_train |
Former @placeholder Director Derek Llambias (left) at Ibrox on Tuesday after becoming a Rangers consultant | Rangers non-executive chairman David Somers has been appointed executive chairman of the club on a temporary basis, the Glasgow side have announced to the Stock Exchange. Somers will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director following the departures of Graham Wallace and Philip Nash. A statement said: 'David Somers, non-executive chairman, will become executive chairman of Rangers on a temporary basis with immediate effect. David Somers has been appointed executive chairman of the Ibrox club on a temporary basis 'In this role, he will liaise directly with senior staff within the club about the operation of the business, and he will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director.
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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley bailed the club out with £2million loan
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David Somers will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director after Graham Wallace and Philip Nash departed
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Derek Llambias has been hired as a consultant by the Ibrox club | 8,748 | record_train |
In the Senate, Republicans who forced Tuesday's procedural step that required at least 60 votes to launch debate on the immigration bill joined @placeholder to easily surpass that threshold. | Washington (CNN) -- A major immigration bill that would give millions of people living illegally in America a path to citizenship cleared a key legislative hurdle Tuesday when a strong Senate majority voted to open debate on it. The 82-15 vote, with most Republicans joining the chamber's Democratic majority in support, launched what was expected to be an arduous legislative journey for the 1,076-page measure. Both supporters and opponents expect the bill to pass the Senate despite fierce opposition from conservatives. However, one GOP foe said Tuesday the Republican-controlled House would defeat it in its current form due to the pathway to citizenship.
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NEW: GOP Sen. Cruz says the bill as written will pass the Senate but not the House
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Senate Democrats, Republicans vote overwhelmingly to allow debate
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President Obama urges Congress to pass the bipartisan Senate measure
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Weiner’s mayoral campaign, @placeholder – like a number of other longterm | By David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 00:56 EST, 2 August 2013 | UPDATED: 01:00 EST, 2 August 2013 Philippe Reines, was so enraged hearing about Antony Weiner's latest sexting exploits that he told the New York mayoral candidate he wanted to 'reach through this phone' and 'pull out' his throat Hillary Clinton's longtime spokesman and adviser, Philippe Reines, was so enraged after hearing about Antony Weiner’s latest sexting exploits that he told the New York mayoral candidate he wanted to ‘reach through this phone’ and ‘pull out’ his throat. The incident took place on a campaign conference call just hours before Weiner’s infamous news conference on July 23, when his wife Huma Abedin, a close personal friend of Reines, spoke publicly in support of her shamed husband.
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Hillary Clinton's longtime spokesman Philippe Reines berated Weiner on a conference call hours before the latest sexting allegations became public
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Reines has been working on the campaign to help his good friend and colleague Huma Abedin
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He is now advising Weiner's wife to get less involved in the husband's faltering mayoral bid | 8,750 | record_train |
If it had been positive, @placeholder would have been the first foal that Socks has fathered since his worldwide fame. | By Olivia Williams PUBLISHED: 14:34 EST, 16 June 2013 | UPDATED: 15:29 EST, 16 June 2013 The moonwalking Shetland pony whose fancy footwork won him an army of fans has lost a paternity battle. Socks starred in phone company Three’s latest advert, which has now had more than 5.2million views on YouTube. The 32-inch stallion was put out to stud, but only had eyes for a mare called Kimberley grazing in another field. Casanova: The 32-inch stallion Socks is an internet sensation Refusing to be deterred, Socks swam 175 yards across a loch in order to reach her.
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Socks, star of Three's latest advert, was put out to stud with three mares
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He was thought to be father of Scamp, but lost out to love rival Nuggett
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Socks has his own Facebook page with almost 1,200 friends | 8,751 | record_train |
But here in Newmarket, I can’t help feeling a little sorry for the @placeholder brood. | The last time I saw this sort of media hullabaloo in honour of a new baby, I was standing outside the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington. Today, we are actually here to glimpse four new arrivals — three little boys and a girl. But they are all related, since they all share the same father. And as far as the world of racing is concerned, they have a pedigree every bit as regal as young Prince George. For this lot represent the first crop of progeny from arguably the greatest racehorse in history — Frankel, the stallion who never lost a race.
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Four horses will be auctioned at Tattersall Sales in Newmarket this week
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Their father Frankel has been dubbed the greatest racehorse ever
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Breeders pay £125,000-a-time for Frankel's procreational services
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On the face of it, @placeholder’s plan to raise the top-rate of tax to 50p is a vote-winner. | By Simon Walters PUBLISHED: 20:23 EST, 25 January 2014 | UPDATED: 20:49 EST, 25 January 2014 Backlash: Ed Balls addresses the Fabian Society yesterday Labour was facing a damaging split last night after allies of Tony Blair accused Ed Miliband of taking the party back to the 1970s when it vowed to ‘tax the rich until the pips squeak’. The backlash came after Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said that a future Labour Government would raise the top rate of income tax from 45p in the pound to 50p for those earning over £150,000, reversing a cut made by David Cameron. Mr Balls claimed the increase was vital to reduce the budget deficit ‘more fairly’.
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Blair allies accuse the Shadow Chancellor of 'economic illiteracy'
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They say 'Socialist' move takes the party back to days of Harold Wilson
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Survation interviewed 1,064 people online yesterday afternoon | 8,753 | record_train |
The find is similar, but much earlier than, the discovery of 50 decapitated skulls and 250 jaw bones beneath @placeholder reported in October last year. | By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 13:00 EST, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:25 EST, 28 January 2013 What could be the site of the largest mass human sacrifice in the bloody history of Mexico's ancient civilisations has been discovered. Archaeologists working at the site near to Mexico City have so far unearthed 150 skulls with just one or two vertaebrae attached - suggesting they were hacked off the victims. Dated to between 600 and 850AD, the skulls were found in an area miles from the nearest large city of the day, and researchers say the discovery could challenge existing notions about the area's ancient culture.
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Find could challenge the conventional account of Meso-American history
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The 1,100 year old skulls found in an area miles historical cities
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Archaeologists stumble across them while surveying on Google Earth | 8,754 | record_train |
"With the recognition they receive on our stage," said @placeholder, who hosted the tribute, "they'll be able to help thousands and thousands of people. | (CNN) -- Efren Peñaflorida, who started a "pushcart classroom" in the Philippines to bring education to poor children as an alternative to gang membership, has been named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. CNN's Anderson Cooper revealed Peñaflorida's selection at the conclusion of the third-annual "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The gala event, taped before an audience of 3,000, premiered on Thanksgiving night on the global networks of CNN. The broadcast honored the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2009 and featured performances by Grammy Award-winning artist Carrie Underwood, R&B crooner Maxwell and British pop sensation Leona Lewis.
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Efren Peñaflorida named the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year at Hollywood gala
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Gala included appearances by actress Nicole Kidman, Grammy-winning artist Carrie Underwood
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Third-annual event was taped before an audience of 3,000 at the Kodak Theatre | 8,755 | record_train |
"When @placeholder and I were together, I thought we were the only ones who would fight for the gold," said Kirui, who finished 26 seconds behind Kiprotich. | (CNN) -- Stephen Kiprotich was born 17 years after Uganda won its first Olympic gold medal. Fast forward another 23 years, and he has the honor of being the African nation's second athlete to triumph on sport's biggest stage. "I never saw John Akii-Bua run, but there are a lot of memories of him," Kiprotich told reporters after claiming a surprise victory in the men's marathon on the final day of London 2012. "I have been dreaming, 'Can I be like John Akii-Bua?' There is a time for everything, a time to train and a time to relax. I think today I joined the champions, so I am happy."
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Uganda wins second gold medal of its Olympic history in men's marathon on Sunday
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Stephen Kiprotich triumphs 40 years after the late John Akii-Bua won 400m hurdles in Munich
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It was Uganda's first medal of any kind since Davis Kamoga won silver at Atlanta '96
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Kenya's two-time world champion Abel Kirui is second and compatriot Wilson Kipsang third | 8,756 | record_train |
"Thank you 'AGT,' thank you @placeholder for winning and taking on the world. | (CNN) -- "America's Got Talent" found a magical winner for season nine. On Wednesday's finale of the NBC show, magician Mat Franco beat singer Emily West for the championship. Franco won a $1 million prize and will get to headline the "America's Got Talent" show in Las Vegas. The winner searched for words when host Nick Cannon asked him how he felt before finally settling on, "Un-freaking believable." Judges Howie Mandel, Heidi Klum, Mel B and Howard Stern would probably use the same phrase for some of the card tricks Franco showed them this season. Last week, he surprised judges with a reappearing card, and during the finale he managed to relocate cards from some surprising places.
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Winner receives $1 million prize on Wednesday's season finale
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A man who was identified to her as Todd's grandfather collected them from the bus station and took them to @placeholder's grandparents' home, where he lived. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:12 EST, 26 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:12 EST, 26 July 2013 Arrest: Brandon Todd, 19, allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her captive for two weeks A teenager who allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her as a sex slave for more than two weeks called an FBI agent daily to tell him he was involved in sex trafficking, it has emerged. Brandon Todd, 19, called Special Agent Barry Crouch numerous times while holding his victim captive, telling the man that he had recently 'recruited' a woman, the affidavit states. It is not clear what action - if any - the FBI took after receiving the phone calls. Calls to the FBI from MailOnline were not returned and the agency declined to comment to ABC beyond the affidavit.
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FBI has declined to say what action they took to find Brandon Todd, 19
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He met woman aboard bus from Florida to San Diego 'and forced her to return to New York with him by threatening to kill her family'
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He 'kept her captive for two weeks, raping her and beating her'
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She eventually faked an asthma attack so he would take her to hospital
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While he kept her captive, 'he called FBI agent daily to say he was a human sex trafficker but that he no longer wanted any involvement' | 8,758 | record_train |
In a letter to U.S. troops, the top @placeholder commander insisted the withdrawal was appropriate. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. expects the level of violence in Iraq to rise as it goes ahead with its planned withdrawal of troops from Iraqi cities by June 30, the Pentagon said Wednesday. Except for soldiers in advisory roles, all U.S. combat troops will leave Iraqi cities and towns by June 30. Under the terms of its agreement with the Iraqi government, the U.S. will remove all combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns -- leaving security responsibilities to the Iraqis and remaining only in a training and advisory capacity. In areas outside of the cities and towns, the U.S. military will continue to conduct combat operations and security patrols in coordination with the Iraqis.
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As agreed upon, U.S. will remove all combat troops from Iraqi cities and towns
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With Iraqi violence at "all-time" low, Pentagon expects "uptick" after June 30
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U.S. commander to troops: "This is the right time to transition security of the cities"
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AirAsia said the captain had more than 20,000 flying hours, of which 6,100 were with @placeholder on the Airbus 320. | The eight-year-old son of the AirAsia QZ8501 captain is unaware his father’s plane has crashed and believes his ‘daddy is still at work’, relatives have said. Captain Iriyanto, an experienced former military jet pilot, crashed in airspace thick with storm clouds between Indonesia and Singapore while piloting the Airbus with 162 people on board on Sunday. The pilot’s brother Budi Sutiono told the Telegraph Iriyanto’s son Arya Galih Gegara has been told his father is still at work. ‘He keeps asking us and he keeps crying because he misses his father,’ Mr Sutino said. The family have switched all the televisions in the house off and will break the news to eight-year-old Galih gradually.
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Captain Iriyanto was piloting AirAsia flight QZ8501 when it crashed
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The plane came down in the Java Sea, 42 minutes after departing
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Iriyanto's son Arya Galih Gegara believes his dad is still at work | 8,760 | record_train |
He said they would continue to train, mentor and fight alongside @placeholder | British soldiers will continue to patrol with Afghan troops – even though Nato has scaled back joint missions following a series of deadly attacks by rogue soldiers and policemen. The recent spate of ‘green on blue’ killings – in which allied troops are killed by the Afghan soldiers they are training – has prompted Nato commanders to reduce the number of joint patrols. But Defence Secretary Philip Hammond insisted the announcement by the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) would have ‘minimal’ impact on operations by UK forces. Scroll down for video Tributes: Married father-of-two Sergeant Gareth Thursby, 29, and Private Thomas Wroe, 18, were shot dead in the south of Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province
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Second order that curbs contact, undermining the mantra that both sides are fighting the Taliban 'shoulder to shoulder'
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There have been 37 attacks by Afghan government troops so far this year, killing 51 international service members
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Afghan police officer shot and killed four American service members in Zabul, in the south, the third attack on coalition forces in three days
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Labour MP Paul Flynn suspended from the House of Commons after accusing the MoD ministerial team of lying over Afghanistan policy
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The defendant told police that he shot @placeholder in self-defense after the day laborer had shot his wife. | Decatur, Georgia (CNN) -- A former Georgia sheriff's deputy convicted of murder in the slaying of his wife and a day laborer in 2008 was sentenced Friday to two consecutive life sentences plus five years in prison. That means that Derrick Yancey, 51, will have to serve at least 60 years before he is eligible for parole. He stared straight forward and showed no emotion as a Superior Court judge imposed the sentence for the murders of Linda Yancey, 44, who was also a sheriff's deputy, and Marcial Cax-Puluc, 23, a day laborer from Guatemala. Referring to Linda Yancey, Judge Linda Hunter said, "She was an officer, she was a wife, she was a mother, she was a daughter, she was a sister, she was a friend. Mr. Cax-Puluc, who had barely began to live his life, he died that day. It's not lost on the court, and probably yourself, that today an officer has fallen because you were a law enforcement officer entrusted with so many responsibilities."
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Derrick Yancey showed no emotion as judge imposed the sentence
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The former sheriff's deputy tried to pin his wife's murder on a day laborer from Guatemala
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Experts believe the ancestors of people alive today either evolved in @placeholder and then colonised the world, or evolved in different locations across the globe. | By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 14:19 EST, 20 August 2012 | UPDATED: 14:20 EST, 20 August 2012 An ancient skull unearthed in Laos has reset the clock of human migration to southern Asia back 20,000 years. The skull, found in a cave in the Annamite mountains, has been dated to between 46,000 and 63,000 years old - and appears to be the remains of an anatomically modern human being. The discovery suggests that the first modern humans to leave Africa spread around the world much earlier than was previously thought. Skull from the mists of time: The researchers studied the fragments, including recognisable teeth and cranium, which date to 63,000 years ago
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Skull found in cave in Annamite mountains, Laos, dates from 46,000 and 63,000 years ago
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@placeholder, Withers, Vaughan and Sting are newcomers to the ballot as well. | (CNN)The next class inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame could include punk rockers Green Day, the influential Nine Inch Nails and seminal rap group N.W.A. Those are just three of the 15 acts that are nominated for induction into the institution in 2015. Others include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Lou Reed; The Smiths; The Spinners; Sting; Chic; Kraftwerk; The Marvelettes; Bill Withers; War; Stevie Ray Vaughan; and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. In order to be eligible for nomination, a music act had to release its first recording in 1989 or earlier. According to Billboard, that means Green Day and Nine Inch Nails are up for induction in their first year of eligibility. Nine Inch Nails' first album, "Pretty Hate Machine," marks its 25th anniversary this month, and Green Day's EP "1,000 Hours" dropped in April 1989.
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15 acts are up for induction, including first-year-eligible Nine Inch Nails and Green Day
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The Smiths, Bill Withers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sting are on the ballot for the first time
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He is also a pragmatist who has personally steered @placeholder's foreign policy. | (CNN) -- The Sultanate of Oman is a rarity in the diplomatic world: It enjoys "cordial" relations with both the United States and Iran. And once again, it is closely involved in trying to help win the freedom of Americans held in Iran. In 2010, Omani sources paid $500,000 bail to help win the release of American hiker Sarah Shourd, who with her fiancé Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal was detained in 2009 after allegedly straying across an unmarked stretch of the Iran-Iraq border. The Omanis are now involved in brokering the release of Bauer and Fattal. Sultan Qaboos, who has ruled Oman for more than 40 years, has gone to great lengths to strike a balance in relations with Iran -- Oman's neighbor across the Strait of Hormuz -- and his traditional allies in the west, especially the UK and U.S.
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Sultanate has "cordial" relations with U.S., Iran
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Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd last year
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Omanis want to avoid "heated atmospherics," official says
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Sultan said to be at home in both traditional Arab, modern Western society | 8,765 | record_train |
I had visited hospitals on @placeholder trips and met a number of kids battling cancer. | (CNN) -- It might be hard to believe, but as difficult as cancer was, in some ways it was good for me. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Even the word "cancer" brings back the nausea and pain, the fear I felt and the heartbreak I saw in my parents' faces. The smells that fill hospitals and the constant tired feeling that comes with treatment are also permanently stuck in my memory. But here's the thing: The disease changed the path of my life in some ways that have been really great. For one, going home after my diagnosis for treatment at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle brought me even closer to my parents. I always knew they'd be there for me, but I understood their love in a whole new way once I saw how they cared for me during treatment. When I was called up by the Red Sox I thought I'd always be the one who would be taking care of them, but cancer turned the tables for a bit.
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Jon Lester won Game 4 of the World Series for the Boston Red Sox after battling cancer
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Lester and his wife have started a nonprofit to raise money for pediatric cancer research
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But the same item was priced at $189 on @placeholder on Wednesday after the chain lowered its online price to keep up with competitors. | By Daily Mail Reporter UPDATED: 18:19 EST, 10 November 2011 Their motto is 'Rollback' - and now it can be applied to times as well as prices. Wal-Mart plans to beat other U.S. retailers to the punch by starting 'Black Friday' on Thanksgiving night rather than wait until the wee hours of Friday for the traditional start of the high stakes holiday shopping season. Announcing its offers on November 10, as opposed to November 22 as it did last year, also prevents leaks about its deals from being revealed on the Web by someone else. Discount shoppers looking for Black Friday deals will get to start on Thanksgiving night at Wal-Mart stores, as the retail giant announced the holiday shopping frenzy will begin at 10 pm
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In the front passenger seat of the van, the rail-thin @placeholder, obviously hungry (he later told me he'd lost eight pounds since the beginning of the campaign), chewed on a sandwich and joked with the other passengers as I peppered him with questions during the 20-minute ride. | (CNN) -- The cool of Barack Obama was very much on display on a warm day in Boston's Christopher Columbus Park during the summer of 2004. John Kerry, right, and Obama confer at the 2004 DNC, where Obama wowed the crowd with his keynote address. It was going to be a big day for the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate from Illinois. In a few hours, on that night, July 27, 2004, he was to give the keynote address to the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center about a mile away. But as he gave a lunchtime speech on environmental policy to a leisurely crowd of about 100 people at the green space on Boston Harbor, he was relaxed and loose, seemingly unconcerned about what was ahead.
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Writer rode with Obama on his way to give keynote address at 2004 DNC
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Obama's keynote electrified the nation, emphasized unity
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Candidate John Kerry took a chance giving keynote to lesser-known Obama
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'@placeholder can destroy Lugano, if Wayne is played in his best position,' he said. | By Jack Gaughan Follow @@Jack_Gaughan Paul Scholes believes England's best chance of beating Uruguay is to isolate Diego Lugano by playing Wayne Rooney as a central striker. The Manchester United forward was put out to pasture on the left-hand side during the 2-1 defeat against Italy on Saturday. And Rooney, despite assisting Daniel Sturridge's first half equaliser, was heavily criticised back home for not helping Leighton Baines enough. Play him through the middle! Wayne Rooney should start as England's central striker against Uruguay Forthright: Paul Scholes didn't pull any punches again in his Paddy Power online blog Neat finish: Daniel Sturridge netted England's equaliser against Italy in Manaus on Saturday night
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Rooney was operating from the left against Italy in Manaus
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Scholes says Rooney must play up front
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Daniel Sturridge scored the only goal for Roy Hodgson's side
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@placeholder has said he has no intentions of removing himself from the Michael Brown case, and on Thursday he urged Gov. | The mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead two weeks ago, has said that meeting Attorney General Eric Holder has given her hope that her son might one day get justice. The sequence of events that led to her son’s death remain unclear, but earlier this week Lesley McSpadden and her son’s father Michael Brown, Sr. paid for an autopsy which concluded that their son had been shot six times, twice in the head. The shooting has triggered days of rioting reflecting long-simmering racial tensions in a town of mostly black residents and a majority white police force and McSpadden has admitted that she didn't have faith in local authorities.
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Lesley McSpadden has said that meeting Attorney General Eric Holder has given her hope that her son might one day get justice
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'Just hearing the words come directly from (Holder's) mouth, face-to-face, he made me feel like, one day, I will,' she said
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Michael Brown's shooting has prompted multiple investigations including a federal civil rights investigation
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It will require proof that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson exhibited 'racial hostility' in the shooting of McSpadden's son
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Allegations: @placeholder, 30, pictured, was facing child pornography charges | By Ted Thornhill and Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 08:50 EST, 8 October 2013 | UPDATED: 10:23 EST, 8 October 2013 Three men and a woman found shot dead in a car in Alabama last week had each written suicide notes proclaiming their innocence of child pornography allegations and outlining how they wanted their funerals to go, police said on Monday. Kristie Hunt Campbell Hamrick, 39; her ex-husband, Samuel Hamrick, 30; her brother, Robert Andy Keith Hunt, 38; and Kevin Carey, 30, a family friend were discovered Wednesday night by the side of a logging road in William B. Bankhead National Forest in Winston County, about 65 miles northwest of Birmingham.
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Kristie Hunt Campbell Hamrick, 39; her ex-husband, Samuel Hamrick, 30; her brother, Robert Andy Keith Hunt, 38; and Kevin Carey, 30, a family friend were discovered shot dead on Wednesday night
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They all lived together in the same house in Savannah, Tennessee but were found in their car on a secluded road in northern Alabama
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Two were facing child porn and molestation charges, two were implicated
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"They are really intimidated and when they get afraid, they just start shooting everywhere at anything that moves in every part of @placeholder." | (CNN) -- Although the bombs went off miles from her house, the young woman in Damascus still felt them in her gut. Boom! Her windows rattled as she ran to her computer. "What happened?!?!?!?" she typed furiously into Skype, sending the message to her friends. What Alexia Jade heard was the thunderous clap of two car bombs exploding outside a Syrian air force intelligence compound outside Damascus Monday night. The web of tweeters, Facebookers and Skypers that have helped keep younger Syrians informed about the war that's been raging in their country the past year and a half answered her soon enough.
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NEW: At least 197 people reported dead in war-torn country on Tuesday
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Syrians: Struck compound held detention place where people were tortured
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A jihadist group claims responsibility for the attack, which it says had three stages
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Air Force Intelligence is an elite branch, close to the al-Assad regime, an expert says | 8,772 | record_train |
Chestnut and Thomas attended the weigh-in for the Nathan's contest on Tuesday, with @placeholder coming in at 210 pounds and Thomas marking 100 pounds on the scale. | New York (CNN) -- The American "sport" of competitive eating capped off its signature battle royale in New York on Wednesday with the apparent triumph of two defending champions. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut and Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas each fended off would-be challengers during Nathan's annual hot dog-eating competition in Brooklyn. In an event likely to repulse most vegetarians, Chestnut tied his record by scarfing down 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. It marks the California native's sixth win at the competition, tying his former rival, Japanese eating icon Takeru Kobayashi, who did not compete due to a contract dispute.
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Takeru Kobayashi scarfs down 68.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes
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Joey Chestnut ties his world record, downing 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes
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It was Chestnut's sixth win in the annual Nathan's contest
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Sonya Thomas won the women's contest, breaking her record of 41 dogs and buns | 8,773 | record_train |
It allowed me to see that in truth there had been no double life - there had only ever been one @placeholder and he had been able to manipulate everyone around him and present different facades to the world.' | The daughter of the 'Happy Face' serial killer has revealed how at the age of 15 she found a roll of duct tape in the bed of his long-distance truck's sleeper cabin - a moment which she brushed off but came back to haunt her, many times, years later. Melissa Moore, now 34, has revealed in a new essay, published this week, chilling details about her father Keith Hunter Jesperson which had always left her with a lingering unease while growing up in Washington. When she was five she watched in horror when he hung her pet kittens on a clothes line and tortured them to death, paying no heed to his young daughter's screams.
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Melissa Moore, now 34, is the daughter of Keith Hunter Jesperson who raped and strangled eight women in the U.S. in the 1990s
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She revealed how at the age of 15, she found duct tape in her truck-driving father's sleeper cabin
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She said her father took pleasure in sharing graphic sexual details with her growing up and how he once tortured kittens to death in front of her | 8,774 | record_train |
In previous studies exploring women's attitudes toward the rural @placeholder, some women reported limited job opportunities, while others described a patriarchal culture in some rural communities. | By Mark Prigg Researchers have warned that young women are becoming increasingly rare in rural communities in America's Great Plains. They say many rural communities hard hit by decades of population declines, young men increasingly outnumber young women. The study of Kansas and Nebraska census data shows in places with 800 or fewer residents, the proportion of young men increased by an average of nearly 40 percent as people went from their teens to their 20s. Researchers say many rural communities don't often provide the same opportunity to women - who never return after going to college Researchers used the 2000 census to calculate the ratio of boys to girls aged 12 to 17 in more than 2,200 Nebraska and Kansas cities, towns and townships.
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In rural communities young men increasingly outnumber young women
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Team studied Kansas and Nebraska census data as believe women do not return after college due to a lack of opportunities | 8,775 | record_train |
"I never imagined this would happen to anyone in my family," explains a visibly upset @placeholder, "Or that I would hear this news about anybody in my life." | Beirut (CNN) -- At first glance, the brightness of the colors might just be enough to fool the casual viewer. But this abstract scene in "Play in the City" isn't a cheerful one. Pain infuses this painting. "Here's a person who wants to kill another person," says artist Anas Homsi, as he points towards a menacing figure in the composition, "And here's a person who wants to defend this person from being killed. " Homsi's canvas is inspired by conflict - namely, the brutal civil war raging in his homeland of Syria. It's just one of several works on display at the Joanna Seikaly Gallery in Beirut. In the exhibit, entitled "True Colors", Homsi along with two other Syrian artists, Wissam Shaabi and Fadi Al Hamwi, tackle warfare through works encompassing themes such as hope, survival and society.
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Syria's brutal civil war depicted in Beirut exhibition
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Artists say their work keeps them going through tough times
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Most galleries in Syria have closed
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Several Syrian artists who have fled the fighting have ended up in Lebanon | 8,776 | record_train |
Those rounds were later dug up from the soil in the industrial park where @placeholder was shot. | If prosecutors plan to argue former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez was the one who fired seven rounds into Odin Lloyd, they won't be able to show the alleged murder weapon to make their case. That's because the .45 caliber gun used to kill Lloyd has never been found. "That's a hurdle," attorney and sports analyst Michael McCann told CNN. Prosecutors have charged Hernandez, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz with first-degree murder, however, more than a year since the June 17, 2013, homicide, prosecutors have yet to definitively say who was the alleged trigger man. All three men have pleaded not guilty.
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Aaron Hernandez has been charged with three killings
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@placeholder recalls a car trip with Kathryn that made him realize how desperately unhappy his child was in her skin. | By Alex Greig PUBLISHED: 17:11 EST, 12 July 2013 | UPDATED: 19:21 EST, 12 July 2013 The insistence that she was a boy began when Kathryn was two years old and only became more pronounced, distressed and frustrated as she grew older. By the time she was four, Kathryn's parents began to realize there was more going on than just Kathryn being a tomboy. After seeing a psychologist who diagnosed Kathryn as having gender dysphoria and recommended they let her to live as a boy, Jean and Stephen allowed Kathryn to become Tyler (names have been changed) and watched as their daughter bloomed into a happy, playful little boy.
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Kathryn transitioned to Tyler at the age of five after insisting since the age of two that she was a boy
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A psychologist diagnosed him with gender dysphoria and recommended the switch
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As of this writing, Fallon's personal page has 8.33 million and @placeholder is right behind with 8.09 million. | (CNN) -- What has Jay Leno done lately for NBC in late night? Well, even the network's official Wednesday announcement of his ouster (in spring 2014) acknowledges that "The Tonight Show" under Leno's reign continues to rank No. 1 in both total viewers and advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds. That's against ABC's recently relocated "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as well as CBS' longstanding "Late Show with David Letterman," according to Nielsen Media Research. Nonetheless, NBC will be pushing him out for a second time, with "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon taking over "in conjunction" with the network's coverage of next year's Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia (scheduled to run from February 7-23).
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Ed Bark: Jay Leno still No. 1 in late night for NBC, but network replacing him with Jimmy Fallon
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He says NBC says it's Fallon's time, and that may have much to do with social media
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He says Fallon, O'Brien can deliver Twitter, other followers that Leno, Letterman can't
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The April 2 ruling from football's world governing body came after an investigation found @placeholder had broken regulations regarding the transfer of young players from outside Spain between 2009 and 2013. | (CNN) -- It's been largely a season of gloom for Barcelona, but the Spanish champions received a rare ray of light Wednesday following the suspension of the club's transfer ban. The suspension of the ban -- imposed for breaking rules relating to the "international transfer of minors" -- allows Barca to potentially overhaul its squad this summer while appealing its punishment. "The chairman of the FIFA Appeal Committee considered that the appeal lodged by the club is to be granted suspensive effect," said a FIFA statement, a decision welcomed by Barca on its website. The Catalan side have suffered a miserable time of late -- crashing out of the Champions League, losing the Spanish Copa del Rey final to rivals Real Madrid and losing ground in the race for the Spanish La Liga title.
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FIFA suspends transfer ban preventing Barcelona from signing players
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Abu Ghaith testified that bin Laden explained that the @placeholder training camps involved so much weapons-training and a rough, hard life that he wanted him to change that, to reach the hearts of recruits and show them another side of life. | By Daily Mail Reporter Osama bin Laden's words to his son-in-law hours after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks were recalled during a surprise testimony in Manhattan today. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, who was recruited as a spokesman for al-Qaeda, told the court how bin Laden had arranged for him to be driven to a meeting in an Afghan cave. When he arrived, Abu Ghaith recalled how bin Laden told him: 'Did you learn what happened? We are the ones who did it.' On trial: Bin Laden's spokesman Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, pictured giving a video message, testified in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday
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Sulaiman Abu Ghaith on trial in New York for conspiring to kill Americans
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Kuwaiti imam says he was just 'passing on a message' for terror group
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Videos 'were to inspire Muslims, not recruit terrorists' Abu Ghaith claims | 8,781 | record_train |
@placeholder is the number one priority for me right now and needs all my attention.' | The father who claims his wife abandoned their newborn son because he has Down syndrome has four other children from a previous marriage, including a girl with the same condition, Daily Mail Australia can reveal. Samuel Forrest and his wife Ruzan Badalyan split just a week after their son Leo was born with Down syndrome in Armenia on January 21. Mr Forrest, who says his wife of 18 months abandoned their son because her family were ashamed of his condition, has made global headlines since he started crowd fundraising to bring Leo to his native New Zealand. Samuel Forrest left New Zealand a few years ago following a messy divorce that saw him lose his four young children (pictured), including his youngest daughter who has Down syndrome - the same condition affected his three-week-old son Leo
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Samuel Forrest and his wife Ruzan Badalyan split just a week after their son Leo was born with Down syndrome in Armenia on January 21
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He says she abandoned their son because her family were ashamed of his condition
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He has been crowd fundraising to bring Leo to his native New Zealand
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Mr Forrest left New Zealand after a messy divorce saw him lose his four children, including a daughter with Down syndrome
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He was expelled from Exclusive Brethren church for divorcing his wife in 2011 and hasn't seen his family since | 8,782 | record_train |
Only new defensive acquisition @placeholder (hamstring) is a certain absentee, with midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin in contention despite ongoing rumours of a move to Tottenham. | By Pa Reporter Ahead of the opening weekend of the Premier League, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats... Here is all the information you need for Liverpool's home clash with Southampton... Liverpool vs Southampton (Anfield) Kick-off: Sunday 1.30pm - Sky Sports 1 Odds (subject to change): Liverpool 4/11 Draw 4/1 Southampton 8/1 Referee: Mark Clattenburg Managers: Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool), Ronald Koeman (Southampton) Head-to-head league record: Liverpool wins 37, draws 18, Southampton wins 23 Team news Liverpool New Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana will miss the visit of former club Southampton on Sunday as he continues his recovery from a knee injury.
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Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert could line up against Saints
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An ankle problem also rules out Lazar Markovic for the Reds
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Morgan Schneiderlin could feature for Southampton despite Spurs interest
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New £12million signing Shane Long could make debut
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Ronald Koeman set to take charge of Southampton for first time
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After the @placeholder cars canvassed the country in 2008, initial privacy concerns were about license plates being shown in the photographs or people being shown in embarrassing situations, like entering adult bookstores. | London, England (CNN) -- Google agreed Friday to delete data it inadvertently collected from unsecured Wi-Fi networks when compiling its Street View mapping service in Britain, authorities said. The British government and privacy advocates have long been concerned about the personal data Google may have collected when its Street View cars drove around the country taking pictures for the service, which shows panoramic photographic views from street level. Google admitted its vehicles inadvertently captured so-called payload data but said it contained only fragments of content, according to the Information Commissioner's Office, which examined the data in August. The ICO agreed it was "unlikely" that the data contained significant amounts of personal information but said it was wrong for Google to have collected and stored the information. It also said the collecting of the details violated the Data Protection Act.
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Google collected the data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks
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When we met the members of the @placeholder vice cops, they were eager to show off their "trophy case" which held a wide assortment of some of the drugs and paraphernalia they've confiscated on raids on homes around the Gaza Strip. | Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers. Brooklyn, New York (VICE) -- In 2007, we stood on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing , where we tried and failed to get into the Gaza Strip. Inside, a Palestinian civil war was taking place, pitting political and philosophical rivals Hamas and Fatah against each other. After a succession of assassinations, kidnappings and street battles, Hamas took complete control of Gaza, and for the first time in its history, had to figure out how to run a government. In 2011, when the post-Mubarak government of Egypt decided to start letting small numbers of folks into Gaza through their Rafah crossing, we knew it was our chance to finally get a rare glimpse of the embattled Gaza Strip and to see what life was like under the rule of Hamas.
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VICE gets a rare glimpse inside the Gaza Strip to see what life is like under Hamas rule
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Crew entered through an Egyptian crossing that opened during the Arab Spring
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In @placeholder, aviation already accounts for 28% of the city's GDP -- a figure that's expected to grow to 35% once the new airport is fully operational. | (CNN) -- The Middle East is currently the setting of a new form of airspace race. As the economies grow in a handful of countries in the region, so too do ambitions -- and few things symbolize a country's aspirations as aptly as an airport. It's no wonder, then, that Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Istanbul and Riyadh are each vying to throw up the biggest and grandest transportation hub in the region. "The Middle East likes to use words like 'iconic' and 'world class,'" says Anthony Mosellie, a managing principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, the architecture firm in charge of the Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal Complex design.
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Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Istanbul and Riyadh are all upgrading their main transport hubs.
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There is pressure in the region to build the most 'iconic' airport.
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The combined capacity in the region will number 450 million -- three times current traffic.
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Istanbul and Dubai are both claiming their airports will be the world's biggest. | 8,786 | record_train |
@placeholder scores Everton's second goal with a heavily deflected free-kick in the fist-half | Everton forward Kevin Mirallas will have to wait until the end of the week to discover the extent of his ankle injury. The Belgium international was carried off on a stretcher after being chopped down by Jordon Mutch having previously scored in the 3-1 win over Queens Park Rangers on Monday. Mirallas had scans on Tuesday but the outcome will not be known for a couple of days. VIDEO Scroll down to see Roberto Martinez share his thoughts on Mirallas' injury Kevin Mirallas screams in pain after injuring his ankle during Everton's 3-1 defeat of QPR Mirallas writhes in agony after being brought down by a bad challenge from Jordan Mutch
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Everton defeated QPR 3-1 in their Premier League clash on Monday
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Kevin Mirallas was taken off on a stretcher after a tackle by Jordan Mutch
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@placeholder later tweeted it was ‘a terrifying moment that was a glimpse of the abyss Crimea hovers over’.Russian troops are now in effective control of the region, and have been joined by hundreds of | By Ian Birrell In Crimea and Leon Watson Demonstrators loyal to Ukraine were attacked with whips, baseball bats and clubs in Sevastopol yesterday as the mood in Crimea turned increasingly tense after the stealth invasion by Russia. The assault by about 100 Cossacks and pro-Russian militiamen was described as ‘very savage’ by BBC reporter Ben Brown – who had to sprint to his hotel to escape the thugs. The violence came after 200 people took part in a rally in Sevastopol to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet, Taras Shevchenko. Police detain a man after clashes of pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian activists during a rally in Sevastopol, Crimea
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Pro-Russian and pro-Ukraine rallies come to blows in Sevastopol
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Pro-Russians gather in Donetsk to demand a referendum for their region
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Ukraine PM vows: 'This is our land and we won't budge a centimetre'
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America and Europe threaten to impose sanctions on Russia
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William Hague says Vladimir Putin has made a miscalculation
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Hundreds take part in Kiev rally to mark 200th birthday of national poet | 8,788 | record_train |
Since it's impossible to retrieve any sense of original colour from a black-and-white photo alone, the only way for @placeholder to accurately recreate the true colour of any object on an image is to find a colour photo of the same object – or to research it. | By Nigel Jones We're used to seeing pictures of the First World War in faded brown sepia - dull, muddy, black-and-white photographs that seem to epitomise the drab khaki landscape of shell-blasted sludge that was the trenches in which they were taken. But, 100 years on, the wonders of 21st-century technology now allow us to see these amazing pictures of the conflict in breathtaking full colour, giving us a much keener sense of what it was actually like to be there. British photo technician Frank Augrandjean travelled back in time to colour this selection of images from the Imperial War Museum's archive – specially selected to bring home the full horror of the conflict – exclusively for Weekend magazine.
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Most WW1 imagery is black and white, but The Daily Mail has been given exclusive access to restored colour photos
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The collection looks back at the trials and triumphs of our soldiers who risked their lives in the trenches | 8,789 | record_train |
On Christmas Eve, Desano wrote on Twitter: '@placeholder to all my beautiful friends who celebrate it' | An Indonesian flight attendant, who is listed as working on board the missing AirAsia flight, tweeted a message of support to the victims of the MH17 disaster just months before his own plane disappeared en route to Changi, Singapore. Oscar Desano from Jakarta, is thought to be one of the seven crew members on board flight QZ8501 which went missing at 7.24am on Sunday. Mr Desano, whose Twitter account stated that he spent Christmas Day relaxing in a jacuzzi with a friend, issued an eerie tweet earlier in the year to the victims of Malaysian Airline MH17, which was shot out of the sky in July.
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An AirAsia flight from Indonesia with 162 people on board has disappeared
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One of the flight attendants believed to be on board was Oscar Desano
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The Indonesian crew member tweeted a chilling message to the victims of MH17, month before his plane disappeared en route to Singapore
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The Indonesian Ministry of Transportation said that the plane had contacted Jakarta Air Traffic Control at 6.12am, and lost contact at 6.17am
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Nationalities of the passengers and crew include Singaporean, Malaysian, French, South Korean, and Indonesian | 8,790 | record_train |
A midfield containing both Robben and Angel di Maria at @placeholder could be potentially mouthwatering, though. | The Louis van Gaal revolution has already started in earnest at Old Trafford - but the Manchester United boss is set to lavish another £150million on new recruitments next summer. Angel di Maria, Luke Shaw, Ander Herrera, Marcos Rojo, Radamel Falcao and Daley Blind all arrived in the summer for upwards of £150m but Van Gaal is nowhere near finished with reshaping his squad just yet. Here, Sportsmail takes a look at the five players who top the United manager's wishlist for next summer... KEVIN STROOTMAN (Roma) - Likely fee: £30m Age: 24 (D.O.B. 13/02/90) Position: Defensive midfielder Teams: Sparta Rotterdam (2008-11), Utrecht (2011), PSV (2011-13), Roma (2013-)
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Manchester United spent more than £150m on signings in the summer
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Louis van Gaal's revolution is far from complete at Old Trafford though
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United boss is set to spend another £150m on players next summer
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Kevin Strootman, Diego Godin and Arjen Robben are on his wishlist
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Here, Sportsmail looks at Van Gaal's top-five transfer targets | 8,791 | record_train |
Patrick Bamford raced through to put @placeholder ahead early in the second half | Much will be written about the trip to Abu Dhabi in the middle of a season and the logic of landing back in the country 21 hours before a match. But was City's mid-season jaunt behind their staggering loss to Middlesbrough? It would certainly appear so. Manuel Pellegrini watches on as his Manchester City side were beaten 2-0 by Middlesbrough on Saturday But the City boss refused to blame their week-long trip to Abu Dhabi for the FA Cup defeat City players James Milner (left), Dedryck Boyata (centre) and Fernando look dejected after their side concede In the first half there was little evidence of what was to follow.
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Manchester City lost 2-0 to Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third round tie
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Goals from Patrick Bamford and Kike sealed a deserved win for Boro
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The champions went on a mid-season warm-weather training camp to Abu Dhabi during the international break
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However, they arrived back in the UK just 21 hours before the cup clash
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City players weren't at the races and their minds looked elsewhere as they were easily beaten by the Championship outfit | 8,792 | record_train |
'I put my arm up to try and protect possession of the ball, and @placeholder bounced (his jaw) against it. | By Craig Hope and Chris Wheeler Marouane Fellaini has denied spitting at Pablo Zabaleta in the Manchester derby but the FA are investigating the incident. The Manchester United midfielder was fortunate to only receive a yellow card for thrusting his forearm into Zabaleta’s face but new footage appears to show Fellaini spitting at the City defender on the ground. The FA have asked to see clearer images. United boss David Moyes said: ‘Marouane is adamant that he didn’t do that. We’ll work with the FA if that’s what we have to do to clear it.’ Footage: Video has emerged that appears to show Marouane Fellaini spit towards Pablo Zabaleta
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The FA are looking into footage that appears to show Marouane Fellaini spitting towards Pablo Zabaleta during the Manchester Derby
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Incident happened as the City defender lay on the floor after Fellaini had elbowed him during the first half of the 3-0 defeat
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Governing body will request more footage of the incident before determining a course of action - there will be no update before next week
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Retrospective action could be handed out in the same way that saw Hull's George Boyd banned for three matches for spitting at Joe Hart
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Fellaini denies allegation he spat on Argentina right back | 8,793 | record_train |
Fighting intensified around @placeholder as government forces stepped up efforts to disrupt rebel lines and reclaim more territory from the faltering insurgency. | A Ukrainian military transport plane which was shot down along the country's eastern border was likely to have been hit by a rocket fired from neighbouring Russia, Ukraine's defence minister has claimed. Rebels in conflict-wracked eastern Ukraine immediately claimed responsibility for downing the Antonov-26 which authorities say may have been carrying up to 20 people. But Ukrainian defence minister Valeriy Heletey said the plane was flying at an altitude of 21,300 feet, which is too high to be reached with separatists' weapons. The tail-section of the Ukraine military An-26 transport aircraft which was shot down close to the Russian border. Pro-Russian rebel groups have claimed responsibility for the attack
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Antonov-26 transport aircraft was shot down close to the Russian border
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Ukraine defence Minister said it was flying too high for separatists' weapons
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He said the rocket was likely to have been fired from Russian territory
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Russian state TV claimes Ukraine army CRUCIFIED three-year-old boy
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Kremlin threatens military strikes on neighbour
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Ukraine responds by accusing Russia of waging propaganda war
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Government says Russia is 'following in the footsteps of Goebbels'
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Meanwhile, the Kremlin has threatened military strikes on Ukraine
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Russia also says Ukrainian jets carried out air strikes against rebels
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Residents are fleeing the city of Donetsk, according to reports
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Rebels claim Kiev has massed tanks outside the city of Lugansk | 8,794 | record_train |
@placeholder, seeking a third successive title, must beat Cilic to prevent Novak Djokovic taking his title as the world's top player. | (CNN) -- Two-time runner-up Roger Federer must wait another year before he can win his first Rome Masters title after suffering a shock third-round defeat on Thursday. The Swiss third seed's French Open build-up suffered a blow when he was beaten by Richard Gasquet for the first time in the last nine meetings between the two players and just his second overall. The French 16th seed triumphed 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) in a match lasting two hours 20 minutes as he earned a quarterfinal clash with Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych at the clay event. "I had multiple chances. That is how it goes," 16-time grand slam champion Federer told the ATP Tour website after his second loss against a player outside the top three this year.
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Third seed Roger Federer knocked out of Rome Masters by Richard Gasquet
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World No. 1 Rafael Nadal reaches quarterfinals, where he faces Marin Cilic
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Novak Djokovic extends his winning run to 34 matches and will play Robin Soderling
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Serena Williams announces she is not ready to make her comeback at French Open | 8,795 | record_train |
@placeholder works for my build, plus it's a pretty easy costume. | A teenager dressed as Slenderman was kicked out of a Oz Comic Con in Sydney for repeatedly touching members of the crowd. Slenderman is a fictional character that originated as an Internet meme. The character is depicted as a gangly, unnaturally tall man with a white and featureless face, who invariably dons a suit. It was responsible for a spate of moral panic earlier this year when it was linked to the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl in Wisconsin,as well as an arson attack by a young girl in Florida on her own family home. Last week, a contingent of Wisconsin residents successfully demanded that local costume shops ban the sale of Slenderman costumes for Halloween.
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Daniel Simao dressed as Slenderman, a fictional character that originated online, for the event in Sydney
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Slenderman is controversial due to links to a number of violent acts in America this year, including the stabbing of a 12-year-old girl
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Simao says he chose the costume because it ‘matches his build’
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He was kicked out of the event by security for invading crowd members personal space
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Simao says though he poked the crowd and touched them on the shoulder and hair, the security overacted by kicking him out | 8,796 | record_train |
‘The case for pulling out of the 60-year-old @placeholder gets stronger by the day. | Nearly 4,000 foreign murderers, rapists and other criminals are roaming the streets, free to commit new crimes. The Government wants to deport them but admits that many cannot be kicked out because of their human rights. A Parliamentary answer reveals that 3,980 foreign criminals who should have been sent back to their country of origin are ‘living in the community’. Home Secretary Theresa May, left, faces calls for Britain to leave the European Convention on Human Rights which foreign criminals such as rapist William Danga, right, have used to help them stay in the country The figures do not even include the handful of terrorist suspects such as Abu Qatada whom the Government is seeking to extradite.
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Government wants to deport them but admits many cannot be kicked out
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Thousands cite Human Rights Act that guarantees the 'right to family life'
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Parliamentary answer reveals scale of foreign criminals 'living in the community'
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Illegal immigrants injured five staff during a riot at a detention centre. About 40 detainees were involved in the incident at Morton Hall immigration removal centre in Swinderby, Lincolnshire, on December 30. One detainee was taken to hospital. Up to 50 detainees took part in a protest on Christmas Day, in which no one was hurt. | 8,797 | record_train |
@placeholder public schools are $665 million in debt, and that debt is expected to exceed $1 billion next year. | (CNN) -- Before this week, the last time the Chicago Teachers Union went on strike was September 8, 1987. It lasted until October 3, during which officials, teachers and parents clashed in the city's longest teachers strike ever. After it ended, I called the Chicago school system the worst in the country. "I'm not sure there's a system as bad as the Chicago system" were my exact words as U.S. secretary of education. The Chicago school system was a failure. Half of Chicago's 64 public high schools scored in the bottom 1% of schools on the ACT, an old metric used by many colleges for admissions.
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William Bennett: Chicago teachers last went on strike in 1987, and schools were a mess
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Little has improved, he says. Dropout rate near 40%; students not proficient in math or reading
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Teachers reject 16% raise over 4 years despite system's $665 million debt, he writes
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Bennett: Democrats should back Emanuel in his bid to curtail teachers union | 8,798 | record_train |
In a refugee camp for Iraqis that sprouted up in a Kurdish-controlled enclave in Syria, a red-haired girl picked through a pile of second-hand clothes donated by local @placeholder. | Irbil, Iraqi Kurdistan (CNN) -- They are the faces of an entire community on the run. Singled out, threatened, chased at gunpoint from their homes. Pursued purely because they are members of an ethnic and religious minority. Iraq's Yazidi Kurds are no strangers to persecution. Their faith teaches them that throughout history, they have been subjected to 72 genocides. Many world leaders fear they are on the brink of a 73rd massacre, this time at the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which calls itself the Islamic State. Kurdish photographer Warzer Jaff spent a week documenting the exodus of the Yazidis from their ancient homeland. What is immediately striking in his portraits are their piercing eyes.
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Kurdish photographer Warzer Jaff spends week documenting Yazidi Kurds
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ISIS has hounded Yazidis from their ancient homeland in northern Iraq
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Tens of thousands of families have sought shelter in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Each refugee shares horrifying stories of abduction and murder | 8,799 | record_train |
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