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the computer to watch @placeholder for me, monitor the price pattern and alert | By Lizzie Edmonds An entrepreneur has launched a website that alerts Christmas shoppers of price cuts on goods. With Cyber Monday just a few hours away, consumers will no doubt find Zeezaw.co.uk a useful money-saving tool. The site uses a series of algorithms to monitor prices on Amazon, telling shoppers when gifts reach a certain price. Users create lists of products they wish to buy and the price they are wiling to pay for them. Best prices: Website Zeezaw.co.uk tracks products on Amazone alerting shoppers when gifts reach a certain price If that price is ever reached, the consumer will receive an email.
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Monitors products on Amazon, alerting shoppers when price of gifts fall
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Hoped Zeezaw.co.uk will save people hundreds of pounds this Christmas
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Tomorrow is Cyber Monday - hailed as the biggest online shopping day
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320,833 transactions expected every hour and £300,000 per minute spent | 61,300 | record_train |
The scene -- in which @placeholder and Captain Kirk are controlled by humanoids who force them to embrace -- received a huge response from the public, largely positive. | (CNN) -- Nichelle Nichols has spent her whole life going where no one has gone before, and at 81 she's still as sassy and straight-talking as you'd expect from an interstellar explorer. "I don't have enough sense to keep my mouth shut," says the legendary Star Trek actor with a hearty laugh. "Whatever comes up, comes out." "I can't help myself." As the startlingly beautiful and fiercely intelligent Lt. Uhura on the hit 1960s TV series, Nichols was a revolutionary figure at a time when the only African-American women you saw on U.S. TV were usually playing servants. Indeed, Star Trek was reportedly the only program Martin Luther King Jr would let his children stay up late to watch.
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Exclusive interview with Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on Star Trek
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Glamorous TV star was recruiter for NASA
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One of first interracial kisses on TV, with William Shatner aka Captain Kirk
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Toured with jazz legend Duke Ellington as dancer and singer | 61,301 | record_train |
A second is that the illegal @placeholder settlement activities must be allowed to continue. | The Israeli-Palestinian peace talks beginning in Jerusalem proceed within a framework of assumptions that merit careful thought. One prevailing assumption is that there are two options: either a two-state settlement will be reached, or there will be a "shift to a nearly inevitable outcome of the one remaining reality -- a state 'from the sea to the river'," an outcome posing "an immediate existential threat of the erasure of the identity of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state" because of what is termed "the demographic problem," a future Palestinian majority in the single state. This particular formulation is by former Israeli Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) chief Yuval Diskin, but the basic assumptions are near universal in political commentary and scholarship. They are, however, crucially incomplete. There is a third option, the most realistic one: Israel will carry forward its current policies with full U.S. economic, military, and diplomatic support, sprinkled with some mild phrases of disapproval.
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Noam Chomsky: Israel will continue its current policies with U.S. support
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Chomsky: Since 1993 Israel has sped up plan to divide, isolate Palestinian territory
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Netanyahu associate: Some land will be left to Palestinians if they want to call it a state | 61,302 | record_train |
@placeholder joined Arsenal in 1996 and success instantly came to the Frenchman in north London | Mark Hateley and Glenn Hoddle followed their former manager’s career closely after he left Monaco to go to Japan and then on to England, and have been fascinated to watch him adapt to changing circumstances at Arsenal. Over lunch in Monaco, the former team-mates discussed Wenger’s evolution over the years, and whether this is the year he can finally end his quest for a Champions League triumph. MARK HATELEY: When he went to Japan I thought: ‘What’s he doing?’ His credentials were good, he would probably have got a really decent team in Europe. GLENN HODDLE: Spurs fans won’t like me saying it, but I was England manager when he came to England and David Dein was on the committee. He phoned me about seven times. David was saying: ‘I’m the only one on the board who wants him. No one else has ever heard of him.’ And I said: ‘Go and get him. Wherever he goes he’ll be successful.’
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Wenger took Glenn Hoddle and Mark Hateley to Monaco, who play Arsenal in the Champions League this week, in 1987
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Hoddle reveals he told then chairman David Dein to bring the Frenchman to north London in 1996
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Hateley believes there are question marks at goalkeeper and midfield in Wenger's current team
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Hoddle says the Gunners must defend like they did in the 2-0 win over Manchester City to see success in the competition | 61,303 | record_train |
Big challenge: United boss Van Gaal accepts it will be a tough task to succeed at @placeholder | By Ian Ladyman Follow @@Ian_Ladyman_DM Louis van Gaal has claimed he has inherited a 'broken team' at Manchester United. The Dutch coach is three weeks away from the start of the Barclays Premier League season and is hurriedly trying to impose his beliefs and philosophies on a squad that finished seventh under David Moyes last May. Asked if he was taking over at Old Trafford at a good time, Van Gaal said: 'No. I don't agree. I had to follow Bobby Robson at Barcelona the year after he won three titles and there wasn't a problem.' VIDEO Scroll down to watch Louis van Gaal teach Wayne Rooney how to shoot
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United finished seventh in Premier League last season under David Moyes
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The Dutchman believes it's a difficult time to take over at United
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Van Gaal adamant he will not panic buy in the transfer market | 61,304 | record_train |
The extremes to which people have gone in their love and loyalty for @placeholder (and specifically Macs) knows no bounds. | (CNN) -- Long before fish swam in Macquariums, hipsters got Apple logo tattoos and thousands camped out for days to get into computer store openings, there was a machine. Danielle Brecker found this 1989 photo of friends on their Macs at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the original Macintosh, the first personal computer to draw masses, introduce the mouse and incorporate a graphical user interface, relying on images instead of text. The Apple Inc. watershed product entered American consciousness amid fanfare, with a $1.5 million commercial, made by Ridley Scott, wowing audiences during Super Bowl XVIII. The piece's title, "1984," invoked author George Orwell's message and stood as a warning against conformity.
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Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of the first Macintosh computer
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Apple launched the Mac in 1984 with Ridley Scott's landmark Super Bowl XVIII ad
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Steve Jobs is credited for cult-like worship seen in tattoos, collections, Macquariums
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Fans flock to Macworld expos, Apple store openings and hoard eBay purchases | 61,305 | record_train |
The Pakistani Taliban threatened to attack NATO trucks when the border reopened, saying the supplies are used to target its members fighting against occupation in @placeholder. | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Militants killed a driver of a container truck carrying supplies for NATO in Pakistan's tribal region on Monday, a government official told CNN. Three gunmen in a car opened fire on the truck in the Jamrud area of Khyber Agency, a district in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, said Bakhtiyar Khan, a government official in the district. Khan said three members of the truck crew were also injured in the incident as the vehicle moved towards the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Several anti-American militant groups, including the Taliban, are active in the region.
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The driver of a container truck bringing NATO supplies to Afghanistan is killed
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Anti-American militants, including the Taliban, operate on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
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No one has claimed responsibility for the shooting
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Pakistan reopened the border to NATO last month after a dispute | 61,306 | record_train |
'Dedicated and humble, he was an archetypal @placeholder with a keen sense of humour even when faced with adversity' | By Richard Hartley-parkinson Last updated at 10:46 PM on 29th December 2011 Two high-ranking British military officers were killed by a roadside bomb during a covert mission in Afghanistan just three days before Christmas. Captain Tom Jennings, of the Special Boat Service, and RAF Squadron Leader Anthony Downing died when a blast ripped through their vehicle. It is understood the men were part of a Special Forces squad attempting to gain intelligence on the Taliban and win over local Afghans. Squadron Leader Anthony Downing (left) and Royal Marine Captain Tom Jennings (right) were both died after their vehicle was caught in a blast in Afghanistan
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Captain Tom Jennings, of the Special Boat Service, and RAF Squadron Leader Anthony Downing died when a blast ripped through their vehicle
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It is the first time two officers have been killed by a booby-trap bomb while travelling in the same vehicle in the warzone | 61,307 | record_train |
The race also puts a drain on @placeholder' purse strings thanks to increase in people gambling, buying new outfits for Melbourne Cup functions and the jump in spending at pubs, clubs and restaurants around the country. | It may be only be a public holiday in Victoria's capital city, but the entire country will be glued to a TV screen for three minutes at 3pm today to watch the spectacle that is the Melbourne Cup. Set for a cracking Spring day of 29 degrees, Melbourne will come alive with excited racegoers putting on their best trackside outfits - not to mention the stylish women with their obligatory fascinators - before they head out to Flemington race course.It's the one day of the year where almost 14 million Australians, will decide to throw caution to the wind and spend $40million on the big race.
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The entire country will be glued to a TV screen for three minutes at 3pm
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Richest and most prestigious ‘two-mile’ handicap in the world
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runs over a distance of 3,200 metres at Flemington race course
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Attracts some of the best horses in the world - all vying for a chance to claim some of the $6.2 million prize money that is on offer.
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Three-quarters of workers spend 3.5 hours or more celebrating the Cup
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Almost 14 million Australians will spend $400 million betting on the Cup | 61,308 | record_train |
Unfortunately, he wrote, the expression had been translated so that in @placeholder it used much "stronger words." | FIFA Secretary General Jerome Valcke has apologized to Brazil's minister of sports for a "misinterpretation in the translation" of his comment saying the country needs a "kick up the backside" to be ready in time for the 2014 World Cup. Valcke's letter of apology to Aldo Rebelo came hours after the country had sent official notice to FIFA that it would no longer accept Valcke as liaison. "We received with astonishment the inappropriate statements by Mr. Jerome Valcke in recent days to the international press. The form and content of statements escaped the patterns of harmonious coexistence between a sovereign country such as Brazil and an international organization, such as FIFA," wrote Rebelo.
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter also sent his own apology to Brazil
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FIFA's secretary general has been quoted as saying Brazil needs a "kick up the backside"
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Jerome Valcke says there was a misinterpretation in the translation into Portuguese
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He repeats concerns about Brazil's progress on hosting the 2014 World Cup | 61,309 | record_train |
His legs can be seen dangling as he sits on top of a huge crane overlooking @placeholder to capture a series of photographs. | A fearless teenager has snapped these vertigo-inducing pictures while dangling 700ft in the air from some of London’s tallest skyscrapers. Harry Gallagher, 17, from Essex was able to dodge security to scale the likes of the ‘Walkie Talkie’, the ‘Cheesegrater’ and the unfinished London Pinnacle. The adrenaline junkie and his friends, who do not use safety equipment or harnesses, treat the scaffolds surrounding multimillion pound towers as their own urban climbing frames. Scroll down for video Harry Gallagher and his friends (pictured his friend Johnny on a crane over Canary Wharf) have scaled dozens of London's tallest skyscrapers to capture photographs
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Harry Gallagher, 17, has scaled iconic London buildings such as 'Walkie Talkie', 'Cheesegrater' and Pinnacle
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Avoiding security and without safety equipment he has climbed cranes to capture series of amazing photos
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Teenager and his friends are part of a growing community of cityscape adventurers known as Urban Explorers
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They choose to climb huge cranes next to new buildings in construction or disused rail lines and reservoirs
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Six months ago he was arrested as he attempted to scale frame of new apartments in Vauxhall, south London
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He says his toughest challenge is to convince his mother to see photos who 'doesn't want to hear about it' | 61,310 | record_train |
@placeholder’s only previous Premier League away victory at the Britannia came back in February 2010 (3-1). | Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Stoke's home clash with Arsenal... Stoke vs Arsenal (Britannia Stadium) Team news Stoke Stoke are continuing to struggle with injury and illness problems ahead of Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with Arsenal. Forward Jonathan Walters (knee) and defender Robert Huth (calf) will be given until the last minute to prove their fitness but midfielder Glenn Whelan (calf) is unlikely to make it.
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Arsenal chasing just second Premier League win at Stoke
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Potters to hand late fitness tests to Jon Walters and Robert Huth
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Gunners will be without Nacho Monreal at Britannia Stadium
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Laurent Koscielny and Kieran Gibbs to face fitness test
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Arsenal to make transfer move for young Ipswich defender Tyrone Mings
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READ: Wenger will offer Diaby will be offered new Arsenal deal if fully fit | 61,311 | record_train |
The only person who could comfortably use the iPhone 6 Plus and Galaxy Note 4 is @placeholder - also known as the Giant of Illinois. | After years of sticking to its signature, small handsets, Apple finally gave in to demand and launched two phablet-style iPhones in September. But as phones increase in size, the screens become harder to use - especially when trying to navigate or type with one hand. To see how phones measure up to the average hand size, designers created a graphic that reveals the 'natural' and 'unreachable' thumb zones of four of the most popular handsets from Apple and Samsung. The graphic (pictured) was created by California-based technology professionals site Experts Exchange. It compares the average hand measurements of men and women, as well as the hand size of sports figures such as Lebron James. The hand size of Robert Wadlow, dubbed Giant of Illinois, was also included
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Graphic was created by technology professionals site Experts Exchange
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It compares the average hand measurements of men and women
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Designers also compared hand sizes of sports stars such as Lebron James
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These measurements were applied to the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Note 4
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Graphic reveals 'natural' zone, 'reach' zone and 'unreachable' zone for each | 61,312 | record_train |
'We save the most challenging costumes for Blue to wear, Bono does the best action shots in costume and @placeholder has a great range from coy to diva. | By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 06:51 EST, 13 June 2013 | UPDATED: 09:06 EST, 13 June 2013 Forget Lord of The Rings, this is Lord of The Ruffs. A pet pug is casting a spell over its owner who has dressed it as Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings. This is one of the hilarious outfits modelled by a trio of pugs who have been transformed into hobbits, rock stars and even royalty. Owner Phillip Lauer, 57, said: 'They are the family photos that we put up on our walls just like other people do of their kids. Blue dressed as the wizard Gandalf The Grey from Tolkein's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
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Phillip Lauer, 57, and his wife Sue are big fans of the fantasy films
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They've been dressing up their dogs Blue, Bono and Roxy, for six years
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Among the costumes they've worn are Boromir and Lady Galadriel
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The couple, from California, have titled the series Pugs of Middle Earth | 61,313 | record_train |
I['d] put the script on the shelf and thought @placeholder would be perfect, so I did a rewrite thinking about him but no one in particular for the other characters. | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Let those other filmmakers focus on world destruction or masked superheroes or beautiful people doing beautiful things. Jason Bateman plays the owner of an extract factory in "Extract," Mike Judge's latest. Mike Judge prefers to deal with real life. Judge, writer and director of "Office Space" and co-creator of the TV series "King of the Hill," has long liked to set his work in the world of malfunctioning copiers and beer-drinking propane salesmen. Even his wicked satire of the future, "Idiocracy," focused on the inanities of everyday life, just set 500 years from now. His new film, "Extract," is no exception: It's about a factory owner, Joel (Jason Bateman), who must deal with a host of employee problems as well as a chilly wife.
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Mike Judge's new movie, "Extract," is comedy set in a factory
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Judge gravitates towards the workplace, sees "a lot of material" in jobs
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Film stars Jason Bateman, who calls "Office Space" creator "a ninja of comedy" | 61,314 | record_train |
"The full resources of our department are at the disposal of our @placeholder partners in this investigation," Napolitano said. | (CNN) -- Gunmen opened fire on two U.S. immigration agents in Mexico on Tuesday, killing one and injuring the other, officials said. The two agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were attacked Tuesday afternoon while driving between Mexico City and Monterrey. One of the agents was gravely wounded and died later Tuesday. The other was in stable condition after being shot in the arm and leg, according to a statement released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The shooting took place about 23 miles north of downtown Mexico City at approximately 3 p.m. ET, an ICE official said. The official spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity because the case is still under investigation.
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NEW: Mexican government confirms ICE agent slain in gun attack
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Second victim in stable condition after being shot in the arm and leg
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U.S. officials, Mexican government condemn attack | 61,315 | record_train |
Good start: @placeholder has scored 21 goals and added 16 assists in a good first season at Real | Carlo Ancelotti confirmed that both Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will play in the Champions League final on Saturday. Neither player trained with the first team today, with French striker Karim Benzema also missing, but there was no cause for concern as the Italian said in a press conference that they will be ready for Lisbon. 'Gareth and Cristiano will play and that's the most important thing,' he said. Full strength: Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti yesterday confirmed both Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will play in the Champions League final against cross-town rivals Atletico Madrid Loner: Ronaldo trained alone and said he hopes to be ready for the game on Saturday
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Real Madrid boss says both Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale will play in the Champions League final despite recent absence
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Neither trained with the first team today - Ronaldo trained alone while the Welsh winger was allowed an extra day of rest
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Ronaldo admits he is not '100 per cent' but hopes to be ready to face neighbours Atletico Madrid
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Karim Benzema and Pepe are the only doubts for Ancelotti | 61,316 | record_train |
Masters champion Watson is pleased to be able to show the lighter side of the @placeholder, while also helping "charity:water." | (CNN) -- Oh, oh, oh -- golf's very own version of the "Fab Four" are back with a bang. After racking up nearly six millions hits on YouTube with their debut music video, the Golf Boys have returned with "2.Oh", a rap inspired by the stars of the PGA Tour which aims to raise money for charity in Africa. U.S. golfers Ben Crane, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler and Hunter Mahan first joined forces in 2011 for "Oh, Oh, Oh", and the quartet have once again taken to the mic -- this time to help provide clean water for the people of Ethiopia.
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The Golf Boys return with second single "2.Oh"
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Their first video "Oh, Oh, Oh" has nearly six million views on YouTube
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Group consists of Bubba Watson, Hunter Mahan, Ben Crane and Rickie Fowler
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Proceeds from the video will be donated to the organization "charity:water" | 61,317 | record_train |
Killer: @placeholder, known as 'Dr Death', has been linked to a number of deaths of young people in recent months | By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 19 April 2013 | UPDATED: 07:28 EST, 19 April 2013 Two young women found dead in mysterious circumstances are feared to have fallen victim to a deadly batch of party drugs nicknamed 'Dr Death', police revealed today. Oil rig worker Rachel Clayton and her partner Emma Speed were discovered at their home in Macclesfield earlier this month after a friend went to check up on them. It was initially believed that the women, who had been carrying out renovation work, may have succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning, but that possibility was soon ruled out.
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Rachel Clayton, 34, and Emma Speed, 30, found dead earlier this month
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Toxicology tests reveal they had taken PMA, a drug similar to ecstasy
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Police warn about dangers of 'Dr Death' after it is linked to string of deaths | 61,318 | record_train |
If the @placeholder cruise past the Lakers, they'll have made NBA history. | (CNN) -- No doubt, the Miami Heat's current 27-game win streak is impressive. But the team still has a few games to go to top the 1971-1972 Los Angeles Lakers' run of 33 straight consecutive victories. And the Heat would need a few lifetimes to surpass Jahangir Khan. Khan might not be a household name in NBA circles, but in Pakistan and the world of squash he's huge. Forget LeBron James. When it comes to impressive winning streaks, Khan is king by virtue of his taking 555 straight matches between 1981 and 1986. The squash star's momentous mark is proof that there are record streaks everywhere. That includes in sports, yes, but also politics, business and more.
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The Miami Heat have won 27 straight games and are aiming for an NBA record 33
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This is one of many streaks, in all different fields, that have made history
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Jahangir Khan won 555 straight squash matches; Susan Lucci lost 18 Emmys before winning
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From DiMaggio to "American Idol" to Australia's economy, there's no end to streaks | 61,319 | record_train |
Republicans have generally favored the "door-to-door" approach, which actually is done primarily by self-enumeration through the @placeholder mail. | (CNN) -- Nearly two centuries ago Wednesday, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed an obscure redistricting law that helped his party stay in office and, more importantly, codified one of the most enduring legacies in U.S. politics: gerrymandering. The U.S. House of Represenatives, home to many beneficiaries of gerrymandering. Now a part of an American lexicon often heard in Washington's K Street bars and among "inside-the-beltway" crowds, the term is seen as a combination of the governor's name and the word "salamander," because of the salamander-like shape one electoral district took on after the redistricting. Elected governor in 1810, Gerry signed the redistricting bill two years later, enabling greater and perhaps disproportionate Republican representation in the Massachusetts legislature.
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Term coined after Massachusetts Gov. Gerry signed redistricting law in early 1800s
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Political parties can use tactic to pack opposition voters into districts already lost
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Gerrymandering still a key part of American politics
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It's already becoming an issue with the 2010 census looming | 61,320 | record_train |
In 2001 @placeholder became one of the first online newspapers to introduce a paywall, and charge users for its content. | London (CNN) -- If there's one thing you notice in the Financial Times' sprawling office building on London's Southwark Bridge it's that there are newspapers...everywhere. Piles upon piles of trademark salmon pink paper, the fruit of endless days of hard work that even the most seasoned journalists can't bring themselves to recycle. They fill every gap between desks, there are stacks on the floor, and in corridors, next to the odd cursory pot plant. There's a charm about it, that of a place with its priorities straight. Substance over style. Inside the Financial Times: Discover more Editor Lionel Barber tells me that when he started the Financial Times, the newsroom was full of "cigarette smoke and typewriters making a lot of noise." The typewriters are long gone and, with them, most of the noise. But, says Barber, "there is still something special about a newsroom."
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CNN's Clare Sebastian goes behind the scenes of the Financial Times
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She finds piles of newsprint, but an organization focused on the digital age
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Filing for print and digital is described as like 'walking and chewing gum' at the same time
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This can be done -- but it's not without risks | 61,321 | record_train |
@placeholder's video from the International space station reveals how astronauts create snacks in orbit. | By Ellie Zolfagharifard PUBLISHED: 12:39 EST, 13 November 2013 | UPDATED: 06:43 EST, 14 November 2013 Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has praised the Hollywood blockbuster Gravity as being ‘visually just like being on a spacewalk’. He did, however, have one bone to pick with Alfonso Cuaron's film. Specifically, Sandra Bullock’s underwear. He claims a more realistic depiction would have placed her in adult nappies. Scroll down for videos... Chris Hadfield saw Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity movie and he thought it was well done, but added that for it to be realistic Sandra Bullock should have worn diapers ‘Inside our space suit, we’re wearing… a Halloween costume, which is a liquid cooling garment,’ Hadfield said on Conan O’Brien’s talk show.
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Chris Hadfield said that in space no one looks like an underwear model
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This is because astronauts have to wear pants similar to 'pull-up' nappies
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The astronaut is best known for his rendition of David Bowie’s Space Oddity while on the International Space Station | 61,322 | record_train |
Dramatic footage, released yesterday, showed @placeholder detectives nab Moran, 31, | By Gerard Couzens PUBLISHED: 07:01 EST, 13 May 2013 | UPDATED: 10:27 EST, 13 May 2013 Armed robber Andrew Moran agreed to be extradited back to Britain today, two days after he was dramatically snared after four years on the run while sunbathing with his girlfriend at a Spanish villa. The fugitive, arrested last Friday on the Costa Blanca as he sunbathed by the swimming pool of his rented villa, said he was happy to be sent back to the UK. As the hearing took place, police revealed today he kept two guns in a water meter by his garden fence - and slept with a 5ft machete under his bed.
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Andrew Moran, 31, tracked down by police four years after he escaped from dock at criminal trial in Lancashire
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Video footage shows him leap into bushes by pool to try to escape
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Part of gang who used gun and machete to steal £25,000 from Royal Mail van
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Has been on top 10 most wanted list for 18 months since escaping court
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Two guns, cartridges and mobile phones seized from home near Alicante | 61,323 | record_train |
In the agreement, @placeholder does voice support for the "deployment of an effective and credible monitoring mechanism." | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- The Libyan opposition has rejected a "road map" proposal by the African Union to bring an end to fighting between them and the government of Moammar Gadhafi, opposition leaders said Monday. Rebel leaders Mustafa Abdul Jalil and Abdul Hafiz Ghoga said they would not agree to any plan that fails to include Gadhafi's removal. The African Union plan, which Gadhafi agreed to in principle, does not provide any solution to the violence against the Libyan people, Ghoga said. Can AU broker a peace deal? Cheers erupted from supporters when the announcement was made. The leaders said the opposition remains open to any other proposals the African Union may make.
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NEW: At least 5 civilians killed and 20 people wounded in Misrata, witnesses say
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Opposition says it rejects any plan that doesn't include Gadhafi's removal
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UNICEF: 20 children have been killed by shrapnel or bullet wounds in Misrata
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Mediators: Gadhafi agrees to cease-fire, political transition and international peacekeepers | 61,324 | record_train |
The prince fiercely denies having any sexual contact or relationship with @placeholder, now 30. | Prince Andrew's bodyguards were accused yesterday of turning a blind eye during his visits to a paedophile friend's 'house of sin'. Protection officers accompanied the royal to Jeffrey Epstein's Florida mansion where he allegedly partied with naked young women. Juan Alessi, who was Epstein's butler for 11 years, said: 'Andrew was with security. He had his two bodyguards from Scotland Yard. I can remember their names. 'The bodyguards were off duty and they slept in one of the guest bedrooms.' Hundreds of under-age girls are said to have been abused at Epstein's mansion and one woman says she was forced by the shamed financier to have sex with Andrew when she was 17, which is below the age of consent in Florida.
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Prince Andrew's bodyguards have been accused of 'turning a blind eye'
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Protection officers accompanied the royal to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion
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Hundreds of under-age girls are believed to have been abused there
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Epstein's butler Juan Alessi said bodyguards slept in guest bedroom
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Virginia Roberts, then 17, claims she was forced to have sex with the royal | 61,325 | record_train |
'We've taken a lot of positives out of the Arsenal game because it's the first time we've ever out passed @placeholder. | West Ham manager Sam Allardyce remains positive ahead of the New Year's Day clash with West Brom despite his side having lost their last two Premier League matches. The Hammers have unexpectedly been challenging for European places following a sensational start to the season that has seen them collect 31 points and stand sixth in the table at the end of 2014. Consecutive defeats by Chelsea and Arsenal suggest West Ham are short of the main challengers for Champions League qualification, although Allardyce insists those results have not affected team morale. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Sam Allardyce looks ahead to an unpredictable West Brom clash
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West Ham are preparing to face West Brom in the Premier League
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The Hammers have lost consecutive games to Chelsea and Arsenal
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Manager Sam Allardyce remains confident after out passing the Gunners | 61,326 | record_train |
'With no warning, no command, or no instructions, @placeholder opened fire on their vehicle,' Jonas said. | Los Angeles police have been accused of resorting to 'street justice' in the hunt for suspected killer ex-cop Christopher Dorner, after they mistakenly shot a 71-year-old woman delivering newspapers and left her truck riddled with bullets. The victim, Emma Hernandez, said the officers did not give any warning or commands and just began firing at her blue pickup truck, according to her attorney. Her 47-year-old daughter was a passenger in the car at the time. 'Tragically, we believe this is a case of mistaken identity,' Charlie Beck, chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, said about the incident. Bullet riddled: Law enforcement officers look over bullet riddled pick-up truck after they mistakenly shot Emma Hernandez in the hunt for Chris Dorner
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Victim Emma Hernandez says she had no warning before police opened fire
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Hernandez's daughter Margie Carranza, 47, was a passenger in the truck
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Hernandez was shot twice in the back and was hospitalized in stable condition while Carranza was wounded by glass from the shattered window
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Six LAPD officers who had fired at Hernandez's vehicle have been placed on administrative leave
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LAPD has promised to replace Hernandez's truck | 61,327 | record_train |
@placeholder is banned from working in all sports through June 11, 2022. | Lance Armstrong's longtime coach Johan Bruyneel was banned for 10 years on Tuesday for helping organize widespread doping by the former seven-time Tour de France winner's cycling teams. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced the verdicts of an American Arbitration Association panel against Bruyneel and two medical staff. Bruyneel 'was at the apex of a conspiracy to commit widespread doping on the (U.S. Postal Service) and Discovery Channel teams spanning many years and many riders,' USADA said in a statement. Team doctor Pedro Celaya and trainer Jose 'Pepe' Marti will serve eight-year bans, USADA said. Banned: Johan Bruyneel, left, the former team manager of Lance Armstrong, right, has been banned from any participation in cycling for 10 years
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Former doctor and trainer are handed eight-year-bans
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Trio all worked for Armstrong's US Postal Service team
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The final witness on Tuesday said she had also been attracted to his dating profile and agreed to a movie date with @placeholder on December 10. | The fourth alleged victim of a Republican businessman told the court today that he hit then raped her twice after taking her to his remote cabin. Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, faces multiple charges of rape, kidnap and sexual abuse of women he lured on dates. The 34-year-old woman was the final witness at Peterson's two-day preliminary hearing in Salt Lake City, Utah to decide whether there is enough evidence for him to stand trial. It was also revealed that she had met with the third alleged victim, who testified yesterday. The women found out that Peterson had made them both watch TV show Big Love - an HBO series about a polygamist with three wives.
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Three women faced alleged attacker Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, in court
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One victim held captive for 3 days after 'he threatened to have her deported'
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Two alleged victims said they were forced to watch HBO series Big Love about a polygamist with 3 wives
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Second accuser said she was discouraged from pressing charges
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Several attacks allegedly happened a remote Utah log cabin
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Peterson held Republican fundraisers at home which were attended by Senator Orrin Hatch, Governor Gary Herbert, Representative Jason Chaffetz and congressional candidate Mia Love | 61,329 | record_train |
The hearing is scheduled to last five days and will hinge in part on whether Mr Woodford's dismissal falls within the @placeholder tribunal's jurisdiction. | (Financial Times) -- Michael Woodford, the whistleblowing ex-chief executive of Olympus, will seek up to $60m of compensation from his former company at an employment tribunal hearing scheduled to start on Monday in east London. The hearing has been postponed until midday, however, which could allow time for the two parties to settle. The British executive is claiming unfair dismissal and discrimination after he was sacked just two weeks after becoming chief executive in October. Mr Woodford's removal from his job came after he raised concerns that eventually led to the exposure of a ¥130bn ($1.6bn) accounting scandal at the Japanese maker of optical equipment.
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Michael Woodford, the whistleblowing ex-chief executive of Olympus, will seek up to $60M
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The British executive is claiming unfair dismissal and discrimination after he was sacked
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His allegations led to resignations and arrests of top Olympus officials | 61,330 | record_train |
The safari industry in @placeholder is said to be worth more than £20bn each year. | Travel companies have revealed that bookings for African safari holidays have dropped by up to 70 per cent following the deadly Ebola outbreak. Tour operators say demand for holidays in traditional safari hotspots such as Kenya in east Africa has plummeted in recent months, despite being almost 3,000 miles away from the Ebola-stricken countries of the west. Industry leaders say holiday bookings to Africa were edging towards an all-time high this year before declining rapidly in July as panic over the deadly disease set in. Travel companies have revealed that bookings for African safari holidays have dropped by up to 70 per cent following the deadly Ebola outbreak
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Safari hotspots are 3,000 miles away from Ebola-stricken western countries
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Travel companies say treks to Kilimanjaro have also declined
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Tourism to Africa was heading to all-time high before epidemic took hold | 61,331 | record_train |
in the neighborhood and @placeholder believed the police weren't doing | By Chris Pleasance Germany has demanded justice today following the death of a 17-year-old exchange student who was shot in Montana on Sunday morning. Diren Dede, from Hamburg, was killed when 29-year-old Markus Kaarma fired four shotgun blasts into his garage after Dede set off home intruder alarms inside. It is not clear what Dede was doing inside the garage. Julia Reinhardt, spokesman for the German consulate in San Fransisco, said the investigation should make it clear it is illegal to kill an unarmed juvenile just because he is trespassing. Scroll down for video The German consulate in San Fransisco has demanded justice today after exchange student Diren Dede, 17, was shot to death in the early hours of Sunday
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Diren Dede, 17, shot on Sunday morning in a garage in Missoula, Montana
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It is not known why he entered the garage, where he set off intruder alarms
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Markus Kaarma, 29 fired four shotgun blasts into room, killing Dede
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German consulate has today demanded 'justice' as investigations continue
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Spokesman argued it was illegal to kill juvenile simply for trespassing
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Kaarma is expected to plead not guilty, as Montana allows homeowners to use deadly force on an intruder if they believe they will be harmed
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Last night Dede's father Celal arrived in the city to collect his son's body
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Celal also visited his son's host family, but declined to comment on death | 61,332 | record_train |
More than 120 million users log onto @placeholder at least one time each day, the site says. | (CNN) -- Christina Cimino was logging onto Twitter on Thursday morning when something happened that she found deeply unsettling. iReporter David Seaman says Twitter needs a competitor so users don't panic when it goes down. "I got some weird error message, and I'm like, 'What's going on!?" the 24-year-old said. That error message was the scourge of online social networkers worldwide on Thursday as cyber-attacks shut down Twitter and caused sustained glitches in other social-media sites like Facebook and the blogging site LiveJournal. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone wrote the sites were the victims of what "appears to be a single, massively coordinated attack." And a pro-Georgian blogger, whose accounts on Facebook and Twitter reportedly were the targets of the denial-of-service attack, told CNN the online strike was timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Russia-Georgia conflict.
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Some Twitter and Facebook users panicked as the sites went down Thursday
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Several online social networks were the victims of cyber-attacks
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One Twitter user says she felt "naked" without her micro-blog
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in the history of the EU, the @placeholder are now in charge.’ | By Simon Walters Updated: 06:51 EST, 11 December 2011 Standing firm: Prime Minister David Cameron walks purposefully to a news conference following his decision to veto the amendments David Cameron has received overwhelming support from British voters over his historic decision to veto changes to the EU Treaty. The first poll conducted since the acrimonious Brussels summit shows that a total of 62 per cent of people agreed with the Prime Minister’s defiant stance, with just 19 per cent against. Furthermore, most people believe the euro is doomed to fail and almost half think the EU will break up. They also fear the summit has given too much power to Germany.
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Decisive action boosts Coalition support, wipes out Labour's lead
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Two thirds want a referendum on Britain's membership
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Concern grows over dominance of Germany in the new-look EU
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Pro-EU Tory Cabinet rebel Ken Clarke, the Justice Secretary, faces a No 10 showdown with Mr Cameron tomorrow after calling the veto ‘disappointing, surprising’ and ‘a strange turn of events’.
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It was revealed that French President Nicolas Sarkozy told Mr Cameron his conduct was ‘unacceptable’, and that Mr Cameron hit back saying: ‘I’m sticking to my guns.’
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Chancellor George Osborne clashed with the BBC’s John Humphrys over claims that the Corporation reports of the veto were ‘biased’ in favour of the EU.
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Well-placed sources confirmed pro-EU Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg was not contacted personally by Mr Cameron in the hours before he used the veto.
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Lib Dem peer Lord Oakeshott challenged Mr Clegg, saying he ‘must stop Cameron cringing to the Tory rabid Right and get him back to the EU negotiating table’. | 61,334 | record_train |
The 18-year-old had noticed food was missing from the fridge and while the birthday cake and apple juice were found beside @placeholder, there was no sign of the onion bhajis. | By Shari Miller PUBLISHED: 11:46 EST, 5 April 2013 | UPDATED: 11:54 EST, 5 April 2013 A prolific criminal, who broke into a house to steal onion bhajis from the kitchen, was caught after he was found asleep in the garden. John Stalker, 59, from Workington, Cumbria, who has been found guilty of burglary, also stole apple juice and a slice of birthday cake from the home of Marie Mulla, last October. The owner had gone out for the evening with her 16-year-old daughter. Prolific criminal John Stalker, 59, was found guilty of breaking into a house and stealing food from the kitchen at Carlisle Crown Court
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John Stalker, 59, found guilty of breaking into house and stealing food
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The prolific offender has 98 previous convictions for petty crime
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Homeowner's teenage son discovered intruder asleep in garden chair
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Miss Jolie said she will work with Mr @placeholder and others for 'as long as it takes' to prevail in the struggle of sexual violence in conflict. | By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor As the wife of Britain's Foreign Secretary she is used to meeting high profile politicians and even monarchs. But Ffion Hague today appeared happy to share the limelight with Hollywood's most glamorous couple, at the final day of her husband's four-day conference with Angelina Jolie came to a close. Mrs Hague joined William, Miss Jolie and Brad Pitt in London for the closing speeches of the star-studded summit to end sexual violence against women in war. Scroll down for video Ffion Hague (left) appeared relaxed and happy in the company of Angelina Jolie (centre), who was joined by her partner Brad Pitt
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Foreign Secretary William Hague attends final day of summit with wife Ffion
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Angelina Jolie brings film star husband Brad Pitt for fourth day in London
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Hollywood actress has been working with Hague to end war rape since 2012
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Hague was inspired by her film on Bosnian war 'Land of Blood and Honey'
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US Secretary of State Kerry flies in to praise Hague and Jolie's 'leadership' | 61,336 | record_train |
Two 15-year-old young men from @placeholder researched hydroponic techniques to help subsistence farmers in their homeland, where food shortages are a devastating problem. | (CNN) -- Brittany Wenger learned about artificial intelligence during a seventh-grade school project. She was immediately enthralled, bought a book on programming and taught herself how to code. Now 17, Wenger won the grand prize at the second annual Google Science Fair on Monday for her project on improving breast cancer diagnosis accuracy using artificial neural networks. That combination of drive, passion for science and a desire to do something good was common at this year's event. Organizers of the online science fair received thousands of entries from 100 countries, including India, Ukraine, Malta and Swaziland. Google picked 15 finalists and, at a final gala in an airplane hangar in Palo Alto, announced the winners in three age categories, along with a grand-prize winner.
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Google announced the winners of its second annual science fair Monday
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Grand prize winner is teen whose project improves accuracy of breast-cancer diagnoses
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The @placeholder-based bank claims its network has $51 billion in deposits and assets under management or advisement, with more than 70,000 clients in 140 countries. | (CNN) -- Antiguan and Barbudan regulators Friday took control of U.S.financier Robert Allen Stanford's financial institutions on the twin-island nation, a day after federal agents served the Texas businessman with papers accusing him of running an investment fraud scheme. Customers queue outside the Stanford Group-owned Bank of Antigua in St. John's. The Financial Services Regulatory Commission of Antigua and Barbuda appointed receivers to manage Stanford International Bank Ltd. and Stanford Trust Company Ltd., the commission said in a statement. The receivers, Nigel Hamilton-Smith and Peter Wastell of Britain-based Vantis Business Recovery Services, are in Antigua with other recovery specialists to take control of the entities, the commission said.
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Antigua and Barbuda regulators seize Stanford Group banks on islands
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Financier Allen Stanford accused of $9.2B investment, sales fraud
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Venezuela has also seized local bank owned by Stanford Group
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The focus then turned to slightly more modern history as he praised @placeholder for freeing the slaves, and dancers were called on stage to visually represent the creation of electricity. | By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:01 EST, 8 July 2013 | UPDATED: 12:30 EST, 8 July 2013 Glenn Beck got rid of his trademark blackboard for his latest performance as he headlined an event this weekend where he told his version of American history. The spectacle was deemed the 'Man in the Moon' show, as 18,000 people watched at an outdoor amphitheatre as a tuxedo-clad Beck narrated the show that was meant to 'help people see America’s history from a completely different point of view'. A replica moon was on stage as dancers, actors dressed as soldiers, and fireworks were all used in an effort to add theatrics to the event.
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Former Fox News talk show host organized a massive event to show 'history from a completely different point of view'
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Talks about Noah's Ark, Lincoln's end to slavery, and atomic bombs
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Snyderman and her team went into a 21-day voluntary isolation after @placeholder, their freelance cameraman, was found to have contracted Ebola. | (CNN) -- NBC's medical correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman has issued an apology after she reportedly violated the quarantine her team was placed in when their cameraman contracted Ebola. During the NBC Nightly News broadcast on Monday, anchor Brian Williams read out the following statement from Snyderman: "While under voluntary quarantine guidelines, which called for our team to avoid public contact for 21 days, members of our group violated those guidelines and understand that our quarantine is now mandatory until 21 days have passed. We remain healthy and our temperatures are normal. "As a health professional I know that we have no symptoms and pose no risk to the public, but I am deeply sorry for the concerns this episode caused. We are thrilled that Ashoka (Mukpo) is getting better and our thoughts continue to be with the thousands affected by Ebola whose stories we all went to cover."
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"We remain healthy and our temperatures are normal," she says
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Cameraman Mukpo is recovering
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UKIP and Tory candidates could run a single candidate in key parliamentary seats, in effect a @placeholder/UKIP coalition. | UKIP leader Nigel Farage has made a dramatic offer to form an election pact with the Tories – but only if they dump David Cameron as leader. Buoyed by big gains in Thursday’s town hall elections, Farage last night said he is ready to join forces with the Conservatives to keep Ed Miliband out of power. Senior Tory sources flatly dismissed Farage’s call for Cameron to step down, but significantly did not rule out talks with UKIP on how they might work together. In his first major interview since winning 147 council seats, Mr Farage told The Mail on Sunday:
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Said MPs should stand for both parties, but only if PM quits
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He savages 'socialist' Cameron and promises immediate EU poll
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MP Adam Afriyie told the PM to stop 'pussyfooting around' over immigration | 61,341 | record_train |
They took to the streets, demanding that @placeholder sign the EU deal. | For three months, they've staked their claim to Kiev's Maidan, or Independence Square, and to Ukraine itself. We will leave only when you pull closer to the European Union, when you change the constitution, when you alter the government's power structure, they have loudly insisted. But why? Why have thousands of protesters staked their lives, seemingly, on their desire for political change? And why has the government resisted their calls so vehemently? Let's take a look: 1. What prompted the protests? At the heart of the protests is a trade pact. For a year, President Viktor Yanukovych insisted he was intent on signing a historical political and trade agreement with the European Union. But on November 21, he decided to suspend talks with the EU.
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Ukraine has been rattled by anti-government protests since November
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The trigger then was the President's decision not to sign a trade pact with the EU
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Ukraine is split: Some want to align more with the West, others favor Russia
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Milan would prefer a permanent deal and that could yet prove an obstacle as @placeholder understandably have concerns about his behaviour. | By Simon Jones for MailOnline Liverpool are making a surprise U-turn after enquiring about taking Mario Balotelli on loan. Brendan Rodgers had said Liverpool would categorically not be signing the errant Italy striker last month, but has had a change of heart. Rodgers is now exploring the possibility of bringing the 24-year-old to Anfield after growing frustrated in the pursuit of other targets. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Mario Balotelli take the Ice Bucket Challenge Super Mario: Balotelli left the Premier League in 2013, but could be on his way back Change of heart? Rodgers had previously said he would not be signing the Italian striker
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Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers had said he would not be signing Balotelli
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As Ali huddled with his youngest siblings, a man in civilian clothes took @placeholder's mother to the bedroom and shot her five times in the head and neck. | By Chris Parsons An 11-year-old Syrian boy has described in heart-wrenching detail how he had to cover his clothes in his brother's blood to save his own life as killers slaughtered his entire family. Ali el-Sayed witnessed his parents and all four of his siblings killed by Syrian gunmen during last weekend's horrific massacres, which he only survived himself by playing dead. The youngest to die was Ali's brother, 6-year-old Nader. His small body bore two bullet holes - one in his head, another in his back. Tragic: Ali el-Sayed, pictured here in an interview on Wednesday, had to play dead to avoid being executed by Syrian gunmen who killed his family
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Ali el-Sayed played dead to avoid being executed by gunman who slaughtered his family
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Tragic 11-year-old one of few survivors from horrific executions in Houla | 61,344 | record_train |
Full-back @placeholder pulled out of Italy's squad on May 29 after being questioned by officials probing gambling markets linked to fixing results of matches in Serie A. | (CNN) -- Italy's soccer players can heal the "suffering" caused by the country's match-fixing scandal by winning Euro 2012, says AC Milan star Alexandre Pato. The Brazilian forward, who has played in Serie A since he was 17, says an Azzurri victory in Poland and Ukraine could rejuvenate Italian football following a year blighted by corruption allegations. The team's Euro 2012 preparations were disrupted by a police raid on their training base four days before the start of the tournament, as several prominent football figures were arrested in connection with a match-fixing and betting investigation. The scandal prompted manager Cesare Prandelli to admit his team could pull out of the competition, but instead they have thrived and will face Germany in the semifinals on Thursday.
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AC Milan star Alexandre Pato says Euro 2012 can save Italy's tainted reputation in football
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Brazilian forward believes winning the tournament would change Italian game
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Scores of football figures have been arrested in latest Italian match-fixing scandal
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Defender Domenico Criscito withdrew from squad before Euro 2012 after police raid | 61,345 | record_train |
37.7 per cent of the votes went to Ronaldo - a figure double the amount of Messi and @placeholder | The best man won. This has been Cristiano Ronaldo's year, a 12-month carnival of extraordinary forward play. It has been so good, even the man who doesn't like him had to admit it. 'Yes, it was justified,' Lionel Messi noted through gritted teeth. 'It was deserved.' Much is made of the tensions that exist between Ronaldo and Messi but this is not a rivalry to promote something. This antipathy is genuine and was evident from the moment they walked into a cavernous room in Zurich's Kongresshaus for a pre-ceremony conference. VIDEO Scroll down for Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2015 Ballon d'Or
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Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo attended Monday's Ballon d'Or Gala
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Ronaldo has been crowned the 2014 Ballon d'Or winner
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Messi and Manuel Neuer made up the three-man shortlist
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The trio were all included in the FIFPro World Team of the Year
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James Rodriguez wins Puskas Award prize for his spectacular volley
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Joachim Low scoops FIFA World Coach of the Year award
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FIFA Team of the Year: FIFPro World XI includes Angel di Maria | 61,346 | record_train |
@placeholder's main threat had come from set-pieces, but they were not able to capitalize on a string of corners. | (CNN) -- Croatia held off a furious late onslaught from Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria to win 1-0 in their opening Group B match in Vienna on Sunday. Emmanuel Pogagtetz, left, fouls Croatia striker Ivica Olic to concede the match-winning penalty. The Croatians took the lead in the fourth minute when midfielder Luka Modric coolly slotted home from the penalty spot after Emmanuel Pogatetz clumsily body-checked striker Ivica Olic in the area. Slaven Bilic's team dominated the first half, and should have gone further ahead in the 35th minute but Olic's strike partner Mladen Petric blazed over the bar with a left-foot volley after beating the offside trap to run on to Vedran Corluka's cross.
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Croatia beat Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria 1-0 in opening Group B match
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Luka Modric scores fourth-minute penalty after striker Ivica Olic is fouled
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Croatia next play Germany on Thursday, while Austria take on Poland | 61,347 | record_train |
The Dougherty siblings led @placeholder authorities on another chase Wednesday before crashing into a highway guardrail. | (CNN) -- A Florida police officer who was shot at by three fugitive siblings said Thursday he was glad the trio was apprehended without any civilian or police casualties. Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21; his sister Lee Grace Dougherty, 29; and half-brother Dylan Dougherty Stanley, 26, were arrested Wednesday on a rural stretch of Colorado highway. On August 2, Zephyrhills, Florida, Police Officer Kevin Widner was shot at from a car occupied by the siblings. Widner wasn't injured, though numerous rounds were fired during a chase that reached up to 100 mph, according to the Pasco County, Florida, Sheriff's Office.
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Officer Kevin Widner was shot at by the three siblings
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At the airport in @placeholder, Sseruma was detained twice for further questioning. | LONDON, England (CNN) -- When HIV-positive Winnie Sseruma was invited to speak on the subject at the United Nations in New York last June, she never expected that her condition would prevent her from obtaining a visa. HIV positive Winnie Sseruma was repeatedly questioned before being allowed into the United States. Winnie Sseruma has been living with the disease for over 20 years. Preparing for her trip, UK-based Winnie discovered that the United States was one of 70 countries worldwide that either banned or restricted inbound travel for people with HIV. "I was told I needed to come to the U.S. embassy for an interview and bring a doctor's letter stating I was fit to travel," Sseruma, HIV coordinator for charity Christian Aid, told CNN.
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Russia is one of 11 countries worldwide that restricts HIV positive visitors
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The U.S. lifted similar ban last July, but has not yet been implemented
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@placeholder’s ‘trekkers’ covered a lot of ground, which worked out as around 265 miles on foot and 114 miles by boat. | By Sarah Griffiths Venice has been described as the most beautiful city built by man and has captured the hearts of many tourists who have visited the group of 118 small islands. And now for the first time, people can take a trip down the Grand Canal or explore the impossibly complex network of tiny waterways by gondola, from the comfort of their own home, as Google has added the city to Google Street View. The internet giant sent a team of people to map Venice by foot, because the Street View car and trike could not be used on the city's narrow cobbled streets.
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Google sent a team of people to map the city by foot, because the Street View car and trike could not be used on Venice’s narrow cobbled streets
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The team loaded the ‘trekker’ onto a boat that navigated canals and dodged gondolas to map the city's waterways.
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Users Street View can travel the city by Gondola, Vaporetto (a larger boat that travels the length of the Grand Canal and the lagoon) or by foot | 61,350 | record_train |
year later, the tribunal indicted eight @placeholder men for sexual | By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 08:53 EST, 8 March 2013 | UPDATED: 09:02 EST, 8 March 2013 A young judge who was repeatedly raped by guards at a concentration camp in Bosnia has helped to put her perpetrators behind bars. Nusreta Sivac was one of 37 women who suffered the nightly traumas in Omarska concentration camp - they never discussed their abuse - their pained glances were enough to communicate their suffering. But it was partly thanks to Ms Sivac's efforts to gather testimony from women across Bosnia that rape was categorised as a war crime under international law.
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Nusreta Sivac was raped by guards at Omarska concentration camp
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She also witnessed murder and torture by Bosnian Serb guards
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Bosnia's 1992-95 war was the bloodiest in the series of armed conflicts | 61,351 | record_train |
As is, 90% of @placeholder want stronger gun safety laws and yet gun-industry political contributions hobble legislative momentum. | (CNN) -- On Wednesday, April 2, the United States Supreme Court ruled that any cap on the overall amount a person can spend to influence an election is unconstitutional. Following on the heels of the court's previous decision in Citizens United, the McCutcheon ruling will allow unlimited spending to influence our nation's political process. In the words of Justice Stephen Breyer, who wrote the dissent in the McCutcheon case, the ruling "eviscerates our nation's campaign finance laws, leaving a remnant incapable of dealing with the grave problems of democratic legitimacy that those laws were intended to resolve." You shouldn't need money or connections to get a fair shake in our justice system. That's the very essence of our American creed. And yet we know that even with previous restrictions, money had a corrupting influence on our democracy. A Federal Election Survey found that 82% of Americans were worried about special interests buying elections. Three in five Americans thought Congress was already more likely to vote in ways that please their financial supporters, while only one in five Americans thought Congress votes in the best interest of constituents.
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U.S. Supreme Court rules cap on aggregate amount of election donations is unconstitutional
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Sally Kohn: This benefits people who have the most money to buy the most influence
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Kohn: Money gives you disproportionately better access to Congress members and staff
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Officials with the @placeholder declined to provide details about the number of donors or the amounts contributed. | By Ap To a raucous embrace, President Barack Obama told gay donors Tuesday that American society and its laws have advanced the cause of gay rights over the past 10 years but said the job was hardly over in the United States and especially abroad. He received a loud standing ovation when he declared that he had directed the White House to prepare an executive order barring discrimination by federal contractors on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The White House announced the initiative Monday, a long-sought measure in the gay community that Obama initially had resisted. 'It's not just laws that are changing, it's hearts and minds,' he said before 550 supporters at a Democratic National Committee fundraising dinner for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender donors.
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Addressed the state of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights a Democratic National Committee fundraiser in New York on Tuesday
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Obama was also headlining a super PAC event and appearing with 30 donors at Anna Wintour's house during his visit
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The dinner at New York's Gotham Hall came on the same day the Senate approved two openly gay Obama nominees for federal judgeships | 61,353 | record_train |
The purchase of Deep Mind saw a comprehensive school-educated computer genius has become a multi-millionaire overnight after selling his company to @placeholder. | Google has set up an ethics board to oversee its work in artificial intelligence. The search giant has recently bought several robotics companies, along with Deep Mind, a British firm creating software that tries to help computers think like humans. One of its founders warned artificial intelligence is 'number 1 risk for this century,' and believes it could play a part in human extinction. An analyst believes Google is in the best position to create the first ever conscious machine and already has related projects in the place. It recently bought a number of robotics firm, such as Meka pictured, for example. The analyst claims conscious machines could be developed within the next 20 years
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Ethics board set up as part of deal to acquire British AI firm DeepMind
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The £242million acquisition is Google's biggest-ever in Europe
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Formidable foe: Richard is shown battling Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film @placeholder | Tributes have poured in for the actor Richard Kiel, best known for his role as the steel-toothed villain Jaws in two 1970s James Bond films, who died yesterday aged 74. The statuesque 7ft 2in actor portrayed the mercenary assassin Jaws in the 1977 movie The Spy Who Loved Me and the 1979 thriller Moonraker both opposite Sir Roger Moore as Agent 007. Kiel died yesterday afternoon at a hospital in Fresno, California, according to a report on Wednesday by TMZ. Scroll down for video... Remembered: Richard Kiel - posing here in 2012 behind a shot of him as Bond villain Jaws - has died aged 74, TMZ reports
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Actor best known as the steel-toothed villain Jaws in 1970s Bond films
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Died yesterday at hospital in California - cause of death is not yet known
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Sir Roger Moore, who starred alongside Kiel, said he is 'totally distraught'
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Moore, 86, once called 7ft 2in Kiel the best Bond villain of all time
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Adriana Lima, the world's second highest-earning model, pocketed $8m last year and is the top @placeholder earner (together with Doutzen Kroes) | The world's most enviable bodies arrived in London on Sunday and are set to dazzle spectators at the Victoria's Secret fashion show. Pictured wearing low-slung skinny jeans and T-shirts advertising the London event, the women aren't just a collection of pretty faces and perfect figures. Amongst the 40 Angels are some of the world's richest models too. So how do these long-limbed, perfectly-blow-dried beauties rank in terms of bank balance? Scroll down for video The Victoria Secrets Angels outside the London store ahead of tomorrow's fashion show: (Tier One) Irina Sharipova, Eniko Mihalik, Bregje Heinen, Grace Mahary, Ieva Laguna, Sigrid Agren, Imaan Hamman, Kasia Struss, Maud Weizen, Magalena Frackowiak and Kate Grigorieva. (Tier Two) Daniela Braga, Yumi Lambert, Izabel Goulart, Barbara Fialho, Taylor Hill, Cindy Bruna, Maria Borges, unknown, Blanca Pailla, Devon Windsor, Sui He and Romee Strjid. (Tier Three) Isabeli Fontanta, Josephine Skriver, Jasmine Tookes, Jac Jagaciak, Stella Maxwell, Lais Ribeiro, Sara Sampaio, Kelly Gale, Jacquelyn Jabionski, Martha Hunt, Ming Xi, Shania Shaik (Pavement Level) Constance Jablonski, Joan Smalls, Doutzen Kroes, Lily Adridge, Behati Prinsloo, Alessandra Ambrosio, Candice Swanepoel, Elsa Hosk, Adriana Lima, Karlie Kloss, Lily Donaldson, Jourdan Dunn, Devon Windsor
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The world's most enviable bodies arrived in London on Sunday for the Victoria's Secret fashion show
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Doutzen Kroes and Adriana Lima, who have raked in $8m in earnings each this year, are top earning Angels
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29-year-old mother-of-two Doutzen Kroes from Holland is known for her curves
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Adriana Lima, 33 from Brazilian, has been a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2000
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Alessandra Ambrosio come third with Karlie Kloss and Jordan Dunn in joint fourth place | 61,356 | record_train |
He said: 'The point I'm making is that you have to look at what a job entails not just the fact that there is a job located in any particular area and, in this instance, we do not believe that we should have nuclear weapons at all, we believe that Trident shouldn't be renewed and we most certainly don't want that renewal to happen in Pembrokeshire or anywhere in @placeholder or, to be fair, anywhere in Britain. | The former leader of Welsh nationalists Plaid Cymru has sparked fury after comparing Britain's nuclear deterrent to the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Lord Wigley apologised for 'any offence caused' after hitting out at claims the Government could shift the Trident weapons system from Scotland to Wales. The peer dismissed the potential jobs boost for Wales, adding: 'Look, this week we have been remembering what happened in Germany before the war, no doubt there were many jobs provided in Auschwitz and places like that but that didn't justify their existence and neither does nuclear weapons justify having them in Pembrokeshire.'
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Lord Wigley apologised for 'any offence caused' after making 'crass' claim
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Ex Plaid Cymru leader slammed proposal to move weapons from Scotland
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He said jobs boost for Wales did not make it right to move the weapons
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The pilot informed passengers that the right engine had failed and the plane was returning to @placeholder | A video filmed by a passenger wearing an oxygen mask shows the dramatic scene inside an aircraft after one of its engines malfunctioned and filled the cabin with smoke. Passengers express confusion as they are shrouded in a haze of smoke and a wailing child is heard in the background, but everyone remains calm as they prepare for an emergency landing. Oxygen masks were deployed after the engine failure occurred on a JetBlue flight from Long Beach, California, to Austin, Texas, on Thursday. A video filmed by a passenger wearing an oxygen mask shows the dramatic scene inside an aircraft after one of its engines malfunctioned and filled the cabin with smoke
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Video filmed by passenger shows travellers wearing oxygen masks
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Passengers are shrouded in a haze of smoke inside the cabin
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Twilight actor Jackson Rathbone was on board with his wife and young son and documented the harrowing ordeal on Twitter | 61,358 | record_train |
Nato troops, including @placeholder forces, are to be withdrawn from combat roles by 2015. | Attack blamed on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - one of Pakistan's most violent anti-Shi'ite groups and part of an Al Qaeda-linked nexus of militants Karzai cuts Europe trip on future of Afghanistan short to visit injured in hospital By Ian Drury, Defence Correspondent UPDATED: 13:49 EST, 7 December 2011 A former British ambassador to Afghanistan today denounced the 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of troops from the country as a further bombing in the country claimed the lives of 19 civilians. Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, ambassador from 2007 to 2009, said the move was 'worse than questionable, it's disgraceful' if it was not accompanied by a determined peace process.
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Further 19 civilians killed by roadside bomb today
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U.S. citizen among yesterday's dead at Shi'ite shrine
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Attack blamed on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - one of Pakistan's most violent anti-Shi'ite groups and part of an Al Qaeda-linked nexus of militants
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Karzai cuts Europe trip on future of Afghanistan short to visit injured in hospital | 61,359 | record_train |
"@placeholder has been a leader in the international community's effort to address the Syrian regime's violence against its own people." | Istanbul (CNN) -- Western leaders roundly condemned the downing of a Turkish military fighter jet by Syria ahead of a NATO meeting on Tuesday on the issue. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday said she had spoken with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu about Friday's incident. "The foreign minister briefed me on the specifics of the incident, including that the Syrian military shot its plane down without warning," Clinton said in a statement. "The United States condemns this brazen and unacceptable act in the strongest possible terms. It is yet another reflection of the Syrian authorities' callous disregard for international norms, human life and peace and security."
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NEW: The United States calls shooting down the plane "a brazen and unacceptable act"
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NATO will meet Tuesday under an article dealing with security threats to members
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The military jet is found about 1,300 meters (4600 feet) underwater
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Turkey will respond "decisively," Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says | 61,360 | record_train |
He urged her to resign if Mr @placeholder did not fire her, and advised 'leading involves cruel choices' | A dinner with media mogul Rupert Murdoch was the reason Prime Minister Tony Abbott overhauled his media team late last year, it has been claimed. Over Christmas, Mr Abbott dumped his press office director Jane McMillan, replacing her with former media adviser Andrew Hirst following the dinner with Mr Murdoch in December in Sydney, The Financial Review reported. The Prime Minister also hired former ABC journalist Mark Simkin to his office. The revelation of the dinner comes after the media tycoon tweeted that Mr Abbott should sack his chief of staff Peta Credlin after his widely scorned decision to award British royal Prince Philip a knighthood on Australia Day.
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Tony Abbott rearranged his media team after a dinner with Rupert Murdoch
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Mr Abbott dumped press office director Jane McMillan
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She was replaced by former media adviser Andrew Hirst
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On Wednesday Murdoch called for Peta Credlin to resign
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News Corp columnist Miranda Devine blamed her for Prince Philip gaffe
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Mr Abbott today said Ms Credlin had nothing to do with the decision
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Bottom row (left to right) are: Jack, 7, Jessie, 6, their sister @placeholder, 10, and Jayden, 5, | By Paul Bentley PUBLISHED: 05:35 EST, 16 May 2012 | UPDATED: 16:15 EST, 12 February 2013 The father of six children who died in a house fire broke down in tears yesterday as police confirmed an arsonist started the blaze. In dramatic scenes, Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead, 31, wept uncontrollably as officers described how petrol had been poured through the family’s letterbox and set alight. Jade Philpott, ten, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and Jayden, five, all perished as flames and smoke engulfed their council house in Derby. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Mick and Mairead Philpott, the parents of six children that died following a fire at their home in Derby have had the murder charges dropped against them
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Mick Philpott speaks for the first time since last Friday's fatal fire in Derby
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He thanked fire crews for their efforts to save his children
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@placeholder also awarded $5 million for the attorneys in the case to split. | By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 11:47 EST, 15 May 2013 | UPDATED: 12:38 EST, 15 May 2013 A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought toning shoes after ads made unfounded claims that the footwear would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles. U.S. District Judge Thomas B. Russell in Louisville approved the deal, which covers more than 520,000 claims. About 1,000 people eligible for coverage by the settlement opted not to take part. Those with approved claims will be able to get a maximum repayment for their purchase - up to $80 per pair of Shape-Ups; $84 per pair of Resistance Runner shoes; up to $54 per pair of Podded Sole Shoes; and $40 per pair of Tone-Ups.
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A federal judge approved a $40 million class-action settlement Monday between Skechers USA Inc. and consumers who bought 'toning' shoes | 61,363 | record_train |
Dodging the snow: Former President Bill Clinton is pictured entering the @placeholder. | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today delivered an impassioned eulogy to his father, former governor Mario Cuomo, at his funeral, calling him a 'keynote speaker for our better angels'. In his 40-minute address at St. Ignatius Loyola Church on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the governor recalled his father's steadfast commitment to his beliefs and his own desire to continue his father's legacy, saying: 'My dad was my hero, my mentor and my confidante.' Bill Clinton, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined Andrew Cuomo, his brother, CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo, their mother Matilda and hundreds of mourners in the snow today to bid farewell to former Governor Mario Cuomo at his funeral service.
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Three-term New York governor Mario Cuomo passed away from heart failure on January 1, aged 82
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Dignitaries, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Senate Republic leader Dean Skelos, gathered at a church in the Upper East Side of Manhattan for his funeral on Tuesday morning
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His sons, current Governor Andrew Cuomo and news anchor Chris Cuomo, and his widow Matilda accompanied his snow-dusted casket as it was carried into church for the service
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As he eulogized his father, Andrew Cuomo said: 'He left the world a better place than when he found it. New York is a better state thanks to Mario Cuomo'
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He later added, while addressing Tyson, "There's no denying the fact that @placeholder had the hardest hitting right hook in history -- your opponents spent more time bleeding in the corner than Charlie's ex-wives." | (EW.com) -- It's been an interesting year for Charlie Sheen. From getting fired from his gig on "Two and a Half Men" to flooding Twitter with non-sensical ramblings (#winning anyone? ), and most recently, appearing on the Emmys to wish his old co-stars good luck, he's had his share of ups and downs. And tonight, he got called out for them. Comedians Seth MacFarlane, Jon Lovitz, Jeffrey Ross and Mike Tyson (? ), among others, were all on-hand for Sheen's sometimes brutal Comedy Central roast, which aired shortly after his character's mock funeral on Two and a Half Men (poetic timing much? ).
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Charlie Sheen has had his share of ups and downs
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One of Real's more bizarre signings, @placeholder was hampered by injury (he did not play at all during his first season) and famously scored an own goal then was sent off on his debut. | Ashley Cole became the 11th Englishman to play for a foreign club in the Champions League when he was named in Roma's starting XI, following in some illustrious (and rather bizarre) footsteps. The likes of Steve McManaman and Owen Hargreaves have won the competition with European sides, while David Beckham had a high-profile stint at Real Madrid. We defy anyone, however, to remember Scott Minto and Michael Thomas turning out for Benfica against HJK Helsinki in 1998. Here, Sportsmail looks at those 10 previous Englishmen abroad... Roma's Ashley Cole tries to get in between Vincent Kompany and Jesus Navas in the Champions League clash
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Steve McManaman and Owen Hargreaves both won Champions League with foreign clubs
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Davd Beckham, Michael Owen and Jonathan Woodgate represented Real Madrid
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Scott Minto, Brian Deane and Michael Thomas played in CL for Benfica
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Joe Cole played for Lille, Matt Derbyshire for Olympiacos | 61,366 | record_train |
"What wears on us, what troubles us so deeply as we gather here today, is how this senseless violence that took place in the @placeholder, echoes other recent tragedies." | President Barack Obama said Sunday that the United States "can't accept" last week's killing of 12 people at Washington's Navy Yard as "inevitable," but the shooting should instead "lead to some sort of transformation" on gun violence in the United States. "It ought to be a shock to all of us, as a nation and as a people," Obama said at the Marine Barracks, just a few short blocks from the Navy Yard. "It ought to obsess us. It ought to lead to some sort of transformation." The president said during his speech that grieving with the families impacted by mass shootings is something he has had to do five times in his presidency, citing shootings in Fort Hood, Texas; Tucson, Arizona; Aurora, Colorado; Newtown, Connecticut; and now the Washington Navy Yard.
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Obama says U.S. "can't accept" killing of 12 at D.C.'s Navy Yard as "inevitable"
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"It ought to be a shock to all of us, as a nation and as a people," Obama says
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Obama honors each victim, noting some of the last things they said before they died
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"Our tears are not enough," Obama tells families of those killed | 61,367 | record_train |
Yesterday a spokesman for @placeholder said: ‘The club will take the strongest possible action against those involved in the disturbances and will impose immediate lifetime bans on all those found guilty. | By Eleanor Harding PUBLISHED: 18:33 EST, 15 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:55 EST, 16 April 2013 He loves food and kisses, and he’s known for his inquisitive nature. But Bud the brave is also one very tough cookie – more than a match for the football fan who punched him during violent clashes in Newcastle at the weekend. Yesterday the police horse was safe at home at his stables near Leeds, where he was said to be ‘totally fine and resting up’ after the drama. Sroll down for video Safe and well: Bud the police horse, pictured with groom Abigail Collins, is back at home in the Carr Gate police stables in Yorkshire
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Alleged attacker was wrestled to the ground by officers and arrested | 61,368 | record_train |
'I'm disappointed that Senator Hagan's not here,' Tillis said in his closing statement, 'particularly because just two days from now @placeholder voters are going to go cast their ballots in early voting.' | A North Carolina U.S. senator had a PR nightmare Tuesday night after she failed to show up for a televised debate, leaving an empty chair to stand in for her. Kay Hagan, a Democrat struggling to keep her Senate seat in a year when Republicans have captured most of the political momentum, let North Carolina Republican House Speaker Thom Tillis have the entire hour to himself, taking questions from two moderators. 'This is more of a conversation with Speaker Tillis, as opposed to a debate,' remarked Tim Boyum, a Time Warner Cable News anchor tapped to anchor the event. The race is a virtual dead heat, with Hagan polling 2 percentage points ahead – a razor-thin lead that's inside the margin of error.
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North Carolina Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan skipped the Tuesday debate, giving Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis a free hour of TV time
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Hagan's campaign team filled reporters' in-boxes with rapid-response emails during the 'debate' even though she wasn't there
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She's under pressure after it was revealed that her husband's business got more than $387,000 in government funds from the 2009 Obama stimulus
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As expected, the exhibition game was a goal fest intent on entertaining the audience and finished 6-3 to the @placeholder side. | CLICK HERE to follow Sportsmail's LIVE coverage of the transfer deadline day Football legends past and present came together to promote an end to hostilities in Gaza at the Interreligious Match for Peace staged Rome. The exhibition match was arranged at the behest of Pope Francis, himself an avid supporter of Argentine side San Lorenzo, to to promote a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. The leader of the Roman Catholic church met several football legends including Diego Maradona, Carlos Valderrama and Alessandro Del Piero at the Vatican before the game. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Maradona, Baggio and Shevchenko starring in Match for Peace
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Interreligous Match for Peace was supported by Pope Francis to promote diplomatic solution for crisis in Gaza
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Football legends from past and present lined up in tow teams - captained by Javier Zanetti and Gianluigi Buffon
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Pupi defeated Scholas 6-3 in the light-hearted exhibition with Inter Milan forward Mauro Icardi scoring a hat-trick
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Most nostalgic moment came when Diego Maradona set up former Italy star Roberto Baggio to score
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But @placeholder's information minister denied that his country had any involvement in the bomb attacks. | Istanbul (CNN) -- A top Turkish official said Saturday that authorities believe those responsible for a pair of deadly car bombings earlier in the day had been in contact with the Syrian government's secret police force. In a news conference, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay said the Syrian government was linked to the attack. "The investigation into the perpetrators is for the most part complete. It has been determined that the organization and its members who carried out the attack were in contact with pro-Syrian regime Al Muhabarat (Syrian Intelligence Services) organization in Syria," he said. "The organization is identified and for the most part the persons involved are identified. "
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NEW: Two cars loaded with explosive material were set off in the town of Reyhanli
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NEW: 43 people were killed in the attack, in addition to about 100 people injured
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Syrian opposition group: Syrians wounded in the blasts, which occurred 15 minutes apart | 61,371 | record_train |
@placeholder is the most expensive source of marijuana - at $450 per ounce | By Lee Moran UPDATED: 11:24 EST, 25 October 2011 Marijuana is almost twice as cheap to buy in the west of America than on the East Coast, a new study has revealed. Whether used for recreational or medicinal purposes, the drug appears subject to the same market pressures as any other product. U.S. geography experts have revealed the cost of the drug - which sells nationwide for an average of $377.02 per ounce - can vary widely from state to state. Customers in the western state of Oregon can pick up an ounce for just $256 - whereas those in Delaware, in the east, are paying almost twice as much - $450 - for the same quantity.
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Price varies from $256 an ounce in Oregon to $450 in Delaware
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Growing evidence smoking drug can cause psychosis and schizophrenia | 61,372 | record_train |
A wider @placeholder-led plan being launched by the end of September is 'expected to underpin support for the increasingly acute problems associated with food security, protection, water, sanitation and hygiene, primary and secondary health care and education, as well as the longer-term recovery effort that will be needed,' the WHO said in today's report. | The current Ebola outbreak in West Africa could infect more than 20,000 people, the World Health Organisation has revealed in a bleak assessment of the deadly disease. The United Nations health agency issued plans to combat the outbreak in four West African nations - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria - where it said the actual number of cases could already be two to four times higher than the reported 3,069. The current death toll stands at 1,552. The news comes as a new outbreak was confirmed in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a pregnant woman contracted the disease from infected bush meat and passed it on to health workers.
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World Health Organisation delivers bleak assessment of African outbreak
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Number of infections already likely to be far higher than the reported 3,069
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Death toll stands at 1,552, making West African outbreak the worst ever
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News comes as second strain is confirmed in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Woman contracted virus from bush meat and passed it on to health workers | 61,373 | record_train |
The two passengers were not allowed to continue to @placeholder. | By Associated Press Reporter A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing after two passengers fought over a device that stopped a seat reclining. One woman passenger on the flight threw water at a man seated behind her who used the $21.95 Knee Defender device to stop her reclining her seat on the four-hour flight from Newark to Denver. The pilot made an emergency landing in Chicago on Sunday where the two passengers, both 48, were arrested. The Federal Aviation Administration leaves it up to individual airlines to set rules about the controversial devices. Controversial: The Knee Defender consists of two plastic locks that are clipped onto the arms of a tray table (pictured) that prevents the person in front from reclining. The gadget caused a flight on a United Airlines flight this week
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Incident occurred Sunday in United Airlines Flight 1462 from Newark to Denver
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A male passenger allegedly fastened a Knee Defender to his tray table to work on his laptop
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The woman in the seat in front complained when she could not recline, tipping water on the man when he refused to remove the gadget
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The plane made an emergency landing in Chicago and both passengers were kicked off
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The @placeholder declared famine in five areas of southern Somalia in June, including Mogadishu. | (CNN) -- For the first time in five years, a relief agency dedicated to refugees airlifted emergency aid into the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Monday, according to a spokesman. The flight left from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday morning with 31 metric tons (more than 34 U.S. tons) of emergency supplies and arrived in Mogadishu early Monday afternoon, said Andy Needham from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The aid flight comes just days after Islamic insurgents fled Mogadishu after a heated battle with government and African Union forces. But the trip has nothing to do with improved security, Needham said.
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Monday's flight contains 31 metric tons (more than 34 U.S. tons) of supplies
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Aulas said there is no point talking about a transfer fee for the red-hot @placeholder because he is 'priceless' | Lyon President Jean-Michel Aulas believes the club's in-form striker Alexandre Lacazette is better than 'the Welshman at Real Madrid' Gareth Bale. Lacazette has been in blistering form for Lyon this season and the 23-year-old's goals have fired the French club to the top of Ligue Un. The France international scored a brace against Toulouse on Sunday to take his tally for the season to 22 in all competitions. VIDEO Scroll down to see all 17 of Lacezette's pre-Christmas Ligue Un goals Alexandre Lacazette has scored 22 goals in all competitions this season for Lyon France international has attracted interest from top European clubs, including Arsenal, Liverpool and Man City
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Alexandre Lacazette has scored 22 goals in all competitions this season
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France international has fired Lyon to the top of Ligue Un
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"She's still @placeholder to me," Cathy Sadler, now 65, told me the other day. | (CNN) -- The letter in the U.S. mail came as a surprise. Not the return address -- Cathy Sadler had been corresponding with her old fifth-grade teacher for several years, so she recognized the address of the retirement community in Dublin, Ohio. But when Sadler, who lives in North Carolina, opened the envelope, she found something she wasn't expecting. It was a photocopy of an old Mother's Day card. There were many signatures on the card. She found her own name among them. She was Cathy Holt back then, a fifth-grader at Montrose Elementary School in Bexley, Ohio. Miss Twyford had been the teacher. That's how all of her students, all of the 10- and 11-year-olds in that 1958 classroom, referred to her. Geraldine Twyford was her full name.
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Bob Greene: Former classmate's fifth-grade teacher sent copy of 1958 Mother's Day card
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Students had given the card to Miss Twyford, beloved teacher who had no children
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Greene: Miss Twyford says she treasures card; only Mother's Day card she's received
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Greene: She's taught 700 kids; all would surely say: Happy Mother's Day, Miss Twyford | 61,377 | record_train |
@placeholder, who also works as a carer, said: 'My mum and dad had gone out to work early, and I was still in bed when I was woken up by the dogs barking. | A trainee nurse was left dripping with blood after she disturbed an intruder at her home - who slashed her across the face. Gemma Ball, 20, needed internal stitches to the flesh in her face after a hooded man pulled a blade on her when she caught him in the back garden of her home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs. The student was terrified when the hooded intruder kicked her dog, sending it flying into a wall - before slashing her across the face, less than an inch from her eye socket, in broad daylight. Horrific: Gemma Ball had to have internal stitches after the an intruder at her home slashed her face with a knife after kicking her dog, Bella
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Gemma Ball and dog, Bella, disturbed intruder in back garden of Stoke-on-Trent home
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CNN has not been able to locate the man @placeholder named in its article as being behind the hoax. | (CNN) -- Now, this is a weird one. On Wednesday, Manti Te'o was a well-liked college football star. A day later, he was the butt of the latest Internet fad -- posting pictures of yourself with your arm around an imaginary girlfriend. They call it "Te'oing." The nation was abuzz Thursday with talk of Te'o after the sports website Deadspin reported Wednesday that the girlfriend Te'o said died as his team marched toward the BCS National Championship Game not only didn't die -- she never existed. Te'o, 21, said Wednesday that he'd been tricked into an online relationship that ended with him being told the woman had died from leukemia. He said he'd been taken in by a "sick joke."
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NEW: "Te'oing" -- picturing a person with an imaginary girlfriend -- becomes a fad
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"I can't believe that it could be," says Eddie George, a Heisman trophy winner
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Trove: This picture shows hundreds of the silver coins recovered by @placeholder from the seabed off the coast of Portugal | By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 10:17 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 11:23 EST, 30 November 2012 A treasure haul salvaged from a sunken Spanish galleon sunk by British warships in 1804 was unveiled today. The loot was found in the wreck of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes and had been at the centre of a five-year legal battle between a U.S. salvage company and Spain. US firm Odyssey Marine Exploration found the lost treasure off Portugal's Atlantic coast in 2007. At the time, the treasure was estimated to be worth $500m (£316m). Treasure haul: A block of encrusted silver coins from the shipwreck of a 1804 galleon, on its first display to the media at a ministry building, in Madrid
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Loot found in the wreck of Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes
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Centre of a five-year legal battle between U.S. salvage company and Spain
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US firm Odyssey Marine Exploration found the haul in a wreck off Portugal's Atlantic coast in 2007 | 61,380 | record_train |
"We don't know that we would have been able to stop the terrorists had they arrived here from @placeholder," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. | (CNN) -- Days after allegedly causing death and devastation at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two brothers "spontaneously" decided to head to a new place to unleash terror -- New York City -- that city's mayor said. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston bombings, told investigators that he and his brother decided to bomb Times Square as they talked the night of April 18 in a Mercedes SUV they'd just carjacked, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said. The 19-year-old initially told investigators from a Boston hospital bed that he and his brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had talked about going to New York to "party." Then he offered a new account during a second round of questioning Sunday evening into Monday, during which Kelly said Dzhokhar was "a lot more lucid" than the first time he was interviewed.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was "more lucid" the second time he was interviewed, police say | 61,381 | record_train |
The hunt for missing flight @placeholder has become the most expensive in aviation history | By Dan Bloom and Richard Shears Surprise admission: Najib Razak said the first MH370 report will be released next week Military radar in Malaysia did track an unidentified aircraft as it flew across the country's airspace after MH370 lost contact with ground control, it was revealed today. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said the military's radar tracked what is believed to have been the Malaysian Airlines plane after it had turned back while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. 'The military radar, the primary radar, has some capability,' Mr Najib said. 'It tracked an aircraft which did a turn back but they were not sure, exactly sure, whether it was MH370.
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak said the military's radar tracked what is believed to have been the Malaysian Airlines plane
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It was detected after it had turned back while on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8
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Najib Razak said preliminary findings would soon be made public
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'I need to take into account the feelings of the next of kin', he told CNN
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The most determined pursuit of the kidnappers had come not from the @placeholder military but from the families of the abducted girls. | (CNN) -- Three weeks ago, 276 girls awoke to a nightmare. On the night of April 14, a gang of heavily armed militants attacked their dormitory at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, a town in Nigeria's Borno state. They shot the guards, loaded the girls into trucks and drove them away into the forest. It has been reported that the girls are being married off or even sold for as little as $12 to be wives to Boko Haram militants. Since then, there has been disturbingly little action to find these girls. Local police say that around 53 of the girls have escaped, but that still leaves at least 223 held hostage in the hands of Boko Haram. That's almost as many people as were aboard Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 -- a horrible tragedy that has been the subject of intense media coverage and a massive international search.
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar argues that the U.S. must help lead the effort to rescue the kidnapped Nigerian girls
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More than 200 girls were abducted earlier this month, many have reportedly been sold
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The militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility | 61,383 | record_train |
The poll's response rate was 61 percent, compared to 10 to 15 percent for most @placeholder surveys. | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most Saudi Arabia citizens interviewed in a poll oppose terrorism and want closer ties with the United States. But many Saudis remain opposed to making peace with Israel, according to what researchers call an unprecedented survey of the kingdom. People sell traditional items at a Saudi market. A poll indicates Saudis have turned against Osama bin Laden. Ten percent of Saudis have a favorable view of the al Qaeda terrorist network, according to a survey by Terror Free Tomorrow, an international public opinion research group based in Washington. Fifteen percent said they have a favorable view of al Qaeda's leader, Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, the poll found.
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Survey: 10 percent of Saudis polled have a favorable view of al Qaeda
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Poll interviewing 1,004 Saudis says most are opposed to peace with Israel
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The numbers reflect a more positive feeling toward the U.S. than Pakistan has
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15 of the 19 September 11, 2001, hijackers were Saudi nationals | 61,384 | record_train |
Around the same time, @placeholder said he supported a proposed amendment that would have allowed employers to opt out of providing health care coverage they disagreed with on moral grounds. | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Tuesday tried to draw a distinction between himself and GOP challenger Mitt Romney on contraceptives. He boasted that Obama's Affordable Care Act gives insured women free contraception coverage, and said Romney thinks employers should decide whether women can get contraception through insurance. Obama made the statements at Tuesday's presidential debate in Hempstead, New York. Romney, who has said he wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act and also takes issue with part of the contraceptive coverage rule, countered that Obama misrepresented his stance. The statements: Obama: "A major difference in this campaign is that Gov. Romney feels comfortable having politicians in Washington decide the health care choices that women are making. I think that's a mistake. In my health care bill, I said insurance companies need to provide contraceptive coverage to everybody who is insured. ... Gov. Romney not only opposed it, he suggested that in fact employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
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Obama touts mandate for free contraception coverage for women
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President alleges Romney wants employers to decide who gets contraception through insurance
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Romney says characterization is incorrect
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Romney opposes mandate, saying it infringes on religious liberty, even with adjustments for some groups | 61,385 | record_train |
Among the legions of Apple's diehard fans, some have taken saying the "@placeholder" in the phone's name represents the words "For Steve." | (CNN) -- Apple fans -- including co-founder Steve Wozniak -- lined up on Friday morning for a chance to buy the iPhone 4S, the latest in the company's line of "Jesus Phones," which includes many under-the-hood improvements. The lines, which drew thousands, were part exercises in tech commercialism and part homages to Steve Jobs, Apple's other co-founder, who died last week following a battle with pancreatic cancer. In New York, Apple fans created a makeshift memorial to Jobs that included flowers, photos, iPad boxes and apples (as in the fruit). And in Atlanta, some people said they were lining up for the phone in part because of Jobs.
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Apple's iPhone 4S goes on sale at 8 a.m. Friday in each time zone
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Pre-orders have broken an Apple record, with 1 million in first 24 hours
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Phone features faster processor, better camera, "personal assistant" Siri
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They added that the @placeholder business association was responsible for raising any extra funds for the tree. | By Adam Shergold PUBLISHED: 05:27 EST, 23 November 2012 | UPDATED: 05:51 EST, 23 November 2012 This unsightly and unshapely Christmas tree, with just a few sorry-looking bulbs and baubles, was slammed as Britain's worst festive decoration this week after crowds jeered at its big unveiling. About a thousand people, including excited children, turned out in the bitter cold to watch pantomime stars Gareth Gates and Toyah Wilcox flick the switch to turn on Herne Bay's Christmas lights. But they were left stunned when the 'shocking' lights, which barely covered the tree, flickered into life. Many stormed off in disgust as boos and jeers rang out.
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Crowds jeered in Herne Bay as 'atrocious' tree was lit up
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Gareth Gates and Toyah Wilcox turned on the lights
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Residents and business leaders slammed the 'worst decorations in Britain'
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Canterbury City Council spent £83,000 on the area's decorations, it emerged | 61,387 | record_train |
I know people will point to the Chelsea and @placeholder games, but they should look instead at our last 14 games. | Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers insists he can lead the club to a Premier League title - perhaps as soon as this season. Rodgers' side were in pole position for last season's title until Steven Gerrard's costly slip gifted Chelsea victory at Anfield, and when they then let a three-goal lead slip against Crystal Palace it allowed Manchester City to take the eventual honours. The loss of Luis Suarez, sold to Barcelona after being banned from football for four months for biting an opponent while on World Cup duty with Uruguay, has many observers predicting a Reds regression this season. WATCH Scroll down to watch Rodgers relishing Champions League
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Rodgers believes that Liverpool can win the Premier League this campaign
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The club were in pole position last season until defeat at home to Chelsea
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Reds expected to regress this season following departure of Luis Suarez | 61,388 | record_train |
Protesters staged a soccer game with dirty tactics, and one man put on a costume of a giant skeleton dressed as a @placeholder player. | By Darren Boyle Protesters and police clashed in Sao Paulo Thursday, as demonstrations against the World Cup and rallies calling for improved public services erupted in several Brazilian cities. Officers in Brazil's largest city fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters who set piles of rubbish alight to barricade a central avenue. Demonstrators blasted the billions spent to host next month's football tournament and said they wanted to draw attention to what they called a lack of investment to improve poor public services. One protestor taking part in the 'International Day of World Cup Resistance' burned a Brazilian flag in Sao Paulo
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Heavily armed police place a ring of steel around stadium venues during protests
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Demonstrators burn Brazilian flags and tell World Cup organisers FIFA to 'go home'
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Protesters hold 'International Day of World Cup Resistance' in advance of tournament
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office warn British fans from attending demonstrations | 61,389 | record_train |
Given their title odds of 80-1 at the start of the season, with a team of journeyman players, no one gave @placeholder a chance. | (CNN) -- There is a lot to be said for modesty mixed with self-deprecation when faced with overwhelming odds, but despite his best efforts Louis Nicollin ended up displaying neither of these fine qualities. Last November, when the president and owner of Montpellier -- an unglamorous, unfancied, mid-table team that had shocked itself by leading the French league despite never having troubled the upper echelons before -- was asked about the prospects of his team staying the course, he was incredulous to say the least. "Montpellier champions? Impossible," scoffed Nicollin, who made his money in the refuse industry, in an interview with French sports daily newspaper L'Equipe.
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Montpellier win the French league for the first time in club's history
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Beat Auxerre 2-1 to beat second placed Paris St. Germain to the title
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No one expected the unfancied club to win; coach called them his "ugly ducklings"
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PSG bought by Qatari investors; one player worth more than entire Montpellier team | 61,390 | record_train |
The @placeholder investigation confirmed several of the allegations from whisteblowers, including several instances in which portions of remains from troops killed in action were lost or unaccounted for. | Washington (CNN) -- A civilian mortician who was recently demoted for misconduct in handling remains of the U.S. military's war dead has resigned, the U.S. Office of Special Counsel said Friday. Quinton "Randy" Keel, who worked at the U.S. military mortuary in Dover, Delaware, was among three supervisors who "illegally tried to suppress (three employees') disclosures and punish them for their whistleblowing" about mismanagement and mishandling of human remains, the independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency said in a statement. "It is not surprising that Mr. Keel chose to resign," the agency said. "The Office of Special Counsel's report of investigation, which will be made public in mid-March and which the Air Force received in late January, found that Mr. Keel retaliated against the whistleblowers."
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Quinton "Randy" Keel was a civilian mortician at Dover Air Force Mortuary
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He sawed off the arm of a dead Marine without consulting the family
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He was a supervisor who "illegally" tried to punish whistleblowers, investigators say
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Officials are awaiting Air Force decisions on the two other supervisors | 61,391 | record_train |
In 2010 he became president of McDonald’s @placeholder but left the following year after the firm reneged on an agreement that would have seen him take a global brand role. | Big cheese: Former grammar school boy Steve Easterbrook has become the head of McDonald's He used to take the train to Harrow as an 11-year-old and eat in the local McDonald’s as a special treat. Now 36-years later Steve Easterbook is the first Brit to cross the pond and take over as chief executive of the fast food giant. Born in Watford, the 47-year-old takes the helm at a troubled time for the firm which has seen fierce competition from rivals deemed to produce fresher and healthier burgers. McDonalds saw its sales fall for the first time 12 years last year, and Easterbrook has been drafted in to mirror the turnaround he staged when running its European arm.
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Steve Easterbrook, 47, grew up in north London and studied in Durham
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He has been with fast food giant for 20 years and now lives in Illinois
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Firm has just finished one of its toughest years financially for decades | 61,392 | record_train |
Another one is slated to open next year in @placeholder. | (CNN) -- Talk about creative coping mechanisms for being alone -- from the blogger who photographs selfies with his imaginary girlfriend to the company that takes your stuffed animals on vacation without you, Japan appears to be cornering the market on accommodating solo travelers. You can now add the "anti-loneliness" Moomin House Cafe to the menagerie of "wait, what?" strokes of Japanese brilliance. We first wrote about the Moomin House Cafe in 2012, but the cafe went viral a few weeks ago and has since been besieged with customers wanting a taste of its "anti-loneliness" magic. CNN's Yuki Arawaka paid a visit (see gallery photos) following the cafe's new surge in popularity.
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At Tokyo's Moomin House Cafe, lone patrons are seated with a stuffed animal for company
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The cafe has seen a surge in visitors since its "anti-loneliness" concept went viral
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Originally from Finland, Moomin characters are popular in Japan | 61,393 | record_train |
'We are passionate about @placeholder’s mission to explore deep space. | By Ted Thornhill Amid celebrations to mark the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing, former Nasa administrator Michael Griffin has warned that Russia has the U.S in a ‘hostage situation’ over its ability to send men to space. Mr Griffin has underscored that the U.S, since it cancelled its Shuttle program in 2011, relies on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft to get its astronauts to the International Space Station. However, this arrangement is in jeopardy, with tension between the two nations the highest it’s been since the end of the Cold War in 1991. They have been trading tit-for-tat sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine and their relationship turned even frostier after the downing of MH17 last Thursday.
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Ex-Nasa boss underscored that U.S relies on Russia for space travel
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Michael Griffin said that Russia has U.S in a hostage situation
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Tension between Washington and Moscow at highest since end of Cold War
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Downing of MH17 has led to trust between the two nations plummeting
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Warning comes as U.S celebrates 45th anniversary of moon landings | 61,394 | record_train |
@placeholder described the tranquil area as a place of 'idyllic solitude' | On the outside it looks like a charming lakeside villa. But the haunting truth is that this abandoned house in the woods was once owned by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels - and it is up for sale. Adolf Hitler gave the Haus am Bogensee, the only Nazi residence which has not been demolished, as a gift to Goebbels during World War II. Scroll down for video The Haus am Bogensee, once owned by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, is up for sale The 42-acre estate, nine miles north of Berlin, was converted into an East German Communist Party school after the end of World War II
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Berlin city government to sell Nazi propaganda minister's country home
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Hitler gave the estate to Goebbels as a gift just as WWII started
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The Haus am Bogensee is where Goebbels indulged in several affairs
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It is the only remaining Nazi residence and has been abandoned since 1990
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Officials have tried to sell it before and tried to avoid neo-Nazi buyers | 61,395 | record_train |
It drew scrutiny and backlash from people who deemed it innapropriate, prompting the 'boob haters' who had lashed out at @placeholder. | By Joel Christie The model girlfriend of American football star Philip Wheeler joined a major breastfeeding protest at a Florida mall on Friday after she was attacked online for sharing a picture of herself feeding her son. Ashley Nicole, partner of the Miami Dolphins linebacker, joined the demonstration to support the mom who was asked to leave a South Florida earlier this week for breastfeeding. More than 100 women took part in the protest at Aventura Mall after mom Kristie Quinones was asked to leave, according to TMZ. Nicole described being involved as 'an honor' and again posted a photo of herself breastfeeding to Instagram.
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Model Ashley Nicole joined 100 women in a demonstration at Aventura Mall in south Florida
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Demonstration was in support of Kristie Quinones, a mom who was asked to leave the center earlier this week for breastfeeding
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In March Nicole was hit with criticism for posting a photo of herself feeding her son to Instagram
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Boyfriend Philip Wheeler, linebacker for the Dolphins, defended the image
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He said: 'I wish everybody would just leave it alone' | 61,396 | record_train |
Until Saturday's knockout blow at Newcastle, @placeholder had been included in a select band of European sides to make a flawless start to their league campaigns. | It lasted 23 matches and 102 days but Chelsea's unbeaten run is over. The English Premier League leaders were handed their first defeat of the season by Newcastle United. "Super Sub" Papiss Cisse came off the bench to score twice in the second half, first tapping in Sammy Aemobi's cross and then finishing off Moussa Sissoko's effort. Newcastle held on to a satisfying 2-1 home win despite seeing Stephen Taylor sent off for a second bookable offense and a late header from Chelsea striker Didier Droga. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho might also be seeing red after his side's first Premier League defeat in 265 days.
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Chelsea's unbeaten 23-match run in all competitions is ended by Newcastle United
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Newcastle handed Premier League leaders a 2-1 defeat at St James' Park
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Manchester City beat Everton 1-0 to close within three points of Chelsea
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Paris St Germain remain only team unbeaten in all European competitions | 61,397 | record_train |
"I think the question is, where does this leave this very strong struggle, this real big problem that @placeholder football has had historically?" | (CNN) -- FIFA has asked the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) to investigate alleged comments from the front runner to become its next president that referred to African players as "banana eaters." Reports in Italy claim Carlo Tavecchio, who is currently the organization's vice-president, made the remarks at a conference of Italy's amateur leagues at the weekend. He touched on the debate that has followed Italy's group stage exit at the recent World Cup in Brazil, with some suggesting there are too many foreign players operating in the country's top league -- Serie A. Tavecchio made reference to the system in England, which has strict rules on players from outside the European Union.
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FIFA asks Italian soccer federation to investigate alleged racist remarks
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Carlo Tavecchio said to have referred to African players as "banana eaters"
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Tavecchio running to be president of the Italian Football Federation in August
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Italian prime minister among those questioning his suitability for the role | 61,398 | record_train |
Apart from @placeholder in the springtime -- the song seems to have it right -- those results often defy expectations. | (CNN) -- A visa, toothpaste, spare underwear. All essentials for a decent vacation. But what about something less substantial -- a pleasant welcome when you arrive? After all, the friendliness of the people you meet often determines whether your memories of a place are fond or foul. Now welcomes have been rated. The apartment-rental website HouseTrip.com (which operates on a similar model to Airbnb) has crunched the numbers on 130,000 of its users' European city reviews. And the city most often given a five-star rating across the seasons for its all-round cheeriness was that capital of grand boulevards and paprika-scented restaurants, Budapest.
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Budapest most welcoming city overall, says rental website
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Paris nicest in springtime and Berlin friendliest in winter
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Lisbon's especially welcoming if you're (traveling with) a pet | 61,399 | record_train |
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