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Some school administrators we talked to, however, wonder whether visiting outsiders like Scary are more than just "clanging bells," as one @placeholder principal put it, rather than the culture change desperately needed in America's schools. | Austin, Minnesota (CNN) -- Schools worldwide book him to put a stop to bullying. One Minnesota community promised him $20,000 to get him to come to town for two weeks last fall. He calls himself The Scary Guy, and his price tag can run as much as $6,500 a day. The Scary Guy is his legal name -- we checked. It's safe to say his presentation is unlike anything most students have ever seen. The kids love him, and many school officials sing his praises. But CNN learned not every past customer believes he offers a real solution to the difficult problem of bullying in America's schools.
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The Scary Guy has an unusual presentation to stop bullying in schools
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Scary is a former tattoo artist with no academic training
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Not every school has been enamored of his show
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He says the letters kids send him reinforce the idea he is making a difference | 9,100 | record_train |
They also insisted that @placeholder has not been completely cut out of the loop and that overall security cooperation with the Jewish state remains strong. | The Obama administration said Wednesday it is withholding from Israel some sensitive details of its nuclear negotiations with Iran because it is worried that Israeli government officials have leaked information to try to scuttle the talks — and will continue to do so. In extraordinary admissions that reflect increasingly strained ties between the U.S. and Israel, the White House and State Department said they were not sharing everything from the negotiations with the Israelis and complained that Israeli officials had misrepresented what they had been told in the past. Meanwhile, senior U.S. officials privately blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself for 'changing the dynamic' of previously robust information-sharing by politicizing it.
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State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki says 'not everything you're hearing from the Israeli government is an accurate depiction of the talks'
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Israeli officials responded arguing that if the deal being negotiated was a good one, why was there a need to hide details?
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Washington's acknowledgment of a gap in its briefings to Israel highlights growing space between the allies on the emerging agreement with Iran | 9,101 | record_train |
At the time, the court was told that Mohammed’s application for asylum had been refused and he would be returned to @placeholder. | By Alex Ward PUBLISHED: 09:44 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 12:22 EST, 8 March 2013 Jailed: Mahdi Mohammed was sentenced to 27 months in prison after he groomed two schoolgirls for sex via Facebook An Iraqi-born paedophile, who has been jailed for grooming 13-year-old girls for sex via Facebook, avoided deportation in 2005, it has been revealed. Questions are now being asked about why the UK Border Agency allowed Mahdi Mohammed to seek asylum in Britain after he first appeared in court charged with inappropriately approaching girls as young as ten back in 2005. This week Mohammed, 33, was jailed for 27 months after he admitted sexual activity with a child, inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to sexually touch a child and possessing indecent images at Peterborough Crown Court in Cambridgeshire.
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Mahdi Mohammed was jailed for 27 months at Peterborough Crown Court
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He appeared in court in 2005 for inappropriately approaching girls
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Despite being refused asylum at the time, he was allowed to stay in Britain
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MPs are now asking why the UK Border Agency avoided deportation | 9,102 | record_train |
In a release, @placeholder said: 'It's an honour to work with such an | He is known around the world for presenting the news, but Ron Burgundy will turn his hand to sports broadcasting when he covers curling this week. Will Ferrell will commentate on Canada's Olympic curling trials as his famous character from the 2004 film Anchorman. He will be paired with veteran curling broadcaster Vic Rauter on TSN when the 'Roar of the Rings' opens on Sunday in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Scroll down for video Will Ferrell will help cover Canada's Olympic curling trials this week as his Anchorman character, Ron Burgundy A statement from the fictitious broadcaster, said Winnipeg should 'get ready to paint the town Burgundy'
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Anchorman character will help cover the Canadian Olympic curling trials
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Told host city Winnipeg to 'get ready to paint the town Burgundy'
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Latest stunt to promote film sequel Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues | 9,103 | record_train |
Winning proof: The all-important documents that won the trio their @placeholder this month | By Mia De Graaf PUBLISHED: 06:45 EST, 11 September 2013 | UPDATED: 08:57 EST, 11 September 2013 Everybody knows his bright red van. But no one knew it could do this. In a bizarre twist on the iconic children's TV show, Postman Pat's delivery car has been transformed into a high-speed powerhouse. With a top speed of 101.36mph, it is faster than a Porsche. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO The childhood favourite coin-operated ride was bought for £250 from eBay by Leeds-based motor enthusiasts The little red van has a quicker quarter mile time than supercars such as the Porsche 911 GT3 RS
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Plastic coin-operated machine has been transformed with a 500cc motorbike engine
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It has a faster quarter-mile speed than the Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Aston Martin V-12 Vanquish
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This month named world's fastest coin-operated ride by Guinness World Book of Records after reaching 101.36mph
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Leeds-based trio, Tom Armitage, David Taylor and Ben Rushforth, found the toy ride on eBay for £250 last year | 9,104 | record_train |
@placeholder beheaded journalists last year and shared video of the gruesome attacks. | Potential Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Thursday that Americans should take cues from ISIS in how to stand up for what they believe in and to die for their cause. The conservative Carson made the statement at the Republican National Committee winter meeting and certainly raised some eyebrows. While he said ISIS has the 'wrong philosophy' he lauded them for standing up for what they believe in through their violent actions. He likened them to America's founding fathers who waged revolutionary war against the British. Raised eyebrows: Potential Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson said on Thursday that Americans should take cues from ISIS in how to stand up for what they believe in and to die for their cause.
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The conservative Ben Carson made the statement at the Republican National Committee winter meeting and certainly raised some eyebrows
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Carson once likened the United States to Nazi Germany in the way they chose to 'silence their opponent'
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Carson told the audience he knew his controversial comments would get attention from the ridiculous press but said he'll readily brush them off | 9,105 | record_train |
It's a pitch that was perfected with help from @placeholder, who was her team's batting pitcher before his death in 2006. | (CNN) -- A young baseball phenom has received one of the sport's highest honors -- recognition from the National Baseball Hall of Fame for pitching not one, but two perfect games. And while a perfect game -- defined as one in which the pitcher allows no hits and no walks -- is a rare occurrence for the sport, what makes this 13-year-old pitcher's feat even more impressive is that she did it against the boys. Yes, she. Chelsea Baker, once a student of former major league pitcher Joe Niekro, last week donated the jersey she wore to pitch one of those special games to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The jersey will be part of an exhibit dedicated to the importance of women in the sport, according to the museum.
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13-year-old Chelsea Baker has been recognized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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She boasts two perfect games to her record
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Her knuckleball is known to make her male opponents cry | 9,106 | record_train |
Microsoft and @placeholder both used Twitter to acknowledge the issues and to assure users that they were doing everything they could to restore their services. | Gamers have slammed hackers who knocked out Playstation and Xbox networks on the day millions received consoles for Christmas. The online networks which allow game players to get the most out of their new machines went down yesterday, leaving many youngsters frustrated and parents furious. Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad, who had previously brought down both networks earlier this month, claimed responsibility for the sustained distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. As the disruption dragged on into a second day today, many desperate gamers sent messages to the group on Twitter, urging them to return service to normal. And while Microsoft XBL is back up, PlayStation remains down for many.
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Gamers around the world were left disappointed on Christmas Day after Sony's PlayStation Network and Microsoft's Xbox Live service were hacked
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Notorious hacking group Lizard Squad had issued a threat at the start of December saying that planned to take the servers down
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Lizard Squad described itself as the 'next generation Grinch' and described by parents as 'modern day Scrooges'
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Gamers have been using Twitter to contact the group and demand they return the service to normal
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Rival hacker group,The Finest Squad, claimed to have restored Xbox Live though both networks reporting disruption today
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In a new interview the hackers reveal they shut down the networks 'just for fun',' and are also claiming they 'stopped their attacks' | 9,107 | record_train |
A @placeholder official then asked the military for a list to provide to the pool of journalists. | Washington (CNN) -- A clerical misstep? Failure to double-check a routine process? Whatever the cause, the seemingly accidental outing of the CIA's top intelligence official in Afghanistan could put the life of the spy and any family members in danger. It also raised the question of whether the official can continue working in Afghanistan after the revelation in a White House media report sent to about 6,000 journalists. "I think they are going to have to pull him out, now that he's been identified publicly," said CNN National Security Analyst Robert Baer, noting the Taliban would likely attempt to assassinate the official. "It will affect his career over the long term, too."
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NEW: "To me, it's unforgivable and the message has to be sent," Rep. King tells CNN
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CIA chief of station in Afghanistan accidentally named in White House media report
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If forced to leave Afghanistan, the official's absence could hurt the U.S. mission
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Analyst: "They are going to have to pull him out" | 9,108 | record_train |
Both Woods and Nordegren agreed to waive the 20-day delay period offered in @placeholder before a final judgment. | (CNN) -- The divorce of golfer Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren was finalized Monday, according to a joint statement issued by their attorneys. The marriage's end comes nine months after allegations surfaced that Woods carried on several extramarital affairs. "We are sad that our marriage is over and we wish each other the very best for the future," the statement said. "While we are no longer married, we are the parents of two wonderful children and their happiness has been, and will always be, of paramount importance to both of us." The judgment, issued Monday in Bay County, Florida, Circuit Court, allows for "shared parenting of their two children," their attorneys said in a statement.
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The couple reached a settlement July 3, document says
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Elin Nordegren says marriage is "irretrievably broken"
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"We wish each other the very best for the future," the couple says
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The settlement allows for "shared parenting of their two children" | 9,109 | record_train |
'I got a closer look and said, oh yeah that's the @placeholder, for sure. | He prides himself on being something of a hunk - if his latest Calvin Klein shoot is anything to go by. So Justin Bieber probably won't take too kindly to being mistaken for a girl when he dined out at one of his favourite restaurants this week. The singer had turned up to the State Social House in Los Angeles with four friends only to find his usual perch had been taken by a meeting of gay Republicans. Undeterred, he took a seat in the private area, known as the Attic, anyway as the group discussed gay rights. As it was, his presence initially went unnoticed because the meeting just thought he was a 'butcher version of Miley Cyrus', they later explained.
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Singer and friends gatecrashed meeting of gay Republicans at restaurant
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Group initially didn't notice because they thought it was 'a bunch of girls'
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Chairman: 'I tried to get a pic of the Biebs, but his bodyguards said no' | 9,110 | record_train |
Watson had been @placeholder's closest challenger when he birdied the second and third and then almost holed his approach to the 603-yard eighth hole for an albatross, but missed the eagle putt from five feet and had to settle for a birdie. | Graeme McDowell insisted he was relishing the challenge after his domination of the WGC-HSBC Champions came under serious threat in Shanghai. Two ahead after the opening round and three in front at halfway following a second successive 67, McDowell was four shots clear of a star-studded field late in the third round at Sheshan International on Saturday. However, the former US Open champion then bogeyed the 17th in a round of 71 to finish 11 under par, one ahead of Japan's Hiroshi Iwata and two ahead of Ryder Cup team-mate Martin Kaymer and Masters champion Bubba Watson. Graeme McDowell is one-shot clear after round three WGC-HSBC Champions at Sheshan International
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Graeme McDowell one-shot in front for final round of Sheshan International
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Hiroshi Iwata is second with Martin Kaymer and Bubba Watson two back
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Kaymer's 66 was the best round on a cold and wet day in Shanghai
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McDowell had taken a three-shot into day three with his second 67 | 9,111 | record_train |
So when the phenomenon of @placeholder cool first arrived, I was caught off guard, and frankly, more than a little suspicious. | (CNN) -- For many years, I had a pretty good working definition of cool: It was the thing that I was not. I was a chubby, bespectacled kid with a bowl haircut and my nose buried in the nearest book. When it came time to choose up sides for sports, they assigned me to the team with the best players — as a handicap. The cool kids came to school in Jordans and Polo. I rocked Keds and fake Sanrio T-shirts my aunts sent to us from Taiwan. And that, of course, pointed to the biggest and most insurmountable obstacle standing in the way of my joining the ranks of the cool — the fact that I was one of just four Asian kids in my entire school, a tally that included my younger sister. The cool kids were all white, except for a handful of black and Latino athletes. My fellow Asian students, meanwhile, were to varying degrees just like me: We were seen as permanently different, always out of sync with the shifting tides of style and status. Not quite outcast, but never part of the in crowd either.
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Jeff Yang: For many years, I was never one of the cool kids, part of the in crowd
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Yang: I was surprised when Japanese and Hong Kong pop culture became popular
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He says South Korea is now hot -- with K-pop, Samsung, "Gangnam Style," movies
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Yang: Latest Korean cool can be sampled at KCON this weekend in Los Angeles | 9,112 | record_train |
On the new tone, the aide said the campaign decided to go "back to basics" with @placeholder on what he can offer. | (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama on Monday detailed what his campaign called a four-part "economic rescue plan" for the middle class. "I'm proposing a number of steps that we should take immediately to stabilize our financial system, provide relief to families and communities, and help struggling homeowners," Obama said at a campaign event in Toledo, Ohio. "It's a plan that begins with one word that's on everyone's mind, and it's easy to spell: J-O-B-S." Obama's plan comes as aides to Sen. John McCain said their candidate would likely wait to lay out any further plans until the Treasury issues a report or recommendations on what to do with the bailout.
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NEW: Barack Obama lays out four-part plan for middle class
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NEW: Obama proposes 90-day moratorium on foreclosures
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John McCain says Obama would drive country further into debt
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McCain to voters: "What America needs in this hour is a fighter" | 9,113 | record_train |
"The evidence against Mr. Heene and @placeholder at this point is really overwhelming. | (CNN) -- A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by falsely reporting that his son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon maintains the incident was not part of a plan for fame in an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live." Richard Heene pleaded guilty in November to a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant, and was sentenced last month to 90 days in custody, to begin January 11. He also must serve four years on probation and complete 100 hours of community service each year. But Heene, in an interview airing Friday, told CNN's Larry King he pleaded guilty to save his wife, Mayumi, from being deported to Japan.
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Richard and Mayumi Heene said son was aloft in runaway homemade balloon
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Boy said they did it "for the show" and parents pleaded guilty to hoax
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Now Richard Heene says he only pleaded guilty to keep wife from deportation
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The President speaks with Vladmir Putin (left) and @placeholder (right) | The White House has released its photographic look back at 2014, proving it has been quite a year for President Obama and those closest to him. On the political front, there was his meeting with Ebola survivor Nina Pham as well as a terse moment between him and Russian president Vladmir Putin. On the family front, a photo shows him and daughter Sasha sharing a quiet moment while another has him, Malia and Michelle as they enjoy a trip to the National Portrait Gallery. Scroll down for video President Obama embraces nurse Nina Pham after she was declared Ebola-free
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The White House has released the best photos taken during 2014
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Political photos include President Obama with Vladmir Putin, Angela Merkel, Pope Frances, and hugging Ebola survivor Nina Pham
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There are also many photos of the President with his wife and his daughter, and celeb photos with Bill Murray and Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 9,115 | record_train |
Prince William said: "I think more shock was the feeling I felt, but I was on such a high anyway, and so was @placeholder, about George that really we were happy to show him off to whoever wanted to see him." | He may be the future king of Britain, but for now Prince George of Cambridge is just a little "rascal" according to his proud father Prince William. Sitting in his garden at Kensington Palace on a warm summer day, the Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, told CNN that George is already quite a character in his first official interview since the birth in London on July 22. "He's a little bit of a rascal, I'll put it that way," William told CNN's Max Foster. "He either reminds me of my brother or me when I was younger, I'm not sure, but he's doing very well at the moment."
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Prince William gives first official interview after birth of son to CNN's Max Foster
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William calls son a "rascal," says he's looking forward to going back to work to "get some sleep"
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William: George "reminds me of my brother or me when I was younger, he's doing very well"
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Catherine "doing a fantastic job" as a new mother; William says his family now the priority | 9,116 | record_train |
Ryan repeatedly sought to focus the debate on the @placeholder-Biden record of the last four years, arguing the administration's policies hindered economic recovery and weakened the nation's standing and influence in the world. | Washington (CNN) -- Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan plowed fertile ground in terms of policy and politics during their debate -- now the question is whether the presidential candidates can reap what was sown. Biden aggressively pressed Ryan on Thursday to defend his ticket's positions on everything from Medicare to trimming the nation's debt to the way forward in dealing with Iran. Biden tried to frame the election as a choice between different directions for the country by contending policies of the Mitt Romney-Ryan ticket would hurt the middle class and move the nation backward on social issues, like gay rights and abortion.
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Joe Biden and Paul Ryan tangled in debate, which experts called a draw
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Both scored on policy points and set up presidential candidates to continue arguments
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Unanswered was why Obama deserves second term; trust on women's issues for Romney-Ryan
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Libya security, economy, Medicare drove vice presidential debate | 9,117 | record_train |
More recently, @placeholder officials have suggested more openness to a role for U.S. ground forces in the fight. | Like a wounded animal lashing out in fury, ISIS is betraying hints of desperation in its latest video, which purportedly shows the aftermath of the beheading of U.S. hostage Peter Kassig, analysts said Sunday. And if there's news worse than the apparent brutal death of Kassig, it's that we should expect even more vicious videos to come from the group, also known by the acronym ISIL, said Haras Rafiq of the Quiliam Foundation, an anti-extremist think tank. "As we see the U.S. and the coalition making gains against ISIL, we will find that they try and show that they are still strong, try and show that they are just as barbaric as they have been, and unfortunately one of the things we'll see is that the videos will become more and more barbaric," he said.
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Video in part aimed at local residents, analysts say
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Video suggests ISIS is feeling the sting of U.S. and coalition airstrikes, analysts say
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Release timed to counter coalition claims that ISIS fight is succeeding, retired general says
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"We felt that this @placeholder team, the fourth oldest of the existing teams, reflects our own ideals perfectly," Chelsea chief executive Ron Gourlay said. | (CNN) -- The mystery behind the peculiar inscriptions "Out of the Blue" and "True Blue" which first appeared on Sauber engine covers at the Chinese Grand Prix has finally been revealed. The Swiss Formula One team has joined forces with English football club Chelsea in an innovative marketing ploy aimed at attracting a global audience -- and boost sponsorship. It's the first such partnership between the sports, and from next week's Spanish Grand Prix all Sauber cars will be emblazoned with the slogan "Welcome Chelsea FC." Chelsea, owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, already has an international fanbase but can now also capitalize on the following of Sauber's drivers -- Mexican Sergio Perez and Kamui Kobayashi of Japan.
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Sauber F1 cars bear Chelsea FC "teasers" at China and Bahrain grands prix
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The sports organizations join forces in a ground-breaking marketing partnership
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They hope to appeal to an international audience and boost sponsorship
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Deal includes shared merchandise sales, advertising space and sports scientists | 9,119 | record_train |
He said it was "premature to speculate" what @placeholder might consider a fair plea deal for Brown. | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Singer Chris Brown pleaded not guilty to both charges in the felony assault case against him Monday afternoon. Singer Chris Brown, right, appeared in court Monday on charges of assaulting singer Rihanna. Singer Rihanna, the girlfriend Brown is accused of attacking, wants the case resolved without a trial, her lawyer said. The only words heard from Brown, 19, during his brief appearance before Judge Patricia Schnegg were "not guilty," which he said twice as Schnegg asked for his plea on the two counts. Brown is charged with felony counts of assault and making criminal threats. If he is convicted, the sentence could range from probation to four years and eight months in prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has said.
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NEW: Chris Brown's girlfriend, singer Rihanna, doesn't want a trial, lawyer says
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Brown arraigned Monday afternoon in Los Angeles, California
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Brown accused of assaulting Rihanna in February
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Waiting to hear what @delta is going to do to get us to @placeholder,' he wrote. | By Nina Golgowski PUBLISHED: 16:00 EST, 7 November 2012 | UPDATED: 16:40 EST, 7 November 2012 A failed engine on a Delta jet carrying 102 passengers prompted an emergency landing in Syracuse, New York late Wednesday morning. The pilot of flight 1430 from Detroit to Hartford, Connecticut reported one of its two engines not working in midair though details to its failure weren't immediately available. 'The aircraft landed safely, all 102 passengers were taken off the aircraft,' Syracuse Department of Aviation Commissioner Christina Callahan told MailOnline. Emergency: A Delta passenger jet made an emergency landing in Syracuse, New York on Wednesday after one of its engines failed between Detroit and its final destination in Connecticut
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Flight 1430 from Detroit to Hartford, Connecticut made an emergency landing in Syracuse, New York just before noon
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The aircraft made a safe landing with the cause of the engine failure not immediately released
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One claimed passenger tweeted his upset with a charter bus carrying the passengers for the remainder of their trip | 9,121 | record_train |
Sean Abbott is set to return to first class cricket tomorrow for @placeholder | These are the images all Australia has been waiting to see - young fast bowler Sean Abbott showing that he's ready to resume playing top-class cricket tomorrow at the Sydney Cricket Ground, two weeks after bowling the ball that fatally struck Phillip Hughes on the same field. Abbott, 22, is in the New South Wales squad to face Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match, on the same day it was confirmed that Australian captain Michael Clarke will take his place in the Test team to meet India in the First Test. Traumatised by Hughes' death, Abbott chose to sit out last weekend's resumption of Sydney grade cricket but today, after emotional embraces from team-mates, threw himself into a full training session.
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Sean Abbott has been warming up with the NSW squad ahead of facing Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match starting Tuesday
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The fast bowler has not played since Phillip Hughes' tragic death two weeks ago
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Abbott sat out the recent round of club matches
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"Increasingly, U.S. businesses are speaking out about their serious concerns about sophisticated, targeted theft of confidential business information and proprietary technologies through cyber intrusions emanating from @placeholder on an unprecedented scale," he said. | Washington (CNN) -- By now, many Americans are used to getting random e-mails allegedly from "friends" with weird-looking links embedded in them, or what looks like SPAM from fake companies inviting you to click on a link to reset your password. But what you may not know is that shady Internet practices could be playing a dangerous role in international cyber warfare. From China to Russia to the Middle East to African countries in transition after the Arab Spring, attacks launched from overseas against American companies and private citizens have now become a primary fear of the U.S. government, according to the annual intelligence community's worldwide threat assessment released Tuesday.
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Internet attacks against U.S. citizens, companies are increasing, research shows
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Senate committee hearing from Obama administration on threats from overseas
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Facebook, Microsoft, banks, media companies all hit with cyber attacks
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'We wanted to do a location-based site because I love @placeholder,' she says. | By Daily Mail Reporter With her enviable figure, pretty face and long hair you wouldn't think Lucy Harrold, 25 from Tamworth, would struggle to find a date. But the lingerie model, who has appeared in a host of men's magazines maintains she never gets chatted up and is 'unlucky in love.' To solve her romance woes, Lucy - together with her friend entrepreneur Jack Knowles - set up a website for similar singletons in her home town of Birmingham. Scroll down for video Sexy: Lucy Harrold, pictured here is a glamour model, but says even she struggles to find a date, as most men don't approach her
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Lucy Harrold, 25, from Tamworth dated rugby player Danny Care
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@placeholder also is rolling out a few more Google Now cards, including ones that provide updates on music and movies. | How would you like to do a search without touching a computer or phone? Or have your next question answered before you even ask it? Or get a reminder to pick up a carton of milk when you drive by a grocery store? These are some of the new upgrades to Google's search tools that the company announced Wednesday at Google I/O, its annual developers' conference. About two-thirds of Web searches in the United States are done through Google, with Bing and Yahoo trailing far behind. We spoke to Google Senior Vice President Amit Singhal last week about the new search changes and his excitement for a certain fictional starship computer.
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Google announces new features for its search engine at its Google I/O conference
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Chrome will be able to begin voice-activated searches when people say, "OK Google"
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The origin was determined to be consistent with a release from the Fukushima reactors in northern @placeholder." | (CNN) -- A radiation monitor in California has detected a trace of radioactive material from the stricken nuclear power plant in Japan, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization said Friday. The exact amounts were not available, but the test ban organization's executive secretary, Tibor Toth, said the measurements were below what would be considered harmful to human health. The treaty organization's chief press officer, Annika Thunborg, said its officials were "absolutely certain" that the radiation detected in California is from Fukushima because the isotypes were consistent with those emitted by the Fukushima reactors, and the timing of their detection is consistent with projections.
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NEW: California exposure represents 1 millionth the background radiation dose rate
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'And he calls me @placeholder now, he won’t call me daddy. | By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 11:49 EST, 10 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:32 EST, 10 December 2013 Despite many of Ashley Taylor Dawson’s fans being devastated at his elimination from Strictly Come Dancing on Sunday, it seems his family may welcome the end of his grueling schedule. The Hollyoaks star, whose long term partner Karen McKay gave birth to their second child Mason Mac in October, has confessed that combining filming Hollyoaks with his Strictly rehearsals has meant he has been too busy to bond with his new son. Speaking to Attitude magazine Ashley said being parted from his family was ‘the hardest thing’ about taking part in the intense dancing competition.
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In their statement released today, the @placeholder disputed all of these facts. | Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti has said he would consider rehiring disgraced football star Ray Rice. In a press conference today he said that 'five years down the line' he could see bring Rice back, believing he could redeem himself. He also said of Ray and his wife Janay, 'I think they're going to be two very successful members of our community in the years to come.' Scroll down for video Speaking out: Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti (above) is saying he would possibly rehire Ray Rice 'five years down the line' Praise: Bisciotti also said he believes Rice and his wife Jany (above) will become 'two very successful members of our community in the years to come'
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Ray Rice got a little good news today when Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said he would possibly rehire the football star 'down the line'
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The handwriting evokes a bygone era dramatically at odds with the digital age that is making those documents available for free on @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Actor Edward James Olmos wishes he could trace his family's Mexican history back 100,000 years, but he'll have to settle for 1930 for now. In what one online genealogy firm say is an extraordinary trove of data for American families of Latino descent, the complete 1930 Mexican census is being distributed publicly for the first time. It's considered a rich mine of information because that year's census is Mexico's earliest, most accurate accounting of its population, with 90% of its people counted, according to the firm Ancestry.com. That sort of family lore -- compiled just after Mexico recovered from its tumultuous, bloody Revolution of 1910-20 -- not only piques the interest of prominent Latinos such as Olmos but also stands to sate the curiosity of 31.9 million U.S. Hispanics of Mexican descent. America's own 2010 census just elevated Latinos to the No. 2 group for the first time.
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The 1930 census is Mexico's best of 20th century, online firm says
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It's also typical for @placeholder to trade their expensive clothes with each other to keep up an appearance of affluence. | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (CNN) -- Sewage-lined streets, crumbling concrete homes and jagged sheets of metal are in stark contrast to the formally dressed man standing proudly in the middle of it all. His name is Daniel Etienne. He grimaces into a Cuban cigar and happily sports two pairs of designer sunglasses; one straddling his eyes, the other tucked into his suit. He is a loyal and unapologetic member of "Les Sapeurs." In this Kinshasa neighborhood, eight of them strut the congested streets, decked out in a wide-array of name brands; from Gucci and Christian Dior to G-Star and Yohji Yamamoto. Three-piece suits, shiny black leather shoes and flashy accessories are all part of an eccentric dress code -- and demeanor to match.
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"Les Sapeurs" are a unique group of fashionistas who strut the streets of Kinshasa
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They wear expensive designer clothes, despite the poverty around them
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It wasn't long before @placeholder discovered the first happy coincidence of his design, when a colleague told him that "bytes" were the foundation stones of computing. | If beauty is indeed truth, as John Keats claimed, then this story ought to be true: The logo on the back of your iPhone or Mac is a tribute to Alan Turing, the man who laid the foundations for the modern-day computer, pioneered research into artificial intelligence and unlocked German wartime codes. His death, a decade after the end of the war, provides the link with Apple. Unrecognized for his work, facing jail for gross indecency and humiliated by estrogen injections intended to 'cure' his homosexuality, he bit into an apple he had laced with cyanide. He died in obscurity on June 7, 1954, 10 years and a day after the Normandy landings, which made copious use of intelligence gleaned by his methods.
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Holden Frith says one story recounts how the Apple logo was a tribute to Alan Turing
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"Sadly, the truth is rarely as simple, or beautiful, as we would like," he writes
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Apple logo artist Rob Janoff is charmed by the story but was unaware of the association
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Spain resisted pressure last year to seek a full bailout from its neighbours but accepted 41.3 billion euros (£35.3 billion) in @placeholder rescue loans for its banks. | By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 11:15 EST, 30 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:08 EST, 30 October 2013 Spain has finally emerged from a two-year recession with figures showing that the country's economy grew in the last quarter in spite of extremely high unemployment. Burgeoning exports saw the economy grow 0.1 per cent in the third quarter, according to figures from the National Statistics Institute released today. But economists still warned that the road to recovery will still be a tough one for the Eurozone's fourth-biggest economy and that unemployment, which is still just under 26 per cent, will remain exceptionally high for at least another five years.
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The Spanish economy grew by 0.1 per cent according to latest figures
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House prices in Dublin meanwhile rose by four per cent in September
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‘So the @placeholder effect has been a very, very severe one.’ | By Rebecca Camber Terrorists are changing tactics to slip under the radar after being given ‘full sight’ of GCHQ tradecraft by whistleblower Edward Snowden, a counter-terrorism director warned today. Stephen Phipson, one of the Government’s most senior counter terrorism officials, said the surveillance leaks published in the Guardian newspaper had led to a ‘substantial reduction’ in intelligence on suspects as they have changed their methods of communication. The director at the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT) said the release of information from the Snowden documents had given extremists ‘full sight’ of tools and techniques used by the British listening station GCHQ, which had had a ‘severe’ effect on spying operations.
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A senior counter-terrorism official said Snowden had helped terrorists
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Stephen Phipson said terrorists were given 'full sight' of GCHQ tradecraft
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We have persevered because of a belief we share with the @placeholder people -- a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization." | (CNN) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped usher in the next chapter for the United States in Iraq on Wednesday, presiding over a ceremony launching a new military operation designed to train, assist and advise the Iraqis. The ceremony, held at Al Faw Palace in Baghdad, marked the conclusion of the U.S. combat mission dubbed Operation Iraqi Freedom and the transfer to the assistance mission, named Operation New Dawn. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III replaced Gen. Raymond T. Odierno as commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq in the changeover, held at one of the many palaces of late Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein -- whose regime was ousted from power in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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NEW: Odierno notes Iraqi fight against tyranny
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Her fiancé @placeholder is in hospital with the serious injuries he sustained in the crash. | Tragic: Jojo John, who was operating a boat that crashed on the Hudson River, has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and three counts of vehicular assault The driver of the speedboat that crashed on Friday night killing a bride-to-be and best man is a party boy Wall Street banker who has previous convictions for drugs, it emerged today. JP Morgan Chase employee Jojo John, 35, was drunk when he crashed the boat into a barge - allegedly at high speed - and has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault. A friend of Johns said that he would often go speeding around local waterways with friends after first having several drinks.
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Body of best man, Mark Lennon, 30, found in Hudson River today
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Boat operator Jojo John, 35, of Nyack, New York has been charged with vehicular manslaughter and vehicular assault
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Body of Lindsey Stewart, 30, discovered in Hudson River on Saturday
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She was due to marry fiancé Brian Bond, 35, in just two weeks time
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Bridal party had horror speedboat crash on Friday night
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Four survivors hospitalized with serious injuries, one now released
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The only woman with @placeholder at Wednesday's court date was his mother. | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Chris Brown has "made significant strides" in staying sober since he got out of jail in June, the singer's psychiatrist said. The doctor's letter to Brown's probation officer said he's "working on personal growth" and "is taking responsibility for his behaviors" in the two months since he was freed from jail. Those behaviors have included an alleged sidewalk fight that sent him to jail in Washington, D.C., in October and a violent outburst that got him booted from a drug rehab program in November. The doctor's treatment is part of his probation sentence for an attack on then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
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Brown's doctor: He's "working on personal growth" and "taking responsibility for his behaviors"
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Judge praises Brown for his good probation report on Wednesday
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The singer is still on probation for a 2009 attack on Rihanna
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The @placeholder is widely hated; people accuse the army of random shelling. | Yuri Poznychenko has lived in the village of Stepanovka, close to Ukraine's border with Russia, all his life. Poznychenko, 67, was born a few years after the Red Army recaptured this land -- and the strategic hill of Saur Mogila nearby -- from Nazi forces. He is a stoic man, a farmer who knows endurance. But the events of the last few months reduce him to tears. On July 28, amid battles between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists for the area, a sniper from the Ukrainian National Guard shot dead Poznychenko's 36-year-old son as he tried to move his car to safety.
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The battle between the government and separatists for eastern Ukraine is taking its toll on the area's residents
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Ukraine's President has cut off social services in "occupied" areas, and many in Donetsk are starving
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There are no banks left open in the city; residents in the city line up for food handouts driven in from beyond the city
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Donetsk's residents resent Ukraine's Kiev-based government, but deplore the rebels' inability to help them | 9,137 | record_train |
If Luiz has one of those 'moments' (of which he has had a lot fewer than most critics imply), there's a good chance @placeholder will have seen it coming. | The World Cup is just nine days away and excitement is building. Each week our man in Brazil, Joe Callaghan, brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up. .................................................................................................................................................... Paris and the rest of the world will have to wait. The most expensive central defensive partnership ever assembled will not be on show in Goiania on Tuesday night. Brazil's penultimate World Cup warm-up against Panama will feature David Luiz, Paris Saint-Germain's latest record-breaker, but club and country captain Thiago Silva has been left at base to fully shake off a niggle before real battle commences next week.
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Luiz Felipe Scolari has built his team with a sound defensive structure
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David Luiz and Thiago Silva are the key to Brazil's solidity at the back
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The international team-mates will also link up at PSG next season
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Brazil win over 80 percent of the time when Luiz and Silva start together
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As well as being larger, modern man is also stronger and healthier with a life expectancy of 79 - 11 years more than the average life expectancy for a man in the @placeholder. | The average British man has grown over the past 60 years and is now taller and heavier than his Fifties counterpart. In 1954, a typical British male was just over 5ft 7in tall, weighed 11st 6lbs and had a chest of 37 inches and a waist of 34 inches. He wore size seven shoes, had a collar size of 14. Then and now: In 1954, a typical British male was just over 5ft 7in tall and weighed 11st 6lbs, like Marlon Brando, left. Today, Brad Pitt typifies the body shape of Mr Average, at 5ft 9in, weighing just over 12st
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In 1954, a typical British male was just over 5ft 7in tall, weighing 11st 6lbs
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Today, the average man is 5ft 9in and weighs 12st 6lbs
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Life expectancy has increased from 68 to 79
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But Dyer says all he can do to win an @placeholder call-up is is keep on performing well for a Swansea side who have won their opening three games and will head to Chelsea after the international break full of confidence. | Nathan Dyer feels focusing on high-flying Swansea is the key to fulfilling his England dream. The in-form Dyer scored twice in the 3-0 home victory over West Brom on Saturday which briefly took Swansea to the top of the Barclays Premier League before Chelsea won 6-3 at Everton. The previous week Dyer scored the winner against Burnley and some pundits felt the 26-year-old was unfortunate to not make Roy Hodgson’s England squad for next week’s friendly against Norway and the opening Euro 2016 qualifier in Switzerland on September 8. In form: Dyer strikes for the second time against West Brom as Swansea went top of the league
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Swansea winger has scored three times already this season
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Nathan Dyer overlooked for England squad by Roy Hodgson
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Andros Townsend and James Milner both picked in wide areas
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The vote by the @placeholder took several hours longer than a simple roll call of its 100 members generally would. | (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate gave final approval Friday to a $787 billion recovery package that President Obama hopes will help boost an economy in freefall with a combination of government spending and tax cuts and credits. Sen. Sherrod Brown speaks to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at right on the Senate floor Friday. Approved earlier by the House, the plan -- which went through multiple permutations as it bounced back and forth on Capitol Hill over the past week -- now goes to Obama's desk, where he plans to sign it into law by Presidents Day. Spending in the package includes about $120 billion for infrastructure -- new projects repairing bridges, roads, government buildings and the like -- more than $100 billion for education and $30 billion on energy-related projects that Obama says will create "green jobs."
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Senate approves bill with vote of 60-38
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Sherrod Brown casts deciding vote after being flown from mother's wake
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Rolling Stone: For anyone who has listened to Neil Young's music, to actually see the "town in @placeholder" that he sings about in "Helpless" was fascinating. | (Rolling Stone) -- Jonathan Demme can't get enough of Neil Young. The Academy Award-winning director recently completed "Neil Young Journeys," his third feature-length documentary on the iconic folk-rocker, which mingles footage of Young alone onstage at Toronto's Massey hall with moving scenes of him driving through his childhood home of Omeeme, Ontario. It opens on Friday, June 29, in New York and Los Angeles, then rolls out across the country all summer. Demme is the acclaimed director of a long list of dramatic films, including 1991's horrific "Silence of the Lambs" and 2008's "Rachel Getting Married" -- but music is never far from his mind. He collaborated with David Byrne on the classic Talking Heads concert film, "Stop Making Sense," in 1984, and music is a crucial part of his dramatic movies, including 1993's "Philadelphia," which features deeply emotional original songs from Young and Bruce Springsteen.
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Jonathan Demme recently completed "Neil Young Journeys"
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It is his third feature-length documentary on the iconic folk-rocker
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'Hotels cannot compete with multi-billion dollar corporations like @placeholder and Priceline,' he said. | A $700 million foreign takeover of Wotif.com could push up the cost of accommodation across Australia. The hotels industry is concerned competition for bookings will fall when American global travel booking giant Expedia takes control of Wotif.com by the end of October. The takeover will concentrate Australia's online travel booking market into the hands of just two companies - Expedia and fellow US giant Priceline, which owns Booking.com and Agoda. Industry spokesman Bradley Woods said the two operators would now control around 85 per cent of the market, which would likely result in hotels being charged more to advertise their rooms.
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Australian Hotels industry is concerned competition for bookings will fall when Expedia takes control of Wotif.com
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Expedia and fellow US giant Priceline, will have monopoly on market
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Priceline owns Booking.com and Agoda
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Industry watchdog, ACCC, is not opposing the deal
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The report concludes with a stark warning: "If the systemic issues raised by @placeholder are not resolved, the viability of Afghanistan as a fully functioning democracy is lost." | (CNN) -- A handful of individuals ran a scheme of "fraudulent lending and embezzlement" to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars of ordinary people's savings out of Kabul Bank, a key Afghan lender that ran into trouble in 2010, an independent report says. The report, released Wednesday, catalogs the alleged wrongdoing at the bank and the apparent failure of authorities to tackle the problems before they reached a crisis point or effectively respond to and investigate the financial catastrophe that unfolded. Read more: Billions in cash smuggled out of Afghanistan every year The scandal that engulfed Kabul Bank has severely damaged the reputation of the Western approach to banking that it embodied in Afghanistan, one of the least developed countries in the world. And its cost will be born by an Afghan government that still relies on funding from the United States and other countries.
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A report details alleged wrongdoing at Kabul Bank, a key Afghan lender
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told police that @placeholder, whom he was divorced from at the time, left | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:50 EST, 18 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:00 EST, 18 June 2013 A grand jury has indicted a former attorney on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy almost seven years ago. The Orange County Register says 55-year-old Lonnie Kocontes, of Florida, didn't enter a plea at his arraignment on Monday. He was indicted on Friday on a charge of murder for financial gain. He'll try to have the case dismissed at a June 26 hearing, arguing that local authorities lack jurisdiction to prosecute. Charged: Lonnie Kocontes, left, was indicted with Kanesaki's murder, pictured right, nearly seven years after her death
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Autopsy revealed Micki Kanesaki, 52, had been strangled before thrown off a cruise ship passing Italian coast
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Kanesaki's ex-husband Lonnie Kocontes is charged with her murder
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Couple had a rocky relationship from start with cruise said to have been effort to rekindle their marriage
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Kanesaki was arrested twice for domestic abuse after their divorce
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Kocontes was arrested for sexual acts and lewd conduct on a girl under 16 during their six-year marriage | 9,145 | record_train |
hand-in-hand against @placeholder,' she told the TV station by telephone. | Catch me if you can: On-the-run Colonel Gaddafi has a £1m bounty on his head to be caught dead or alive Libyan rebels today offered a £1m reward to capture Gaddafi as the hunt intensified to find the runaway leader. The opposition council in Benghazi hopes that the sum will tempt members of Gaddafi's inner circle to turn him in. The rebels will have large amounts of cash available when Libyan assets are unfrozen and they have promised amnesty to anybody who captures or kills Gaddafi. The offer came after the toppled dictator fled his palace in Tripoli and is believed to have escaped through a 2,000 mile network of tunnels running through the country.
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Catch me if you can: On-the-run Colonel Gaddafi has a £1m bounty on his head to be caught dead or alive Dictator escaped through tunnels to 'secret hideout in Tripoli'
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Gaddafi's daughter says Libyans must unite against Nato
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Tent where Gaddafi met Tony Blair is overrun
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Looters steal TVs and joyride in the dictator's golf buggies
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Bedrooms and sitting rooms trashed and photo albums taken
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Libya will be reduced to 'volcanoes, fire and lava', vows Gaddafi
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'There's no danger, I drove through Tripoli yesterday', he claims
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Fighters preparing to enter network of tunnels under compound
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400 people killed in the three day battle for Tripoli, rebels say
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The man running @placeholder, co-founder Larry Page, has a lot in common with Gates. | (CNN) -- When Bill Gates testified via videotape in Microsoft's antitrust trial in 1998, he was combative and defensive, as if he couldn't believe how stupid the entire procedure was. He didn't expect the tape to be shown in court. It was, and it was a disaster. Public opinion turned -- instead of a billionaire genius who had built Microsoft into the most valuable tech company in the world, he was a condescending monopolist who didn't have time for the legal system. Amazingly, Gates didn't see it coming. As Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen relates in his recent autobiography, the anti-Microsoft sentiment "cut Bill to the core." Gates told the media that government attorney David Boies was "really out to destroy Microsoft."
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Bill Gates' testimony in antitrust trial turned public opinion against him, Matt Rosoff says
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He convinced the judge to let Anderson and her two daughters come to @placeholder with him and to let his sister check into rehab instead of going to jail. | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Crack-addicted Felicia Anderson was pregnant with her third child when an ultrasound changed the direction of her life. After inpatient rehab, Felicia Anderson sought help from Mothers Making a Change to help beat her addiction. "You could hear that baby's heartbeat strong and steady. Really, that's her personality today, a strong, vibrant little girl. And at that time, laying there, tears starting rolling down my face," Anderson, 44, recalled. In that moment, Anderson vowed to stay off drugs, something she'd been unable to do in more than a decade addicted to crack cocaine, even when she was pregnant with her first two children.
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When she heard her baby's heartbeat, Felicia Anderson vowed to give up drugs
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She could afford 3 weeks in residential treatment, then moved to outpatient
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Internationally, it is the @placeholder, Europe and other key British allies which paid keenest attention to the vote outcome. | (CNN) -- The news that Scotland has rejected independence from the rest of the United Kingdom -- by a relatively close 55-45 margin -- has reassured financial markets and many governments across the world. Not only does it secure the future (for now, at least) of one of the longest and most successful political unions in the world -- it also makes the prospect of a future British exit from the European Union less likely in coming years. Numerous world leaders, from U.S. President Barack Obama to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had strongly asserted that it is in the best interests of the global community for the UK to stay together. This reflects the fact that, while no longer a great power, Britain continues to play a significant role on the world stage with wide-ranging international interests.
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Hammond: UK allies will breathe sigh of relief after Scotland rejects independence
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"No" vote makes Britain's proposed exit from the European Union less likely
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Questions remain about what to do with the UK's Scotland-based nuclear arsenal
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@placeholder admits he was hurt by the criticism but it has only made him more determined to prove his detractors wrong. | By Chris Wheeler Follow @@ChrisWheelerDM The honour of captaining Manchester United for one game on tour might not carry quite the same significance for Tom Cleverley as it did for Wayne Rooney, but the England midfielder hopes it is an indication of an equally bright future for him under Louis van Gaal’s management. Cleverley’s decline at Old Trafford last season was one of the more regrettable aspects of the David Moyes debacle. Often played out of position and then not at all, a midfielder who had shown such promise under Sir Alex Ferguson even became a target for his own supporters.
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Cleverley captained United against Roma in International Champions Cup
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The 'fresh settlement' would then be put to @placeholder voters in a referendum. | By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor PUBLISHED: 05:15 EST, 7 January 2013 | UPDATED: 07:21 EST, 7 January 2013 The UK Independence Party could help form the next government, leader Nigel Farage claimed today. Despite not having a single MP in Parliament, Mr Farage claimed his party’s trajectory could mean he plays the role of deciding who becomes Prime Minister in the event of another hung parliament. The extraordinary boast comes as David Cameron tries to see off the electoral threat posed by the Eurosceptic party with a landmark speech in the Netherlands on Tory policy for Britain’s future relationship with Brussels.
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Party boss says surge in polls could secure enough MPs to hold the balance of power in another hung parliament
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David Cameron branded UKIP 'pretty odd people' as poll suggests UKIP seeing record support | 9,151 | record_train |
'With the @placeholder and our member companies growing and changing and startups constantly popping up, protections do need to be placed for consumers.' | By Mark Prigg Fears of a 'premium internet' where providers are forced to pay more for faster access were growing today after a U.S. appeals court rejected federal rules that required Internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. The Federal Communications Commission's open Internet rules, also known as net neutrality rules, required Internet service providers to give consumers equal access to all lawful content without restrictions or varying charges. But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck down the regulation, which was passed in late 2010 and challenged in court by Verizon Communications Inc.
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Net neutrality rules currently require Internet service providers to give consumers equal access to all lawful content
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Rules today overturned by appeals court as part of longstanding row
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Fears providers may now begin charging content companies such as Netflix, Facebook or ESPN more for faster Internet speeds | 9,152 | record_train |
In a precursor to the talks, Netanyahu prodded the Israeli government into approving the release of 104 @placeholder prisoners -- a move that flies in the face of popular sentiment in Israel. | Jerusalem (CNN) -- For the first time in three years, Israelis and Palestinians will come to the negotiating table in Washington on Monday night. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated praise for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday morning. The talks will be "a difficult process," but he added that the consequences of not trying could be worse. Kerry said the goal is to seek "reasonable compromises" on "tough, complicated, emotional" and symbolic issues, then he announced former U.S. ambassador to Israel, Martin Indyk, as U.S. envoy to the talks. Indyk understands that peace will not come easily, but that "there is now a path forward, and we must follow that path with urgency," Kerry added.
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Peace negotiations are to start Monday night in Washington, the U.S. State Department says
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Israel plans to release 104 Palestinian prisoners, starting next week
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Further, the TWIC program does not require that applicants claiming to be @placeholder-born citizens or nationals to provide identity documents that prove citizenship, the GAO said. | Washington (CNN) -- Undercover government investigators were able to get into major U.S. seaports -- at one point driving a vehicle containing a simulated explosive -- by flashing counterfeit or fraudulently obtained port "credentials" to security officials -- raising serious questions about a program that has issued the cards to more than 1.6 million people, Congress disclosed Tuesday. At issue are Transportation Worker Identification Credentials, or TWIC cards, now needed by truckers, stevedores, longshoreman and others for unescorted access to the nation's ports. The Department of Homeland Security has long touted the cards as one of the most important layers in its multilayered system to protect ports from terrorists.
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It's not, perhaps, in keeping with @placeholder's attacking mantra but they showed guile and know-how of getting over the line at the Etihad. | Arsenal broke the habit of a lifetime on Sunday, winning an away game against one of their top-four rivals. Their 2-0 win over Manchester City could well be a watershed moment in the Gunners' stuttering season. But what was different about Arsene Wenger's side at the Etihad Stadium and what lessons can they learn going into future clashes against their direct rivals? Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger got his side's tactics spot on as they won 2-0 away at Manchester City 1) DISCIPLINE AND CONCENTRATION Throwing away leads in search of more goals has been an unwanted characteristic of Arsenal's season so far. Conceding a 3-0 lead against Anderlecht in the Champions League has been one of the low-lights of their campaign. But there was no gung-ho approach against City. Having taken the lead through Santi Cazorla's penalty, the Gunners were much more conservative, remaining compact, not trying to stretch the game as they stifled City's attack.
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Arsenal won 2-0 away at Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday
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Family affair: The father and son play with @placeholder the lion | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:27 EST, 31 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:28 EST, 1 August 2013 While most teenagers are playing computer games, Shandor Larenty likes to indulge in a different pastime - taming lions. The 18-year-old has built up an unbreakable rapport with 250kg Zavu - stroking, hugging and playing together at home in Johannesburg, South Africa. The pair are now so comfortable with each other Shandor is even able to give the huge cat a foot rub. Scroll down for video Brave: While most teenagers are playing computer games, Shandor Larenty tames lions. The 18-year-old is pictured giving a foot massage to Zavu the lion in Johannesburg
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Shandor Larenty has built up an unbreakable rapport with 250kg Zavu
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His family and friends have asked @placeholder for mercy and the United States for help in securing his release. | The mother of Kenneth Bae, the American imprisoned in North Korea, has arrived in the country to visit her ailing son, according to a friend of the family. Earlier this year, Bae, a Korean-American, was sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp for what the government called "hostile acts." His family has not been able to see him for almost a year since his November 3 arrest in North Korea. "As a mother, I worry endlessly about his health," said his mother, Myunghee Bae in a videotaped statement. "I want to see him, comfort and hold him in person. I miss him so much."
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@placeholder has one of the world's largest private fleets of helicopters which are used as a means of bypassing extremely congested roads. | PUBLISHED: 05:15 EST, 22 January 2013 | UPDATED: 09:57 EST, 23 January 2013 A helicopter has crashed onto two houses in a small town north of Sao Paulo in Brazil killing the pilot and injuring three passengers. The aircraft came down in the neighbourhood of Jaragua at 12.30pm local time on Monday and despite crashing into a residential area miraculously no one was hurt on the ground. However, the pilot named as Marcelo Melo Araújo Stella, 29, died instantly. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Destruction: The helicopter crashed into two homes in Jaragua killing the pilot and leaving three injured Firefighters cordon off the crash site in fear of an explosion in Jaragua, north of Sao Paulo
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But Oliver warns of the repercussions of transforming @placeholder's predominately blue flag to the colours used by ISIS. | A proposed new black and white flag for New Zealand has been compared to one that's flown by Islamic State militants. British comedian John Oliver drew similarities between the new design and the infamous ISIS flag, saying it could lead to future awkward situations for New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key. During his show on Sunday - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - he continued to mock the proposed design, describing it as a 'flag of a vegetarian pirate ship'. Scroll down for video The proposed new design for New Zealand's flag (right) has been compared to the black flag of ISIS (left)
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John Oliver says New Zealand's new flag designs could be mistaken for the flag flown by Islamic State militants
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key hopes to change the current flag as it's often confused with Australia's flag
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But one of its contributors has accused the @placeholder of being too ‘alarmist’ – and demanded his name be withdrawn. | British officials were last night accused of ‘political interference’ in a crucial report on international climate change. The economic impact of global warming was ramped up in the final draft by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Shortly before authors wrote the final version, a British Government official passed scientists a note complaining about an earlier, more moderate draft. British officials were last night accused of 'political interference' in a crucial report on international climate change The official, from Ed Davey’s Department for Energy and Climate Change, said the economic section of the report was at best an ‘under-estimate’ and at worst ‘completely meaningless’.
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Final document increases predicted economic impact of global warming
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Memories of the riots in @placeholder haven't faded, but many people here are cautiously optimistic about the direction things are heading. | Meiktila, Myanmar (CNN) -- Hnin Ei Phyu rides her motorbike across the city, goes out to dinner with Buddhist friends and has resumed her studies at a local university. Life has made a 180-degree turn for this 20-year-old Muslim woman. In March last year, her life was shattered by an explosion of sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in her hometown of Meiktila in central Myanmar, which left more than 40 people dead and thousands more homeless. Hnin Ei Phyu's family fled for their lives during the first of three days of rioting and spent more than a month in a shelter at a nearby sports stadium.
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Hnin Ei Phyu's family fled their home during 2013 violence in Meiktila
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The unrest pitted Muslims against Buddhist majority following shop dispute
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The sectarian unrest exposed Myanmar's ethnic faultlines
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Journalist David Grunebaum visits the town a year on and finds forgiveness | 9,161 | record_train |
According to the report, one unnamed interior minister said at the time: 'Our athletes should have the same conditions and services as the @placeholder athletes.' | By Rosie Taylor PUBLISHED: 07:06 EST, 4 August 2013 | UPDATED: 07:32 EST, 4 August 2013 West Germany lost to England (pictured) in the 1966 World Cup final. A report has suggested some of the German players may have been doped West Germany's footballers who played in the 1966 World Cup Final against England may have been injected with drugs as part of a government-funded doping scheme, a study has suggested. A report by German researchers claims that West Germany's athletes were systematically doped with government backing during the 1970s, and possibly as early as the 1950s. Leaked extracts from the unpublished 800-page report titled 'Doping in Germany from 1950 to today' were published by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Saturday.
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Report claims state-sponsored doping programme ran in West Germany as well as Eastern Bloc
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Three players who lost to England in 1966 final had traces of banned drug
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World Cup-winning 1954 team injected with speed, report claims | 9,162 | record_train |
Unattended vehicles around key infrastructure will be towed, @placeholder Metropolitan Police Chief Cathy Lanier said. | Washington (CNN) -- U.S. officials said Thursday evening they have "specific, credible but unconfirmed" information about a potential threat against the United States coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. "We have received credible information very recently about a possible plot directed at the homeland that seems to be focused on New York and Washington, D.C.," a senior administration official told CNN Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr. The official said the plot was believed to involve three individuals, including a U.S. citizen. U.S. officials believed the threat was a vehicle laden with explosives, but "the intelligence picture is not completely formed," the official said. "Not enough is known about the potential operatives and their plotting."
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NEW: Washington officials say stay calm and vigilant
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New York leaders say there's no need to panic
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@placeholder, who died in March 2002, aged 101, enjoyed a low-key lifestyle there. | By Mike Merritt A castle that was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother’s beloved Highland hideaway is being rented out to paying guests — at the price of £50,000 for a long weekend. It is the first time that a royal residence has ever been let out. The Castle of Mey was the only residence directly owned by Queen Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth in 1986 with her beloved corgis in the grounds of the Castle of Mey, the only residence she personally owned. Her late Majesty ceased to be the Queen Mother on her death Over the decades, she filled her holiday home with distinctive knick-knacks and personal flourishes.
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Her late Majesty bought the 16th Century castle in 1952, while mourning her husband King George VI
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For £50,000 up to a dozen people can spend a long weekend, where Prince Charles is still a regular visitor
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On the dining room walls are landscapes painted by Prince Philip
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Guests can stay in Princess Margaret's bedroom but not the late Queen's | 9,164 | record_train |
Some Britons with foresight switched their savings to @placeholder accounts several months ago and now those with the means to do so, many retired, are making plans to sell their properties and return home. | Secret plans to airlift penniless Britons stranded in Cyprus back home have been drawn up by the Government. Senior Whitehall sources say that if the crisis spirals out of control, British citizens who want to come back will be offered airline tickets. If necessary, they will also be given transport to get to airports, probably by the British Army. There are an estimated 60,000 British expatriates in Cyprus and 3,000 British soldiers based there. The military may rescue up to 60,000 expats as the island faces financial meltdown News of plans to rescue Brits from the island comes as Cyprus’s government reached a deal with EU authorities on a financial bail-out essential to avoid the country sliding further into chaos.
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Estimated 60,000 British expatriates in Cyprus and 3,000 British soldiers based there
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Cyprus's government reached a deal with EU authorities on a financial bail-out essential to avoid the country sliding further into chaos | 9,165 | record_train |
Obama and @placeholder also put aside politics Thursday to commemorate the September 11 terrorist attacks. | (CNN) -- Former President Bill Clinton said Thursday he thinks that Barack Obama will win big in the upcoming presidential election. Bill Clinton and Barack Obama chat at Clinton's Harlem office. "I predict that Sen. Obama will win and win handily," Clinton said when asked his opinion on the state of the race. Obama smiled at Clinton's prediction, saying, "There you go, you can take it from the president of the United States. He knows a little something about politics." The two men chatted with reporters in a photo-op at Clinton's Harlem office before sitting down for a private lunch.
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NEW: Barack Obama, John McCain lay roses at ground zero
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New polls show both candidates with slim leads in key battleground states
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Biden speaks with first responders in Parma, Ohio
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Sarah Palin back in Alaska for son's deployment ceremony | 9,166 | record_train |
@placeholder could be beaten, like any other team could be beaten, but you would have to work hard for it. | By Neil Ashton Follow @@neilashton_ The last time the England team had an aura about them was at the World Cup in 2006. They were a bloody difficult team to beat. When that team stood in the tunnel, the opposition knew that they would be in for a game. There was a presence about Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard, Wayne Rooney and captain David Beckham when they took to the field. Going home: England's players applaud their travelling supporters after drawing 0-0 with Costa Rica in their final World Cup group game Bright future: England boss Roy Hodgson believes the country's young players can develop ahead of Euro 2016
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England only collected one point throughout this World Cup campaign
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Roy Hodgson's men leave Brazil 2014 without even qualifying past the group stages | 9,167 | record_train |
"We land in @placeholder and then it was one series of problems after another," she said. | (CNN) -- Airline passengers left stranded by a freak snowstorm that pounded the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states were waiting to get to their destinations Sunday, many after spending a restless night on cots or airport floors. "Whatever kind of system they had, it completely and utterly broke down," said passenger Fatimah Dahandari, who spent a night in Hartford, Connecticut's Bradley International Airport while trying to get to New York. "It looks like a refugee camp in here." More than 4 million people in at least five states were without power Sunday as the storm moved offshore. Up to five deaths, some in traffic accidents, were blamed on the storm.
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NEW: Conn. governor tells residents to expect record low temperatures
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JetBlue: Passengers are getting refunds, round-trip voucher
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Realising he does not remember @placeholder’s name, he starts fumbling with his notes before confessing: ’I think I've been given the wrong paperwork.’ | The Swedish prime minister clearly has some first-day-at-work nerves as he managed to mess up his first international press conference this week. Stefan Löfven was introducing fellow Scandinavian and Baltic leaders when he forgot their names, and was caught on camera desperately mumbling to an aide for help. The Social Democratic leader managed to correctly introduce Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt, but when he came to Estonia's Foreign Trade Minister Anne Sulling he went silent. It all started so well: Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven addresses his first international press conference and begins to introduce leaders form the other Scandinavian countries and the Baltic states...
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Sweden's Stefan Löfven messed up first international press conference
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New prime minister forgot name of Estonia's Foreign Trade Minister
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Former welder Löfven was elected prime minister in September
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'She was screaming, I was screaming, and @placeholder was just in complete shock. | Four-year-old Tilly Anderson-Graham was bitten up to 25 times in a vicious dog attack A mother has slammed police who refused to investigate a vicious dog attack after the animal jumped into her car and attacked her four-year-old daughter. Samantha Anderson-Graham, 38, was driving along a country lane in Bures St Mary, Suffolk, when she saw a Lakeland terrier in the middle of the road and got out to shoo it to safety. But as she did, it leapt in through her door and daughter Tilly was frantically bitten 25 times on her arms, legs and face, as her terrified 12-year-old brother Joe looked on in shock.
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Samantha Anderson-Graham was driving along country lane with children
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A Lakeland terrier was in middle of road, she got out to shoo it to safety
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But as she did, it jumped in her door and attacked her daughter Tilly
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She called police but claims she was told it was 'her responsibility'
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After she made official complaint, gamekeeper Trevor Edwards charged | 9,170 | record_train |
'So I decided to go to @placeholder and eventually found these three locations in very different conditions. | These surreal photographs are instantly familiar to any fan of Star Wars - they show the landscape of Tatooine, where Luke Skywalker grew up in the sci-fi blockbuster. But the pictures were not captured when the series was being filmed in the 1970s, but in fact date back just a few weeks. The sets which director George Lucas used to create his epic vision are still standing in the deserts of Tunisia, where they have been a focus of pilgrimage for Star Wars obsessives for decades. Scroll down for the original trailer Iconic: This house was the home of Luke Skywalker on Tatooine in the Star Wars films
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Luke Skywalker's home planet of Tatooine is still standing in the desert
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Artist takes haunting images of disused set after finding it through Google | 9,171 | record_train |
'Now I’m back to iPads and @placeholder again, and I just love it.' | While America was watching the midterm election results come in, commentators on CNN were doing a terrible job pretending to be big fans of the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. Microsoft gave commentators on the network tablets to use throughout the night, but some of the reporters were seen blatantly typing away on their Mac products half concealed by their provided PC gadget. According to a source who was at the CNN studios for yesterday's coverage, the whole team wasn't exactly excited at the prospect of having to use Microsoft devices. Jake Tapper is a Mac: CNN's Chief Washington Correspondent was seen typing away on his iPad during election night coverage, behind a Microsoft-provided Surface Pro 3
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Microsoft provided their Surface Pro 3 tablets to CNN to use during election night coverage
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The Democratic account differed from the @placeholder ones in that it clearly labeled the intent of the profile and provided the code for how to decipher the tweets. | A Democratic group says it will file a formal complaint with federal regulators against three Republican organizations after a CNN investigation revealed that they shared internal polling data before the midterm elections by posting the information on anonymous Twitter accounts. The liberal advocacy group American Democracy Legal Fund alleged in a complaint meant to be filed Monday to the Federal Election Commission that the National Republican Congressional Committee, the American Action Network and American Crossroads broke federal rules that prohibit coordination between campaign committees and outside groups. "The NRCC and outside groups appear to have engaged in illegal coordination through sharing internal polling data," according to the complaint, which was provided to CNN by American Democracy Legal Fund. "By hiding their communications on a public website, Respondents intentionally tried to create a loophole in the coordination rules. Such an intentional effort to knowingly flout campaign finance laws cannot be condoned."
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A Democratic group filed a complaint against the GOP for using Twitter to secretly communicate
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GOP groups used the accounts to send messages between campaign committees and outside groups
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@placeholder called the announcement a "war threat," and Venezuela retorted by calling Colombia's response "hypocritical" and "immoral." | (CNN) -- For observers of Latin America, this week's meeting in Caracas between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was remarkable for how unremarkable it was. Santos and Chavez, both in suits, sat closely at a table as they signed a number of bilateral initiatives on agriculture, trade and security. Before last year, the thought of Colombia and Venezuela cooperating on anything at all seemed remote. Relations were so strained between the two countries that the word "war" was on politicians' lips. Chavez and Santos' predecessor, Alvaro Uribe, volleyed insults back and forth like professional tennis players.
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For a period, Venezuela and Colombia were bitterly at odds
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In the past year that relationship has healed
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Obstacles to the strength of that relationship remain, analysts say | 9,174 | record_train |
Hannah and April were taken by ambulance to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and April went straight into intensive care where eventually @placeholder was able to join them. | A nursery worker had the shock of her life when she gave birth on her lunch break in the toilet. Hannah Brown, 27, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was just 28 weeks pregnant when she had to deliver her own baby in the loo at work. At three months premature, newborn April, now two months old, was rushed to Gloucester Royal Hospital to the intensive care unit. Nursery worker Hannah gave birth on the toilet floor at work as baby arrived three months early After a nerve-racking two months, four weeks before Hannah's due date, Hannah and husband Kyle, 29, brought their healthy baby girl home.
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Hannah Brown, 27, from Cheltenham, was just 28 weeks pregnant
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Had shock of her life when she gave birth on her lunch break in the toilet
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The friend was a the hearing with @placeholder and took responsibility for the tweet. | By Daniel Mills An Australian rugby league player has become the first player banned for inappropriate use of social media after a gay slur was posted on his Twitter account. Grayson Goodwin, 24, was given a 26-week ban for the tweet 'Gay refs shouldn’t be allowed to ref because they r so s***' which appeared during an NRL game on March 21. It appeared for only a few minutes, but was retweeted 30 times by followers, and followers of followers. Banned: Grayson Goodwin pictured right with suspended NRL player Blake Ferguson. Goodwin has received a 26-week ban for a gay slur directed at homosexual referee Matt Checcin
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Goodwin is the first player to be banned from the rugby league for inappropriate social media use
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A friend of Goodwin's admitted that he was in fact the one who posted it
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NSWRL officials did not accept his testimony and still banned Goodwin
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He will not be eligible to play until September 20 | 9,176 | record_train |
His son @placeholder, a sophomore at a public high school in Brooklyn, appeared prominently in campaign ads as de Blasio soared in the polls. | Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on a progressive agenda that he said would narrow the widening gap between the rich and poor in the nation's largest city, was sworn in Wednesday as New York's 109th mayor. On a chilly first day of 2014, former President Bill Clinton administered the oath of office at a ceremony outside City Hall using a Bible once owned by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Clinton's wife, Hillary, a former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential candidate, also attended. De Blasio and the Clintons: The ties that bind? De Blasio took the oath with his wife, Chirlane McCray, and the couple's children, Chiara and Dante, at his side. His November electoral victory ended a long losing streak for Democrats that began when former Mayor David Dinkins, de Blasio's former boss, lost to Republican Rudy Giuliani in 1993.
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"We will succeed as one city," Bill de Blasio says in his inaugural speech
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Former President Bill Clinton administers the oath of office outside City Hall
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De Blasio was ceremoniously sworn in shortly after midnight outside his Brooklyn home
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He replaces billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who led New York for 12 years | 9,177 | record_train |
'The superior range and fast-fill refueling speed of our @placeholder Fuel Cell vehicle contrast with the lower range and slow-charge characteristics of competing battery electric vehicles. | Residents of Orange County now have a new option when filling up their cars - fuels created from human waste. An experimental project from the University of California hopes to prove that human waste can have its uses as a fuel. It is even working with car maker Hyundai, which is set to begin leasing cars that can use the new fuel - for free. Powered by POO: Hyundai plans to begin leasing a fuel-cell version of its Tucson crossover, which can travel about 480 kilometers on a tank of hydrogen. First, sewage is separated into water and biosolids.
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Fuel cell cars can be refilled from stations powered by human waste
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Waste taken directly from Southern California's sewage system
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Hyundai will lease cars with unlimited refills of hydrogen fuel | 9,178 | record_train |
Tess then spent six months and £6,000 fighting for the right to remain in the oil-rich country, and for custody of Olianne, after the girl went to live with @placeholder. | A British mother has been deported from Dubai – and forced to leave her six-year-old daughter behind – for working without her estranged husband’s permission. Secondary school teacher Tess Lorrigan was in her classroom with a group of 13-year-old children when she was arrested by immigration officials and thrown into one of the Middle Eastern state’s notoriously tough prisons for two days. She had taken the job teaching media and film studies to support her adopted daughter Olianne after separating from her husband of eight years, expat company director Michael Lorrigan. Court Battle: Tess and her adopted daughter Olianne Tess claims he lodged the complaint after becoming bitter over their tug-of-love battle for Olianne.
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Teacher was at work when was arrested and thrown into notorious Middle Eastern prison
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Bitter husband complained about her in tug-of-war over their adopted daughter | 9,179 | record_train |
Choson Sinbo was permitted to conduct the interview by @placeholder. | The American citizen sentenced to 15 years in a North Korean labor camp has appealed to the Korean authorities for forgiveness and asked the United States for help in securing his release in an exclusive interview from prison obtained Wednesday by CNN. Pae Jun Ho, known as Kenneth Bae by U.S. authorities, was found guilty in an April 30 trial of "hostile acts to bring down its government" and planning anti-North Korea religious activities, according to the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "Although my health is not good, I am being patient and coping well," Bae said. "And I hope that with the help of the North Korean government and the United States, I will be released soon."
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U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae spoke to pro-North Korea group Choson Sinbo
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In interview, he asks for U.S. and North Korea's help to release him
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Bae appears thinner and breaks down when speaking of his father
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Bae was sentenced 15 years of hard labor in North Korea | 9,180 | record_train |
Mr @placeholder did not specify precisely which Lib Dem policies he was referring to as damaging to Britain. | By Tim Shipman In Delhi and Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor The coalition government has made decisions that are not in the national interest, David Cameron has admitted. The Prime Minister said the Liberal Democrats have forced him into adopting policies that will damage Britain 'in the long term'. But Deputy PM Nick Clegg hit back, insisting blocking some Tory policies was the 'right' thing to do. Tour: David Cameron, who met staff at Air Radio in Kolkata, India, revealed the downside of sharing power with the Lib Dems Mr Cameron and Tory MP Priti Patel walked through Kolkata, India, where they visited the Howrah Bridge which was built by the Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Company
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Prime Minister complains about 'bad' decisions taken for political reasons
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Officials say he broke into the @placeholder's home, tied them up and forced them into their car. | By Associated Press Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:19 EST, 3 December 2012 | UPDATED: 23:41 EST, 3 December 2012 Authorities say the man tied to at least eight murders from New York to Alaska killed people simply because he 'liked to do it.' Israel Keyes was found dead in his Alaska jail cell on Sunday after he had apparently committed suicide, but not before he confessed to killing a Vermont couple who disappeared last year, Officials said at a news conference in Vermont on Monday that Keyes, 34, provided details about the abduction of Bill and Lorraine Currier that authorities had not released to the public.
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Israel Keyes, 34, was found dead of an apparent suicide on Sunday
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Before his death, he confessed to the murder of Bill and Lorraine Currier, have been missing since last year
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Keyes had been charged in the murder of Samantha Koenig, an Alaska barista who was murdered in February | 9,182 | record_train |
"The transmitter is certainly still attached to P26 and @placeholder is still alive!" | Meet P26 -- a shy pangolin who recently was released into a national park in Vietnam after being seized from the illegal pangolin trade. Pangolins are thought to be the most trafficked mammals in the world, which made them the subject of a recent series for CNN's Change the List project. They're traded by the ton. The fine people who are taking care of P26 -- from the Carnivore and Pangolin Conservation Program -- agreed to let CNN's readers do something kind of cool: We're going to vote on a new name for this little guy, and then follow his journey.
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Vote below to rename this pangolin, who is currently called P26
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John Sutter says P26 is no name for such an interesting animal
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The pangolin is a scale-covered mammal that's illegally trafficked by the ton
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It's thought to be the most trafficked mammal in the world | 9,183 | record_train |
To find an @placeholder event near your or learn how to host your own, visit the website. | (CNN) -- The world produces enough food to meet the needs of its population, yet nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger according to the United Nations' Committee on World Food Security. There are ways to change this statistic. Here are five creative ways to make an impact on hunger in your community and around the globe. Create The Empty Bowls Project, the brainchild of artists John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn, uses ceramic arts to fight hunger. At each event potters and other artisans donate handcrafted bowls. Guests select one of the bowls and are served a meal of soup and bread. They take home their bowl as a reminder of how many go empty around the world.
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Nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger, according to the U.N.
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Fighting hunger can be as easy as dining out, playing a game, or sending a tweet
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Artists and architects use their skills to fight hunger and raise awareness | 9,184 | record_train |
Her lawyer tried to cite Sheen's 'grenade cake' threat but the judge stuck to @placeholder's comments on TMZ live. | By Colette Fahy PUBLISHED: 21:30 EST, 6 November 2013 | UPDATED: 10:47 EST, 7 November 2013 Rebuked: Charlie Sheen has been slapped with a restraining order after violating a gagging clause over his custody case with Brooke Mueller Charlie Sheen was given a dressing down by the judge presiding over the custody case involving his twins Bob and Max after making very public comments about the ongoing legal proceedings. According to TMZ, the Anger Management star was slapped with a restraining order which contains a gagging clause meaning that if he talks publicly about the case - or the boys' mother Brooke Mueller - again... he's off to prison.
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Judge warns Sheen: 'Don't forget I'm Italian'
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Charlie had posted a picture of a birthday cake with a grenade on Twitter as a message to Brooke
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Sheen lashed out at Mueller calling her a 'chubby weirdo' after her bid to get a restraining order against him on Monday failed
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He's now prohibited from going within 200 yards of Brooke or contacting her and could face jail if he breaks order
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Brooke could 'regain full custody of the boys by Christmas if she doesn't relapse', according to reports | 9,185 | record_train |
Residents held the village's first ever public meeting to discuss the matter, while some have sent letters of objection to the plans which 'will spoil a very sensitive part of the @placeholder countryside.' | By Jennifer Smith Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire for his mother's plans to build 19 new houses in the village of Hinton Blewett A Tory MP has come under fire after his aristocratic mother unveiled plans to build a housing estate in the middle of a country village. Residents in Hinton Blewett, Somerset, are outraged by Lady Gillian Rees-Mogg's plans to build 19 detached houses in the historic village. Her Ladyship has been accused of taking advantage of a change in planning laws that allow local authorities to regulate applications for new buildings. The family is well known in the village where former editor of The Times, Lord William Rees-Mogg was a Baron.
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Lady Gillian Rees-Mogg proposed application for 19 new houses
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Residents in Hinton Blewett, Somerset, are outraged by the plans
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Her Ladyship's son is the MP for North East Somerset
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Jacob Rees-Mogg said planning is 'a matter for the council' | 9,186 | record_train |
The survey indicates Romney's popularity still lags well behind Obama's: 56% have a favorable view of the president, with 42% saying they see @placeholder in a negative light. | Washington (CNN) -- A new poll Tuesday showed voters are willing to give Mitt Romney a fresh look now that he is the certain Republican presidential nominee, and the former Massachusetts governor picked up public backing from the top GOP leaders in the House and Senate. The good news came as Romney's campaign offered a mild rebuke to right-wing rocker Ted Nugent's for his latest inflammatory rhetoric against President Barack Obama, seeking a middle ground between condoning divisive language and alienating conservatives who like Nugent's firebrand politics. Obama, meanwhile, unveiled a new plan to limit oil market speculation as a way to address high gas prices angering Americans as the campaign for the November election heats up.
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Obama says oil speculation crackdown makes up for big oil subsidies
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Romney says Obama's pushing Buffett Rule shows he's "out of ideas" | 9,187 | record_train |
Blame it on the beard: @placeholder joined his sister for the bike ride and the swim but when she beat him at the latter, he joked it was because he hadn't streamlined by shaving | After successfully cycling 3000 miles across America, Pippa Middleton has barely had time to catch her breath before embarking on her next challenge - a four mile swim across a tidal shipping strait in Turkey. The 30-year-old was joined by her brother, James, and some of their other cycling teammates, to take part in the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race. The event is organised by the Turkish Olympic Committee and attracts thousands of fit adventure-seekers from around the world, keen to taken on the challenging open water swim. Scroll down for video Looks the part: Pippa Middleton in her Baywatch-style red swimming costume at the Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race
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Pippa and James finished Bosphorus Cross Continental Swimming Race
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Four-mile event takes place in tidal shipping canal
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Writer finished ahead of her brother by 13 minutes
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She said she prepared with lengths in pool and open water swim practice
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Maintained a healthy diet of wholesome carbs and lots of protein
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Swim for charity comes after pair completed bike ride across U.S.
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U.S. officials have attributed the delays to a crowded apron at @placeholder's small airport, but say traffic conditions have considerably improved. | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- More than 50 Haitian children -- rescued from an orphanage damaged by last week's earthquake --arrived Tuesday in Pennsylvania, most of them headed eventually to adoptive homes. Gov. Edward Rendell, who traveled to Haiti to accompany the orphans back to his state, said the 53 children from the Bresma Orphanage in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince were flown to Florida on an Air Force C-17 transport plane. The group was then transferred to another plane to fly to Pittsburgh International Airport, he said at a news conference at the airport. Another child is to arrive in Pittsburgh late Tuesday or Wednesday, Rendell said. Ali McMutrie, a Pittsburgh-area woman who ran the orphanage with her sister, Jamie, said her sister will accompany the 54th orphan.
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53 children from Haiti orphanage flown to Pittsburgh; another child will arrive later
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Most of the adoption cases were at end of bureaucratic process before quake
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Adoption cases are under way for 47: 40 for U.S. adoptions, 4 for Spain, 3 for Canada
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Children were bused to hospital; they'll be in foster homes until adoption details finalized | 9,189 | record_train |
Earlier on Thursday, @placeholder took the most drastic action against a Serbian club to date, banning them from European competition for one year and fining them 50,000 Swiss francs ($41.259). | BELGRADE, Serbia -- Partizan Belgrade are unlikely to appeal against their ban from the UEFA Cup, the Serbian first division club's deputy general secretary Gordan Petric said on Thursday. There is little for the Partizan players to celebrate after UEFA's verdict. "We will decide what to do over the next few days but appealing against the verdict may not be the smartest thing to do because UEFA may react by imposing even stronger repercussions," Petric told Belgrade's B 92 television. "We really left no room to the UEFA Disciplinary Committee to be lenient because we had been punished in 25 of our 36 European matches in the last five years and we need to address the problem very seriously," he said.
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Serbian club Partizan Belgrade are thrown out of this year's UEFA Cup
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Rioting fans caused a hold-up during their tie at Serbia's Zrinjski Mostar
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The heat map shows the impact @placeholder had on the game | By Graeme Yorke PUBLISHED: 03:18 EST, 6 March 2014 | UPDATED: 14:25 EST, 6 March 2014 Mesut Ozil and Gemany were booed off in Stuttgart after an unconvincing win over Chile. The Arsenal star was substituted in the 89th minute to a chorus of boos and the jeering continued at the full time whistle. Mario Gotze's 16th-minute winner – set up by Ozil - was the difference between the sides but the German fans were clearly unimpressed ahead of the World Cup in the summer. Poor reception: Mesut Ozil was booed off as he was substituted in the 89th minute
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Mesut Ozil booed off by supporters after being substituted in 89th minute
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German media have questioned Ozil's role in the national side
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General manager Oliver Bierhoff says he 'doesn't understand' the jeering
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Captain Philipp Lahm 'not concerned' by the fans' reaction
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Germany beat Chile 1-0 thanks to a Mario Gotze goal | 9,191 | record_train |
This morning almost 150,000 people had signed a petition requesting @placeholder did not resign Evans. | Rapist footballer Ched Evans's girlfriend has quit Twitter after she was branded a 'gold-digger' and 'disgusting' for standing by him despite his conviction. Evans, a striker for Sheffield United and Wales, could be released from prison today having served half of a five-year sentence for raping a 19-year-old girl in his home town of Rhyl. The case has sparked huge controversy following comments by ITV star Judy Finnigan in which she suggested the 25-year-old should be allowed to return to his club because the victim was 'drunk' and the rape was 'unpleasant' but 'not violent'. Her comments, and the possibility he could return to professional football, has caused outrage - an online petition opposing his return has now gathered almost 150,000 signatures.
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Rapist Ched Evans's girlfriend labelled a 'gold-digger' for supporting him
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She quit Twitter yesterday after being abused in a stream of tweets
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Petition opposing former footballer's return to club has 150,000 signatures
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Nick Clegg: Football club should think 'long and hard' about re-signing him | 9,192 | record_train |
As for @placeholder's scope, the Supreme Court notes that "DOMA writes inequality into the entire United States code" and describes DOMA as "touching many aspects of married and family life, from the mundane to the profound." | (CNN) -- Shortly after we filed our case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, my client Edie Windsor was asked what it felt like to be a plaintiff suing the federal government. Edie, who grew up in a middle-class household after the Great Depression, said it was one thing to be "out" as a lesbian but another thing entirely to be the "out lesbian who happens to be suing the United States of America." One year ago on Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Edie's case by issuing a landmark decision that gay people have have the same right to dignity and respect under the law that straight people do.
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A year ago Thursday, a Supreme Court ruling dismantled Defense of Marriage Act
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Roberta Kaplan argued the case for Edie Windsor on behalf of same-sex marriage
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Kaplan reminded herself "It's all about Edie, stupid," and Edie's 44-year relationship
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Kaplan's amazed at how many states have used Windsor case to pass same-sex marriage | 9,193 | record_train |
‘Whenever someone makes a comparison between me and @placeholder, I think it’s incredibly flattering,’ he said. | By Natalie Clarke For The Daily Mail Smitten: Hannah Stone is at the centre of a love triangle after she 'fell for' opera singer Bryn Terfel's 'charm offensive' What a delightful operatic libretto it would make: a story of star-crossed lovers, with a hint of farce. A beautiful young harpist with golden hair, who plays in royal palaces across the land, entrances two men. Both are opera singers. One is older, rich and famous, a big hulk of a man; the other is young and fresh-faced and on the cusp of greatness. They become love rivals. The beautiful harpist marries the younger man, but realises it is the hulk of a man she really loves.
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Hannah Stone, 27, married 'up-and-coming' baritone Gary Griffiths in 2012
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Mr Griffiths had been described as 'the next Bryn Terfel' - a Welsh baritone
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The young singer said at time that the comparison was 'incredibly flattering'
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But now Miss Stone has fallen for 48-year-old Mr Terfel's 'charm offensive'
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She has walked out on Mr Griffiths who is said to be 'bereft' at the situation
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The pair's new romance has been an 'open secret' in the classical world
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Mr Terfel split with his childhood sweetheart Lesley in 2012, after 25 years | 9,194 | record_train |
Islamic State has besieged the town to the east, south and west, meaning the @placeholder' only possible supply route is the Turkish border to the north. | Kurdish forces defending Kobane urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkeyon Saturday. A group that monitors the Syrian civil war said the Kurdish forces faced inevitable defeat in Kobane if Turkey did not open its border to let through arms - something Ankara has so far appeared reluctant to do. The U.S.-led coalition escalated air strikes on Islamic State in and around Kobane, also known as Ayn al-Arab, some four days ago. Kurdish forces defending Kobani urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town at the border with Turkeyon Saturday
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Kurdish forces want even more air strikes on Islamic State fighters in Syrian town
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The U.S. military conducted six airstrikes against Islamic State militants near the besieged Syrian city of Kobane on Friday and Saturday
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The air attacks near Kobane hit an Islamic State fighting position and two small units, damaged a command-and-control facility and destroyed three trucks | 9,195 | record_train |
He was supported by a third @placeholder who said she had witnessed the alleged slapping last year. | By Dan Bloom for MailOnline A police community support officer who was accused of spanking a male colleague's backside while he moved a filing cabinet has been cleared of sexual assault. A trial heard Josephine Browne, 50, had developed an 'unhealthy interest' with the fellow officer at a London police station, spying on him in a locker room and flashing her bra at him. But today the jury at Southwark Crown Court took less than an hour to clear Browne of sexual assault. Cleared: PCSO Josephine Browne, 50, has been cleared of sexual assault after a colleague accused her of spanking his backside six times. Tonight jurors were still undecided on a lesser charge of common assault
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Josephine Browne, 50, was accused of spanking officer's backside six times
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Trial also heard claims she flashed her bra at him at London police station
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But today it took a jury less than an hour to clear her of sexual assault
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Jurors were still considering a lesser charge of common assault against her | 9,196 | record_train |
The Villa manager also had a brief conversation with @placeholder. | A furious Roy Keane tried to confront Tom Cleverley over claims that bust-ups with players had led to his departure from Aston Villa. Keane went round to Cleverley’s Cheshire house on Tuesday, pressed the doorbell and waited for 15 minutes. There was no answer from the house and eventually Keane — who lives nearby — stomped off. The incident was reported to have been captured on Cleverley’s CCTV. Roy Keane went round to Tom Cleverley's house to confront him about stories of bust-ups at Aston Villa Keane left Aston Villa at the end of last month saying he could not combine his role with his Ireland job
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Roy Keane went to Tom Cleverley's Cheshire home to confront him about stories of bust-ups
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Keane waited outside Cleverley's house before leaving
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The former Aston Villa No 2 accepts Cleverley was not behind the stories | 9,197 | record_train |
The group then went back to their student digs where Coolio, who has his own programme, Cookin’ with @placeholder, he made his special 'chicken á la daaaam' as well as peach crumble for dessert. | By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 08:03 EST, 11 October 2013 | UPDATED: 08:40 EST, 11 October 2013 A group of students were treated to 'most surreal night of our lives' after rapper Coolio cooked them a three-course dinner and held a tequila-fuelled jam session until 4am at their rented house. The students at the University of Central Lancashire had attended the American star's gig in the Preston and went to the after-party in a bar. But after being invited into the VIP section, they struck up such a good rapport with the star whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr, that he offered to cook to their house and cook them dinner.
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Students at the University of Central Lancashire met the star at after-party
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The group went to Tesco and bought food before rapper cooked for them
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They sang a rendition of his most famous hit Gangsta's Paradise | 9,198 | record_train |
@placeholder's army made an unprecedented move by issuing a statement demanding that politicians order their supporters to calm down. | Not too long ago, there were just as many news reports about Beirut's fancy nightclubs and the Lebanese capital's embrace of modern living as there were stories about violence. Lebanon had maintained relative stability despite the full-tilt civil war that has torn apart its largest neighbor and former military occupier, Syria, for more than a year and a half. The war has triggered some sectarian conflicts inside Lebanon, and that raised concerns -- but no alarm bells -- about a broader conflict. Now, that may have changed. The trigger came Friday, when a car bomb exploded in central Beirut, killing Lebanon's top intelligence official, Brig. Gen Wissam al-Hassan. He publicly opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Many in Lebanon immediately suspected al-Assad's regime in the assassination.
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Lebanon has maintained relative stability despite the civil war raging next door
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Last week's assassination of a top intel official may have changed that
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Syria still plays a major role in Lebanon, despite pulling out its troops in 2005 | 9,199 | record_train |
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