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@placeholder called the truck driver a hero, saying he was able to control his rig before he died -- preventing other motorists from being hurt. | (CNN) -- A former Utah policeman is a suspect in at least three of Monday's four rush-hour shootings near Dallas, Texas, including one of two fatal attacks, police said Tuesday. CNN affiliate KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, provided this file photo of the Dallas suspect, Brian Smith. The suspect, Brian Smith, tried to commit suicide after the Monday-evening shootings and was in a hospital in serious condition, Dallas police detective Lt. Craig Miller said. Police used ballistic tests to link Smith, a Utah state police officer for 12 years, to the shootings in which one driver was killed, one was injured by shattered glass and one escaped uninjured, Dallas police detective Lt. Craig Miller said.
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NEW: Former Utah state police officer named a suspect some of Monday's shootings
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NEW: Police: Suspect tried to kill himself, was hospitalized in serious condition
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Two drivers were shot and killed, another wounded in Dallas rush hour Monday | 8,800 | record_train |
block the @placeholder from having a role in the debates | TV debates between the party leaders will be scrapped by David Cameron, the UK Independence Party claimed today. UKIP believe the Tories will try to pull the plug on the live debates in 2015 to prevent the Prime Minister having to go head to head with Nigel Farage. After making gains in local and European elections, UKIP believes it would be impossible for the debates to go ahead without them. UKIP strategists believe Nigel Farage would have a strong claim to taking part in the debates after strong election success, an idea they beleive David Cameron will jettison UKIP have heaped pressure on the Tories, winning dozens of county council seats and picking up a quarter of the popular vote.
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UKIP says Tories would rather pull the plug on the debates than give Nigel Farage a platform
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Ed Miliband also fears UKIP could erode Labour's vote in elections
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Tories and Labour have seen their votes taken by Nigel Farage's party | 8,801 | record_train |
@placeholder on her wedding day with husband Chris, left, and wearing one of the dresses she would never have fit into before her weight loss | By Martha De Lacey PUBLISHED: 06:52 EST, 6 December 2012 | UPDATED: 07:27 EST, 6 December 2012 An 18-stone mother-of-one was shamed into losing weight after snapping her daughter's bed while reading her a bedtime story. Cacia Griggs, 26, from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, spent her whole 20s as a morbidly obese size 24, but crushing four-year-old Isabelle's bed was the final straw, and she embarked upon a life-changing diet. Just one year later she has lost eight stone, dropped to a size 10, and married her fiance Chris in her dream wedding dress. Cacia said: 'I'd had enough of being overweight. I have a four-year-old daughter called Isabelle and being overweight was having a huge impact on my life'
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Cacia Griggs, 26, from Peterborough, weighed 18 stone and was size 24
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Snapped daughter Isabelle's bed while reading bedtime story
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Couldn't fit seat-belt around her on aeroplane
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Married her fiance Chris in November in her perfect size 10 dress
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Crowned Slimmer of The Year through Cambridge Weight Plan | 8,802 | record_train |
@placeholder strategists claim to be encouraged that voters fed up with the Government are not turning to Labour and are instead expressing a protest vote through a Right-wing alternative. | By James Chapman, Tamara Cohen and Matt Chorley PUBLISHED: 17:38 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 12:13 EST, 30 April 2013 Upbeat: UKIP leader Nigel Farage speaks to the press today while visiting South Shields to campaign with local candidate Richard Elvin Tory voters tempted to switch to the UK Independence Party in Thursday’s local elections are being warned they risk letting in Labour. The Conservatives say a surge in support for Nigel Farage’s Eurosceptic party will merely help the pro-EU Ed Miliband. The warning came as a new poll showed one in five over-50s could vote UKIP at the next general election.
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Tories say support for UKIP will merely help pro-EU Ed Miliband
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Ken Clarke dismissed UKIP as party of ‘clowns’ supported by racists
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Nigel Farage insisted: ‘There is nothing in UKIP that is in any way racist'
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Poll reveals one in five over-50s will back UKIP | 8,803 | record_train |
Unsettled: Murray (left) with conditioning coach @placeholder (right) who wants reassurances | Andy Murray could announce Amelie Mauresmo as his long-term coach as early as next week. The deposed Wimbledon champion met Mauresmo on Thursday, a day after his meek quarter-final defeat by Grigor Dimitrov, and wants to finalise arrangements before departing for a training camp in Miami at the end of next week. But there are still pertinent issues to be ironed about between Mauresmo and the rest of Murray’s support team. Backroom: Andy Murray could announce Amelie Mauresmo as his long-term coach next week Support team: Andy Murray's coach Amelie Mauresmo (right) and Dani Vallverdu at Wimbledon Fallout: Murray's quarter-final exit at Wimbledon has led to him having to re-assess his team
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Murray met Mauresmo on Thursday to finalise arrangements
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The Scot will leave for a training camp in Miami at end of next week
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Murray's assistant coach Dani Vallverdu unhappy with timing of Mauresmo's appointment and had considered quitting the team
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Fitness trainer Jez Green also said to be unsettled by current set-up
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Mauresmo must honour commitment as captain of French Fed Cup team | 8,804 | record_train |
@placeholder marches in the Gay Pride Parade in New York on Sunday | By Associated Press Gay Pride parades stepped off around the world on Sunday, in cities large and small. In the U.S., rainbow flags lined the streets of New York City's Fifth Avenue. Politicians including Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio were among those walking along a lavender line painted on the avenue from midtown Manhattan to the West Village. de Blasio was seen wearing a rainbow tie and waving, as he appeared next to his wife, Chirlane McCray. March participants wore an array of colorful costumes, many of which included rainbow items and accessories. Star: Laverne Cox, who stars in the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black, serves as a grand marshal in the New York parade
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Gay Pride parades stepped off around the world on Sunday, in cities large and small
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In the U.S., rainbow flags lined the streets of New York City's Fifth Avenue as politicians Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio attended
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Marchers are commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Stonewall Inn riots that took place in June 1969, which are credited with launching the modern gay rights movement
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Laverne Cox, Jonathan Groff and Rea Carey served as grand marshals for the New York parade
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About 1 million people are expected to attend Chicago's Gay Pride Parade, in its 45th year
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On the West Coast, San Francisco's pride parade is in its 44th year | 8,805 | record_train |
In an explosive Sportsmail interview, @placeholder said 67-year-old Redknapp spends most of his time in his office | Click here to read Neil Ashton's interview with Adel Taarabt Adel Taarabt and Harry Redknapp aren't exactly getting on at the moment. After QPR's last-gasp defeat against Liverpool on Sunday, the manager gave it both barrels to Taarabt about his physique, claiming the maverick was 'three stone overweight'. The 25-year-old wasn't particularly impressed with that assertion and told Sportsmail that he would prove he's in tip-top shape. And it isn't the first time managers have played out major bust-ups with their players in public. Sportsmail takes a look at some of the more colourful characters to have disagreed in the past.
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Harry Redknapp labelled Adel Taarabt 'three stone overweight'
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Graeme Souness and Craig Bellamy were involved in bitter spat at Newcastle back in 2005
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Roberto Mancini grabbed Mario Balotelli by the bib at Manchester City
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Paolo Di Canio once dragged Swindon goalkeeper Wes Foderingham off after just 20 minutes during a game | 8,806 | record_train |
It is the second card Hitler sent to @placeholder that has been discovered in the past two years. | By Daily Mail Reporter The dictator hated visiting the dentist right up until his death A postcard sent during the First World War by Adolf Hitler after a visit to the dentist - in which he claimed to have had 19 teeth removed - has turned up in Munich. 'You can't imagine how nice I looked,' he wrote to a fellow soldier called Karl Lanzhammer who was stationed in France. 'Now I'm better.' The card, dated December 21, 1916, has been authenticated after it was found in the collection of a postcard collector. On the front of the card is a picture of Berlin's Landwehr Canal and it is marked with the stamp of the 2nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment, Hitler's unit at the time.
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The postcard, dated December 21, 1916, has been authenticated
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He wrote it while recovering from an injury during the First World War
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It was sent to fellow soldier Karl Lanzhammer
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The dictator was known to hate visiting the dentist right up until his death
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Hitler had notoriously bad teeth and dental hygiene | 8,807 | record_train |
"We have to call in on each departure to the @placeholder, let them know we're preparing to get under way, and get the permission, basically, to get under way." | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- While nearly all maritime activity on the Potomac River will be halted on Inauguration Day, a handful of Mall-goers will sail from Virginia to Washington on water taxis. Some people will cross the Potomac River via water taxi on Inauguration Day. Working closely with the United States Coast Guard, the Potomac Riverboat Company, based in Alexandria, Virginia, plans to ferry up to 3,200 passengers from across the frigid Potomac on seven climate-controlled boats. The service is partially a response to the closure of all bridges from Virginia to D.C. on Inauguration Day, a measure that prompted an uproar among Virginia residents.
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Up to 3,200 passengers to be taken across Potomac on seven boats
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Service is partially a response to the closure of all bridges from Virginia to D.C.
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Potomac Riverboat Company clears security to provide service
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All passengers must arrive at least an hour early for a full screening | 8,808 | record_train |
In April, @placeholder militants drew international condemnation when they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, many of whom they said they sold into slavery. | Kano, Nigeria (CNN)A 13-year-old Nigerian girl told reporters that her father handed her over to Islamist militants to become a suicide bomber, but she fled as two other girls detonated their explosives at a market earlier this month. The girl was presented before the media Wednesday to describe what she called her forced role in the deadly attack. Her father, she said, joined Boko Haram and took his wife and daughter to a village in the forest in Bauchi state in northern Nigeria. "My father took us to the bush, which was surrounded by gunmen," she said, according to a CNN translation. "I was asked if I wanted to go to heaven. When I answered, they said I have to go for a suicide mission and if I attempted to run they would kill me."
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Girl says other bomber said one of the trio should go in first and set off explosive device
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Girl says her father turned her over to the Islamist militants
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She was threatened with death if she didn't wear explosives belt | 8,809 | record_train |
"@placeholder teams are currently working around the clock in five different hospitals in Port-au-Prince, but only two operating theaters are fully functional, while a third operating theater has been improvised for minor surgery due to the massive influx of wounded and lack of functional referral structures," the organization said. | Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- At least one organization attempting to deliver aid to Haiti continued to be plagued Sunday by delays and logistical problems, but aid was getting to those who need it most, officials said. Doctors Without Borders said Sunday that, despite guarantees from the United Nations and the U.S. Defense Department, its cargo plane carrying an inflatable surgical hospital was blocked from landing in Port-au-Prince the day before and was rerouted to Samana, Dominican Republic. Samana is in the eastern portion of the Dominican Republic and across the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, shared by the two nations, from Port-au-Prince.
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Aid beginning to reach those who need it, officials say
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One aid group still experiencing delays in getting aid into country
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Port-au-Prince airport running at maximum capacity, U.S. general says | 8,810 | record_train |
But the U.S. ultimately concluded that the @placeholder made up the story. | By James Nye PUBLISHED: 20:30 EST, 8 January 2013 | UPDATED: 10:20 EST, 9 January 2013 Extraordinary photographs of former FBI agent Robert Levinson who has been missing for almost six years reveal the hand of the Iranian government in his kidnapping U.S. intelligence officials have told The Associated Press. Posing in an orange jumpsuit like those worn by detainees at Guantanamo Bay the politically charged images of Levinson were sent directly by email to his family in 2011 - but investigators could find no trace of the source - indicating a high level of technological expertise. And despite the repeated denials of the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that the rogue state had anything to do with Levinson's disappearance in 2007, officials believe a professional intelligence service like Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security was behind the messages.
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The photos portray Levinson in an orange jumpsuit like those worn by detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay
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The family received them via email in April 2011. In each photo, he held a sign bearing a different message
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'I am here in Guantanamo,' one said. 'Do you know where it is?'
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Another read: 'This is the result of 30 years serving for USA.' | 8,811 | record_train |
@placeholder Republicans prevented Democrats from getting the 60 votes needed to proceed on the measure, which was blocked on a 51-49 vote. | Washington (CNN) -- A top Republican leader agreed Thursday with President Barack Obama and Democrats that extending the payroll tax cut would help the economy, but the parties remained divided over how to pay for the move. Later Thursday, the Senate blocked competing Democratic and Republican proposals from moving forward, setting up negotiations on a possible compromise. The Democratic plan to extend and expand the payroll tax cut set to expire at the end of the year would assess a 3.25% tax on income over $1 million to pay the cost of more than $200 billion for the extension. Taxpayers with an income of $50,000 would benefit by $1,500 a year.
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NEW: The Senate blocks Democratic, Republican plans on a payroll tax cut extension
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NEW: President Obama says Republicans voted for higher taxes on the middle class
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House Speaker Boehner concedes the payroll tax cut helps the economy
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Republicans differ with Democrats on how to pay for a one-year extension | 8,812 | record_train |
Mrs @placeholder was found dead with shotgun pellet wounds to her chest and arm. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 04:15 EST, 20 November 2012 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 20 November 2012 Charged: Eugene Palmer has been charged with the murder of his daughter-in-law Tammy A pensioner has been charged with the murder of his daughter-in-law two months after she was killed. Eugene Palmer, 73, from Haverstraw, New York, has been missing since Tammy Palmer's death on September 24 but police took the action against him in his absence. The 39-year-old was shot dead as she returned home after putting her two children on the school bus. After allegedly killing his daughter-in-law, Palmer is believed to have confessed to his sister, Elaine Babcock.
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Grandfather Eugene Palmer charged with murdering Tammy Palmer
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He has been missing since the mother-of-two was found dead
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He is alleged to have admitted to the murder to his sister Elaine Babcock
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Police found Palmer's 1995 green Dodge Ram pick-up truck in nearby woods | 8,813 | record_train |
Organizers have endorsed @placeholder's description of himself as a 'blithering idiot' for having said the victim, Cherice Moralez, acted 'older than her chronological age' and was in control of the situation. | By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 15:31 EST, 3 September 2013 | UPDATED: 15:34 EST, 3 September 2013 Prosecutors today vowed to appeal the 30-day sentence handed down to a high school teacher who repeatedly raped a 14-year-old student before she killed herself. The meager sentence given by Judge G. Todd Baugh to Stacey Rambold, 54, in a Billings, Montana court last month sparked protests and an online petition calling for the judge's resignation. 'Certainly I'm disappointed in this sentence, but I have a job to do, and my job right now is to figure out if this case can be appealed because of some legal error,' Scott Twito, the county attorney told NBC on Tuesday.
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Cherice Moralez, 14, shot herself after she was bullied by classmates when charges were brought against her Montana teacher Stacey Rambold, 48
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Rambold admitted to raping the teenager on several occasions in 2007
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Judge G Todd Baugh gave Rambold 30 days in jail because Rambold had 'suffered enough' and Cherry was 'in control'
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Protests held and nationwide petition launched calling for judge's removal | 8,814 | record_train |
Former @placeholder Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the international community had to work together to prevent the spread of groups like Boko Haram | By Gordon Brown A knock at the door in the middle of the night. A policeman telling you your teenage daughter has been abducted. They’re trying to find her but she may have already been sold as a sex slave or a child bride. A chance she might be dead. And 270 of her friends have been taken too. Vanished. Inconceivable in this country. Reality in parts of Nigeria. In Britain and the United States we still have the capacity to be stunned when evil descends on our classrooms. Who could forget? Sixteen boys and girls and a teacher murdered at Dunblane Primary, 12 students and one teacher wiped out at Columbine High, 20 children and six staff shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary. All of them events of such horrific magnitude they will forever be etched in the world’s collective memory.
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Gordon Brown has spent the past week in Nigeria as UN Special Envoy for Global Education
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Brown: 'The bombing, burning and kidnapping of schoolchildren is almost a regular occurrence'
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Boko Haram means 'western education is forbidden'
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Terror chief Abubakar Shekau said the girls should not have been in school and should be married instead | 8,815 | record_train |
Angry: Gibraltar has accused Spanish authorities of causing border tailbacks in retaliation for its decision to drop concrete blocks into the sea to create a reef for fish (pictured: drivers push their cars to save fuel at the border crossing between @placeholder and Gibraltar) | By Matt Blake Spanish government vessels have unlawfully entered British territorial waters around Gibraltar more than 600 times since the start of 2013, according to official figures. There were 496 incursions in 2013 and 112 in the first three months of 2014, the figures disclosed by Foreign Secretary William Hague revealed. The busiest month for incursions was August last year, when 68 Spanish vessels entered British Gibraltar waters at an average rate of more than two a day. Illegal incursion: The busiest month for incursions was August last year, when 68 Spanish vessels entered British Gibraltar waters at an average rate of more than two a day
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There were 496 incursions in 2013 and 112 in first three months of 2014
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The busiest month for incursions was August last year, at rate of two a day
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UK tells Spain: 'We'll take 'whatever action necessary' to keep Gibraltar | 8,816 | record_train |
Senior administration officials and @placeholder observers have said recent reforms on the island and changing attitudes in the United States have created an opening for improved relations. | U.S. contractor Alan Gross, held by the Cuban government since 2009, was freed Wednesday as part of a landmark deal with Cuba that paves the way for a major overhaul in U.S. policy toward the island, senior administration officials tell CNN. President Barack Obama spoke with Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday in a phone call that lasted about an hour and reflected the first communication at the presidential level with Cuba since the Cuban revolution, according to White House officials. Obama announced Gross' release and the new diplomatic stance at noon in Washington. At around the same time, Cuban president Raul Castro was set to speak in Havana.
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The Obama administration announces landmark deal with Cuba
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Alan Gross, arrested and held in Cuba since 2009, was freed Wednesday
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Improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba will ease travel restrictions between the two countries | 8,817 | record_train |
@placeholder had not responded to the accusations as of Sunday evening. | Former Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay is continuing to publicly accuse his wife of cheating on him with college team-mate and Dallas Cowboys star DeMarco Murray, now posting what he claims are intimate text messages between the two to Twitter. And he says there are more are to come. Clay played alongside Murray for the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the 2010 season, but announced to the world this week that his wife of just five months, Gina D'Agostini, is having an affair with Murray. VIDEO Scroll down to see Brennan Clay's workout routine on Instagram Brennan Clay (pictured) has accused his wife of having an affair with Dallas Cowboys star DeMarco Murray
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Brennan Clay has explosively taken to Twitter to claim that his wife Gina D'Agostini has cheated on him with Dallas Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray
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Clay uploaded alleged text messages between D'Agostini and Murray
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22-year-old Clay and Murray were former team-mates at the University of Oklahoma in 2010
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Former Oklahoma Sooners player Clay married D'Agostini five months ago | 8,818 | record_train |
The target: But they have some way to go to catch up Joachim Low's @placeholder | Gary Lineker claims England are ‘a generation behind’ Germany as Joachim Low’s team attempt to win the country’s fourth World Cup against Argentina. Lineker has been critical of the England regime in the past, but believes Roy Hodgson’s team showed signs of a promising future despite their early exit. England were out of the tournament after defeats against Italy and Uruguay in their opening two group games in Brazil. VIDEO Scroll down to watch potential star of the future Sterling freestyle with Rooney Trailing: England are a generation behind Germany and their exciting talent, according to Gary Lineker Progress: Lineker believes Roy Hodgson's England are making positive strides
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Germany will contest the World Cup final against Argentina on Sunday
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Germany could win the tournament for the fourth time
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England are a generation behind Germany and Spain, says Gary Lineker
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Former England striker and Match of the Day host says the country is making progress
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Lineker believes young stars like Daniel Sturridge, Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling give reason for hope
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Says issues in grassroots football have been addressed but only recently | 8,819 | record_train |
In his sixth note, @placeholder described his "day-to-day stresses," Bailey said. | (CNN) -- A man who shot his wife and three children to death before committing suicide in Middletown, Maryland, last weekend had about $460,000 in mortgage and credit card debt, the local sheriff said Tuesday. Five people, including three young children, were found dead in this house in Middletown, Maryland. Deputies who examined a computer taken from Christopher Wood's home found information that showed "severe financial difficulties," including money owed on a home in Florida that the family had been unable to sell, Frederick County Sheriff Charles Jenkins said at a news conference. Wood was a salesman for CSX Railroad, where he earned about $97,000 a year, the sheriff said.
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NEW: Christopher Wood was $460,000 in debt, sheriff says
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NEW: Family was unable to sell Florida home, computer reveals
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Sheriff: Man apparently killed his wife and three young children, then shot himself | 8,820 | record_train |
He added that he did not recognize the @placeholder flag on the Maersk Alabama. | (CNN) -- Sentencing was delayed Tuesday for a Somali pirate who prosecutors say led the attack on a U.S. vessel off the coast of Africa last year. The sentencing hearing for Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse was adjourned until a later date. No reason was immediately provided by the court or prosecutors for the delay. Muse has pleaded guilty to charges he hijacked the ship and kidnapped its captain. Prosecutors say Muse acted as the ringleader when he and three other men seized the U.S-flagged Maersk Alabama by force about 350 miles off the coast of Somalia on April 8, 2009. Once on board, the armed men demanded the ship be stopped, then took a lifeboat and held the captain of the ship, Richard Phillips, hostage on it.
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NEW: No reason given for postponement
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Prosecutors say Muse was the ringleader
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Muse apologized for his actions and blamed the incident on the Somali government
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He could receive a maximum sentence of almost 34 years | 8,821 | record_train |
Letting him get to France with information that will destroy our present intelligence organisation in @placeholder and do even greater harm elsewhere... this will be the last chance of dealing with him.' | Foreign Office files kept secret for more than 70 years have revealed details of how MI6 kidnapped and killed a French double agent during World War Two - and ordered the creator of James Bond to help them cover it up. In July 1941 British Intelligence learned that 'deeply trusted' Captain Pierre Lablache-Combier - a Royal Navy commander recruited by M16 and posted to Spain - had divulged secrets to the Nazi-backed French Vichy government. James Bond writer Ian Fleming - then a Naval Intelligence officer - issued an official report stating the officer was 'missing believed drowned'. In fact, the 'complete double-crosser' was killed as Secret Service operatives scrambled to smuggle him out of Spain.
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Naval officer Captain Pierre Lablache-Combier was a spy for M16 in Spain
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Frenchman, 44, divulged British secrets to Nazi-backed Vichy government
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M16 plotted to smuggle the traitor out of Spain to Gibraltar
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Lablache-Combier died en route after being hit with the butt of a revolver
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Family told he died at sea and wife received a widow's pension
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Officer's identity revealed for first time in declassified Foreign Office files | 8,822 | record_train |
Australia were looking to attack and @placeholder hit four fours in an over as the lead raced past 200. | Australia set the platform for a final-day push for victory in the fourth Test against India after establishing a 348-run lead with four wickets remaining in Sydney. After bowling out India for 475 in the afternoon session to establish a first-innings advantage of 97, Australia's batsmen then went on the offensive as the hosts blazed their way to 251 for six by the close. In-form captain Steve Smith (71) and opener Chris Rogers (56) laid the foundations before newcomer Joe Burns smashed 66 off 39 balls to leave Australia in a strong position to try and seal a 3-0 series victory.
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Australia have a 348-run lead going into the final day
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Steve Smith scored 71 and Chris Rogers hit 56
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Sean Abbott was the 12th man during the match | 8,823 | record_train |
Suarez, who scored @placeholder's late goal in the 2-1 defeat, made his public apology later Sunday on the club's website. | (CNN) -- Liverpool striker Luiz Suarez apologized Sunday for refusing to shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra before the start of an English Premier League match. The Uruguay international was widely criticized for Saturday's snub which came as they met face to face for the first time since he was given an eight-game ban for racially abusing the Frenchman at an earlier fixture between the two clubs in October. United manager Alex Ferguson called Suarez a "disgrace" while Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre was angered by his own player's actions. "We are extremely disappointed Luis Suarez did not shake hands with Patrice Evra before yesterday's game. The player had told us beforehand that he would, but then chose not to do so," Ayre told the club's official website.
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Luis Suarez apologizes for refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand
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Uruguay star says he "got things wrong" before start of EPL game
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Suarez criticized by Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre
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Suarez got eight-game ban for racially abusing Man Utd's Evra | 8,824 | record_train |
@placeholder announced Tuesday that an art project was to blame. | (CNN)Blaming a school project for an hourslong traffic jam sounds about as far-fetched as blaming a dog for eating your homework. But Atlanta Police said it was a Georgia State University student's art project attached to the outer frame of the 14th Street Bridge in downtown Atlanta that shut down all north and southbound lanes of Interstate 75/85 for two hours on Monday. "Georgia State has taken responsibility for the object," Assistant Chief Shawn Jones said at a news conference Tuesday. The department said it received a 911 call regarding a suspicious package around 12:50 p.m. Monday. When crews went to investigate, they "found an object that looked like an explosive," Jones said.
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All lanes of Interstate 75/85 shut down for two hours Monday.
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Georgia State said art project mounted to bridge was to blame.
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Police working with GSU to remove other cameras around the city. | 8,825 | record_train |
At least seven @placeholder institutions have at least one titan arum in each of its collections. | (CNN) -- The United Kingdom has royal baby watch. Zoo Atlanta had panda baby watch. Now Washington has stinky flower watch. The enormous plant known as the corpse flower is expected to bloom and stink up the grounds at the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory sometime this week. It will be the first flowering of this titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the stinky plant, which has lived at the garden since 2007. The plant doesn't have an annual blooming cycle; it can wait years or even decades between cycles. It's expected to heat up, start smelling like dead animals and bloom overnight or in the early morning hours -- though exactly which night it will happen is not known. The heat and smell is to attract pollinator insects such as dung beetles in its natural habitat, said Ari Novy, the garden's public programs manager. The garden doesn't have any such beetles but resident flies could come calling, he said.
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A corpse flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden will bloom for the first time ever
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Native to the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, they take years to bloom
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When they start blooming, they get very hot and stinky | 8,826 | record_train |
@placeholder noted Saturday that people in his native Colombia, too, have called for different ways to approach illicit drugs. | (CNN) -- Speaking Saturday at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama said it is reasonable to debate alternatives in the war on drugs, but insisted legalizing drugs wasn't a valid option in the United States. Obama voiced his view in his first public remarks at the hemispheric event during a meeting of business leaders, where he was part of a panel alongside Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The possibility of drug legalization has gained traction in Central America, which is being squeezed between suppliers to the south and consumers to the north. Yet the idea goes against decades of the prohibitionist policy backed by the United States, which is largely followed and enforced in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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NEW: Colombia's president says it is unthinkable if Cuba isn't at the next summit
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NEW: Santos adds the summit can be a "starting point" for talks on illicit drugs
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Obama says debate is fine, but insists legalization isn't an option in the U.S.
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The United States wants strong relations with Latin America, Obama says | 8,827 | record_train |
"By the end of 19 August ... members of the @placeholder government were either in hiding or were incarcerated." | Sixty years after the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a declassified CIA document acknowledges that the agency was involved in the 1953 coup. The independent National Security Archive research institute, which published the document Monday, says the declassification is believed to mark the CIA's first formal acknowledgment of its involvement. The documents, declassified in 2011 and given to George Washington University research group under the Freedom of Information Act, come from the CIA's internal history of Iran from the mid-1970s and paint a detailed picture of how the CIA worked to oust Mossadegh. In a key line pointed out by Malcom Byrne, the editor who worked through the documents, the CIA spells out its involvement in the coup. "The military coup that overthrew Mossadeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government," the document says, using a variation of the spelling of Mossadegh's name.
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A newly declassified document acknowledges the CIA's hand in ousting Mohammad Mossadegh
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While this might be the CIA's first formal nod, the U.S. role has long been known
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The CIA used propaganda, along with other politicians and leaders in Iran, to unseat Mossadegh
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consider @placeholder... Kyle, you not only saved your brother in arms, you displayed heroism in a blink of an eye that will inspire for generations.' | President Obama today presented the Medal of Honor to a Marine who lost an eye and most of his jaw after fearlessly shielding a comrade from a grenade blast in Afghanistan - and told him that his heroism 'will inspire for generations'. Retired Corporal William 'Kyle' Carpenter, 24, from Flowood, Mississippi, received the nation's top military award in the East Room of the White House, becoming the eighth living recipient for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq. It comes nearly four years after he threw himself on top of a grenade to save his friend, Lance Cpl. Nicholas Eufrazio, while they stood guard on a rooftop in the Helmand province in November 2010.
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Kyle Carpenter shielded his friend from the blast on a rooftop in the Helmand province in November 2010 - and both men survived
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He lost his right eye and most of his teeth, suffered a shattered jaw and broke his arm in multiple places and has undergone 30+ surgeries since
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As Obama presented him with the award at a White House ceremony, he paid tribute to him as 'the best example of what you want in an American'
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He added that Kyle proudly wore his scars as a sign of his service - and admitted they were a hit with women
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'I remember very distinctly watching her in the @placeholder as she was being anointed, she had stripped off her regalia and stood there in her simple white shift. | They have described themselves as the 'Spice Girls' of their day - the 'lily white' Maids of Honour chosen to accompany the Queen on her Coronation Day. Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill, Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Lady Anne Coke, Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, Lady Moyra Hamilton and Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby were chosen for their 'decorative' beauty as well as their ability to carry the Queen's heavy train. All six were reunited at Westminster Abbey today to celebrate sixty years since that momentous day. The Queen on her Coronation Day in 1953, accompanied by the six women who now call themselves 'The Queen's Spice Girls'
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Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill and Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart
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Lady Anne Coke, Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Moyra Hamilton
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Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
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And credit to @placeholder for being there for the festivities. | Seriously. It actually happened. Sort of. On January 10, in my weekly Apparently This Matters column, I wrote about an online fundraiser called the Good Day Blimp where, essentially, four guys were trying to quickly raise $25,000 for charity to more-or-less guilt-trip the Goodyear company into flying their blimp high in the air while spelling out in lights "ICE CUBE'S A PIMP." If Goodyear would do this on January 20 -- a very specific and important date -- the South Central Los Angeles nonprofit, A Place Called Home, would get the money. You know, for kids! But it had to be THAT date and THOSE words.
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Ice Cube wrote the 1992 hit song "It Was a Good Day"
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In it, he describes his version of a perfect day in South Central, Los Angeles
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One of the examples was having his name in lights on the Goodyear Blimp
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In his 22 games so far he has clocked-up 12 assists and given @placeholder a presence in attack that has allowed Messi in particular to find a little more time and space. | When Luis Suarez chased down Villarreal defender Mateo Mussachio, dispossessed him, and crossed for Barcelona to open the scoring in the Copa del Rey semi-final first-leg two weeks ago, the Nou Camp chanted his name. It was a strange moment, especially as the goalscorer had been Lionel Messi. It seems Suarez has won over his new supporters almost without scoring goals. He turns up in Manchester for his first game on English soil since his £75million transfer having scored just seven times in all competitions in 22 games, but there is no crisis because supporters have learned to love the new Suarez – the one who makes their all-star front-three tick.
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Luis Suarez joined Barcelona from Liverpool in a £75million switch in 2014
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Suarez is in Manchester for his first game on English soil since the move
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The striker has been fitting in well at the Nou Camp and is a fan favourite
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Manchester City welcome La Liga club Barcelona to the Etihad on Tuesday
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While he said the private sector has been interested in developing the @placeholder market, companies have been reluctant because of corruption and a lack of infrastructure. | Washington (CNN) -- The campaign to feed the world's poor will get some much needed star power Friday when Bono, co-founder of the global advocacy organization ONE, arrives to rally leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to take action. While the crisis in the eurozone will no doubt top the agenda when the G8 leaders gather Friday for a two-day summit, the talks will also tackle the issue of food security and ways to feed a growing world population. At their annual summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in 2009, leaders pledged to provide $20 billion to fight hunger in the developing world over three years. Since then, U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have embraced food security as a signature foreign policy issue, working to support farmers in Africa and other developing countries to improve agriculture.
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Europe's crisis will top G8 meeting agenda Friday, but talks will also focus on world hunger
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As commitments expire, donor governments won't be able to solve hunger problem alone
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30 African governments have food security, agricultural development investment plans
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They have created an interest in investing, with a focus on small farms, USAID official says | 8,833 | record_train |
‘As Labour represents those comfortable at the top of the public sector, it is not @placeholder, but Ukip that represents the concerns of most working men and women.’ | Mark Reckless, right, with his wife Catriona, said only the public sector elite supports Labour Ukip won in Rochester because the Labour Party now represents only the public sector elite, according to Mark Reckless. The former Tory, who retained his seat with a modest majority after switching to Nigel Farage’s party, used his victory speech to tell supporters that Ed Miliband and his team were out of touch. He said Ukip had become the ‘radicals’ of British politics, snatching votes from the opposition party. He declared: ‘The radical tradition, which has stood and spoken for the working class, has found a new home in Ukip.
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Mark Reckless claimed that Ed Miliband and Labour were out of touch
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He claimed that Ukip were now the radical party of British politics
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Reckless retained his own seat with a majority of 2,920 votes
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About 200 Scabby balloons are used by labor unions nationwide, according to @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Scabby the Rat may not have a word to say, but the large rodent-shaped balloon helped a labor union earn a free-speech victory Thursday before New Jersey's highest court. Big Sky Balloons, based in Chicago, Illinois, rents out "union rats" like Scabby and other inflatables. The seven justices ruled unanimously that the local union had a right to display its 10-foot-tall, black, rat-shaped balloon at a rally held outside a fitness center. At issue was whether a township could enforce a ban on inflatable or portable signs and banners on public property. Lawrence Township police had levied a $100 fine against an official from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers because of Scabby.
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Court: Towns have right to enforce aesthetics, but not curb speech
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Scabby the Rat balloon displayed at union rallies in New Jersey
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Both Cambodia and Thailand lay claim to the temple, which sits atop a cliff on @placeholder soil but has its most accessible entrance on the Thai side. | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people have fled fighting between Thailand and Cambodia over the past week, 30 people have been injured, and five Thai soldiers have been killed, the Thai Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. About 27,000 people are living in 33 temporary shelters in Thailand, the ministry said. Clashes between the two sides began last Friday, with each country accusing the other of trying to seize two ancient temples. Thai Foreign Minsiter Kasit Piromya visited the province and said in a statement Tuesday that Cambodia is still attacking Thais. There was a brief exchange of fire between Cambodian and Thai troops Tuesday afternoon, but it was calmed quickly, Thai Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd said.
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Fresh clash breaks out Tuesday but is calmed quickly, a Thai official says
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Thai Health Ministry says 27,000 Thais are living in temporary shelters
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Each side blames the other for the violence, which erupted near two disputed temples
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U.S. Secretary of State Clinton says the United States is "deeply concerned" | 8,836 | record_train |
Compatriot @placeholder provided the main challenge to Martin and came close to forcing a playoff on the 18th. | (CNN) -- Spaniard Pablo Martin claimed his first European Tour win as a professional as he held off home hope Charl Schwartzel by a stroke to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek. Martin claimed the Portugal Open as an amateur, but has since endured a sorry run of form and only narrowly kept his tour card at the end of last season. But victory in the first tournament of the 2010 Race to Dubai has seen the 23-year-old create history as the first man to win European Tour events as both an amateur and professional. While Martin triumphed, South African favorite Ernie Els, who had been his closest challenger overnight, slumped to a sorry five-over 77, with a double bogey on the famous 18th on the course which adjoins the Kruger National Park.
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Pablo Martin wins Alfred Dunhill Championship with final round 69 at Leopard Creek
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Spaniard holds off South African Charl Schwartzel by a shot to claim first pro triumph
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Martin becomes first man to win European Tour events as an amateur and professional
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Home favorite Ernie Els slumps to final round five-over-par 77 | 8,837 | record_train |
The @placeholder based man had a love for all things extreme | Team mates of Alex Duncan, a wingsuit diver who died last week, have released exquisite images of the professional diver doing what he loved in a bid to honour him. Duncan died after a failed flight in the Swiss Alps, when his dive went off track and he hit the rocks of a mountain 300 meters below the peak. Tributes to the 26-year-old diver, from Manly on Sydney's Northern beaches, have been streaming in over social media since the news of the his death broke. The 26-year-old had been involved in extreme sports since he was a teenager Duncan was a member of wingsuit diving team Turbolenza
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26-year-old from Manly died 300m from base of mountain
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The experienced diver is being honoured for his adventurous spirit
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During that time, @placeholder crafted a student loan bill that tied interest rates to financial markets, which President Obama signed it into law in August. | (CNN) -- As the new school year approaches, President Obama has been traveling around talking about the high cost of education. In a speech given on August 22 in Syracuse, New York, he laid out a plan to rein in the costs, describing affordable and accessible education as "Washington's highest priority." But the education system isn't broken -- it's "fixed." If we're serious about tackling the issue of affordable education and student debt, we need to strike at the root of the problem -- the influence of money in politics. Private corporations like Sallie Mae -- which own 15% or $162.5 billion dollars of total student debt -- rake in private-island-purchasing profits while students suffer.
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Ben Cohen, Edward Erikson: Are we serious about solving student debt crisis?
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Cohen, Erikson: The root of the problem is influence of money in politics
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Students suffer but Sallie Mae profits while owning 15% of student debt, they say
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Cohen, Erikson: Corporations like Sallie Mae lobby Congress; we need to change that | 8,839 | record_train |
The trailer, which is just under two-and-a-half minutes long, captures the emotion of @placeholder fans across the world. | EA Sports have released a trailer for the highly-awaited FIFA 15 which will leave fans of the game counting down the days until its official release. The official TV commercial features the teams in which you can currently control on FIFA 15's demo, which was released on both PlayStation and Xbox during the course of the week. Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain all appear in the trailer of the latest version of FIFA which is set to be released across Europe on September 25. FIFA 15 cover star Lionel Messi makes an appearance in EA Sports' latest trailer
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Barcelona's Lionel Messi is one of the cover stars for the new video game
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Messi is rated as the best player on the game with an overall rating of 93
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FIFA 15 will be available to buy across Europe from September 25
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Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all feature in latest trailer | 8,840 | record_train |
Mobile phone records show that the last time @placeholder used his phone was to text his sister at around 3:23am. | By Daily Mail Reporter A piece of chewed bubblegum proves that New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez murdered his friend Odin Lloyd in an abandoned industrial park, prosecutors claim. Hernandez, 23, was yesterday charged with shooting Lloyd five times in what was described as an 'orchestrated execution' at the disused park just minutes from his mansion in North Attleboro, Massachusetts. Yesterday at a hearing in Attleboro District Court prosecutors said that on the night of the murder, Hernandez stopped at a gas station and bought gas, cigarettes and crucially a packet of blue cotton candy-flavoured Bubblicious bubble gum. Scroll down for video
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Footballer 'stopped at gas station to buy cotton candy-flavoured gum'
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Piece of cotton candy gum 'discovered next to shell casing in rental car'
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Video from Hernandez's own security cameras 'show him with a gun'
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Murder victim Odin Lloyd was dating the sister of Hernandez's girlfriend
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Patriots star also being sued for a separate alleged shooting in February
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Former assistant Alexander Bradley claims player shot him in the face | 8,841 | record_train |
@placeholder has become a symbol for proponents of stricter gun control in the national debate about the right to bear arms, which has grown louder since the December 14 attack in Newtown. | By Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:23 EST, 4 January 2013 | UPDATED: 16:29 EST, 4 January 2013 Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who survived a mass shooting in her Arizona district two years ago, met with Newtown officials on Friday afternoon before heading to visit with families of the victims of last month's Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. Giffords arrived at Newtown's town hall shortly before 3p.m. and met with First Selectman Pat Llodra and School Superintendent Janet Robinson among other officials. After about 30 minutes, Giffords and a small entourage boarded their vehicles and drove off from the town hall.
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The former Congresswoman was shot in the head when a gunman opened fire at a constituent meet-and-greet outside a Tucson grocery store on January 8, 2011
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then joined @placeholder in the ambulance which took her to hospital where she | Jailed: Thomas Donelan, 20, from Levenshulme, Manchester was jailed for two years for the possession and supply of the Class A drug to Serena Harding, 16 A trio of young men who supplied ecstasy to a school girl who later died were sentenced today. Twenty-year-old Thomas Donelan, who supplied the class A drug to Serena Harding, 16, was jailed while two others received suspended sentences in the incident. Miss Harding, the daughter of a drugs counsellor, suffered a fatal heart attack when she took the rave drug last August. The teenager from Warrington, Cheshire, had travelled to Manchester to see close friend Michael Millington and his pals Donelan and Dean Williams.
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Thomas Donelan jailed for two years for possession and supply of Class A drug
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Dean Williams and Michael Millington receive suspended sentences for supply of Class A drug
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It is thought victim Serena Harding had never taken ecstasy before
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Her devastated parents say: 'Everyday we ask ourselves "how this can be?"
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She had been suffering from Crohn's Disease
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Judge Maurice Green said the case brought home the dangers of taking illegal drugs more than any other | 8,843 | record_train |
@placeholder is the BBC's second highest earner taking home a cool £2m-a-year | By Miles Goslett The BBC Trust is paying one of the Corporation’s former executives a six-figure sum to conduct a secret inquiry into its stars’ earnings. Mark Oliver’s firm Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates will investigate whether the BBC’s top ‘talent’ – including Graham Norton, Gary Lineker, Jeremy Clarkson and Fiona Bruce – is being overpaid. More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them. Graham Norton (left) is believed to take home £2.6m-a-year making him the BBC's highest earner while Jeremy Clarkson (right) earns £1m each year
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More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them
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Graham Norton is the BBC’s highest earner on £2.6million-a-year
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Gary Lineker comes in at number two with a £2million-a-year pay packet
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Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is paid £1million-a-year while Fiona Bruce gets £500,000 and Tess Daly £250,000
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BBC cites commercial sensitivity as rationale behind refusal to name names | 8,844 | record_train |
Ellen reminded the @placeholder producer that 'only a billion people were watching' as she urged him to tip 'whatever you think is right.' | A pizza delivery guy brought a huge order to the Dolby Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on Sunday only to be roped into appearing onstage at the Oscars. Edgar, pictured below at work at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Hollywood, was fulfilling an order for five of the chain's specialty Big Papa's and a selection of smaller pies. After the slices were consumed, host Ellen DeGeneres collected hundreds of dollars from Brad Pitt and Harvey Weinstein to tip the man, but he never saw that cash, according to TMZ. Scroll down for video... Pizza time: To his surprise, Ellen brought Edgar out onstage to deliver the pizzas himself
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Ellen called Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Hollywood and order included five huge pies
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The Oscars host collected around $300 from stars in audience but 'delivery man didn't receive' bonus tip
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Before the shooting at the @placeholder political meet-and-greet, House lawmakers were preparing to vote on the repeal of the health care legislation this week. | (CNN) -- There's no evidence the heated political environment played any role in the shooting spree that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition and killed six others, but observers say if nothing else, the tragedy will force politicians to re-evaluate their rhetoric. Militant-themed messages and speeches laced with fear have marked recent dialogue in Washington and on the campaign trail, but in the aftermath of the massacre in Arizona, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are calling on their colleagues to tone it down. "An event like this really ought to make us rethink the way we speak to each other every day about politics and policy in the country, especially in the Congress," said Thomas Benson, professor of rhetoric at Penn State University.
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Militant-themed messages and speeches laced with fear mark political dialogue
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Lawmakers on both sides of aisle call on colleagues to tone it down
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The notion that rhetoric caused the violence is "fallacious," professor says
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Six men with explosives strapped to their bodies attacked a governor's office in northeastern @placeholder just before dawn Wednesday, authorities said. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two attackers and a security guard were killed on Wednesday during an assault on a Red Cross building in Afghanistan and a gun battle between police and militants, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Insurgents stormed the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan parliament member Haji Hazrat Ali told CNN the incident started with one attacker blowing himself up and others entering the building. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said forces surrounded the building and engaged in a gun battle with the attackers. Seven foreign nationals were rescued and one ICRC foreign staffer was slightly injured, he said.
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NEW: 3 killed in attack on International Committee of Red Cross building in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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NEW: Seven foreign nationals have been rescued in the Jalalabad incident
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In Panjshir, attack on governor's office leaves one police officer and seven attackers dead
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George’s ties to some of those who will flock to see him next week are the result of a human drama which, in microcosm, tells the story of the forging of @placeholder itself. | When Prince George arrives in Sydney next Wednesday, diehard republicans will no doubt protest that he is just another over-privileged royal with no more right to reign over them in the future than a kangaroo. But, as I have discovered, the little fellow has rather more in common with the average Aussie than any of them could suspect. For I can reveal that through a horny-handed, sheep-stealing ancestor, he is related to hundreds, possibly thousands, of modern Australians. Thanks to his grandmother, Carole Middleton, the eight-month-old Prince can trace his roots to a 19th-century farm labourer from Kent, who was found guilty of stealing three lambs and handed the obligatory sentence — transportation to Australia.
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Duchess can trace roots to farm labourer who was sent to Australia
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He was found guilty of stealing three lambs and handed the sentence
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Ultimately, he says, he did the project "not for @placeholder, not for Xinjiang," but for himself. | (CNN) -- Kurbanjan Samat, a 32-year-old Uyghur photographer, wants to dispel the stereotypes he says many Chinese hold about people from his home region -- an ethnically diverse province in China's far west. He traveled to more than 20 cities to interview and photograph more than 500 people as part of a photography project called "I'm from Xinjiang" that aims to bridge the gap between China's Han majority and the predominantly Muslim Uyghurs at a time of heightened tensions between the two groups. Following the conviction of Uyghur extremists for a number of violent attacks in the past year, Samat told CNN that many Chinese outside Xinjiang increasingly associate the province with terrorism.
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Uyghur photographer wants to dispel stereotypes about Xinjiang.
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The Chinese province has become associated with Islamic terrorism.
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Kurbanjan Samat has taken more than 500 portraits.
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But despite his jet setting lifestyle, it appears he has still had time to visit @placeholder in her native Sweden. | By Anita Bennett Last updated at 2:07 PM on 17th July 2011 It seems Elin Nordegren just cannot escape her ex-husband Tiger Wood's army of alleged mistresses. The 31-year-old may not know it yet, but her new beau appears to have much more in common with Tiger than just a fondness for pretty Swedish blondes. Yesterday it was reported that Elin, a former model, had found love again with Jamie Dingman, a successful American investor and businessman. Love again: Tiger Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren is said to be dating Jamie Dingman, son of an American billionaire Leggy: Rachel Uchitel, pictured in Los Angeles in March 2010, is said to have previously dated Elin's new boyfriend Jamie Dingman
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"You saw when @placeholder came on the screen, everyone was raving and that just shows how big he is in world football." | (CNN) -- For Brazil's football team, the pressure is on. Next year the FIFA World Cup arrives in the South American country for only the second time, with the nation's near 200 million inhabitants expecting to celebrate a record sixth triumph in the tournament. But all is not well in the land of "jogo bonito" -- the beautiful game. So much so that with Brazil falling to an all-time low of 18th in the world rankings, a couple of old stagers are back to try and breathe new life into a nation that in many ways represents the very essence of international football.
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Brazil lose 2-1 to England at Wembley Stadium, London
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The match was the first of Luis Felipe Scolari's second spell as coach
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Scolari called Ronaldinho into the Brazil squad for the first time in a year
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to Magnotta, may have been the 'perfect victim' for @placeholder, a | The Canadian killer who horrifically murdered and dismembered a Chinese student in Montreal planned the attack for six months and then worked to cover up the crime, prosecutors said Wednesday in closing arguments. Authorities worked to refute claims by Luka Magnotta's defense lawyer that he is mentally ill and not criminally responsible for the May 2012 murder of Jun Lin, 33. In a December 2011 email to a British journalist , Magnotta had boasted about killing another person and filming it. Prosecutors argued that this shows he was planning the crime for at least six months prior to carrying it out.
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Luka Magnotta's lawyers argue that he's mentally ill and not criminally responsible for the May 2012 murder of Chinese student Jun Lin
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Prosecutors say he boasted to a British journalist in December 2011 that he had already killed someone and videotaped it
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Magnotta killed Lin with an ice pick then videotaped himself defiling and dismembering his corpse
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@placeholder's body was found shortly after an acquaintance appeared at the hotel asking to see him, saying she had been in contact with him earlier in the day, but was unable to reach him for some time, officials said. | (CNN) -- He was a 20-year-old male model. His lover was a 65-year-old man who was a television journalist. They were from Portugal, visiting New York City. The older partner broke off the relationship and ended up mutilated and dead. Now, almost two years later, a New York judge has sentenced model Renato Seabra to 25 years to life in prison -- the maximum sentence -- for the grisly second-degree murder of Carlos Antonio De Castro in their InterContinental Hotel room in Times Square. "This was a brutal and sadistic crime, where Renato Seabra bludgeoned, choked, and mutilated his victim before murdering him," Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. said following the jury's guilty verdict this month.
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Male model Renato Seabra killed, mutilated Carlos Antonio De Castro, jury finds
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Both men were from Portugal visiting New York City in late 2010, early 2011
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Castro, 65, a TV journalist, broke off the relationship with Seabra, then 20
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He then pulls a letter out of his hat, and reading it, says '@placeholder, our time together so far has been nothing short of amazing. | For one woman, sitting next to Santa Claus at a Indiana mall this week ended in a marriage proposal. Santa popped the question to Kimberly Roberts as a pinch hitter for Sgt. Clint Underhill, WFIE reported. The soldier is currently in Afghanistan. Roberts' mother Kathy Ross Roberts uploaded a video of the proposal at the Eastland Mall to Facebook. In the clip, Santa asks Kimberly what she wants for Christmas - and she replies 'I want my boyfriend to come home from Afghanistan.' 'Really? Hm, you know that's quite an honorable thing that they do to keep us free,' Santa says.
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Santa Claus served as a pinch hitter for Sgt. Clint Underhill and popped the question to Underhill's girlfriend Kimberly Roberts
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Roberts' mother Kathy Ross Roberts uploaded a video of the proposal at the Eastland Mall to Facebook | 8,854 | record_train |
Private life: This photograph of the Fuhrer sleeping next to @placeholder was banned during his lifetime | Couple: Adolf Hitler with Eva Braun, who may have been descended from a Jewish family When they committed suicide in his bunker at the end of the Second World War, Eva Braun had been Adolf Hitler’s mistress for more than 12 years and his wife for a mere 40 hours. It seems, however, that despite their time together, she may have kept a crucial family secret from the Fuhrer. For the man who exterminated millions of Jews in the war may have been in love with a woman with Jewish ancestry. DNA analysis of hair found on a brush that belonged to her seems to show a link through her maternal line, it emerged yesterday.
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Scientists made the discovery using hair from a brush that belonged to her
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DNA included particular sequence strongly associated with Jewish people
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Many Jews in Germany converted to Catholicism before 19th Century
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was holding his hand and saying, “@placeholder, if you can hear me, please | By Chris Brooke Last updated at 9:14 AM on 22nd June 2011 A 21-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after six-year-old Owen Wightman was knocked down and killed on Saturday. The man, of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, has been detained by police over the incident in Wakefield and will be interviewed tonight. It follows heartbreaking scenes as Owen's 12-year-old brother Jake confronted the terrible loss, weeping at the scene of his death. Among the tributes placed by grief-stricken family and friends, Jack left flowers, a cuddly monkey toy and a note that read: ‘You were the best bro ever. Even when we used to fight and argue I still loved you.’
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One advantage U.S. troops have is that the Taliban -- which ruled most of Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks -- remain largely unpopular among @placeholder and draw support only through the threat of violence. | Washington (CNN) -- Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday. Bin Laden remains at large more than eight years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that triggered the Afghan war, and is widely believed to be hiding along the rugged border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the world's most wanted terrorist is "an iconic figure" whose survival "emboldens al Qaeda as a franchising organization across the world."
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NEW: "I don't think we can finally defeat al Qaeda" without getting bin Laden, McChrystal says
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NEW: General, U.S. ambassador testify before House and Senate armed services committees
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McChrystal: Perceptions of Afghan people and insurgency will be critical to success
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'When he got off Iona there was so much blood in @placeholder’s eyes that she couldn’t see a thing and we were sure the dog had got her eyes.' | A teenage girl was savagely attacked by her own German Shepherd after the puppy ‘suddenly flipped', tearing off part of her face. Iona Manson from Birmingham, needed two hours of facial reconstruction surgery and more than 50 stitches after the mauling, which tore a chunk out of her nose. And the 13-year-old, who had raised Fidden since he was nine days old, is still mystified why her 13-month-old pet suddenly attacked her. Attacked: Iona Manson, 13, needed more than 50 stitches after was mauled by her pet Fidden, who she had raised from a puppy Remarkably plastic surgeons managed to piece together Iona's face and today the teenager has barely a scratch to remind of her of the terrifying attack.
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Iona Mason had raised Fidden since he was nine-days-old when 13-month-old 'suddenly flipped' | 8,858 | record_train |
'I love @placeholder’s boobs, and I want boobs like that. | By Sadie Whitelocks Jersey Shore star Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi has said that she will let her son use tanning beds when he becomes a teenager, despite UV exposure being linked to skin cancer. The heavily bronzed reality star, 25, who gave birth to baby Lorenzo in August, told xojane that she wouldn't let him tan everyday 'but if you go once in a while, I don’t see the harm in that.' She previously slammed Tanning Mom Patricia Krentcil for taking her five-year-old daughter into a tanning booth. In pursuit of that mahogany glow: Reality TV star Snooki Nicole Polizzi has said that she will let her son Lorenzo visit tanning booths when he becomes a teenager
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And then there's @placeholder, a company that makes true luxury phones, the cheapest of which costs about $6,000. | (WIRED) -- Got a few grand to spare for a $3,000 phone? Yeah, we didn't think so. Nobody does -- and that's a problem for the makers of luxury phones, such as Motorola, Bang & Olufson, LG and Vertu. Vertu makes phones starting at $6,000 and going up in price. After years of chasing the ultra-wealthy with exclusive devices that carry designer logos and promise craftsmanship from materials such as sapphire and stainless steel, luxury phone makers are now pulling back. "The culture has shifted away from conspicuous consumption, so if you are going to have a super expensive product this may not be the time for it," says Avi Greengart, research director for consumer devices at Current Analysis.
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The luxury phone market is in decline because of the recession
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Uber-high-end phones are more popular outside the U.S.
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Vertu makes luxury phones that start at $6,000 and go up in price
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President Ahmadinejad was one of a number of world leaders at the funeral of former @placeholder President Hugo Chavez on Friday | By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 03:58 EST, 12 March 2013 | UPDATED: 07:44 EST, 12 March 2013 A photo of Iranian President Ahmadinejad hugging Hugo Chavez's mother at the late Venezuelan leader's funeral has sparked controversy among conservative Muslim clerics. The image shows Ahmadinejad and Elena Frias de Chavez touching cheeks during a moment of shared grief. But religious conservatives say his actions are 'sinful' under Islamic doctrine which forbids Muslim men from touching women outside their immediate family. Controversy: This photo of President Ahmadinejad closely embracing Elena Frias de Chavez was slammed by religious conservatives in Iran They claim the act insulted Iran's religious dignity and amounted to 'haram' – a term used to describe a religiously forbidden act under Islamic rules.
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Pictured touching cheeks with Elena Frias de Chavez at service
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Muslim men banned from touching women outside immediate family
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Just about everybody except @placeholder wants Donald Sterling to sell the team. | (CNN) -- Two billion dollars to buy the Los Angeles Clippers?? ? Come on, now. You might pay two billion to buy a Picasso but not to buy Dogs Playing Poker. You might pay two billion to buy a yacht but not the USS Minnow. You might pay two billion to buy the Los Angeles DODGERS -- and somebody not long ago did -- but not to buy Hollywood's basketball-playing comedy club. Would you? Uh, well, if your name is Steve Ballmer, and you've got money to burn, and the next goal on your bucket list is to own a basketball team, and you're the kind of guy who loves this game so much that you've even got "Ball" in your surname, $2 billion is the price you're prepared to pay, even if it means buying the Worst Franchise in the History of Professional Basketball.
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Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer offered $2 billion to buy the Clippers
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Mike Downey says it's hard to imagine how the team could be worth that much
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Despite recent uptick in team's quality, it has long history of woeful play, he says
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Downey: Owner Donald Sterling's racist remarks have further tarnished the franchise | 8,862 | record_train |
Tennis star Rafael Nadal (left) is given his bluffing challenge at the start of the @placeholder advert | Seemingly discontent with being one of the world's best tennis players, Rafael Nadal is undergoing some extreme training to turn himself into a poker expert too. In a new YouTube advert for online poker company Poker Stars, the Spanish star is given a crash course in learning to bluff while on a golf course in Majorca. Told to sit on the ground and pretend he'd been hit on the head by a ball, Nadal tricks unsuspecting golfers by acting like he'd lost his memory. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Rafael Nadal trick golfers into believing he has lost his memory
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Rafael Nadal is given a bluffing challenge in a new ad for Poker Stars
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The Spaniard pretends he has lost his memory after being hit by a golf ball
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Nadal tricks three golfers into thinking he doesn't know who he is anymore
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"I thinks he's a friend to the @placeholder -- a very close friend," Boteach said of the pope. | (CNN) -- A rabbi walks into St. Peter's Square, meets the pope, and tells the Holy Father that one way to defuse the sex abuse scandal plaguing the church is for the Vatican to begin promoting a secular version of Shabbat dinner, the traditional Jewish Friday meal. It's no joke. A prominent American rabbi, Shmuley Boteach, spoke briefly to Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday about encouraging parents to eat dinner with their children as a way for the Vatican to re-establish its pro-family image, which has been battered by the priest sex abuse scandal, Boteach said. The brief exchange came after the pope's regular Wednesday address at the Vatican, during which Boteach was seated on a dais along with other Vatican guests. When he met Benedict on a receiving line afterward, Boteach pitched him on his family dinner initiative, called "Turn Friday Night into Family Night."
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American rabbi Shmuley Boteach spoke to Pope Benedict XVI about dinner idea
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Boteach calls his proposal "Turn Friday Night into Family Night"
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Through marketing and promotion, Big Boi was cast as the bad boy, while @placeholder was the thoughtful, creative one. | (CNN) -- Antwan "Big Boi" Patton considers himself a "truther." The 37-year-old rapper, producer and one-half of the legendary hip hop group OutKast said his grandmother once told him his position as a public figure was to bring valuable information to his audience and community. "There's facts right there in your face," Big Boi said. "They've got a cure for cancer, they've got a cure for AIDS, cure for everything, but they make so much money off the medicine you'll never see it. The people have to understand that." CNN Soundwaves: Big Boi on Big Boi Talking about life According to Big Boi the average person is living an illusion and accepting false information. Hence the name of his latest solo album (he counts it as his third, calling "Speakerboxxx" his actual first album), "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors," which he has called an overall "search for truth."
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Rapper Big Boi says his latest album is a "search for truth"
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Says there is no beef between him and fellow Outkast member Andre 3000
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@placeholder will leave after a bitter row with founder Sir Ken Morrison, who yesterday launched a fresh attack on the management ahead of disappointing festive sales. | The boss of Morrisons supermarket was fired today after its founder told him management 'can't make excuses all the time' for poor sales. Dalton Philips was forced out this morning after the business announced the worst Christmas results of any of the Big Four grocers - down 3.1 per cent in the past three months. Founder Sir Ken Morrison has been critical of Mr Philips' leadership and last year accused him of speaking 'bull****' during a board meeting. Mr Philips told the BBC: 'I'm very sad to be leaving but when a board wants to make a change you accept that and move on. Tonight I will be going for a very large beer.
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Dalton Philips quit after supermarket revealed worst results of Big Four
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Like-for-like sales over the three months including Christmas down 3.1%
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Tesco sales were down 2.9%, Sainsbury's 1.7% and Asda yet to announce
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Mr Philips said: 'When a board wants to make a change then you have to accept it. Tonight I will be going for a very large beer'
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Former director says results prove board 'couldn't run a school tuck shop'
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Morrisons to shut 10 unprofitable stores with loss of 400 jobs
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More than half of all household visited Aldi or Lidl over Christmas
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But the 48 year old alcoholic returned in July after drinking and Susan complained, telling him: '@placeholder you can't treat me like this.' | This is the moment a terrified woman desperately fought for her life as her crazed husband held a knife against her throat. Neighbours watched in horror as drunk Glenn Mills grabbed his wife Susan around the neck and threatened to kill her, a court heard. The terrified mother feared she was going to die at the hands of her jealous husband as he pointed the large kitchen towards her throat and told her: 'If I'm going down I'm going down for something worthwhile.' This was the moment terrified mother Susan Mills was seen on camera fighting for her life as her drunken husband wielded a knife in their back garden
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Susan Mills had desperately fought for her life against her husband Glenn
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The terrified mother thought she would die at the hands of jealous Mills
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Mills held a knife to her throat threatening as Mrs Mills pleaded for help
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But on Monday Ms @placeholder issued a statement saying she was ‘shocked and saddened’ by Joan’s death on Sunday at the age of 96. | By Peter Allen PUBLISHED: 09:42 EST, 17 December 2013 | UPDATED: 15:06 EST, 17 December 2013 Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland was today 'in mourning' over the death of her equally famous sister Joan Fontaine Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland was today ‘in mourning’ over the death of her equally famous sister Joan Fontaine, telling friends: ‘I’ll never forget her’. The Oscar-winning actress is now almost 97, and living in an upmarket apartment block close to the Arc de Triumphe in Paris. She and her sister were notorious for their bitter quarrels, and barely spent any time together during their long and successful screen careers.
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The Oscar-winning actress is now almost 97 and living in Paris
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The sisters were notorious for their bitter quarrels
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People who worked on the atlas project were surprised at how concentrated HIV and AIDS are in certain @placeholder counties. | (CNN) -- The Southeast is among the areas of the United States with the highest concentration of cases of HIV and AIDS, according to a new online tool called the National HIV/AIDS Atlas. In this map of AIDS prevalence rates in the Southeast, red represents the highest (0.593 percent or greater). AIDS experts in the region say that access to health care, especially when it comes to screening, is a major problem in rural communities. In the Southeast, people with HIV tend to get tested late, after they have become sick, partly because of stigma, said Kathie Hiers, executive director of AIDS Alabama in Birmingham.
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HIV epidemic is not uniformly distributed throughout the U.S.
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Disproportionate number of African-Americans have HIV/AIDS
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'Yes there are elements of the @placeholder opposition that are deeply unsavoury, that are very dangerous, very extremist and I want nothing to do with them. | By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 05:33 EST, 16 June 2013 | UPDATED: 01:51 EST, 17 June 2013 Iran is preparing to send 4,000 troops in to Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of America's announcement it will be providing 'military aid' to the country's Muslim rebels. President Barack Obama made the pledge earlier this week after the U.S. claimed it found 'conclusive evidence' Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the rebel forces - which includes the most extreme Sunni Islamists - and has called for Britain and France to back the move. While Britain hasn't made a guarantee either way as yet, more than 350 Royal Marines are being sent to Jordan as part of an 8,000-strong 'multinational exercise', further increasing tensions in the war-torn region.
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350 Royal Marines on way to Jordan as part of 'multinational exercise'
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David Cameron welcomed Barack Obama's vow to provide 'military aid' to Syrian rebels but has so far only promised Britain's 'non-lethal' support
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Britain and U.S. to tackle Putin for supporting Syria's president at G8 meet
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'He doesn't miss out a thing and he is very rigorous with his approach to every single game, whether it is @placeholder or whoever else we might play. | Middlesbrough's on-loan FA Cup hero Patrick Bamford can see plenty of his Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in his current manager Aitor Karanka. Bamford, 21, is enjoying a superb campaign on Teesside, having moved from Stamford Bridge on a season-long deal. The move was given the full blessing of Mourinho, who had Karanka as his assistant during his time in charge at Real Madrid. Middlesbrough striker Patrick Bamford celebrates after scoring for his side against Manchester City Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka (right) watches on during the match at Manchester City Karanka is now making an impact at the Riverside Stadium, with his Boro side second in the Sky Bet Championship and through to the FA Cup fifth round after a stunning 2-0 win at Manchester City.
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21-year-old is at Middlesbrough on a season-long loan from Chelsea
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Aitor Karanka was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Real Madrid
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And people who were responsible should be held responsible,' @placeholder told | Killer: Joseph Wood gasped for nearly two hours as he was being executed for murdering two people Bungling Arizona executioners administered at least two full doses of a lethal injection cocktail to double-murderer Joseph Wood in a desperate attempt to finish him off, it emerged today. Doctors and government officials watched the convicted killer let out hundreds of blood-curdling 'snorts and gasps' for 117 minutes as the deadly drugs coursed through his veins on Wednesday. But when the first batch did not achieve the desired effect, they decided to pump a second dose into his body, Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Zick told Reuters.
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Double murderer Joseph Wood took two hours to die on Wednesday
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Sen. McCain brands execution, in which he 'gasped and snorted', as torture
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@placeholder then joined in the attack, kicking Mr Ismai while he writhes on the ground to the horror of by-standers. | This is the horrifying moment a man was left blinded in one eye after being beaten with his own belt by a gang of thugs. The 32-year-old Bensalaman Ismai was attacked at around 6am on January 26 last year after becoming embroiled in a dispute over a taxi in Birmingham city centre. After trying to run away, he was chased down and punched, kicked and hit in the face with the buckle of his belt, causing him to lose vision in one of his eyes. Scroll down for video Savage: Simeon Evans and Jack Gargham were filmed whipping Mr Ismai with his belt, hitting him in the face with its buckle and leaving him blind in one eye
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Two men and a women were jailed over 'savage' attack on 32-year-old man
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Violence erupted following a fight over taxis in Birmingham city centre
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Algerian Bensalaman Ismai was left permanently blinded in his left eye | 8,873 | record_train |
Whenever he speaks, @placeholder opens his eyes and tries to find him. | Hero: Sergeant Johnson Beharry is showing off his newborn son Ayden in an interview with Hello! magazine Military hero Johnson Beharry, who became the first recipient of the Victoria Cross for more than two decades in 2005, has had tiny replicas of his medals made for his newborn son. Sergeant Beharry, 34, showed off his son Ayden for the first time in an interview with Hello! magazine and said that he never imagined he would become a father. He was the first serviceman honoured with the VC in 23 years after risking his life to save his colleagues in Iraq, suffering horrific injuries in the process.
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Grenada-born Beharry married wife Mallissa in March five months after they met
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Mexican authorities said the country remains a preferred destination for @placeholder vacationers, but acknowledged that the warnings may lead some of the 18 million who typically visit their neighbor south of the border to find another place to go this year. | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexico's tourism director on Wednesday downplayed the risk of violence facing tourists, despite warnings for travelers to think twice about visiting the country. A cliff diver jumps from "La Quebrada" cliff in Acapulco, Mexico. The diving is a popular tourist attraction. "In all parts of the world, you have to be careful with what you do," Oscar Fitch told CNN en Espanol. "What I am saying is there are very safe zones and there are zones that are not safe." In recent days, the United States, Canada, France, Italy and Germany have issued alerts about travel to Mexico, where drug violence was blamed for more than 5,400 killings last year.
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United States, Canada, France, others have issued alerts about travel to Mexico
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Living dolls: @placeholder reveals how many of the looks emulate the porcelain toys | By Daily Mail Reporter From Harajuku girls to Cosplay, Japan's fashionistas are famous for their love of colour, quirky sense of style and penchant for dressing up the frilliest ensembles they can lay their hands on. Now Tokyo's famously eccentric style scene is the subject of a new book, Tokyo Adorned, which shows off the wonderfully girly Kawaii style in all its colourful glory. One of the most creative Tokyo style tribes, Kawaii girls dress to show off their individuality with takes on the look ranging from the Lolita (sweet and girly) to Gotchi (Gothic). Pastel explosion: Tokyo women take sweet and girly dressing to the extreme and it seems they have no fear of over accessorising
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Tokyo Adorned focuses on the Kawaii style set which has scores of quirky subsets
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Ollie Proudlock opted for a summer look and a @placeholder-inspired 'scene' for his party | It is hard to imagine these stars snapping up a Thomson holiday, even if they do enjoy a good 'pardy'. But the famous faces from Made in Chelsea joined DJ and TV presenter Jameela Jamil and Millie Mackintosh to celebrate the launch of the holiday company's new service for young travellers. Ollie Proudlock, Binky Felstead and Lucy Watson were out in forces in London's Shoreditch for the glitzy launch. The Made in Chelsea stars were on hand to host the party in London's trendy Shoreditch The stars walked down the red carpet to Callooh Callay cocktail bar for party to celebrate the launch of Thomson Scene, the company's bid to provide more upmarket party holidays for the 18-35s.
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MiC stars joined by alumnus Millie Mackintosh and DJ Jameela Jamil
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Ollie, Binky and Lucy hosted a party to launch Thomson Scene holidays
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@placeholder, on the other hand, looks literally pained, and fans of the talented comedian will wonder why she's already taking thankless mom roles after films like Bridesmaids proved a market for brassy female-driven comedies. | (EW.com) -- Distracted by the easy money of Halloween slasher films, Hollywood has long ignored the more fun-spirited side of the modern, billion-dollar Carnivalesque holiday. But it's the perfect setting for the brand of teen comedies that made John Hughes and Chris Columbus famous. That's clearly the idea behind "Fun Size," which tells the story of a smart and responsible high-school senior (Nickelodeon's Victoria Justice) whose All Hallow's Eve turns into a disastrous adventure in babysitting. She wants to go to the cool dress-up party — her idea of a great costume is Ruth Bader Ginsberg — with her shallow bff (Jane Levy). But when her pathetic widowed mother (Chelsea Handler) pawns her devilish little brother on her so she can party like a teenager herself, chaos and coincidences ensue. She loses the kid at a neighborhood haunted house and has to track him down him before mom gets home.
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"Fun Size" is about a high school senior whose Halloween turns into an adventure in babysitting
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"Fun Size" blatantly and lazily traces mediocre versions of the genre
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Hagar, 63, claims @placeholder, who he says is doing better these days, is perhaps jealous of his success since leaving the band, a power hard rock mainstay of the 1980s and 1990s. | (CNN) -- Rock singer Sammy Hagar, a little older since his Van Halen days but still featuring bountiful blond curls, touted single moms, family and sex Monday night on the premiere of HLN's "Dr. Drew." But for Van Halen fans, Hagar's memories of the band and how he would like to regain a friendship with Eddie Van Halen may have been the biggest draw. "The greatest part of my musical career was being in Van Halen," said Hagar, who described to Dr. Drew Pinsky the alcoholism in his father and former bandmates. One of the band members, Hagar said, went into rehab and got clean, but "Eddie keeps falling down and would be in denial."
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Gartenberg says that while @placeholder gave the appearance of being entirely in control, he did not in fact design each new device single-handedly. | (CNN) -- In the year since Steve Jobs' death, Apple has undergone a gradual and subtle brand makeover, shaking off some of the more unpleasant characteristics associated with Jobs and taking on bits of the personality of its new leader, Tim Cook. For all his brilliance at product design, Jobs showed little interest in glad-handing with Apple partners or investors. By contrast, Apple from the outside has appeared more open under Cook, thanks to a number of orchestrated meetings and trips meant to appeal to the various factions -- consumers, investors and politicians -- interested in the world's leading tech company.
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In the year since Steve Jobs' death, Tim Cook has subtly altered Apple's image
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Following a landmark Supreme Court ruling her family have been told they can sue @placeholder for compensation | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 23 October 2013 | UPDATED: 18:41 EST, 23 October 2013 A woman who nearly drowned during a school swimming lesson 13 years ago has won a landmark ruling from the UK’s highest court which paves the way for her to pursue compensation from a local education authority. Annie Woodland was a pupil at Whitmore Junior School in Basildon, Essex, when she had to be pulled from the water and resuscitated at Gloucester Park pool in July 2000. Miss Woodland, now in her 20s and living with her family in Blackpool, suffered severe brain damage as a result of which she is now incapable of looking after her own affairs.
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Annie Woodland wins a landmark ruling from Supreme Court
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By then, @placeholder had delivered one tetchy exchange over the radio. | The script in Lewis Hamilton’s head prior to qualifying surely placed him on pole position, his esteem restored, on the testing ground of true racers at Spa-Francorchamps. But in the slipping, sliding wet of this Saturday afternoon it was his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg wearing the broad smile of the fastest man. Hamilton, who was two-tenths of a second behind after struggling with a brake problem, was gloomy in his immediate press dealings. He will start today’s Belgian Grand Prix from second on the grid – a handy place to be, according to history. Only six of the last 14 pole-sitters have converted their advantage into victory. Hamilton himself was overtaken at the start when on pole here last year.
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Rosberg beats team-mate Hamilton into second in qualifying at Spa
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Mercedes duo in a class of their own, two seconds clear of rest of the field
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Sebastian Vettel will start third whilst Fernando Alonso is fourth on grid
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City had argued the sanctions were too harsh and a final decision from the @placeholder is still pending. | By Martyn Ziegler, Press Association Jean-Luc Dehaene, the former Belgian prime minister who has headed UEFA's financial fair play investigations, has died, it has been announced. Dehaene, 73, had been suffering from cancer but died following a fall in France, according to media reports in Belgium. Tragic: Former Belgian prime minister Dehaene (left) has died following a fall in France UEFA has been informed of his death but it is unclear what affect it will have on the ongoing case in relation to sanctions for Manchester City's FFP rule breaches, though a further delay is likely. Dehaene was chairman of the Club Football Control Body (CFCB) and it is understood he had been struggling with his illness during recent weeks.
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The former Belgian prime minister, who has headed UEFA's FFP investigations, has died
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I have friends with their sons who live in the area (where @placeholder ultras Frente Atletico are located) and they are healthy people. | Atletico Madrid chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin has called fans responsible for the violent clashes which resulted in the death of a Deportivo La Coruna supporter 'criminals and murderers'. Francisco Javier Romero Taboada - a 43-year-old married man - was pulled from the Manzanares river near Atletico's Vicente Calderon stadium with a severe head injury, advanced hypothermia and in cardiac arrest. He was taken to San Carlos Clinic in Madrid by ambulance but died shortly after. Deportivo La Coruna and Atletico Madrid fans clash outside Vicente Calderon Stadium on Sunday Rival fans were filmed throwing objects at each other on and near the road alongside the Manzanares river
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Miguel Angel Gil Marin slams those involved in violent clashes which led to the death of Francisco Javier Romero Taboada on Sunday
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Numerous books and Web sites such as findagrave.com and seeing-stars.com claim to have insider knowledge about celebrity grave locations on the properties, but @placeholder is unrelentingly secretive about who, exactly, is entombed in its parks. | (CNN) -- As Michael Jackson fans and the media pour into Los Angeles, California, for what could be the most widely watched memorial of all time, an obvious question remains: Where will he be laid to rest? Bette Davis is among the notables buried at the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn park. Although the Jackson family hasn't made an official statement, all signs seem to point toward Forest Lawn Memorial Parks and Mortuaries, the not-for-profit organization that has buried a vast number of Hollywood's notables. Forest Lawn officials were working with the Jackson family on their plans, which were part of "a package" of events Tuesday, said Jim McDonnell, assistant chief of staff of the Los Angeles Police Department on Sunday.
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Sammy Davis Jr. and Humphrey Bogart buried there, among other stars | 8,885 | record_train |
The tower’s celebrated public observation deck, at the top, @placeholder is on the 124th floor. | It is an astonishing image of a unique city. This incredible panoramic image was taken 828 metres above sea level, from the top of the tallest building on earth, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. Composed of over 70 individual photos, it recreates the view Tom Cruise made famous as he sat at the tower’s peak during the filming of Mission Impossible Four, ‘Ghost Protocol’. Navigate around the interactive image below (may not work on all mobile devices) The top of the Burj Khalifa, developed by global property developer Emaar Properties, is over 200 metres above the highest point reached by the building’s elevators, which reach the 160th floor at speeds of some 10 metres per second.
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@placeholder places 44th on a list of destinations for gay tourists. | Croatia’s government has received a controversial proposal that says a secluded, barren island of rock known as the Naked Island would be the perfect place to put gay tourists. Goli Otok was used as a penal colony in Communist times and the pitch to transform it into a gay tourism hub is based on its isolated location in the northern Adriatic Sea. The proposal from an independent think tank says the island – miles away from anywhere – would be the perfect spot for gay tourists because it would give them privacy away from others. Barren island of rock: A proposal says isolated Goli Otok would be the perfect place for gay tourists
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@placeholder, who entered on a skateboard, ended with a dive off the stage. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The MTV Video Music Awards competed with Vice President Joe Biden's convention speech Thursday night, offering Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas doing flips and rapper Lil' Wayne stage diving. MTV moved the East Coast broadcast of the Los Angeles show up an hour when programmers realized they would be up against President Barack Obama's acceptance speech unless they ended the two-hour show by 10 p.m. One Direction claimed the most screen time, winning three "Moon Man" trophies and performing their pop hit "One Thing" in the show. The UK boy band won for best new artist, best pop video and the "most shareworthy" video.
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One Direction claims three "Moon Man" trophies and performs "One Thing"
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The 2012 version of MTV's big show passes without a major faux pas
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Beyonce loses again, but Kanye West was not in the house to object
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Host Kevin Hart tells Drake and Chris Brown: "Nip it in the bud, guys. I'm tired of it. Fix it tonight" | 8,888 | record_train |
He's going to see Sabbath, and he wants to see @placeholder play drums. | (Rolling Stone) -- Bad news for Black Sabbath fans: Bill Ward will not be playing drums at any of the group's three gigs scheduled this year. In a long message posted on his website, Ward explained that he was simply not able to come to terms with his bandmates. The metal pioneers are playing their first show since 2005 this Saturday evening at their hometown of Birmingham, England -- and Ward claims that he first learned of the gig through an ad on the Internet. The original Sabbath lineup announced last November that they would reunite for a tour and their first album since 1978's "Never Say Die!" Less than two months later, guitarist Tony Iommi was diagnosed with lymphoma, prompting Sabbath to cancel the vast majority of their summer tour. Weeks later, Bill Ward announced via a Facebook that he would not participate in the group's reunion until he was presented with a "signable contract." The group vowed to carry on without him and had recently announced a headlining gig at Lollapalooza, as well as a warm-up show in Birmingham this Saturday.
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Bill Ward has declined to play at any of the Black Sabbath's three gigs scheduled this year
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Sabbath asked him to play this Saturday's gig for free without any guarantee
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According to the @placeholder website, membership of college clubs has doubled in the past 10 years, while participation internationally is also growing. | (CNN) -- Scoobers, hammers and laying out - it's the "ultimate" flying saucer attack. And if Mark Poole is right, his sport could soon be coming to an Olympics near you. Poole is one of an estimated five million people who are taking to green spaces across the United States to play a game that is particularly booming at college level. But forget outdated notions of dogs scurrying after flying discs in the park, ultimate is a frenetic pursuit that blends aspects of football and rugby into a dynamic "frisbee" package. And Poole firmly believes a movement that began with the idle toss of a cake pan lid on a Santa Monica beach some 76 years ago is destined for a slot at the greatest sporting show on earth.
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'Ultimate' is a largely recreational sport that is growing in popularity
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Mark Poole is one of the leading proponents of the amateur side of the game
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American believes that ultimate should become an Olympic sport in future
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'No one knows who @placeholder is, except for people who are involved in boxing. | Floyd Mayweather has once again called out welterweight rival Manny Pacquiao but poured cold water on talk of a fight with Amir Khan because 'no one has heard of him'. Mayweather and Pacquiao's meeting has been five years in the making with speculation now rife that the richest fight in boxing history is close to being made. Khan was hopeful of getting his chance to get in the ring with the American star but the 37-year-old says of the Briton 'his name holds no weight', making the prospective encounter extremely unlikely. Floyd Mayweather insists he is ready for Manny Pacquiao with a May 2 date pencilled in for the biggest fight in boxing history
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Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could take part in biggest fight in boxing history on May 2
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Bad news for Amir Khan as Mayweather says 'no one has heard' of English boxer
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Khan arrives back at Manchester Airport after Las Vegas victory against Devon Alexander
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He had hoped impressive win would convince Mayweather's team, insisting he had 'proved himself twice'
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But historical circumstances won't permit @placeholder to push through his own Great Society, Weisbrot says. | (CNN) -- Hold on to the audacity of hope but shun the arrogance of over-promising. A scholar says President Obama could learn from Lyndon Johnson's Great Society mistakes. That's the message from a scholar who says President Obama can learn much from the success and mistakes of another ambitious attempt to remake America. Robert Weisbrot, co-author of "The Liberal Hour: Washington and the Politics of Change in the 1960s,'' says the Great Society revolution was "tremendously liberating" for members of the most vulnerable groups in America. The Great Society was President Lyndon Johnson's sprawling legislative attempts in the mid-1960s to lift Americans out of poverty, erase racial injustice and clean up the environment.
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Scholar: Circumstances won't allow another Great Society
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Obama could learn from President Johnson's mistakes, he says
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She has since been 'banned' from using her phone or the internet by groom-to-be @placeholder, who plans to keep the details of their wedding a surprise, reports claim. | By Mia De Graaf Hollywood has descended on Europe for the wedding of the year. Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 33, and rapper Kanye West, 36, will marry tomorrow in Florence after flying their 3,000-strong wedding party over from a reception in Paris. Truck-loads of fresh flowers, specially-commissioned art, and even a troop Musketeers have been seen arriving at both the Palace of Versailles and the 16th century Forte di Belvedere for the million-dollar weekend of celebrations. Wedding of the year: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will say their vows tomorrow in Florence after flying their 3,000 wedding guests over from a party in Paris
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Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West set to marry in Florence tomorrow after wedding party in Paris tonight
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3,000 guests attended brunch in fashion designer Valentino's Paris home today then drove to Palace of Versailles
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Fresh flowers, art work, troop of Musketeers seen arriving at both the palace and the Forte di Belvedere, Florence
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Militia drafted in to $400,000-a-day Florence venue, construction workers seen setting up a stage | 8,893 | record_train |
But after years of searching, they finally tracked him down in the remote farm in south @placeholder following an anonymous tip-off. | Darrell Simester, 44, was found living in squalid living conditions with torn clothes at a farm near Newport A 'vulnerable' missing man was kept like a slave and forced to work 15-hour days with no pay for 13 years, a trial has heard. Darrell Simester, 44, was found living in squalid living conditions at Cariad Farm, near Newport, with teeth missing and burns on his legs. He slept in a rat-infested shed and was allegedly told he would be buried with the horses if he tried to escape, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Daniel Doran, 67, and his son David Dan Doran, 42, denied a charge of requiring Mr Simester to perform compulsory labour between April 2010 and March 2013.
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Darrell Simester, 44, was kept in slave-like conditions, a trial has heard
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He slept in a rat-infested shed and washed in an animal's feeding trough
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Police raided the horse farm in Newport, south Wales, in March 2013
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Daniel Doran, 67, and David Doran, 42, denied forcing compulsory labour
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Mr Simester told police officers he tried to leave twice but was caught
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is I have true belief in myself and I am giving it my all,’ @placeholder | By Phil Duncan Follow @@PhilDuncanF1 Jenson Button has issued an emphatic response to boss Ron Dennis’s criticism by calling on the entire McLaren team to raise their game in a bid to curve the constructor’s downward spiral. Dennis took aim at Button last weekend after ordering the Englishman, who will compete in his 15th British Grand Prix on Sunday, to improve on his performances after seeing McLaren slump to sixth in the championship. But Button, seemingly irked by his boss’s comments, fought back in bullish fashion on the eve of his home race. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Button on Dennis's claims he must try harder
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Button has hit back at criticism from McLaren boss Dennis
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McLaren driver has been off the pace of his rivals Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton
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Dennis stirred the pot by saying Button should be 'trying harder' in races | 8,895 | record_train |
Air Passenger Duty on flights out of @placeholder is charged in several bands according to the distance of the flight and the class of ticket. | By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor PUBLISHED: 12:31 EST, 27 August 2013 | UPDATED: 14:15 EST, 27 August 2013 Families forking out for flights to the sun, together with all the summer clothes and travel insurance, are paying a staggering £2billion ‘holiday tax’, it is claimed. For a combination of Air Passenger Duty, VAT and insurance tax are imposing a huge financial burden on families who already struggle to afford a foreign break. New research from the TaxPayers’ Alliance warns UK flight taxes are the most expensive in the world, adding hundreds of pounds to some holidays. Checking in: Research from the TaxPayers' Alliance warns UK flight taxes are the most expensive in the world
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The TaxPayers' Alliance said the tax take equates to an average of £56 for every many woman and child who flies overseas each year
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It warns UK flight taxes are the most expensive in the world, adding hundreds of pounds to some holidays
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A family of six travelling to Spain 'will have faced an average tax bill of £187 on their flights and holiday purchases in the UK' | 8,896 | record_train |
And yet, at the same time, a document that presents an incomplete prescription for the uplift of @placeholder. | Editor's note: Leonard Pitts Jr., a columnist for the Miami Herald, won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and is the author of a new novel, "Before I Forget" and of "Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood." Leonard Pitts says neither the black nor white yardsticks on race present the full picture. (CNN) -- They're not going to like this. Indeed, one suspects the National Urban League's recently released 2009 State of Black America report quantifying racial inequities in employment, housing, education, criminal justice, health and other arenas will be about as welcome as graffiti on the Lincoln Memorial among those Americans who convinced themselves in November the country had entered a "post-racial" era.
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Leonard Pitts: Whites want to view race in terms of progress blacks have made
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He says blacks view race as the distance it will take them to achieve equality
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He says neither picture is complete and it will take both to reach desired goal
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Pitts: State of Black America report provides useful data on inequities | 8,897 | record_train |
the weekend, a source close to @placeholder, who is worth a reported | var twitterVia = 'MailOnline'; DM.later('bundle', function(){ DM.has('shareLinkTop', 'shareLinks', { 'id': '2588017', 'title': 'How L\'Wren\'s death was foreshadowed days BEFORE her suicide', 'url': 'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2588017/Was-Lwren-Scotts-death-foreshadowed-blind-item-revealed-knew-problems-helped.html', 'eTwitterStatus': ' http://dailym.ai/ORpYnS via @' + twitterVia, 'articleChannelFollowButton': 'MailOnline', 'isChannel': false, 'hideEmail': true, 'placement': 'top', 'anchor': 'tl'}); }); 259 View comments DM.later('bundle', function(){ DMS.Article.init('top'); }); A celebrity gossip site has claimed that one of their blind items predicted that L'Wren Scott was not well just four days before she killed herself in her Manhattan apartment.
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Blind item posted four days before L'Wren Scott's funeral hints that a 'C list' star with a 'permanent A-lister' boyfriend was distraught
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Said that they had been fighting because the boyfriend was a serial cheater who was significantly shorter than his girlfriend
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Also cited the woman's cancellation of a major project which lines up with Scott's decision to call off her London Fashion Week show
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The 49-year-old designer was found dead in her Manhattan apartment on March 17 while her boyfriend Mick Jagger was on tour in Australia | 8,898 | record_train |
Earlier Mr @placeholder's parents spoke about the upcoming wedding, saying they are 'over the moon' after the star revealed he will marry their son, who is 30 years his junior. | Stephen Fry's fiancé was banned from driving today for speeding at 101mph after the QI presenter told his boyfriend to 'get a move on' as they rushed to a literary festival. Elliott Spencer, 27, was driving an Aston Martin to Hay on Wye where Fry was due on stage in May. A court heard they were running late due to Bank Holiday traffic when the star, 57, 'persuaded' his boyfriend to 'put his foot down'. The speed of the Aston Martin, which had been loaned to the couple so they could test drive it, then shot up to 101mph in a 70mph zone.
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Stephen Fry 'persuaded' Elliott Spencer, 27, to speed in May last year
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The actor was late for an appearance at the Hay on Wye literary festival
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Spencer was banned from driving for seven days and fined a total of £205
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Yesterday couple announced they were planning to marry in coming year
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Mr Fry's partner yesterday scratched star's Bentley as he left their garage
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Couple first seen in November last year but became close over summer | 8,899 | record_train |
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