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When young @placeholder was diagnosed in 1962, the prospects of living a full life past her 40s were not good. | Washington (CNN) -- With "candor comes a measure of vulnerability." Sonia Sotomayor wants readers to know in the first pages of her new memoir that this will be different from other books by members of the Supreme Court. The dynamic story of the first Latina to sit as a justice seeks to inspire by revealing often-painful chapters in her self-described "extraordinary journey": her father's early death from alcoholism; a complex, often distant relationship with her mother; growing up poor in the Bronx projects; self-doubts about her looks, brief failed marriage; and professional path. But her strengths are celebrated, too: self-reliance to the point of giving herself insulin shots at age 7, after being diagnosed with diabetes; her loyalty to a large circle of friends; and vivid pride in her Puerto Rican heritage.
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has a new memoir, "My Beloved World"
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She is the first Latina to sit on the high court
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The 58-year-old was named to the court in 2009 after 17 years as a federal judge | 59,200 | record_train |
Mourinho hopes @placeholder will be available after the international break. | Jose Mourinho has reignited his feud with Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini by claiming he ‘killed Mark Clattenburg’. Pellegrini criticised Chelsea’s manager after the 1-1 draw between their teams at the Etihad Stadium last Sunday and accused Mourinho of approaching the game ‘like a small team’. Mourinho finally responded yesterday by reminding Pellegrini —who rarely gets involved in confrontations — that he broke his own rules last season by criticising Clattenburg. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho: Manuel Pellegrini killed Mark Clattenburg Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed Manuel Pellegrini 'killed' Mark Clattenburg earlier this season Frank Lampard refused to celebrate after scoring for City against former club Chelsea in last week's 1-1 draw
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Jose Mourinho reignites feud with Manuel Pellegrini by claiming Man City boss 'killed Mark Clattenburg'
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Pellegrini criticsed the referee's performance during his side's 2-2 draw with Arsenal this month
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Chilean also claimed Chelsea played like a 'small team' as Blues drew 1-1 at the Etihad last Sunday
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Chelsea boss confirmed midfielder Ramires will miss Saturday's clash with Aston Villa and the following fixture against Arsenal | 59,201 | record_train |
The two other @placeholder named are less high-profile, and the level of suspicion is lower and coded ‘orange.’ | One of Britain’s most famous athletes was drawn into an investigation on Saturday night after it was claimed that the sport’s governing body failed to act upon ‘suspicious’ drugs test samples. Dick Pound, a former chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), told the Mail on Sunday he had been asked to lead an inquiry into allegations that hundreds of abnormal readings could indicate doping was covered up. In a scandal now engulfing the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), 225 athletes from 39 countries were revealed to have produced anomalous blood readings. They include three British athletes – one of whom is a household name and a star of track and field events.
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Dick Pound is a a former chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
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Said he has been asked to lead inquiry into allegation of doping cover up
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65 athletes had blood readings which should have led to test for EPO
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Banned drug enhances performance by helping to get oxygen to muscles | 59,202 | record_train |
Mastour has been widely tipped as the next @placeholder superstar so his cameo should prove interesting viewing... | Stephan El Shaarawy helped himself to two goals as Real Madrid were comprehensively beaten by AC Milan in a mid-season friendly in Dubai on Tuesday evening. Carlo Ancelotti's side entered the winter break on the back of a record 22 consecutive wins but Cristiano Ronaldo and Co were second best to a Milan side currently occupying seventh place in Serie A. Jeremy Menez opened the scoring for Pippo Inzaghi's side before El Shaarawy doubled Milan's lead after half an hour. Ronaldo pulled a goal back for Real before half time but El Shaarway netted his second of the game just minutes after the restart.
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Jeremy Menez struck after pouncing on a poor Nacho backpass
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Stephan El Shaarawy doubled lead with fine low strike from 20 yards
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Cristiano Ronaldo pulls one back for Real on 35 minutes
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El Shaarawy scored his second of the match with a low near post strike
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Substitute Giampaolo Pazzini extends Milan's lead with a far-post header
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Karim Benzema replies for Real blasting home a late penalty
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Real Madrid starting XI: Navas, Arbeloa, Coentrao, Varane, Nacho, Illarra, Isco, Khedira, Jese, Ronaldo, Hernandez
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Real Madrid subs: Casillas, Pacheco, Pepe, Kroos, Benzema, Rodriguez, Bale, Carvajal, Raul de Tomas, D. Llorente, M. Llorente
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AC Milan starting XI: Diego Lopez, Bonera, Mexes, Zapata, Albertazzi, Montolivo, De Jong, Muntari, Bonaventura, Menez, El Shaarawy
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Milan subs: Agazzi, Abbiati, Pazzini, Rami, Essien, Poli, Niang, Saponara, Armero, Dias, Da Costa, Zaccardo, Mastour
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Madrid go into Dubai friendly off the back of 22 straight wins
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AC Milan two points off a Champions League place in Serie A | 59,203 | record_train |
Mrs Romney made her remarks on the nation's finances as she spoke to a crowd in @placeholder tonight. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:18 EST, 15 October 2012 | UPDATED: 05:25 EST, 16 October 2012 Michelle Obama and Ann Romney have both spoken out on the economy and unsurprisingly, the candidates' wives have dramatically different takes on our current climate. The First Lady told a radio show on Friday: 'We are seeing right now that we are in the midst of a huge recovery. Right? Because of what this president has done.” She said her husband had: “Pulled this economy from the brink of collapse when we were losing 800,000 jobs a month. Now were gaining… throughout most of his presidency, we’ve been adding jobs to this economy because of what he’s been doing. The stock market has doubled. Housing prices are rising. Foreclosure rates are lowering.'
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Mrs Romney spoke to women in Pennsylvania, telling them her husband could provide a 'brighter economic future'
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The First Lady told D.C. radio station last week that thanks to Barack, the U.S. was in the 'midst of a great recovery' | 59,204 | record_train |
@placeholder, when he toppled over the balcony while admiring the view of | A man who fell head-first from a four-storey hotel balcony has had his skull re-built using a 3D printer. Jon Fenton, 27, was on holiday in Barcelona last summer when he slipped and plunged onto a concrete roof. Astonishingly, he survived after his face acted 'like a crumple zone', protecting his brain from serious injury. Jon Fenton (before the accident) was on holiday in Barcelona last summer with fiance Rachel when he slipped and plunged 35ft onto a concrete roof After breaking every bone in his face and all four limbs, Mr Fenton (pictured today) was flown back to Britain for reconstructive surgery. Doctors used a 3D printer to create a model of his crushed skull - which they then used to rebuild his face
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Jon Fenton, 27, slipped and plunged four storeys onto a concrete roof
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Survived after his face acted like a 'crumple zone', protecting his brain
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Broke all bones in his face and all four limbs in the fall on holiday in Spain
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Was flown home to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham six weeks later
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There, surgeons 3D printed a cast of his damaged face
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They then used it to re-shape his face, breaking all the bones again and re-setting them into the correct position | 59,205 | record_train |
Talk about power walk: Celebrity fitness coach Matt Roberts Prime Minister @placeholder | By Mail On Sunday Reporter Model Cara Delevingne is toning down her party lifestyle and toning up instead – with the help of the Prime Minister’s personal trainer. Cara, a catwalk favourite for luxury brands including Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel, has become a member of the exclusive women’s-only gym Grace Belgravia in Central London. Under the guidance of trainers led by celebrity fitness consultant Matt Roberts – the man who has helped Naomi Campbell and David and Samantha Cameron – Cara is lifting weights to help create long, lean muscles. Fitness friends: Cara Delevingne and fellow supermodel Suki Waterhouse are both members of the exclusive Grace Belgravia gym in London
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Cara Delevingne is tonight down the partying to tone up
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She has joined an exclusive London gym, Grace Belgravia
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Cara is coached by the same trainer David Cameron uses | 59,206 | record_train |
Lawyers for Mr @placeholder say the collection includes films with titles such as 'Is Louis Bacon a Racist?' | It all started as a simple garden fence dispute, but a row between two billionaires on a paradise island has since spiralled to include accusations of arson, racism and high-level corruption. Now the decade-long feud between New York hedge-fund manager Louis Bacon and Canadian clothing tycoon Peter Nygard is coming to a head once again. Mr Bacon has just won permission to access to a trove of 1,000 hours of video footage which he claims will show Mr Nygard orchestrated a smear-campaign against him. Louis Bacon (left) a billionaire hedge-fund manager, has won access to 1,000 hours of video footage he claims will show a smear campaign against him by clothing magnate Peter Nygard (right)
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Louis Bacon and Peter Nygard have been involved in decade-long legal spat
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Began as Nygard accused of destroying environment on Bahamian island
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In 2009 Bacon was accused by Nygard of burning down mansion complex
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Bacon has now won access to videos he claims show a smear-campaign
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Nygard denies smears, says he is supporting local 'education campaign' | 59,207 | record_train |
After just an hour and a half, @placeholder and a friend returned to the trap and found Camo inside - albeit a little worse for wear. | Hayley Crews' most cherished Christmas present came two days late. The Oregon woman lost her cat more than a week ago after her boyfriend sold her box spring on Craigslist, without realizing her kitty named Camo was hiding inside. After a massive search involving hundreds of tips, Camo was located this weekend and is finally back home with Crews and her boyfriend Roy Dufek. Christmas miracle! Camo the cat has returned home ten days after he was taken from the apartment hidden inside a box spring that its owner's boyfriend sold on Craigslist Back home: The Tabby cat was caught using a live trap and when its owners found him, he was two pounds lighter with a squinty eye, bleeding paws and several broken nails
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The cat went missing on December 17, when its owner's boyfriend sold the box spring on Craigslist and didn't realize the kitty was hiding inside
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Owner Hayley Crews and her boyfriend Roy Dufek canvassed their neighborhood with posters hoping someone would spot Camo
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After returning home after the holidays on Saturday, the couple found Camo after setting up a live trap for the kitty
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Camo is about two pounds lighter, with several minor injuries, but it safe back home with the couple | 59,208 | record_train |
Covered arrivals: The @placeholder arranged to have curtains blocking the view of the guests' arrivals on Tuesday ahead of the funeral | By Joel Christie Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger was joined by up to 70 close family and friends yesterday as he celebrated the life of his late partner L'Wren Scott. The family attended the famed Hollywood Forever Funeral Home, in Los Angeles, at about 12.30pm yesterday before moving on to a reception at Sunset Tower Hotel, where they were seen arriving in a black mini-van and a limousine. Traditional folk song Will The Circle Be Unbroken was sung by longtime Rolling Stones backing vocalist Bernard Fowler and three generations of Jaggers gave speeches at the fashion designer's funeral. However it was the memories that a devastated Mick Jagger shared with mourners of his late partner that was said to have provided the most poignant part of the service.
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L'Wren Scott's funeral held at the Hollywood Forever Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon
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The site was chosen by her partner of 12 years, Mick Jagger, who requested her body transported from New York to Los Angeles
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About 70 people attended, one third of them from the Jagger family
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Close friend Ellen Barkin, Nicole Kidman and her husband Keith Urban, and singer Bryan Adams were also among the mourners
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Huge security contingent checked all vehicles | 59,209 | record_train |
When I show pictures of Harper to @placeholder, she says ‘That’s me, Mummy. | With her floppy hat, designer boots and chic coat, Harper Beckham captured the hearts of parents everywhere on her way to New York Fashion Week recently. Yet some eagle-eyed mums and dads also spotted a business opportunity: with Victoria and David lookalikes forging lucrative careers mimicking the couple, surely the market was ripe for Harpers as well? Indeed, Susan Scott’s Lookalikes agency has 32 Harpers on its books, with a rush of approaches from new hopefuls. We picked our top ten Harpers — and here they are, as cute as buttons, looking just like the famous little fashionista. Spot the difference: The real Harper Beckham, left, and lookalike Emilia Robbins, from Wrexham, right
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Harper's floppy hat, designer boots and chic coat captured the hearts of parents everywhere on her way to New York Fashion Week
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Yet some eagle-eyed mums and dads also spotted a business opportunity
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Susan Scott’s Lookalikes agency has 32 Harpers on its books, with a rush of approaches from new hopefuls | 59,210 | record_train |
Mr McBride, pictured, has original movie props such as light sabers and @placeholder themed artwork. | Most people will admit they have a dark side, but in the home of Star Wars super-fan Bill McBride, that side of the force is stronger than most. Sci-fi fan Bill McBride, 42, boasts the world's largest collection of Darth Vader memorabilia and is on a 20-year mission to turn his bedroom into a museum dedicated to the Sith Lord. Mr McBride, who has spent more than $284,000 on buying Darth Vader merchandise, has spent most of his adult lifeamassing a collection of more than 60,000 items including figurines, artwork and replica lightsabers. Star Wars obsessive Bill McBride has spent an estimated $284,000 for his 60,000 piece Darth Vader collection
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Bill McBride spent $284,000 building up his 60,000 piece collection
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The 42-year-old Star Wars fan has dedicated an entire room to his hobby
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Mr McBride can't wait for the new movie as it offers fresh memorabilia | 59,211 | record_train |
@placeholder's zoos are used to resorting to odd ways to get by amid the territory's multiple woes. | By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 22:59 EST, 21 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:24 EST, 22 April 2012 An emaciated stuffed lion lies on an exhibit cobbled together from crates and shipping pallet, flies hovering over its mangy coat. Nearby, a monkey missing limbs is frozen in a mummified gaze; a porcupine's brittle spines protrude from its lifeless corpse. The animals are among those exhibited at the Khan Younis zoo in the impoverished Gaza Strip - where zookeepers, to avoid smuggling animals across borders, stuff and embalm those that die and return them to their enclosures. Mummified: Palestinian zoo owner Mohammed Awaida holds a taxidermy monkey at the Khan Younis zoo, on the southern Gaza Strip
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New animals must be smuggled at great expense through an elaborate network of underground tunnels on the Gazan-Egyptian border
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Taxidermy has become a way for zookeepers to get past territory woes | 59,212 | record_train |
Alive and kicking: A red squirrel jumping from rock to rock in @placeholder (pictured above and below) | By Martin Robinson PUBLISHED: 11:28 EST, 29 October 2012 | UPDATED: 13:36 EST, 29 October 2012 After Britain shivered and froze over the weekend under a layer of its first snowfall, today autumn fought back with one final burst of vivid red before winter sets in. Stunning photographs taken at sunrise this morning show that parts of the UK have now thawed after sub-zero temperatures meant for several days it was colder here than in Moscow. Rich red colours burst out of pictures taken in Northumberland and Birmingham this morning as warmer weather fought back. But despite the bright scenes today, they may be short-lived as much of this week is likely to be a 'miserable' washout, with gales, rain and more snow setting in some spots.
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Warmer weather fights back in time for half term after parts of UK were colder than Moscow over the weekend
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Experts predicting that upcoming British winter could be very cold | 59,213 | record_train |
He said that it takes nearly 400 days to process a black farmer's loan request at the @placeholder, compared with less than 30 days for white farmers. | (CNN) -- Beginning Thursday, the head of the National Black Farmers Association will ride a tractor to Capitol Hill to press Congress to fund a historic discrimination case settlement involving minority farmers. John Boyd says he will make the ride on the tractor he named "Justice" each day the Senate is in session. Last week, he showed up in front of a federal courthouse in New York on a mule -- a reference to Civil War-era promises of assistance for freed African-American slaves. "I'm sorry my tractor may slow things down, but any delay in traffic is small potatoes compared to the years of delay black farmers have endured in our pursuit of justice," he said.
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The settlement involves the U.S. Agriculture Department
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Qualified farmers could receive $50,000 each to settle claims of racial bias
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Democrats and Republicans have supported paying out the money | 59,214 | record_train |
She told the court: ‘He grabbed @placeholder by the arm and said, “You’re really embarrassing me”.’ | Derek Mitchell 36, (pictured) left wife, radio DJ Suzie McGuire feeling like a 'broken woman' who tried to kill herself in a bid to escape her 'life of terror' The disgraced husband of former top Scottish radio DJ Suzie McGuire has been spared jail after being convicted of a string of domestic abuse charges including breaking her finger. Accountant Derek Mitchell 36, of Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, left his wife feeling like 'a broken woman' who tried to kill herself in March 2013 in a bid to escape her 'life of terror'. After being convicted of committing a number of assaults in 2011 in November last year after a three week trial at Paisley Sheriff Court he today learned he will not be jailed.
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Derek Mitchell, 36, left wife DJ Suzie McGuire suicidal over 'life of terror'
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She said he was a 'prince charming that turned into Jekyll and Hyde'
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Court heard Mitchell's actions 'were that of a spoiled, jealous, possessive man with a predilection for violence'
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On different occasions he broke her finger, called her 'slut' and slapped her
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He was convicted of three assaults last year but has today walked free | 59,215 | record_train |
@placeholder looked low on confidence as Bayern laboured to a goalless draw with Manchester City | CLICK HERE to read Martin Samuel's match report on heartbreak for City at the Allianz Arena There are certain, unavoidable signs of a centre forward lost in a haze of low confidence and Robert Lewandowski exhibited them in spades on Wednesday night. Heavy first touches, weak finishing, failure to get the head up and utilise peripheral vision. You could easily have put the Bayern striker’s name all the way down the checklist. It can be painful to watch, whoever you support. Down the other end of the field, Manchester City’s Edin Dzeko must have looked on and winced. He knows what it feels like to see the goal shrink to the size of a waste paper bin but the Bosnian also knows what it’s like to come out of the other side of a confidence crisis. Dzeko survived his own issues at Manchester City and surely Lewandowski will survive his own here in Bavaria.
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Manchester City lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich in Champions League opener
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Former City defender Jerome Boateng scored a late winner
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Robert Lewandowski still struggling after move from Borsussia Dortmund
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Poland international is yet to score a goal at the Allianz Arena
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By contrast Edin Dzeko has overcome his early problems at with Blues | 59,216 | record_train |
@placeholder, 23, died of a fatal heroin overdose, but there is no evidence she was a drug user, Rohrer said. | By Aaron Sharp PUBLISHED: 07:02 EST, 13 December 2013 | UPDATED: 08:05 EST, 13 December 2013 A nine-months pregnant mother, raped and killed by a former doctor who met her for sex before administering a lethal heroin injection, had turned to prostitution to make ends meet, a court heard. Deanna Ballman and her unborn child, planned to be called Mabel, died after the mother answered a Craigslist ad offering $200 to sleep with Ali Salim, according to a prosecutor. Kyle Rohrer, prosecuting, said the 23-year-old was in a difficult financial situation after moving home to Ohio from Colorado, leaving her husband and trying to support two children while pregnant.
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Deanna Ballman has recently left her husband and moved states
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She was about to give birth to a baby girl called Mabel when killed
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A prosecutor said she turned to prostitution to make ends meet | 59,217 | record_train |
Hours after Karzai's speech, Hagel said he spoke 'clearly and directly' about the comments during his first meeting with the @placeholder leader since becoming U.S. defence secretary on February 27. | By Matt Blake and Reuters Reporter PUBLISHED: 04:33 EST, 11 March 2013 | UPDATED: 04:18 EST, 12 March 2013 Afghan President Hamid Karzai hijacked US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel's debut visit to the region yesterday by accusing America of conspiring with the Taliban. A day after two Taliban bombings killed 17 people, Karzai accused the United States and the Taliban of colluding to convince Afghans that foreign forces were needed beyond 2014, when NATO is set to wrap up its combat mission and most troops withdraw. 'Those bombs that went off in Kabul and Khost were not a show of force to America. They were in service of America. It was in the service of the 2014 slogan to warn us if they (Americans) are not here then Taliban will come,' Karzai said in a speech.
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Karzai implies US bid to convince Afghans that US forces needed after 2014
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He claims Saturday's Taliban bombs that killed 17 people 'in service of US'
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Hagel says collusion between US and Taliban 'wouldn't make a lot of sense' | 59,218 | record_train |
"We can only react with utter disbelief to the unexpected and sudden developments in @placeholder. | Abu Dhabi (CNN) -- Two nongovernmental organizations that worked primarily on promoting democracy abroad were shuttered by the government of the United Arab Emirates this week. The Dubai office of U.S.-based National Democratic Institute was shut down Wednesday, followed by the closure of the Abu Dhabi office of Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, an organization based in Germany, the next day. Both pro-democracy groups saw their offices raided and shut down last year in Egypt. Egyptian authorities accused the organizations of international interference that was stoking continued protests against the current military-led government. According to the NDI, while the organization has a regional office in Dubai, it does not have any programs in the UAE.
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United Arab Emirates closes offices of two NGOs
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It does not give a reason for the closures
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Group criticizes government for crackdown on online activists | 59,219 | record_train |
Called '@placeholder's shocking weight gain', the clip, which came accompanied by elephant sound effects, has been seen more than 500,000 times. | Outrage sparked by photos showing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who gave birth seven months ago, with double chin Fans say actress, 38, should lose weight fast 'like Victoria Beckham did' She is a former Miss World, a successful Bollywood star and married to the son of one of India's best-loved stars. She found international fame in the Hollywood film Bride and Prejudice, and Julia Roberts billed her as the world's most beautiful woman. Thanks to the notoriety such fame and fortune has brought her, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has become one of the most admired and revered women in India, and indeed the world. But such fame has come at a cost for the 38-year-old star.
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Outrage sparked by photos showing Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who gave birth seven months ago, with double chin
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Fans say actress, 38, should lose weight fast 'like Victoria Beckham did' | 59,220 | record_train |
He's back: Wilshere returned from injury in Arsenal's 2-0 win at @placeholder on Sunday | Jack Wilshere rarely shirks a tackle. Just ask Paul Scholes or Daniel Agger or Wilshere’s doctor. He knows only one way, it is in his nature and that is not about to change, even if his stomach lurched and he feared for his World Cup dream when he picked up his phone in March and saw messages backing up from the medical experts. The injury had not seemed too serious at the time. There was no great pain, he played on for 40 minutes and there was nothing alarming on the post-match scans, but there was a threat of deja vu in the air.
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Wilshere called Scholes after the former Manchester United midfielder criticised his progress
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Arsenal star describes Scholes as 'the best English midfielder of all time'
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Wilshere could start Arsenal's FA Cup final against Hull after returning from injury against Norwich last week
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The England man insists that his injury problems won't affect how he plays the game | 59,221 | record_train |
If you carry it around, you will be tempted to check the @placeholder, and you risk receiving spoiler-laden text messages from your gymnastics-loving friends. | (CNN) -- I am covering the Olympics for Slate this year, and, as such, it's my job to know what happens at the Games as soon as it happens. No waiting for the tape-delay broadcast for me; I wake at 4 a.m. to watch archery and stay in front of the screen until the sun sets on the British Isles. What this means is that I have personally spoiled at least seven people's enjoyment of the Olympics by blabbing prematurely about who won what event. "Did you see that Michael Phelps came in fourth?" I ask. "No, you jerk, and thanks for ruining it for me. I was going to watch that tonight," they respond.
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Justin Peters covers the Olympics professionally and has spoiled events for friends
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Peters recommends creating an information vacuum to avoid spoilers; noise machines help
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Peters says if you can avoid social situations at work, or work itself, you can prevent spoilers
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He suggests switching from a smartphone to an older cell phone with no text or Internet | 59,222 | record_train |
services where there has been a historic shortage of @placeholder trained | By Sophie Borland PUBLISHED: 13:07 EST, 27 January 2014 | UPDATED: 13:17 EST, 27 January 2014 The NHS employs staff from more than 200 different countries, including Azerbaijan, Zambia, Indonesia, Poland, and American Samoa, according to official figures. The records, recorded by the Health and Social Care Information Centre show that more than 1 in 10 workers are from overseas, including 25 per cent of doctors and 11 per cent of nurses. India is the biggest supplier of staff with 18,424, followed by the Philippines with 12,744, then Ireland and 12,613 and Poland, with 5,507.
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Records show that more than 1 in 10 NHS workers are from overseas
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25 per cent of doctors and 11 per cent on nurses are recruited from abroad
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India, the Philippines and Ireland are the top three suppliers of foreign staff
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Doctors have warned this could affect healthcare due to language barriers
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Lack of UK doctors might have forced the NHS to recruit foreign staff | 59,223 | record_train |
‘We are delighted to announce a partnership with @placeholder to accelerate Google’s research efforts in these areas.’ | Google has further demonstrated just how serious it is about making computers think like humans. The California tech giant has teamed up with two of Oxford University’s artificial intelligence (AI) teams to help machines better understand users, and improve visual recognition systems using deep learning. This partnership follows reports Google is also developing superfast ‘quantum’ chips modelled on the human brain, to make searches and software more intuitive. Google has teamed up with two of Oxford University’s (pictured) artificial intelligence (AI) teams. The first will lead research into helping machines better understand users, while the second has been tasked to improve visual recognition systems using deep learning
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Google has teamed up with two of Oxford’s artificial intelligence (AI) teams
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The first will lead research into helping machines better understand users
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The second is tasked with improving visual recognition using deep learning
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Google bought AI firm Deep Mind in January, designed to help computers think like humans
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Tech giant is also working on quantum chips based on the human brain | 59,224 | record_train |
A different storm system is set to disrupt holiday travel starting Saturday as the @placeholder prepares for severe rain and even tornadoes | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 02:48 EST, 20 December 2013 | UPDATED: 03:21 EST, 20 December 2013 Christmas travelers hitting the roads and skies this weekend face tornado warning in the South, severe downpours further north and a thick band of snowy conditions in the Midwest through the weekend. Major airport hubs from Dallas to Chicago, Atlanta, New York and Boston can expect to be affected by some extreme or another through Monday. Conditions will begin to calm down by the time the holiday finally rolls around Wednesday, with only parts of the northern Midwest expecting a white Christmas this year.
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Severe thunderstorms will hit a chunk of the southern U.S. along with the threat of tornadoes just as millions of travelers take to the roads and air for holiday travel this weekend
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Much of the Southeast is due to be drenched as a warm front moves through the region into Sunday
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The northernmost stretches of the Midwest, the Great Lakes region and much of New England will receive a liberal dumping of snow Friday
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Unseasonably warm temperatures expected for the East Coast until rains move in Sunday | 59,225 | record_train |
And earlier this year Mr @placeholder Mr Cameron made a thinly-veiled dig at Mr Hollande's economic record – criticising governments pursuing policies which would lead to 'more borrowing, more spending and more debt'. | David Cameron has taken a fresh swipe at the French government – ridiculing its 'nonsense' rule stopping people working more than 35 hours a week. The Prime Minister said the French 'obsession' with the policy was to blame for the country's unemployment crisis – with more than 10 per cent of the population out of work, while the UK's jobless rate has plummeted to just 6.2 per cent. Mr Cameron's jibe, which will spark fury in Paris, comes after the International Monetary Fund predicted Britain would overtake France to become the second-biggest economy in Europe next year. Scroll down for video
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PM said French 'obsession' with policy to blame for unemployment crisis
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He has made a series of jibes at France since Francois Hollande's election
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Mr Cameron said he would 'roll out red carpet' to firms fleeing French taxes
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@placeholder trades his dapper hat for a green baseball cap and exchanges his loafers for blue tennis shoes. | (Mental Floss) -- It started as body parts you jabbed into real potatoes and became a cultural phenomenon, resulting in some sweet film roles and government work. Let's go back to the beginning. 1949: A Spud is Born Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner tries to capitalize on kids who like to play with their food. Surprisingly, Lerner's idea of creating face and body parts that can be jabbed into potatoes is a hard sell. Toy companies worry that parents who've just lived through World War II-era food shortages will balk at the thought of wasting perfectly good food. 1952: The Tuber Spreads
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Brooklyn-born toy inventor George Lerner invented Mr. Potato Head in 1949
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Hasbro agrees to market it, creating the first-ever TV ads for a toy
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Mr. Potato Head ditched his organic body for a plastic one in 1964
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Sometimes called '@placeholder', he comes across as warm and caring. | By Graham Smith PUBLISHED: 12:19 EST, 14 March 2012 | UPDATED: 12:29 EST, 14 March 2012 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today warned that the country needs to embrace democracy and make urgent political reforms. Mr Wen said that the changes are needed to prevent China's economy from faltering and to spread wealth more evenly. He vowed to use his last year in power to attack mounting discontent that he warned could end in chaos - and may even see a new Cultural Revolution. Call for change: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao today warned that the country needs to embrace democracy and make urgent political reforms
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Wen Jiabao vows to use his last year in power to attack mounting discontent he says could end in chaos
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tax should be decided by the @placeholder government, the next 15p by the Scottish | By Gerri Peev and Harriet Arkell Scots should raise their own taxes to pay for 40 per cent of all their spending, Gordon Brown said yesterday. As he made a personal plea for the Union between Scotland and the rest of the UK to remain, the former Prime Minister backed calls for more powers to be devolved north of the border. Mr Brown, who has maintained a low profile since the 2010 election, said that Westminster should arrange a power-sharing arrangement with Edinburgh. 'We must work together': Former prime minister Gordon Brown today set out his view of a more devolved Scotland in the case of a No vote in September's referendum
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Gordon Brown made his biggest intervention into independence debate yet
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He told activists in Glasgow he wanted to see more power for Scotland
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Former PM was discussing his view if there is a No vote in September
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He called for more tax control for Holyrood and more devolution of power
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‘The @placeholder is the ultimate expression of the serendipity that people experience in a second-hand bookshop. | A book shop has come up with a novel way to sell second-hand books - by dispensing them at random from a vintage vending machine. In exchange for a $2 coin, the ‘Biblio-Mat’ gives curious book lovers a novel picked at random at quirky bookstore the Monkey’s Paw in Toronto, Canada. The creative invention holds books that are at least 25-years-old and has proved popular among customers who are left 'amused and mystified' by their purchase surprise. Scroll down for video The popular 'Biblio-Mat' book vending machine dispenses a random book, that is at least 25-years-old, in exchange for a $2 coin
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The 'Biblio-Mat' dispenses a random book, at least 25-years-old, for $2
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The invention has proved popular, amusing and mystifying customers | 59,230 | record_train |
@placeholder, 77, who lives on East 70th Street with his 42-year-old wife, has rubbed shoulders with convicted sex-offender before. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:19 EST, 24 September 2013 | UPDATED: 18:19 EST, 24 September 2013 Woody Allen has been spotted strolling on New York's Upper East Side with millionaire child sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, who served time for hiring minors to 'massage' him at his Florida mansion. A source told The New York Post's Page Six the former hedgefunder was 'hugging (Allen) and taking close to his ear' on Sunday, with the eccentric film director's effective step daughter-turned-much younger wife, Soon-Yi, in tow. '[He] had his arm on Woody's shoulder,' the spy added. Afternoon stroll: Woody Allen, pictured right, has been spotted strolling on New York's Upper East Side with millionaire child sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein, left. Allen's 42-year-old wife Soon-Yi is center
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The former hedgefunder was 'hugging (Allen) and taking close to his ear' in Manhattan on Sunday, a source told The New York Post
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The pair were accompanied by the eccentric film director's effective step daughter-turned-much younger wife, Soon-Yi, 42
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Epstein served 13 months of an 18 month sentence five years ago for soliciting a 14-year-old for prostitution | 59,231 | record_train |
Television personalities: Ashley Morrison used to anchor CBS;s MoneyWatch before leaving in September, 2013 while @placeholder left his job in February 2013 after his initial assault charges | By James Nye Tempestuous relationship: Ashley and Rob Morrison seen here in 2008 in New York City are still together - despite Mr. Morrison's guilty plea for domestic assault, which he was cleared of today in a Connecticut court when the charges were dropped Rob Morrison, the former New York City CBS anchorman forced to quit his $300,000 a year job after he was arrested for choking his wife walked away from court on Thursday with all charges dropped. Morrison, who is still married to former CBS MoneyWatch anchor Ashley Morrison was allowed to withdraw his previous guilty plea for the assault after completing a domestic violence program.
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Rob Morrison, 46, was allowed to take back his guilty pleas to second-degree threatening and breach of peace, and the charges were dropped
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Morrison was arrested and charged with choking his wife in February 2013
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Pleaded guilty and was forced to complete a 26-week domestic violence program
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The couple, who have been married for 11-years have reconciled and have an eight-year-old boy
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That leaves @placeholder authorities five days to pick him up. | (CNN) -- An ATM transaction, a grocery store receipt, a GPS device planted by a concerned car dealer and videos -- including one that showed a 22-year-old woman manhandled, knocked to the ground, then forced into a car just blocks from her Philadelphia home. All of it, among other tips and pieces of evidence, added up. And because of that, Carlesha Freeland-Gaither is thankfully back in Philadelphia where she belongs. The 22-year-old nursing assistant was released early Thursday from Maryland's Howard County General Hospital, having been reunited with her family after a harrowing three days. "She's doing about as well as you can expect. Obviously, she's traumatized by the entire event over the past few days, so it's going to take a little time for that to heal. But she's doing well. She's back with her family and she's very, very happy about that," Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."
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Carlesha Freeland-Gaither, 22, is "doing about as well as you can expect"
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Delvin Barnes admitted to the abduction, according to a criminal complaint
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He waives extradition to Virginia, where he faces other charges; no bail set
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Freeland-Gaither was found 3 days later in Maryland; Barnes didn't know her | 59,233 | record_train |
'We were told that they wanted to exchange us for four @placeholder agents and two Lebanese people. | By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 18 December 2012 | UPDATED: 02:54 EST, 19 December 2012 NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel has revealed how he thought he was going to be led outside and executed by Syrian captors who held him and his production team for five days. The prominent journalist, 39, was entering Syria from Turkey on Thursday with two crew members and their security guard when they were abducted, thrown into the back of a truck and blindfolded. They were taken to an unknown location and kept blindfolded and bound, but on Monday, they were released after a firefight with Syrian rebels at a checkpoint and have now re-entered Turkey.
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Richard Engel and three crew members disappeared on Thursday
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@placeholder's parents said they thought the sentence was too light and feared he'd get out while young enough to hurt someone else. | PUBLISHED: 21:53 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 05:12 EST, 18 October 2013 A teen convicted of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend because she dumped him smirked in court on Thursday as the girl's father revealed how he held her in his arms until she died after she was shot five times in the back. Anthony Ruiz, 17, was convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of Jennifer Zacarias, 16, and her unborn child. Wearing orange prison clothes, he smiled as his victim's father Pedro Zacarias recalled how he heard shots fired before finding his little girl lying in the snow in the backyard of their Cleveland home.
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Cleveland, Ohio, teen Anthony Ruiz was convicted of aggravated murder in the deaths of Jennifer Zacarias, 16, and her unborn child on Thursday
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Ruiz smiled as her father Pedro Zacarias recalled how he heard shots fired before finding his daughter lying dead in the snow in their backyard
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The teen was shot multiple times by Ruiz last February, because he was mad she had ended the relationship, Cuyahoga County prosecutors said
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Judge Nancy McDonnell sentenced Ruiz to 33 years to life | 59,235 | record_train |
Contrast: The banknotes in circulation in @placeholder and Scotland today are made from cotton paper | By Sophie Jane Evans Britain's first plastic banknotes are set to enter circulation in March 2015 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge, it has been announced. Two million of the £5 notes will be released by Clydesdale Bank to coincide with the anniversary of the opening of the rail bridge in east Scotland in 1890. The polymer notes are claimed to be more durable than existing currency - and also apparently stay cleaner for longer, are more difficult to counterfeit and are at least 2.5 times longer-lasting. Commemoration: Britain's first plastic banknotes are set to enter circulation in March 2015 to mark the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge, it has been announced. Above, Scottish Secretary of State Alistair Carmichael, Cabinet Secretary for Culture Fiona Hyslop (centre), and Clydesdale Bank executive director Debbie Crosbie
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Clydesdale Bank is set to release two million of the £5 notes in March 2015
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Release marks the 125th anniversary of the Forth Bridge in east Scotland
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That was in addition to a 10-year-old boy who died while playing with friends, the @placeholder health ministry said. | Gaza City (CNN) -- With the latest failed cease-fire quickly becoming a distant memory, the two sides in the Israel-Gaza conflict traded rockets and airstrikes Saturday -- as well as blame for not stopping the bloodshed. Israeli airstrikes killed at least five more people in Gaza on Saturday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The area around central Gaza's Qassam mosque, in particular, was a frenzy of activity as medical workers sifted through rubble there. WAFA claimed that Israeli fighter jets struck that mosque and another, killing at least three people. Less than a mile away from the Qassam mosque, a strike killed two men riding on a motorbike, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Dr. Ashraf el-Qedra said. Israel's military confirmed the strike, saying the two men were militants.
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Tearful @placeholder was taken home, only to be rushed back hours later having suffered a fatal seizure. | By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 13:25 EST, 26 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:28 EST, 26 July 2013 A grieving mother has been left furious after a nurse accused of neglecting her dying son was given a warning and allowed to continue working. Cheryl Cressey, whose ten-year-old son William died of meningitis in February 2005, reacted angrily at the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) decision not to strike off Christopher Kirby. William, of Croft, near Darlington, died after doctors at Darlington Memorial Hospital diagnosed a migraine and discharged him. Angry: Grieving mother Cheryl Cressey, left, has been left furious after a nurse accused of neglecting her dying son William, right, was given a warning and allowed to continue working by a disciplinary panel
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Cheryl Cressey's ten-year-old son William died of meningitis
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Police also were still investigating whether @placeholder had actually feared an assault, and whether the gun discharged accidentally. | By Associated Press A 17-year-old who shot two classmates got the gun only moments before from an ex-student who bypassed metal detectors as a 'guest' at the Philadelphia charter school, police said on Monday. Video footage shows the former Delaware Valley Charter High School student, 18-year-old Donte Walker, handing off the gun and exchanging money with an unidentified male on Friday afternoon inside the school gym. The gun then was passed to Raisheem Rochwell, who feared he was going to be targeted in an after-school assault, Lt. John Stanford said. Raisheem Rochwell, 17, charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms offenses after the shooting at the Philadelphia school
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Former student, 18-year-old Donte Walker, caught on camera handing off the gun and exchanging money with an unidentified male in school gym
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Raisheem Rochwell, 17, charged with aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and firearms offenses
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'What can I say about the rumours (about Strootman joining @placeholder)...' Garcia pondered with a smile after Roma's 3-2 defeat to United on Saturday. | By Paul Hirst Roma coach Rudi Garcia has told Manchester United they will have to stump up 100 million euros (£79million) if they want to sign Kevin Strootman. New United boss Louis van Gaal said on Friday he will monitor Strootman's recovery from a serious knee injury before deciding whether to bid for the Holland and Roma midfielder. Garcia recently vowed that Strootman would remain at Roma this season, but just to make his point perfectly clear, he said on Saturday night that a huge fee would be required for the Italian club to even consider letting the midfielder go.
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Manchester United will have to pay £79m to land Kevin Strootman
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As for high capacity magazines, Nugent says limiting bullets is counter to the @placeholder right to self-defense, "When I'm being assaulted at my home, I and I alone, by any consideration whatsoever, will determine how many bullets I need to protect my family." | Waco, Texas (CNN) -- A strong wind blows across the Spirit Wild Ranch. A tornado is on its way and the American flag on the great lawn waves fiercely. I am sitting in an enormous tree with Ted Nugent on one of the many hunting perches scattered around his Texas ranch. This is Shemane's Grove, named after his wife of more than 20 years. Oryx, deer, wild turkey and blackbuck antelope roam the 300-acre property. During hunting season they are all fair game. Nugent sits up there for hours, he says, sometimes with a gun but often with a bow and arrow, waiting for the right moment when he can kill his prey with a single shot through the heart and lungs.
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Rock star Ted Nugent invites CNN to his ranch to discuss Second Amendment rights
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Leave gun owners alone, he says; go after the deranged and the repeat offenders
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Nugent: "There is no gun violence," he says. "There is only criminal violence"
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Sophie's career history so far means that she and @placeholder are well-placed to understand the work pressures that both inevitably face in their roles. | As Benedict Cumberbatch announced his engagement to Sophie Hunter in the marriages section of The Times this morning, thousands of hearts shattered across the western world. Hours after the announcement, the internet was alight with wailing women, especially his group of most diehard fans, who call themselves The Cumberbitches (a group who make the Directioners look like lambs in comparison). The British actor has long been seen as one of the hottest bachelors of the showbiz world, with his accomplished career, good looks and public school charm. Scroll down for video Sophie Hunter, 36, is an accomplished theatre director. The Londoner (pictured with Benedict Cumberbatch at the French Open earlier this year) also released music album with Guy Chambers performed in 2004 film Vanity Fair opposite Reese Witherspoon
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Sophie Hunter, 36, from London is an accomplished theatre director
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She attended Oxford and released music album with Guy Chambers
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Sophie is an experienced actress who performed in 2004 movie Vanity Fair
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A recently circulated nude photo of @placeholder is part of the investigation, he said. | (CNN) -- The Jacksonville, Florida, man accused of hacking celebrities' online accounts for nude photos and other private information said Friday, "I am very sorry for all of this." A federal judge ordered Christopher Chaney, 35, to appear in a California courtroom on November 1 to answer charges, a spokeswoman for the U.S. attorney's office said. "What I'm most sorry about is that I had to drag my mom into all of this, and my family and my neighbors and they just want to live their lives," Chaney told reporters. He did not respond to questions. Chaney is accused of hacking into the accounts of more than 50 celebrities, including movie stars Scarlett Johansson and Mila Kunis and singer Christina Aguilera.
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Christopher Chaney says he was not attempting to sell private information he got from celebrity accounts
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Currently, 52% of the city's 336,000 residents are @placeholder but few have held public office. | Anaheim, California (CNN) -- As tensions roil between Latinos and city officials over accusations of police brutality, Hispanic activists will press the Anaheim City Council for a way to have at least one elected Latino to represent them, leaders said Thursday. Their pledge to continue their grass-roots campaign came after the City Council rejected Wednesday night a ballot measure that would have established voting districts, including at least one to represent Latino neighborhoods. The measure, voted down 3-2 after more than three hours of passionate appeals by residents, would have ended how city council members are now elected at-large. Latino residents feel that under the current conditions they are not being represented adequately -- especially in the wake of videotaped violent confrontations between police and Latino residents.
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Anaheim City Council says no to a ballot measure about creating election districts
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Latino leaders ask police to tone down use of force and seek a seat on council
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Mother of man killed by officer sues police for $50 million
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Some @placeholder believe parts of the agreement are beneficial to Taiwan's future, but many are incensed by what they believe were procedural errors in passing the pact. | Riot police evicted scores of protesters from Taiwan's executive building early Monday morning as rallies over a controversial trade deal between Taiwan and mainland China entered their seventh day. Hundreds of protesters stormed the Executive Yuan in Taipei on Sunday evening, shortly after Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou dismissed protesters' demands to scrap a service trade agreement with China. Opponents of the deal say it could harm Taiwan's economy, democratic system and national security. Police used high-pressure water cannons to disperse the demonstrators, who were mostly university students. Meanwhile, other protesters continue their sit-in at the nearby legislature building, where they have been since March 18.
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Riot police disperse protesters who stormed Taiwan's executive building
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Student protesters occupying government buildings call for controversial trade deal to be scrapped
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Among the artists and scientists they supported were @placeholder, | Being rich and powerful was little protection to the children of the Medicis who, to the astonishment of scientists, appear to have suffered from rickets. The Medicis were among the most powerful families of the Renaissance, being patrons to Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, but their children still suffered malnutrition, research has indicated. Rickets is closely linked to malnutrition and poverty yet the bones of the remains of nine Medici children analysed by osteoarchaeologists reveal that they also fell victim to the condition. The skull (a&b) and leg bones (c) of don Filippino, who died aged 4 in 1577, showed signs of rickets. He was the seventh child of Francesco I and Giovanna of Austria. The circular cut around the skull was from an autopsy soon after his death.
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Bones from nine Medici children have been found to have signs of rickets
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He argued that @placeholder would be 'pro-business, but not business as usual'. | Leaving the European Union is the biggest threat facing Britain, Ed Balls warned today. Labour's shadow chancellor accused the Tories of 'flirting with exit' and warned walking away from Europe would be a 'disaster'. Mr Balls sought use his speech to the British Chamber of Commerce to repair Labour's reputation on the economy after coming under attack from business leaders. Scroll down for video Labour's shadow chancellor Ed Balls accused the Tories of 'flirting with exit' and warned walking away from Europe would be a 'disaster' David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's membership of the EU before holding an in-out referendum by the end of 2017.
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Shadow chancellor accuses the Tories of 'flirting with exit' from the EU
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Tories promise renegotiation before in-out referendum on EU membership
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The latest accusations by @placeholder are not the first time allegations of chemical weapons use have emerged from Syria. | (CNN) -- The Turkish government is treating around a dozen patients who have exhibited unusual symptoms suggesting they were exposed to a chemical weapons attack, a Turkish source said. "They were not injured by any kind of conventional arms. Tests showed excessive results which produced findings to let us make that statement," a Turkish source with access to Turkish government findings told CNN, on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the allegations. The Turkish source was referring to an announcement by Turkey's prime minister which accused the Syrian government of using chemical weapons. "It is clear the regime has used chemical weapons," said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an interview broadcast on NBC News Thursday night.
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The statement comes after an interview by Turkish prime minister
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In the NBC interview the prime minister accused Syria of using chemical weapons
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For him and other @placeholder' fanatics across Southern California and in the team's growing and crazed diaspora, the championship -- the first for the Kings since they began play in 1967 -- ended decades of futility for a franchise struggling for success in a sport typically associated with frigid temperatures and icy lakes. | (CNN) -- The Los Angeles Kings finally have their name in lights. Their Stanley Cup triumph has lifted a weight from the shoulders of die-hard fans who have been pining for a championship trophy for 45 long years. The scrappy Kings grabbed the National Hockey League's prestigious Stanley Cup with a 6-1 win over the New Jersey Devils. Now La La Land is rolling out the red carpet for ice hockey's tenacious new champions, who won a long-elusive crown with Hollywood flair and reality-show grit. "I have no words to describe this," one fan said. "Other than my children being born and having graduated the Police Academy, this is the single most joyous day of my life." Now, he says, he can scratch one more item off his "bucket list."
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NEW: This is Southern California's 2nd Stanley Cup; the Ducks won in '07
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Last year RIM drummed up @placeholder support for the upcoming PlayBook, saying that it was going to deliver the full internet experience. | (WIRED) -- Research In Motion is preparing to release its much-awaited response to the iPad, the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, a month behind schedule. Among other reasons, Adobe Flash is probably contributing to the delay. The PlayBook was supposed to be out the first quarter of 2011 but is now set to release April 19. Some publications speculated on Thursday that the PlayBook's late launch is related to touchscreen supply. The PlayBook also lacks a finished software development kit for making apps, and won't have native mail, messaging and contacts apps. Difficulty getting Flash to work properly on the PlayBook is probably another one of RIM's woes.
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PlayBook supposed to be out the first quarter of 2011, now releasing April 19
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A young star of @placeholder who lives with a stammer has described a breakthrough in coping with his speech disorder as 'the most amazing moment' | By Chris Brooke PUBLISHED: 12:23 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 11:49 EST, 26 October 2013 When actor Colin Firth movingly portrayed King George VI and his battle to overcome his stammer to speak in public, he won an Oscar for his efforts. Yesterday, teenager Musharaf Asghar was also being given the celebrity treatment at college after an equally emotional screen performance. The 16-year-old’s triumphant real-life battle to conquer a severe speech impediment had TV viewers in tears during the final episode of the hit Channel 4 documentary Educating Yorkshire. Scroll down for video Musharaf speaks properly using the headphones for first time
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Musharaf Asghar, 16, appeared on Channel Four's Educating Yorkshire
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Prosecutors said yesterday that Naseer, 28, led the Manchester cell of a three-pronged @placeholder plot in 2009 to ‘repeat the devastation of 9/11’. | Trial: Abid Naseer goes on trial today in New York after pleading not guilty to accusations of a conspiracy to bomb the New York City subway Details of the oath of allegiance taken by new Al Qaeda recruits were laid bare yesterday. They pledged to obey Osama Bin Laden ‘for the establishment of the religion of God’ and help the terror chief wage jihad. The pledge emerged at the trial of an Al Qaeda suspect accused of plotting to blow up a Manchester shopping centre. It was among a haul of intelligence seized by US Navy Seal commandos during the mission to kill Bin Laden in his Pakistan compound. It is the first time any of this valuable information has been used in a prosecution.
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Abid Naseer pleaded not guilty to an alleged plot to bomb subway trains
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Naseer was arrested over an alleged UK terror plot in 2009, but was let go
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‘Britain cannot be Britain without @placeholder being part of the United Kingdom and without Scotland Britain will not be Britain. | Pictures of Nigel Farage drinking in pubs with mystery women on his arm is part of what makes Britain great, Gordon Brown claimed today as he attacked UKIP for fuelling fears about globalisation. The former Prime Minister mocked Mr Farage’s image as a drinking, womanising populist who fuels fears about globalisation. Mr Brown insisted the rise of UKIP – topping the European elections last month – was not the result of public anger over immigration or Europe, but fears about the ‘juggernaut’ of global change and Britain’s place in the world. Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Labour against thinking the rise of UKIP was the result of anger over immigration or Europe
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Another advantage that managers may not be privy to is the convenience of @placeholder's location. | (CNN) -- Despite public perception, Iceland is hot. Sure, summer temperatures rarely rise above 13 C, but the small Nordic country has become a holiday superstar. Tourism has nearly doubled since 2000 (last year saw over 565,000 visitors), but while tourism has helped jolt Iceland out of recession, the country is courting a different demographic: it wants to woo business travelers. "The tourism numbers fluctuate a lot, depending on the season, whereas corporate travel is distributed more evenly throughout the year," explains Thorsteinn Orn Gudmundsson, managing director of Meet in Reykjavik, the official convention bureau for the Icelandic capital. Hoping to tap into the events market, Reykjavik has set to work building its conference infrastructure.
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Iceland is trying to attract more business travelers
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High-tech Harpa is a state-of-the-art convention center
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Fury poses during the weigh-in ahead of his heavyweight showdown with @placeholder | Tyson Fury claims he would have an easy night's work against Wladimir Klitschko as he and Christian Hammer had to be pulled apart during a heated weigh-in. Fury is the mandatory challenger world heavyweight champion Klitschko but must avoid a slip-up against Hammer at the O2 in London on Saturday night. And the 26-year-old would rather face the Ukrainian than recently-crowned champion Deontay Wilder. Tyson Fury (left) and Christian Hammer had to be pulled apart as they clashed at the weigh-in Tempers flared as the two heavyweights and their entourages clashed at the weigh-in 'To be honest I'm the man in the division to beat,' Fury said. 'Everyone wants to fight me because they know I generate interest. People are interested in me probably for the wrong reasons, or the right reasons, but they're still interested - that's why people want to fight.
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Tyson Fury takes on Christian Hammer at the O2 in London on Saturday
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Fury is the mandatory challenger to world champion Wladimir Klitschko
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Fury believes a future fight against the Ukrainian would be an easy one
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Fury's dad has been in his camp following his release from prison
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'And @placeholder is somewhere she can just relax and be herself.' | The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be welcoming their second baby in April 2015, Kensington Palace has confirmed. Kate's pregnancy was announced last month but the due date had not been released until now. In a statement, the palace said the 32-year-old Duchess, who is around fourteen weeks pregnant, continued to suffer from extreme morning sickness but her condition was 'steadily improving'. Scroll down for video Spring baby: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be welcoming their second baby in April 2015, Kensington Palace has confirmed The pregnant Duchess will make her first public appearance on Tuesday where she will join Prince William to officially welcome Singapore's President Tony Tan as he begins a four-day visit to the UK.
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On Tuesday, @placeholder swept Paul in all five states that voted. | Philadelphia (CNN) -- Darryl Williams and Benjamin Kline were shivering before the speech even started, their black umbrella no match for the steady rain and brisk Philadelphia wind. Even as water hit their faces, though, they were smiling, excited at the thought of seeing Ron Paul. Williams and Kline are true believers. They are two men who in spite of political reality and weather still come out to support their "ideal candidate." They don't care that many have crowned Mitt Romney the presumptive nominee or that it is now mathematically impossible for Paul to win the Republican nomination before the convention. They just know who they support.
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@placeholder was elected and re-elected in large part thanks to support from the country's poor, who felt marginalized by previous governments. | Student protesters pack the streets. Violence surges. Tear gas billows. Opposition leaders and government officials blame each other for the unrest, and both sides show no sign of backing down. No matter who you believe, it's clear that tensions are running high in Venezuela. The anti-government demonstrations are the biggest threat President Nicolas Maduro has faced since his election last year. And inside and outside the South American country's borders, there's a major question many are asking: Could this be the beginning of the end for Venezuela's socialist government? Searching for truth in Venezuela The situation doesn't look pretty. Inflation topped 56% last year. Crime rates are high. Goods shortages have left store shelves bare.
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Experts say it's too soon to ring the death knell for Hugo Chavez's revolution
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Mr Cameron is due to say: 'We need a strong @placeholder, but we need a northern powerhouse too. | David Cameron today vowed to turn England's northern cities into 'powerhouses' like US giants Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta. The Prime Minister wants Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds and Liverpool to work together to match London and compete with other global cities. He said the country should be less reliant on London and more like the US, which has several 'major centres of industry' other than New York. 'We can only have a strong British economy if no part of the country is left behind,' Mr Cameron said. David Cameron and George Osborne want to turn Manchester (left) into Britain's equivalent of LA (right)
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Wilson also used Twitvid, a @placeholder-based video sharing platform, to share information. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When Rep. Joe Wilson yelled "You lie!" at President Obama, the South Carolina Republican's political team quickly launched an online strategy to capitalize on the incident. Rep. Joe Wilson, R-South Carolina, shouts "You lie!" during President Obama's speech to Congress. Wilson's heated outburst came on the House floor as Obama addressed a joint session of Congress about health care. Within 12 hours, Wilson media consultant Brian Donahue had sketched out a plan that included buying ads on Google, cutting videos on YouTube and using Twitter and Facebook to raise money and counter the congressman's critics. "We knew that influencers and news outlets would want to find out more information about what happened and what Joe Wilson's response was, and they would be looking for this information online," Donahue told CNN. "The events were happening by the minute and by the hour. Online was where we needed to be to respond and provide new information from Congressman Wilson. Traditional print media couldn't keep up with the pace of this issue."
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Republican Rep. Joe Wilson drew fire for yelling "you lie!" at President Obama
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All three ratings agencies have reduced @placeholder's credit-worthiness to "junk" status. | (CNN) -- Downgrade -- the most feared word in Europe's financial lexicon. Most attention Friday was focused on France -- Europe's second largest economy -- as Standard & Poor's cut its rating on French sovereign debt. But the debt of several other countries also received the Mark of Cain, including Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria, whose debt rating was cut by one notch from its AAA status. Austria's inclusion might come as a surprise to those who don't follow the bond markets. Its economy -- by European standards -- is thriving. The Governor of Austria's Central Bank, Ewald Nowotny, described the downgrade as "politically motivated" and asserted: "The structure of the Austrian economy is well-balanced; output has been evolving dynamically at above-average rates; Austria has a sizeable current account surplus; and it is the EU country with the lowest unemployment rate [just 4 per cent]."
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Austria's credit downgrade hidden behind France but could have wide repercussions
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The country has low unemployment but is exposed to financial risk in Italy and Hungary
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As in the U.S. and across Europe there is fierce debate over balancing tax increases and spending cuts to reduce the deficit
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Some economic historians believe it was a banking failure in Austria that triggered what would become known as the Great Depression | 59,261 | record_train |
In an exclusive interview with CNN last month, @placeholder spoke of the difficulty of being away from his family. | (CNN) -- A pop star wife, an estimated annual salary of $46 million and the most iconic player of this generation -- but to those who know the "real" David Beckham, he is just a "normal guy" and a "devoted dad". When Beckham announced his decision to retire from football Thursday, there was one man who had already anticipated such an event. Paul Clement, the assistant manager of Paris Saint-Germain, became a close confidante of his compatriot Beckham following the midfielder's arrival in the French capital last January. Nights in his exclusive suite at Le Bristol hotel were luxurious, but the distance between the 38-year-old and the rest of his family is believed to be one of the key factors in his decision to retire.
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David Beckham found it difficult without wife and children in Paris
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Beckham described as a "devoted dad" by Paris Saint-Germain colleague
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PSG assistant manager Paul Clement pays tribute to midfielder
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'When the children see me in this outfit, they really believe that @placeholder has come to Kabul,' said Omid. | Even in the world's war-torn nations, there are moments of joy, and in the case of these Afghani children, it's the Kabul amusement park. City Park, an oasis of colour in the otherwise grey concrete of Kabul, has attracted tens of thousands of visitors since opening last month. For families in Kabul, who have suffered war for the past three decades, Afghanistan's first amusement park offers a rare escape from their everyday lives blighted by conflict, death and misery. Scroll down for video Happy days: An actress wearing a giant Minnie Mouse head makes a young boy laugh at City Park, Afghanistan's first amusement park
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It opened last month and offers traditional rides, games and entertainment
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Afghanistan's first amusement park has has tens of thousands of visitors | 59,263 | record_train |
Police say he waited outside for @placeholder, a 41-year-old sales executive whom he blamed for losing his job. | New York (CNN) -- The unemployed apparel designer who killed a former coworker near the Empire State Building on Friday morning left his Manhattan apartment intending never to return, according to a police source with knowledge of the investigation. The police source told CNN that when Jeffrey Johnson closed his door, he left the keys behind for the landlord before heading off to shoot Steven Ercolino. The landlord was surprised, the source said, because Johnson was scheduled to move out a week later on August 31 in anticipation of apartment renovations. Johnson apparently told the superintendent earlier in the week he had found a new place to live, had placed his cats with friends and that, "Things would be resolved by Friday."
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Police source says Jeffrey Johnson never intended to return home
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Johnson told superintendent earlier in the week things would be resolved by Friday
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Police searching Johnson's computer and books found in apartment
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At the time of his father's death in 2011 it was reported @placeholder denounced his father's killing as 'criminal'. | By Larisa Brown PUBLISHED: 03:07 EST, 27 December 2012 | UPDATED: 04:45 EST, 27 December 2012 Osama Bin Laden's daughter-in-law is a longstanding supporter of the Royal British Legion and wears a poppy along with her husband on Remembrance Sunday. Zaina Bin Laden, 56, from Cheshire, who is married to the Al Qaeda boss' son Omar, has said the charity is a 'big part of her life' and it shouldn't matter who she is married to. She is to renew her membership of her local branch in Moulton, Cheshire, next week. Zaina Bin Laden, 56, left, pictured at her Cheshire home and right with her husband, has donated money to the Royal British Legion for at least five years
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Zaina Bin Laden has donated money to services charity for at least five years
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Husband's mother is the Al Qaeda's leader first wife Najwa | 59,265 | record_train |
"He gave full details about the men that directed him and said they told him to cover up his visits to Iran, after he had been in @placeholder, where he reported to his directives and received instructions from them. | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has arrested an Iranian-born man, accusing him of spying for Tehran. He was carrying photos of various sites, including the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, the Israeli government said Sunday. The announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to the United States to address the United Nations General Assembly and meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. Netanyahu has been outspokenly wary of Iran's apparent efforts to improve relations with the West. "I will tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and the onslaught of smiles," he said Saturday, in the wake of last week's speech at the U.N. by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
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Israel says a man admitted to spying for Iran
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In the wake of the scandal over William's war story apology, attention is now turning to comments he made about what exactly he witnessed in @placeholder in the aftermath of Katrina. | Bill Maher poked fun at the allegations against NBC News anchor Brian Williams last night and joked Williams told such big lies that he's been offered a position to work at Fox News. Maher's show which aired last night on HBO at 10pm shed a little humor on Brian William's heroic tales. 'When we get older… we misplace our keys, we have trouble with people’s names, we can’t remember if the helicopter we were in crashed,' quipped the late night host saying he can sympathize with the mistakes of old age. Williams made such a 'blatant departure from the truth, he got an offer from Fox News,' concluded Maher.
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Williams' 2006 claim that he saw a dead body float past his hotel window during Hurricane Katrina is drawing fresh skepticism
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The NBC News anchor was forced to apologize on Wednesday after he lied about being on a helicopter in Iraq in 2003 that was hit by enemy fire
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He blamed that mistake on the 'fog of memory over 12 years'
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The anchor is also in trouble over claims that he caught dysentery from drinking Katrina floodwaters
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His reporting from New Orleans received countless plaudits and helped earn NBC a Peabody Award | 59,267 | record_train |
Fighting for independence: Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond with a @placeholder flag | By Tara Brady At a casual glance, you might have thought that the Scottish Nationalists had chosen today to unleash a torrent of new plans for their country if September's referendum on independence goes their way. From plans for a new flag, to a new pound coin, new road laws and even a new monarchy, this morning's papers were full of policies fleshing out what the new nation might be like. But not so fast. It is, of course, April 1 - and the plans being unveiled were nothing more than elaborate April fool's pranks. Banishing the blue: How the new Union Jack will look, according to secret Government documents
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Scotland’s independence vote inspired pranksters across the British press
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The Mail showed what the Union flag would look like if Scotland votes ‘yes’
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The Guardian claimed the country would embrace driving on the right
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The Times claimed a German Duke would claim the Scottish throne
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The Telegraph said Alex Salmond would replace the Queen on £1 coin
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Prince William found himself on the receiving end of an April Fool's joke
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Student newspaper claimed he ended his degree at Cambridge with a third | 59,268 | record_train |
The family is currently raising funds for research into @placeholder. | A sick little girl is being kept alive thanks to her best friend – a dog who carries her oxygen tank on her back. Alida Knobloch’s faithful canine companion Mr Gibbs has been specially trained to shepherd the three-year-old, who breathes though a tube most of the time. He follows her closely as she plays in her family's ten-acre land in Louisville, Georgia, uses the slide or even rides her bike. Scroll down for video Faithful friend:Alida Knobloch, who breathes through a tube, with dog Mr Gibbs who carries her oxygen tank Alida, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine hyperplasia of infancy (NEHI) when she was just eight months old, is able to breathe without the tube.
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Alida can run and play with dog as he follows her while carrying oxygen
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Family moved 2,000 miles so she could be with specially-trained animal | 59,269 | record_train |
Water under the bridge: @placeholder, 24, graciously accepted the gesture, tweeting back: 'I appreciate the apology @snoopdogg' | Snoop Dogg posted a derogatory meme of Iggy Azalea earlier in the week. And he continued to attack her with ever-mounting vitriol... until it came to an abrupt end on Wednesday afternoon. The 42-year-old posted a contrite video on Instagram voicing regret over his behaviour and a promise to 'not do it again'. Scroll down for video... He's sorry: Snoop Dogg posted a contrite video on Instagram voicing regret over his behaviour and a promise to 'not do it again' after attacking Iggy Azalea online In the clip he says: 'Alright boys and girls I just got off the phone with my homeboy TIP (rapper TI), the king of Atlanta, and it is officially over.
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Snoop Dogg made a formal apology to Iggy via Instagram
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The 24-year-old accepted the apology on Twitter
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In his online attack he compared her to one of the White Chicks characters
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The Australian singer said she was 'disappointed' and he was an 'a**'
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The Fancy singer added his bodyguards have always asked her for photos
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The 42-year-old rap legend responded with a threat to 'shut' her up
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His tirade included, 'Say, b****, you’re f****** with the wrong n****'
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Her boyfriend Nick Young said Snoop was having a 'midlife crisis' | 59,270 | record_train |
@placeholder is congenital, meaning a defect or damage to a fetus. | (CNN) -- Mad cow disease, SARS and now swine flu: Some diseases grab the headlines. But thousands of people worldwide suffer from very rare conditions, many of which few people have ever heard of. England's King George III may have suffered from porphyria, a disorder that affects the nervous system. From the Alice in Wonderland syndrome that might have inspired Lewis Carroll, to the disease that may have sent an English King mad, we take a look at some of these obscure illnesses. Morgellons According to the Morgellons Research Foundation, crawling, biting and stinging sensations and the emergence of strange blue, black or red fibers from the skin characterize a disease that nearly 14,000 people suffer from, according to the Foundation.
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A look at some of the rarest diseases in the world
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Morgellons sufferers say strange fibers emerge from their bodies
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Others like Progeria sees the aging process accelerate much faster than usual | 59,271 | record_train |
Tribes are critical in @placeholder, and in the north, there are seven major tribal confederations and over 100 subtribes. | (CNN) -- The major portion of the area Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is attempting to control for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is the same place I called home for 16 months of my life. Commanding Multinational Division North during the "surge" in 2007-08 -- a command that required securing four of the five provinces ISIS now desires to occupy -- allowed me to study the geographic, cultural, infrastructure and political and economic complexities of northern Iraq. Anyone who supports fighting Baghdadi's ISIS in this area ought to be aware of the challenges the land and the people will present.
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Retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling spent 16 months in Northern Iraq
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He says he learned about the great social, geographic challenges of the region
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U.S. airstrikes, Special Forces may help but won't gain victory over ISIS
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Hertling: Only the Iraqi, Kurd security forces have the potential to oust ISIS | 59,272 | record_train |
The latest earnings seem to demonstrate that people no longer tend to buy @placeholder, they have them bought for them by work and by their parents. | (CNN) -- Research In Motion has a battle on its hands if it is to win back the hearts and minds of the smartphone-buying public. Earnings are down, sales are down, and now the company is battling rumors that it is pulling out of the consumer market altogether. The company's biggest challenge in the coming months is to prove to business and consumers alike, that they have the ability to match the Android, Apple, and even the Microsoft juggernauts that are heading off into the distance with their customers. Thirteen years ago, when I spotted my first BlackBerry in Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, the American businessman holding the device drew a crowd. At the time we were all amazed and impressed by his ability to check and send emails on the go from a device that fitted in his pocket.
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The BlackBerry maker fights speculation that is pulling out of the consumer market
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Research In Motion has been hit by low earnings and sales amid intense competition
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Today, virtually every phone not only has email, but also apps and internet connectivity
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RIM's challenge is to show that it is still relevant and can still fight its rivals | 59,273 | record_train |
@placeholder ignited an audience that didn't even know it was flammable in 1991, and no one -- even those close to the band -- foresaw that spontaneous combustion. | (CNN) -- When it comes to rock 'n' roll on the radio today -- outside the ghetto of rock-only stations --- to paraphrase punk patriarch Lou Reed, there's almost nothing going down at all. Take a look at the Billboard singles charts in 2011. The only relatively new artists to successfully cross over from the rock and alternative rock charts to the Hot 100 have been Mumford and Sons and Foster the People, and the ubiquitous genre-buster Adele has gone the other direction. As radio has become more stratified, the Top 40 format appears to have marginalized rock, focusing on tempo-driven pop, R&B, dance music and hip-hop.
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Nirvana and the "grunge" movement helped open doors for hundreds of "alternative" acts
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Nirvana's second album, "Nevermind," has a verse-chorus-verse pop structure
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Pearl Jam's debut "Ten," full of weighty anthems, took several months to gain traction | 59,274 | record_train |
Stanley Grant Phanor, 34, Burson Augustin, 24, and @placeholder, 26, were convicted of supplying materials to terrorists but acquitted of the other charges. | Miami, Florida (CNN) -- Five Florida men convicted of plotting terrorist acts with al Qaeda were sentenced Friday to long prison terms, the Department of Justice announced. Seven suspects were arrested in June 2006 for allegedly conspiring to blow up buildings, including the 110-story Sears Tower, the nation's tallest building, in Chicago, Illinois; the FBI's Miami office and others. Five were convicted in May, their third trial after juries failed to reach a verdict on two previous attempts. The sixth was found not guilty. A seventh was found not guilty earlier. The suspected ringleader, Narseal Batiste, 35, was sentenced to 13½ years in prison plus 35 years of supervision after his release.
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Trial was the third for defendants, homeless men initially known as "Liberty City 7"
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Seven suspects were arrested in June 2006; five were convicted in May
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Suspected ringleader, Narseal Batiste, 35, was sentenced to 13½ years | 59,275 | record_train |
Ferdaus began planning a violent "jihad" against @placeholder in early 2010, authorities said, and he began supplying the FBI undercover agents with cell phones rigged to act as electric switches for improvised explosive devices, intended to be used to kill U.S. soldiers overseas. | A 26-year-old Massachusetts man with a physics degree was arrested and charged Wednesday with plotting an attack on the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with a remote-controlled model aircraft, authorities said. Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S. citizen from Ashland, Massachusetts, planned to use model aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives, authorities said. As a result of an undercover FBI investigation, Ferdaus, who has a physics degree from Northeastern University in Boston, was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to al Qaeda for attacks on U.S. soldiers overseas, authorities said. His federal public defender couldn't be reached immediately for comment.
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Rezwan Ferdaus, 26, a U.S. citizen, is charged in plot to bomb Pentagon and Capitol
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He was allegedly going to use a $6,500 remote-controlled plane laden with explosives
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He is accused of pledging jihad against the United States
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@placeholder is not the first athlete to raise concerns about competing in Beijing's smog. | Hong Kong (CNN) -- International golfers were choking on the greens in Beijing over the weekend -- but it wasn't due to an outbreak of the yips. Hazardous levels of pollution descended on the Chinese capital during its biggest sporting weekend of the year so far, affecting competitors and spectators alike at an LPGA golf event and the China Open tennis championship, which boasted such big names as Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams. The sight of golfers wearing surgical-style face masks at the Reignwood LPGA Classic was hardly the advertisement that the sport was seeking for the first Ladies Professional Golf Association event to be held in China. Play was delayed for several hours Sunday to attempt to give the smog time to clear, before players including Germany's Sandra Gal and Colombia's Mariajo Uribe took to the fairways donning masks.
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Beijing's biggest sporting weekend of 2013 was marred by hazardous smog levels
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Players at an LPGA tournament took to the fairways wearing surgical masks
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Swedish tennis player Robert Lindstedt called the air quality "a disaster" and "a joke"
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Event organizer David Shin says Beijing may struggle to continue to attract top talent | 59,277 | record_train |
The top eight seeds, which include @placeholder, Djokovic and Nadal, all have a bye into the second round. | (CNN) -- A quarter of a century advantage is nothing new to Kimiko Date-Krumm. The 43-year-old may be in the twilight of her career but these are still golden years for the evergreen player from Kyoto. Date-Krumm defied a 24-year age gap to defeat British teenager Laura Robson 6-4 6-4 on home soil at the Japan Open. In 1996, the Japanese retired from tennis after losing to 16-year-old Swiss Martina Hingis at the Chase Championships in New York. But after returning to the circuit in 2008, Date-Krumm is now doling out defeats to the next generation of tennis starlets. This season the veteran has reached the third round of the Australian Open and Wimbledon's All England Championships.
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Evergreen Kimiko Date-Krumm defeats teenager Laura Robson in Japan Open
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The 43-year-old Japanese player is 24 years older than the British world No. 42
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Novak Djokovic says rival Rafael Nadal deserves to be world No. 1
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President Ford then pardoned @placeholder, leading to a further firestorm of outrage. | (CNN) -- As Republicans wrestle with how to oppose President Barack Obama, what to do about Obamacare and how to compare the value of fights based on principle versus fights based on clever calculation, there may be some lessons from one of the darkest periods of Republican history. Watergate was a slow-motion disaster for the Republican Party. Richard Nixon, who had just won one of the largest majorities in American history in 1972, was slowly being exposed and driven from power. At the same time, it was discovered that Vice President Spiro Agnew was illegally taking bribes. He was forced to resign. That resignation led to the first vice presidential appointment, that of the House Republican leader, Rep. Gerald Ford.
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Craig Shirley, Newt Gingrich: Republicans were devastated by Watergate scandal
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They say the party lost most of its clout, had to rebuild from the ground up
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Republicans rallied around effort to stop the handover of the Panama Canal
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Authors: They lost the canal battle but built a party that competed -- and won | 59,279 | record_train |
the Government should cut its reliance on @placeholder advisers before any | By Becky Barrow Rise: Royal Mail is now worth £5.6billion, £2.3billion more than its initial value Taxpayers had a raw deal from the sale of Royal Mail because it was priced too cheaply, the National Audit Office will say today. The Government’s spending watchdog said the controversial privatisation was ‘marked by deep caution, the price of which was borne by the taxpayer’. In October, the Royal Mail was floated on the stock market at a price of £3.3billion. Today it is worth £5.6billion – a gap of £2.3billion. On the first day of trading, about £750million ‘flowed to the new shareholders’ – mainly City investors who benefited from an instant 38 per cent share price rise.
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Postal service was floated on stock market in October, valued at £3.3bn
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Today it's worth £5.6bn and investors have benefited from share price hike
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National Audit Office claim it was priced too cheaply and could have achieved 'better value for taxpayers' | 59,280 | record_train |
Farewell: Back in 1999, the Oscar winners co-starred in The Talented Mr. Ripley alongside @placeholder (R) and Matt Damon and Blanchett | By Daily Mail Reporter Matt Damon mourned the loss of his friend and former co-star Philip Seymour Hoffman today, describing him as 'one of the best actors that ever lived'. Damon, who starred with Hoffman in 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley, spoke of his shock at the Oscar winner's untimely death during an appearance on GMA on Tuesday. Hoffman, 46, was found dead on Sunday in his rented West Village apartment surrounded by drugs and needles. Damon described Hoffman as a 'beautiful person' and said that his death, from an apparent heroin overdose, was 'horrible'. Scroll down for video
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Damon starred with Hoffman in 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Jude Law
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Hoffman was discovered with close to 70 bags of heroin and 20 discarded syringes inside his Manhattan home on Sunday | 59,281 | record_train |
"I think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution - because I actually believe in some redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody's got a shot," @placeholder says in the clip. | (CNN) -- Fighting criticism of his controversial remarks on government dependency, Republican challenger Mitt Romney said Wednesday that he would better help poor and middle class Americans than President Barack Obama. Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan also sought to reshape the campaign narrative less than seven weeks before the November vote by accusing Obama of favoring wealth redistribution -- code for socialism among conservatives -- based on a 1998 video of the president as a state Senate candidate in Illinois. America does not work by government making people dependent on government, Romney told a fundraising event in Atlanta, adding "that will kill the American entrepreneurship that's lifted our economy over the years."
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Obama tells David Letterman a president has to "work for everyone"
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Romney's leaked remarks get more attention on Facebook than his convention address
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Nail technician @placeholder, 32, said she was reprimanded for taking time off to have a baby. | By Eleanor Harding PUBLISHED: 06:51 EST, 14 March 2013 | UPDATED: 20:31 EST, 14 March 2013 A salon boss threatened to employ only ‘fat, gay and lesbian’ stylists because he was fed up with staff having babies, a tribunal has heard. In an angry outburst, Andrew Rodgers, 34, accused women of ‘draining resources’ by going on maternity leave, it is claimed. The hairdresser is said to have justified his threat by saying gay people were less likely than straight people to have children. Tribunal: Former salon manager Natasha Bramhall, 26, is claiming sex discrimination and unfair dismissal against Andrew Rodgers's business which operates three hair salons in Sheffield and employs 28 people
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Company director Andrew Rodgers, who is gay, runs Funky Divas chain
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'Told nail technician Kirsty Diver she took off too much time with baby'
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Stylist claimed she had baby in work toilets so Rodgers wouldn't know
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Hairdressers say he was a 'Jekyll and Hyde' character who could erupt | 59,283 | record_train |
The couple are still part of @placeholder's family and attend important royal | By Graham Smith UPDATED: 14:16 EST, 17 February 2012 The second son of Dutch monarch Queen Beatrix has been seriously injured in an avalanche in Austria. Prince Friso, 43, was buried under snow when he skied off a trail in the resort of Lech earlier today. He has been admitted to an Innsbruck hospital where his 'life remains at risk', according to a Dutch government statement. Scroll down for video Accident: Prince Friso, pictured with his wife Mabel and their daughters Luana and Zaria, in the Austrian village of Lech in February 2011. The 43-year-old is in intensive care today after he was buried in an avalanche
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Prince Friso was buried under snow 'for 15 minutes' in Lech, Austria | 59,284 | record_train |
The paper said most incidents involved unauthorized surveillance of @placeholder or foreign intelligence targets in the country. | (CNN) -- The NSA broke privacy rules "thousands of times each year" since 2008, The Washington Post reported Thursday, citing an internal audit and other documents. Material was provided to the newspaper this summer by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. The audit found 2,776 incidents of "unauthorized collection, storage, access to or distribution of legally protected communications," the Post reported in its story. "Most were unintended. Many involved failures of due diligence or violations of standard operating procedure. The most serious incidents included a violation of a court order and unauthorized use of data about more than 3,000 Americans and green-card holders," it said.
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Citing an internal audit, The Washington Post counts 2,776 violations
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NSA says it tries to identify incidents "at the earliest possible moment ... drive numbers down" | 59,285 | record_train |
And when Tara suggested another surrogacy a few months after, @placeholder was once again willing to support his wife. | Surrogate Tara Sawyer is so addicted to pregnancy that she won’t stop until her 'womb falls out'. The 37-year-old has given birth to seven children, four of whom are her own, and is at her happiest with a bulging baby bump. When she isn’t expecting, Tara feels empty and broods for a pregnancy - but not for a baby. Scroll down for video Big brood: Tara Sawyer pictured with husband Matthew, and children Rebecca (14), Harrison (12), George-Layton, and 4 yr old twins Jack and Noah (in blue), is so addicted to the 'buzz' of being pregnant that she has babies for strangers and has no plans of ever stopping
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Tara Sawyer addicted to 'thrill' and 'buzz' of being pregnant
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In past two years, has handed over three children to two couples
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First surrogate was biologically hers but didn’t feel maternal love for her
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Husband Matt supportive of her decision to carry strangers’ children
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'If you don't put doubts in @placeholder's mind, if you don't press on his weaknesses, then of course he's so dangerous. | By Eleanor Crooks, Press Association Patrick Mouratoglou believes Andy Murray is on track to do well at Wimbledon despite the deflating way in which his French Open ended. Murray had impressed on his way to the semi-finals for only the second time at Roland Garros only to suffer his worst ever grand slam defeat at the hands of Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard, who will bid for a ninth title against Novak Djokovic on Sunday, took just an hour and 40 minutes to win 6-3 6-2 6-1, Murray winning only 10 points on Nadal's serve in the match. Deflated: Andy Murray was flattened in straight sets by Rafael Nadal in Friday's French Open semi-final
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Mouratoglou believes Murray is on track to defend his Wimbledon title
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The Scotsman was knocked out of the French Open by Rafael Nadal
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Lost in straight sets to the Spaniard in the semi-final at Roland Garros
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Murray's search for a new coach continues after Ivan Lendl split | 59,287 | record_train |
It's hard to imagine the retrieved versions replacing the originals in anyone's affections, but casual fans should be entranced by the behind-the curtains glimpses into the early @placeholder working process. | (CNN) -- Next to Beyonce, the musical surprise of the 2013 holiday shopping season so far is the limited iTunes release of "The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963." It's a potential gold-mine excavation: fifty-nine previously obscure tracks, unknown outside the subculture of obsessive collectors. Over on the bookshelves, the recently published first volume of biographer Mark Lewisohn's three-part "The Beatles: All These Years" takes up considerable space. Titled "Tune In," the first book offers 944 pages on the iconic group, concluding in 1962 -- before they were famous. Beyond serving as baby boomer stocking stuffers, do these kinds of archaeological digs enhance the Beatles' legacy? Or is pop-culture nostalgia starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel?
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Mark Coleman: "Bootleg," a release of obscure Beatles tracks, is a holiday surprise
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He says group still earns millions and release may be tied to extending copyright
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With new 944-page book, too, he asks if Beatlemania is scraping dregs of barrel?
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Coleman: Some leftovers can be appetizing such as Dylan's recent "Bootleg Series" release | 59,288 | record_train |
Although Obama cannot institute a carbon tax without @placeholder, he is not without options. | (CNN) -- In his second inaugural address last month, President Barack Obama forcefully articulated a case for confronting the climate crisis. In his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, I encourage him to lay out a plan on it. I realize Congress can be an obstacle. A few years ago, the right and left discussed how best to tackle the climate crisis. Today, it has become an article of faith among some conservatives to ignore science and deny there is a human-made crisis at all. Just last week, Sen. Marco Rubio, the oft-touted 2016 GOP savior who will deliver the Republican response to the State of the Union, falsely claimed there was "reasonable debate" on the issue.
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Van Jones: President Obama should lay out a plan on climate crisis in his SOTU speech
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Jones: Obama should push for a bilateral agreement with China to reduce carbon pollution
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He says the administration should support the EPA to set stronger air pollution standards
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Jones: This president's legacy will be measured by his record on climate | 59,289 | record_train |
She added she had even devised a strategy before arriving to @placeholder's house in the even he attempted to have sex with her. | By Amy Oliver PUBLISHED: 08:05 EST, 9 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:37 EST, 9 August 2012 Attacks: Fighter Azran Quasid, 26, attacked the women on different occasions after befriending them, Guildford Crown Court was told A cage fighting friend of Alex Reid whose ring-name is 'Casanova' overpowered and raped two women in violent attacks, it was alleged today. Fighter Azran Quasid, 26, attacked the women on different occasions after befriending them, Guildford Crown Court was told. The second rape is said to have been carried out while Quasid was on bail after being accused of the first. Toyin Salako, prosecuting, said: 'Both women are strangers to each other. Neither of them had ever met the other.
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Azran Quasid allegedly raped the women on separate occasions
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The second rape is said to have been carried out while Quasid was on bail accused of first rape
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He denies two counts of rape and one of assault by penetration
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Court heard he is friend of fellow cage fighter Alex Reid | 59,290 | record_train |
"There was never a day, for any artist in any form of art, who was forced to work for @placeholder or the country," he says. | (CNN) -- For the generation of Iraqi artists who came of age under Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1980s, one common subject was the dictator himself, often depicted holding a sword or riding an Arabian horse. Politics aside, those were good days for artists, says Natiq al Alousi, 49, an Iraqi sculptor who considers his commissioned work of Saddam to be an achievement. "Working as an artist in Iraq, when Saddam Hussein was president, was a golden period for all artists, not just myself. He was supportive of artists and was open to them," he says. "But we weren't open to the world for security reasons, and that's it."
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Under Saddam Hussein's regime, Natiq al Alousi was commissioned to create works depicting the dictator
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Al Alousi, a sculptor, says artists received much support from Saddam
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He says working for Saddam was only a "fact of history" and does not regret it | 59,291 | record_train |
Horses graze over the road from the @placeholder Apple headquarters on the edge of Cork | By Becky Evans PUBLISHED: 19:27 EST, 20 May 2013 | UPDATED: 11:31 EST, 21 May 2013 Apple has avoided paying billions in income tax by using dummy headquarters abroad, according to a damaging U.S. Senate report, but Ireland has today denied it is to blame. An investigation by a Senate committee said the tech giant sought the 'Holy Grail of tax avoidance' schemes by not declaring tax residency in any country. Irish deputy prime minister Eamon Gilmore today said it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and said they had no special rate with the company.
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Senate subcommittee says Apple skipped $9billion in federal taxes in 2012
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Says five affiliate companies in Cork, Ireland, used to avoid U.S. tax
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Report said: 'Ireland has essentially functioned as a tax haven for Apple'
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But Ireland today denied it had any special rates with Apple
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Sen. Carl Levin said company sought 'Holy Grail' of tax avoidance schemes
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Apple says it 'complies full with both the laws and spirit of the laws'
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CEO Time Cook heading to Washington to defend company's tactics | 59,292 | record_train |
Schurrle's return to Germany was pushed through as @placeholder wanted to buy Juan Cuadrado | Andre Schurrle insists he has no regrets about the forced nature of his departure from Chelsea, claiming he needed to leave Stamford Bridge in order to play regular football again. The Germany international, who has joined Bundesliga side Wolfsburg for a club record fee of £24m, admitted that he wanted to remain with the Premier League leaders but knew he faced an uphill struggle to retain his place. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho opted to play Oscar, Eden Hazard and Willian as a three just behind central striker Diego Costa, squeezing the German World Cup winner out of contention. Andre Schurrle insists he has no regrets over his Chelsea exit as he prepares for life at Wolfsburg
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Schurrle was officially unveiled as a Wolfsburg player on Wednesday
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German World Cup winner completed £24m move from Chelsea
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He had fallen out of favour at Stamford Bridge this season
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Schurrle insists he has no regrets over manner of Chelsea exit
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Blues sold him to finance purchase of Fiorentina's Juan Cuadrado | 59,293 | record_train |
@placeholder has strongly denied wrongdoing and has never been criminally charged. | Tony Hogue, sene here in an undated modeling photo, has come forward to tell the story of how he once banged down Bill Cosby's door after receiving a phone call from his friend who believed she was drugged and trapped inside the comedian's home in 1984 A former male model has become the first man to come forward with a story that corroborates a Cosby accuser's claims about the actor's alleged abuse. Tony Hogue, now 58, worked as a model in a 1980s -- for the same agency that represented Cosby accuser Beth Ferrier -- and says he spent two drunken evenings at Cosby's Manhattan brownstone in 1984 along with Ferrier and another model friend.
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Tony Hogue, now 58, says he received a disturbing call from a female friend from inside Bill Cosby's Manhattan apartment in 1984
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Hogue and his friend were in New York working for a modeling agency with connections to Cosby
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Hogue recalls storming up to Cosby's Upper East Side brownstone where he found his friend disheveled and incoherent
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That unnamed friend would go on to become the witness called Jane Doe 8 in Andrea Constand's 2005 sexual assault lawsuit against Cosby | 59,294 | record_train |
It's easy to understand why: It may be there's not much more @placeholder can do here, bar stay another 10 years. | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- November 28th last year passed pretty quietly here. But in some ways it was more significant a date than today. That was when, by my calculations, U.S.-led coalition troops had been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was. Today, they've been here 10 years. That's almost impossible to contemplate. The time has drifted by, measured more in sacrifice and expenditure: The numbers of young soldiers who risked a lot to join the military and won't be going home. The immeasurable amount of money spent here, on roads that will be hard to maintain once the coalition leaves, on homes in Dubai for Afghan officials who should have known better.
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U.S.-led coalition troops have been in Afghanistan longer than the Soviet Union was
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The vast majority of people in Afghanistan are still poor and illiterate
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There's better healthcare and technology, but still no proper democracy | 59,295 | record_train |
You shouldn't be on any street in the city of @placeholder. | (CNN) -- A transient, who was nicknamed "The Box Cutter," was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison for a knifing rampage against several California women. Charles Juan Proctor was convicted this month of 22 charges including robbery and attempted murder in connection with the slashing spree, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said. On Monday, Long Beach Superior Court Court Judge Gary Ferrari sentenced the 45-year-old man to 433 years plus 11 life sentences. Proctor was also ordered to pay about $58,000 in restitution to two women he knifed in the throat, prosecutors said. In all, there were six women who were attacked, prosecutors said.
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Authorities say Proctor attacked six women
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Proctor also has to pay money to two women who had their throats slashed
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Police name Proctor the "box cutter" | 59,296 | record_train |
From @placeholder's vantage point, the Texan can win the nomination with her support. | Houston (CNN) -- After seeing Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lackluster performance in debates and accompanying drop in the polls, some pundits conclude it would take a force of nature to save his campaign. Fortunately for Perry, such a force does exist, and her name is Sarah Palin. A dose of Palin power would do much to revitalize Perry's chances to win the Republican presidential nomination. Of course, such a coveted endorsement comes with costs. Rock stars such as Palin don't just walk into campaign headquarters asking to lend a helping hand. Perry must be committed to a careful wooing process and to meeting most of her demands, however diva-esque they may be.
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Sarah Palin's endorsement could save Rick Perry's presidential campaign, Shayne Lee says
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It could also give Palin newfound relevance since she's not in the race herself, he says
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Lee: Palin's endorsement would give the Texan more street cred among tea party constituents
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Palin's presence would also force Perry and Mitt Romney further to the right, Lee says | 59,297 | record_train |
"Whether this has a long-term impact on the island depends on how quickly @placeholder cleans up the mess." | (CNN) -- Tourists staying at Ao Phrao (Phrao Bay) on Thailand's island of Koh Samet have been evacuated as the bay turned black from an oil spill over the weekend. Authorities estimated that around 5,000 liters of crude oil have washed up on the island, having leaked into the ocean from an offshore pipeline belonging to PTT Global Chemical, Thailand's largest petrochemical producer. The total leakage is estimated at 50,000 liters. Due to its beautiful beaches and proximity to Bangkok -- the travel time from the capital is a little less than four hours by bus and then boat -- the island has long been a popular Thai weekend destination.
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One of the beaches on Thailand's Koh Samet island has turned black from Saturday's oil spill
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Koh Samet is a popular Thai weekend getaway destination
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Approximately 5,000 liters of oil have washed up on the island
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Spill "may be worse than first thought," says opposition MP, Greenpeace | 59,298 | record_train |
The high-pressure system @placeholder will help create is expected to send temperatures plunging across a wide swathe of the lower 48 states. | The first major snowfalls across the U.S. are being predicted for the days to come, in the wake of a huge winter storm over Alaska dragging frigid temperatures south. Flurries are expected today in Maine, Wisconsin, Vermont, New Hampshire, upstate New York and even parts of Pennsylvania, with more to follow in the days ahead. Temperatures are set to plummet in the coming days, with temperatures below freezing across much of the north-eastern U.S. by Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. Scroll down for video Frigid storm: The remnants of Typhoon Nuri, which struck Alaska over the past few days, is contribtuing to a cold weather system which will chill the United States in the week to come
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Flurries expected today in Maine, Vermont and upstate New York
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Snowstorms will become more widespread over the next week
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Daytime temperatures below freezing set for much of New England
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Follows winter typhoon over Alaska moving frigid weather system south
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So-called 'Bering Bomb' recorded sharp drop in pressure over weekend | 59,299 | record_train |
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