(CNN) -- The girlfriend of James "Whitey" Bulger was sentenced to eight years in federal prison Tuesday for identity fraud and helping the reputed mob boss avoid capture for 16 years. Catherine Greig, who prosecutors said was Bulger's "partner" in avoiding capture, must also pay a $150,000 fine, U.S. District Judge Douglas Woodlock ruled. Greig, 61, declined to speak before her sentencing, but her lawyer said afterward that she has no regrets. "She was in love with the guy and lived with him for 16 years," J.W. Carney said. "Of course she doesn't regret it." Bulger and Greig were captured at their Santa Monica, California, apartment a year ago. He faces trial later this year, accused of committing 19 murders during a reign of terror in South Boston during the 1970s and 1980s.
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NEW: Catherine Greig has no regrets for hiding the "love of her life," her lawyer says
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NEW: Greig "has no heart. She probably sleeps in an ice chest," one victim says
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Greig was James "Whitey" Bulger's "partner" in avoiding capture, prosecutors say
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Bulger and Grieg were captured at their Santa Monica, California, apartment a year ago

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Since Google began in 1998, it has become the most popular search engine in the world, launched the ubiquitous Android software, and even offers its own superfast broadband network. And along the way it has also spent billions on technology startups and websites. A designer has created an infographic showing the firm’s most expensive acquisitions, and the strategy behind these purchases - as well as predicting which companies the tech giant could buy next. The graphic (pictured) plots Google’s 10 most expensive acquisitions and the year the purchase was made. The cheapest, relatively speaking, was for  SkyBox Imaging, in June last year. In ninth place is Dropcam, bought for $555 million (£366 million) also in June 2014
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Since 1998, Google has spent $24.5 billion (£16.2 billion) on 10 companies
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This figures does not include smaller purchases and investments
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Companies include YouTube, Motorola, NestLabs and SkyBox Imaging
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The most expensive deal was $12.5 billion (£8.2 billion) for Motorola
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Google has since retired its Postini service, and sold Motorola to Lenovo
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Experts predict Spotify and Netflix could be the next potential targets

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:34 EST, 17 November 2012 | UPDATED: 17:18 EST, 17 November 2012 'Monster': Alex Richter, 28, of Racine, Wisconsin is accused of molesting at least six young children and taping the assaults. A college student is accused of molesting at least six young children and videotaping the assaults under such titles as 'Monster Unleashed.' Alexander R. Richter, 28, who attended Gateway Technical College in Wisconsin, was jailed on 49 felony charges November 9. Police believe there are more victims to be found. Authorities say Richter volunteered to baby-sit his classmates' children and then repeatedly had sex with the boys and girls on camera as they cried and begged him to stop.
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DVD with kids crying as he abused them was titled 'Monster Unleashed'
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At least six victims identified so far but police believe there are many more
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Filmed himself performing sex acts on children as young as five, cops said
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Accused of forcing siblings to perform sex acts on each other as he filmed

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By Rupert Steiner Last updated at 7:41 AM on 9th December 2011 One of Britain’s best-known shoe chains,  Barratts, has collapsed into administration for  the second time in two years. Some 3,840 jobs are at risk if a buyer cannot be found to rescue the 191 Barratts and Priceless Shoes stores and the 371 concessions within  department stores. The firm is the second casualty in two days on the High Street. On Wednesday outdoor clothing chain Black’s hoisted the ‘For Sale’ sign. Tough times: Nearly 4,000 jobs were under threat after the owner of shoe shops Barratts and Priceless Shoes collapsed into administration
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Administrator Deloitte says stores will continue to trade while it seeks a buyer for all or part of the business
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Mild winter and cut-price shoes sold in supermarkets and stores like New Look to blame
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Blacks Leisure, which owns Millets, puts itself up for sale after share price collapses
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Next two months critical for struggling HMV, JJB Sports, and Game Group

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed his World Cup winning trio will almost certainly miss the Premier League opener against Crystal Palace. Mesut Ozil, Per Mertesacker and Lukas Podolski are on a well-deserved break after helping Germany to success in Brazil. The threesome will not return to pre-season training until August 11, just five days prior to the clash against Tony Pulis' side. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Cazorla gets his ears flicked by Wilshere, Ramsey and Flamini Arsene Wenger poses for a picture with New York Red Bulls star Thierry Henry (second left) The Arsenal players train in the New York Red Bulls stadium ahead of Saturday's match
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Ozil, Mertesacker and Podolski all set to miss Crystal Palace clash
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Arsenal are in New York to play New York Red Bulls on Saturday
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Red Bulls star player is former Gunners hero Thierry Henry

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For a man so incredibly quick with his feet, Jefferson Montero was hardly rushing to follow his father into the family business. Banana farming in the plantation surrounding his home in Ecuador was one outcome he desperately wanted to avoid. ‘It’s hard, hard work,’ says the Swansea winger. ‘Long days and hard. For sure, that would be me now if I did not play football. ‘I worked in the farms for a while but I was lazy. I just wanted to play football. Always, all I wanted was football.’ VIDEO Scroll down to watch Watch Jefferson Montero's first senior goals at Independiente
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Jefferson Montero has emerged as one of Swansea's biggest threats
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The Ecuadorian is one of the best dribblers in the Premier League
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Montero used to work in the banana plantations in Ecuador
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The 25-year-old started all three World Cup games in Brazil last summer

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The full-time whistle was still echoing inside a rapidly emptying Ibrox when a Christmas classic boomed from the PA system. According to denim-clad 80s favourite Shakin’ Stevens, this is ‘the season of love and understanding’. But then old Shaky never had the Rangers annual general meeting in mind. Confirmation last night that Ally McCoist had been placed on gardening leave for the remainder of his contract adds a whole new dimension to what was always going to be a fractious event. Ally McCoist's departure, nine days after he offered his resignation, leaves more questions than it answers The atmosphere is likely to be far from festive when the board sits in front of rank-and-file shareholders in the Bill Struth main stand this morning. Goodwill and charity are in scant supply among supporters angered by so much that has already happened and anxious about what comes next.
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Ally McCoist finally left the club nine days after offering his resignation
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Assistant Kenny McDowall will take over as manager until end of season
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Fans have been left angry and disengaged by the club's situation

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(CNN) -- UEFA's decision to fine Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner for revealing a sponsor's name on his underpants during a Euro 2012 game may have opened a can of worms for football's European governing body. Bendtner was fined $126,000 and banned from playing in Denmark's next competitive game for flashing his sponsored waistband as he celebrated a goal against Portugal. For Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, who has announced it will pay the fine on Bendtner's behalf, the hefty fee probably represents good value for the publicity the stunt has gained. Already, Paddy Power has announced on its website that Bendtner was wearing "lucky pants."
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Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner fined $126,000 and banned for one international match
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Fine follows striker revealing sponsor's name on waistband of his underpants
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Stunt means sponsor Paddy Power's brand exposed to global audience of more than 100 million
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Sports business expert Professor Simon Chadwick warns "ambush marketing" can backfire

Question: "As the reasoned decision concerning the Bendtner case has not been sent to the player yet, we are not in a position to comment on the matter," said @placeholder in a statement.


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Syria and Iraq each recalled their ambassadors from the other country Tuesday, after Baghdad demanded that Damascus hand over two suspects in last week's deadly bombings in the Iraqi capital. Plastic flowers decorate a car destroyed in last week's bombings in Baghdad, Iraq. Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported the government was ordering its ambassador home after the Iraqi government summoned its envoy from Syria and demanded that Damascus turn over two Iraqis living in Syria who played "direct roles in the execution of the terror attack," last Wednesday, Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement.
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Iraqi PM says "we know" bombings were done by al Qaeda and Baath Party
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Syria recalls its ambassador to Iraq, state news agency says
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Iraq recalls ambassador to Syria amid furor over bombings, which killed 100
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Iraq demands Syria turn over 2 Iraqis living in Syria, who are suspects in the attacks

Question: "Syria informed the Iraqi side of its readiness to receive an Iraqi delegation to inspect the evidence available to them concerning the bombings' perpetrators," a @placeholder official said, according to SANA.


Gaza City (CNN) -- Israel's ground incursion into Gaza, which it says is intended to destroy Palestinian militants' tunnels and stop rocket fire into Gaza, has entered its fifth day with the death toll mounting on both sides and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arriving in Egypt. CNN's Ben Wedeman, a veteran Middle East correspondent, puts the incursion into perspective. How does this incursion compare to previous ones by Israel into Gaza, in terms of military force? Unlike 2008/09, this incursion seems to be focused on areas with high concentrations of people, initially focusing on the Gaza City neighborhood of Shaja'ia. In '08/09 the focus was on areas where rockets were being fired, which were typically away from highly populated communities.
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CNN's Ben Wedeman says Hamas is a stronger force this time
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It has adopted commando-like tactics, he says
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There was cheering at reports of an Israeli solider captured
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U.S. has little to show for a year of trying to forge peace, he says

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Question: What is significant now is that Hamas fighters appear to be better trained, with a new set of skills that I don't think @placeholder anticipated.

Question: After one of his deputies mentioned the latest number of @placeholder casualties, Kerry was heard to say, "It's a hell of a pinpoint operation."


(CNN) -- A German magazine quoted Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as saying that he backed a proposal by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq within 16 months. Nuri al-Maliki told Der Spiegel that he favors a "limited" tenure for coalition troops in Iraq. "U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months," he said in an interview with Der Spiegel that was released Saturday. "That, we think, would be the right time frame for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes," he said. But a spokesman for al-Maliki said his remarks "were misunderstood, mistranslated and not conveyed accurately."
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NEW: Der Spiegel says Nuri al-Maliki backs plan to withdraw troops within 16 months
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NEW: Al-Maliki's spokesman says his remarks were "misunderstood"
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Comments follow White House announcement of "time horizon" for withdrawal

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Joleon Lescott has signed a two-year deal at West Browmich Albion to complete a major coup for the west midlands side. The 31-year-old centre-back moves to the Hawthorns from Manchester City on a free transfer after his contract expired. He has penned a deal worth in the region of £45,000 per week and links up again with new head coach Alan Irvine after they worked together at Everton. Coup: Joleon Lescott has completed his transfer to West Bromwich Albion on a two-year deal All smiles: Lescott takes in his new surroundings at The Hawthorns after completing his free transfer Move: Lescott (right) has signed on a free transfer from Manchester City and will official join on July 1
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Lescott signs two-year deal at The Hawthorns, with the option of another
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The 31-year-old defender left City when his contract expired last season
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Lescott will officially become a Baggies player on July 1
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He is new West Brom manager Alan Irvine's first signing for the club
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Irvine hopes to pursue deal for Lescott's ex-City team-mate Jack Rodwell

Question: ‘I know @placeholder and the type of personality and character he is, in addition to knowing what he can do as a player.


By Jessica Jerreat A San Diego couple's dream to sail around the world with their two young daughters got off to a stormy start just two weeks into the voyage. The Coast Guard had to come to the aid of Eric and Charlotte Kaufman after their daughter fell seriously sick just as their sailboat became stranded. The couple and their children Lyra, 1, and Dora, 3, were rescued about 900 nautical miles off the Mexican coast a fortnight after they set sail from California in their 36ft yacht, Rebel Heart. Rough seas: Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with their daughters Lyra, left, and Cora, before they set sail
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Couple were headed to the South Pacific with their children, aged 1 and 3
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Coast Guard crew parachuted in to deliver medicine to toddler
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Family are now heading back to shore in their 36ft yacht

Question: But the exotic and remote @placeholder islands where they were headed must have seemed like a distant dream when their youngest daughter fell sick.


Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- The only leader that the independent Zimbabwe has ever known will be at the helm for another five years, following an election that pitted 89-year-old President Robert Mugabe against his longtime foe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe was elected to his seventh term as president with 61% of Wednesday's vote, the head of the country's Election Commission said Saturday. Tsvangirai, who won 34%, according to the election commission, has alleged widespread fraud and was quick to promise a court challenge. "A fraudulent and a stolen election has plunged Zimbabwe into a constitutional, political and economic crisis," said Tsvangirai, 61.
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Tsvangirai to challenge the results in court
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African Union gives its blessing, despite noting shortcomings
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Problems included voters getting turned away and biased media, they say
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U.S. says it doesn't believe results "represent a credible expression" of the people's will

Question: "In light of substantial irregularities reported by domestic and regional observers, the @placeholder does not believe the results announced today represent a credible expression of the will of the Zimbabwean people," Kerry said.


It seems that the subject matter of the Kim Jong-un assassination film The Interview was a problem at Sony long before they were hacked by a group hoping to stop the film's release. In emails that were leaked on Thursday, Sony Corporation Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai writes Amy Pascal asking that scenes from the movie featuring Jong-un be removed or edited. Pascal then shares this information with the film's star, writer and director, Seth Rogen, who is none too happy. Scroll down for video Not happy: Seth Rogen (above), who wrote, directed and starred in the film The Interview was asked to change key scenes
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The CEO of Sony Corporation asked Sony Entertainment Chair Amy Pascal to make changes to the upcoming film The Interview
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In newly released emails from the Sony hack he asks that key scenes involving Kim Jong-un be edited and changed
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Pascal than relays this information to the star, writer and director of the film, Seth Rogen, who is not to happy
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'This is now a story of Americans changing their movie to make North Koreans happy,' writes Rogen in one email
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Rogen eventually made the changes, and at the premiere of the film last night praised Pascal for having the 'balls' to make the picture
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Sony's Japanese CEO: Make sure Kim Jong-un death scene is censored outside of the US

Question: 'I haven’t the foggiest notion how to deal with Japanese politics as it relates to Korea so all I can do is make sure that @placeholder won’t be put in a bad situation and even that is subjective,' she tells Rogen.


By Chris Spargo for MailOnline A new book is giving people an in-depth look at the very secretive world of marijuana farms in America. Grassland is a collection of photographs taken over the course of four years in Humboldt County, California, by an anonymous photographer known simply as H. Lee. From the planting and growing to the tending and picking, Lee had unparalleled access in shooting many of these never before seen workplaces. All access: Anonymous photographer H. Lee spent four years photographing marijuana farms in Humboldt County, California Stunning photos: Grassland is a sweeping look at the very private world of marijuana growing
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A photographer known only as H. Lee spent four years shooting marijuana farms in Humboldt County, California
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She has now published her photos in the new book Grassland
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She was given unparalleled access into the very secretive world of growers and farmers

Question: 19: Lee says many growers were happy when the @placeholder proposition to legalize marijuana was struck down


(CNN) -- Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will wear a hidden harness under his clothes to restrain him during his trial, which will have the largest jury pool in state history. Holmes is accused of killing 12 people and wounding dozens more in an Aurora movie theater. He will wear the harness, which will be anchored to the floor, because of the violent nature of his alleged crimes, a judge said. Judge Carlos Samour Jr. will send out 5,000 jury summons and expects at least 3,200 people will end up in court, he ruled on Thursday. That would mean each of the 450,000 Arapahoe County residents eligible for jury duty would have a 1 in 90 chance of being called, for this one case alone, court spokesman Rob McCallum told CNN.
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NEW: Judge: The jury won't be sequestered, can use phones and laptops outside court
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NEW: James Holmes will wear a harness that the jury can't see, the judge says
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The trial of the man accused of killing 12 in a Colorado movie theater should start in February
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The jury pool will have 5,000 people -- 1 of 90 residents in county -- spokesman says

Question: Making it so they couldn't go home throughout the prolonged trial, @placeholder said, was an "unnecessarily drastic, expensive and impractical remedy that ... will create an extreme and undue hardship for jurors."


(CNN) -- Humanity's curiosity about Mars has led to an exciting event: the dramatic landing of an SUV-sized rover, set for 1:31 a.m. ET Monday. NASA's $2.6 billion rover, Curiosity, will make its dramatic entrance into Martian territory in a spectacle popularly known as the "seven minutes of terror." This jaw-dropping landing process, involving a sky crane and the world's largest supersonic parachute, allows the spacecraft carrying Curiosity to target the landing area that scientists have meticulously chosen. The spacecraft is "healthy and right on course," according to the latest update from NASA. Curiosity has been traveling away from Earth since November 26.
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The dramatic landing of the SUV-sized rover is set for 1:31 a.m. ET Monday
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This landing process involves a sky crane and the world's largest supersonic parachute
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Curiosity's first stop slated to be Gale Crater, which may have once contained a lake
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The vehicle will be controlled from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Question: Unlike on Earth, however, @placeholder has no plate tectonics, so the Martian layers are flat and not disrupted as they would be on Earth.


By Mark Prigg Uber is to begin offering a package delivery service in New York, the firm has announced. The controversial car firm which has come under fire for its 'surge' pricing policies, will offer deliveries by bike and foot for the first time, taking on existing services like Postmates. It will charge at least $15 for each delivery, and the service will initially only work in a small part of Manhattan, the firm said. The controversial car firm says its new courier option, UberRUSH, is like 'Uber for things' 'It's an Uber for things,' said Josh Mohrer, general manager of Uber NYC.
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Will offer courier services in Manhattan from below 110th Street
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Service will use existing Uber app and use couriers on bike and foot
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Couriers will charge at least $15 for each delivery
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Question: The new service, called @placeholder, uses a courier on foot or on bike to deliver packages.


By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor Ministers were today accused of being so desperate to sell off Royal Mail they were prepared to accept 'any cost'. MPs on the influential Business Select Committee attacked the Government for privatising the company on the cheap - leaving taxpayers more than £1billion out of pocket. But Business Secretary Vince Cable and Business Minister Michael Fallon insisted the sale, last October, had been a success. Tory MP Brian Binley said the claim was 'absolutely Alice In Wonderland'. Business Secretary Vince Cable has come under fire from all sides over his handling of the controversial Royal Mail sell-off
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Business Secretary Vince Cable defends privatisation to MPs
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Share price soared by 38% on day of sell-off last October
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Blames low valuation on postal workers threatening to strike over pay
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MPs slam ministers' evidence as 'utterly ridiculous' and 'astonishing'

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By Associated Press and Thomas Durante PUBLISHED: 17:11 EST, 20 August 2012 | UPDATED: 17:15 EST, 20 August 2012 After numerous retirements, unretirements and a federal indictment, Roger Clemens is returning to baseball - at the tender age of 50. Clemens, who was acquitted of several charges of lying to Congress in June, signed with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League on Monday. He is slated to start for the minor league team on Saturday at home against Bridgeport. Still got it? Clemens has not pitched professionally since 2007, during his second stint with the New York Yankees
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Clemens hasn't pitched professionally since 2007
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Announcement comes two months after he was acquitted on charges he lied to Congress when he denied using steroids and HGH
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Agent says his fastball was clocked at 87 mph during a workout
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Teammate describes Clemens as being 'in great shape'

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Athens (CNN) -- The leader of Greece's extreme right wing Golden Dawn party and four party lawmakers have been arrested on charges of forming a criminal gang, Athens police said Saturday. The arrests of the leader, Nikos Michaloliakos, and lawmakers Elias Kassidiaris, Elias Panagiotaros, Ioannis Lagos and Nikos Mihos are part of a crackdown following a controversial stabbing death. At least 10 more people have been arrested, including Golden Dawn party members, police said. More than 30 warrants were issued as police operations were launched across Greece Saturday. One more Golden Dawn lawmaker is still being sought, police said. Pavlos Fyssas, a popular anti-fascist figure and well-known hip-hop artist with the stage name Killah P, was the victim of the knife attack that was allegedly committed by a Golden Dawn supporter.
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NEW: 4 party lawmakers as well as the leader of Golden Dawn have been arrested -- police
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Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and others face charges of forming a criminal gang
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The arrests are part of a crackdown following the stabbing death of a hip-hop artist
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Kassidiaris has denied his party's involvement in Fyssas' death

Question: Back in 2009, before the financial crisis and ensuing austerity measures hit @placeholder hard, the party polled only 0.3%.


By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 07:59 EST, 3 January 2014 | UPDATED: 12:12 EST, 3 January 2014 A baby girl has undergone a life-saving procedure while still partially inside her mother's womb. Doctors feared a rare condition meant Sienna Smith would not be able to breathe when she was born, so conducted the emergency procedure before her birth. A team of 20 medics were involved in the two-hour operation. Sienna Smith (pictured with her parents, Sarah-Jane Harrup and Deryck Smith) had to have a life-saving procedure before she was born because a swelling on her neck could have prevented her breathing
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Sienna Smith was found to have a swelling on her neck during a scan
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Medics feared it would squash her windpipe, stopping her breathing at birth
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They performed a Caesarean section but before fully removing her from the womb and cutting the umbilical cord, they inserted a breathing tube
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Instead of being a tumour, as doctors had feared, the swelling turned out to be a goitre - an enlarged thyroid gland

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By David Clough, Press Association Incessant rain in Bristol washed out England's first Royal London Series match against India on Monday. Alex Hales' one-day international debut will therefore have to wait until Wednesday in Cardiff, after a miserable forecast proved unerringly accurate. England captain Alastair Cook confirmed on the eve of the first of five fixtures that Hales is to be his new opening partner, with Ian Bell dropping down to number three. Waterlogged: Incessant rain in Bristol has forced the abandonment of England's first ODI with India on Monday Boom! Alex Hales will have to wait to show his explosive form in ODIs for England after game is abandoned
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Match abandoned at Bristol following incessant rain on Monday
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Hales was due to make his ODI for England but he will have to wait
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New match in Royal London Series takes place on Wednesday in Cardiff
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Weather deemed so bad even minimum 20-over-per-side game not possible

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(CNN) -- It's not often that someone you know and consider a friend is awarded the Medal of Honor. I first met then-Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha in Colorado in 2010. We had dinner with three of his fellow soldiers -- then-Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Hill, Sgt. Tom Rasmussen and Sgt. Eric Harder. Over beer and Mexican food, they talked about their time in the Army and their experiences at Combat Outpost Keating in Afghanistan. I was working on a book about the remote outpost in which they'd served; the four troops candidly and generously shared their thoughts with me. Romesha (pronounced ROE-muh-shay) was dark and sardonic. It was clear that he respected basic military values of selflessness, courage and efficiency, and had little tolerance for those who did not. It's not surprising, because he comes from a military family. Both of his brothers joined the military after high school, following in the footsteps of their father, a Vietnam veteran, and their grandfather, who served during World War II. For the Romeshas, military service is a family tradition.
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Jake Tapper: It's not often that someone you consider a friend is awarded the Medal of Honor
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Tapper: Clinton Romesha's leadership was crucial in fighting the Taliban in a very tough battle
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He says despite the glory, Romesha feels anguish at not being able to save more lives
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Tapper: Romesha is modest, but his bravery is truly inspiring

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By Harriet Arkell An aristocrat is fighting her neighbour's plans to build a vast cinema and games room underneath their £3.6m home in an exclusive street in north London. Pamela, Countess Listowel, 77, says rows over people digging 'mega-basements' beneath their homes are dividing the usually friendly community in a conservation area in Hampstead, where dozens have signed a petition against the application. She is one of 58 people to have objected to Camden council over the application by Iyabode Abiola to undertake extensive excavations beneath her Victorian house. Lady Listowel is one of dozens of locals objecting to a proposed basement in the smart north London street (file picture)
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Pamela, Countess Listowel, 77, has joined Hampstead residents in protest
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She says Iyabode Abiola's plans are 'not in keeping' with conservation area
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Mrs Abiola wants a cinema and games room under £3.6m house in London

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By James Slack, Home Affairs Editor Twice as many Britons die from a drugs overdose, compared with the rest of Europe, a new report has found The UK death rate from so-called ‘legal highs’ is twice the European average, it emerged today. Experts also warned that the rate at which new drugs are flooding the market continues to rise. A total of 81 new psychoactive substances were reported for the first time in 2013, up from 73 the previous year, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) said. Europe’s Early Warning System, a detection mechanism described as the ‘first line of defence against emerging drugs’, is struggling to cope with the rate at which new synthetic drugs are emerging.
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drugs Addiction released its annual report revealing 81 new 'legal highs' first appeared last year
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Report states UK mortality rate due to overdose is 38.3 per million of the population - more than twice the average for Europe at 17 per million
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Estonia has the highest rate at 191 per million people
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Agency warns open sale of drugs online is making them more available

Question: Elsewhere in the report, the @placeholder said heroin use and availability was in decline, with the number of first-time entrants to specialist drug treatment for heroin problems falling from a peak of 59,000 in 2007 to 31,000 in 2012.


By Kieran Corcoran PUBLISHED: 14:20 EST, 6 November 2013 | UPDATED: 19:10 EST, 6 November 2013 A dressmaker made famous by the TV show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings has been accused of treating one of her staff 'like an animal', and almost attacking her head designer after a shouting match. Thelma Madine, 61, who makes dresses which have featured on the hit Channel 4 show series exploring the raucous marriage ceremonies of Britain's travelling community, was accused of mistreating her staff today during an employment tribunal. Pauline Wooley, whose daughter Leanne Phillips, 31, was head designer at Nico Bridal Company until she was dismissed after the incident last year, gave evidence suggesting Ms Madine routinely mistreated her staff.
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Thelma Madine, 61, who starred in the hit Channel 4 show, is being pursued for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages
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She sacked Leanne Phillips, 31, her head designer, after a heated argument
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The tribunal heard that Miss Phillips called Ms Madine 'a horrible b****'
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Pauline Wooley, Miss Phillips's mother, said that she too was bullied,  intimidated and 'treated like an animal' by Ms Madine

Question: Ms Wooley said: 'Leanne thought the world of @placeholder, and Thelma treated her like a daughter.'


By Vanessa Allen PUBLISHED: 17:28 EST, 25 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:29 EST, 26 June 2012 The flawed computer programme that led to a week of chaos for millions of RBS customers was being supervised by an IT support team in India, it was revealed last night. Last February, RBS advertised for a series of key jobs, paying between £9,000 and £11,000 a year, in the Indian city of Hyderabad. That is way below what an equivalent worker would be paid in Britain. The banking giant was urgently seeking computer graduates with several years' experience of using CA-7, the programme which the bank uses to run its vast network of transactions and accounts.
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Natwest has shed 30,000 jobs since taxpayer rescue in 2007, including 20,000 UK positions, and has outsourced work overseas
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Insiders say many of the bank's support teams are now based in India, where they earn between £9,000 and £11,000 a year
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Bank staff union Unite questions whether 'off-shoring' job cuts have left Natwest unable to cope with the current crisis
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RBS denies that the outsourcing of staff has had an impact on its ability to cope with the unfolding transaction processing crisis

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(CNN) -- Two Indian soldiers died in a firefight with Pakistani army troops in the disputed Kashmir region, the Indian army said Tuesday, amid heightened tensions in the region following a deadly clash two days ago. India said a group of Pakistani troops had crossed the Line of Control, the de facto border between India and Pakistan in the region, and entered the Indian-controlled side of the Himalayan territory. Read more: Fire destroys historic shrine, triggering anger in Kashmir According to the Indian military, the Pakistani troops had taken advantage of thick fog in a wooded area to intrude into the Mendhar sector of Poonch district, but were spotted by a routine Indian patrol.
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India says two of its soldiers were killed in a firefight with Pakistani troops
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The clash occurred in the disputed Kashmir region
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Pakistan's military denies India's claim that Pakistani troops crossed the Line of Control
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At least one Pakistani soldier died in another clash Sunday

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Microsoft will acquire the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion. The technology company said it will buy Stockholm-based game maker Mojang. Minecraft, which lets users build in and explore a virtual world, has been downloaded 100 million times on PC alone since its launch in 2009. It is the most popular online game on Xbox, and the top paid app for Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating system in the U.S. Move for mobile? Microsoft will acquire the maker of the popular game Minecraft for $2.5 billion in a move many insiders say is engineered to increase the tech giant's share in the mobile market
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Minecraft, which lets users build in and explore a virtual world, has been downloaded 100 million times on PC alone since its launch in 2009
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It is the most popular online game on Xbox, and the top paid app for Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating system in the U.S.
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Insiders say the move is Microsoft's attempt to capture more of the mobile OS market

Question: However, many contend that Microsoft's impending purchase of Mojang, is more aimed at pulling users onto the software company's obscure mobile platform than its better known PC system or @placeholder game console.


Conjoined twin baby girls have been abandoned at an orphanage in China after it is believed their parents could not afford to care for them. The girls, who are only about three months old, are connected by their abdomens and lie face-to-face. They are awaiting specialist treatment in Beijing where it is hoped they can be separated. Conjoined twins Zheng Hanjing and Zheng Hanwei were abandoned at an orphanage in Pingdingshan City, Henan The baby girls are joined by the abdomen and specialists will carry out tests to determine if they are share any vital organs The girls were handed to the organisation in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, on August 11 and have since been named Zheng Hanjing and Zheng Hanwei.
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Baby girls left at the institution in Pingdingshan City, Henan, in August
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Have been named Zheng Hanjing and Zheng Hanwei by staff
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Transferred to Beijing where doctors hope they can be separated
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Due to undergo tests to see if they share any vital organs

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(CNN) -- While many visits to Marrakech revolve around the imposing Koutoubia mosque or Jemaa el Fna, the bustling central square filled with snake charmers and storytellers, there's plenty to do beyond these landmarks. For those willing to delve deep into the narrow streets around the square or into the desert and mountains outside the city, Marrakech rewards with stunning scenery, unforgettable flavors and luxurious indulgences. Here are some of the city's highlights. 1. Getting lost in the backstreets Exploring the old medina can be pleasurable and expensive in equal measures thanks to the small boutiques selling almost everything. Among classic local souvenirs are djellaba robes, spices, babouches (Moroccan slippers), old carpets and colorful ceramics.
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Getting lost in the narrow streets of Marrakech's old medina is a great way to find antiques and oddities
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The Jardin Majorelle was created by French painter Jacques Majorelle and later owned by Yves Saint Laurent
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Outside Marrakech, travelers can take a hot air balloon trip, explore the Atlas Mountains or ride a zip wire

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LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- The newly named lawyer for Michael Jackson's children makes her first court appearance Monday as a judge decides if he'll approve a contract between Jackson's estate and concert promoter AEG Live. Michael Jackson's estate will be the subject of a court hearing today. Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, who has custody of the three children, objected to provisions of the deal that would give AEG Live a share of rights to video of her son's final rehearsals. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff appointed estate law expert Margaret Lodise last week to represent the children after he decided their interests might sometimes conflict with their grandmother's.
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Judge appointed attorney for interests of Michael Jackson's children
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Discussion between estate, AEG Live is ongoing
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Executors have deal in mind, Katherine Jackson has expressed objections

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Sergio Aguero has grabbed all the headlines at Manchester City this season but Saturday proved they also need Yaya Toure firing on all cylinders to have any chance of retaining the title. Toure put recent troubles behind him to score his first Premier League goal at The Etihad this season and complete a hard-fought Manchester City comeback against opponents who literally spilled blood for their cause. Swansea had taken a shock lead through Wilfried Bony only for the champions to level quickly with a neat finish from Stevan Jovetic. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Manuel Pellegrini: Swansea victory vital psychological boost
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Wilfried Bony gave Swansea an early lead on nine minutes after capitalising on a Nathan Dyer through ball
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Stevan Jovetic equalised for the Premier League champions 10 minutes later with a right-footed strike
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Yaya Toure scored the decisive goal just after the hour mark for Manuel Pellegrini's side

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By Nick Pisa PUBLISHED: 13:47 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:53 EST, 4 June 2013 Murdered Meredith Kercher's sister today said she just wanted 'the truth' as she attended a student scholarship ceremony presented in her memory. Tragic Meredith, 21, was brutally knifed to death just two months into her university programme in the Italian hilltop town of Perugia. Her sister Stephanie spoke out at the event, which was the first time she had been back in the city since Amanda Knox and Raffaelle Sollecito were cleared of the murder. Stephanie Kercher (left) pictured with Wladimiro Boccali and Olivia Taylor at the presentation of the Meredith Kercher scholarship in Perugia, Italy. Ms Kercher said she just wanted 'the truth' about her sister's death
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Meredith, 21, was knifed to death two months into exchange course
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Amanda Knox and Raffaelle Sollecito were cleared of the murder
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Italy's Supreme Court threw out their acquittal and ordered a retrial
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A student scholarship ceremony has been held today in her memory

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:15 EST, 7 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:38 EST, 7 December 2012 The Nevada mother-of-two who spent six days stranded in the snow-filled Sierra Nevada mountains told her doctor that she survived by eating tomatoes and snow and huddling in a hollow tree for warmth at night. Paula Lane, 46, and her boyfriend Roderick Clifton, 44, were reported missing on November 29 when their car became stuck in a snowstorm as they drove from the home of Clifton's mother in Citrus Heights, Calif., to their own home in Gardnerville, Nev. Though Clifton died trying to reach help, Lane was discovered on Wednesday by her brother who tirelessly searched the woman and never gave up hope that they would bring her home alive.
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Paula Lane, 46, was discovered crawling through the snow on Wednesday after spending six days in the wilderness
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Her family said they had prepared Lane's 11-year-old twin sons for the worst
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Lane is being treated for first-degree frostbite and malnourishment
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Her boyfriend, 44-year-old Roderick Clifton, father to three daughters, died trying to seek help
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'She is mighty and she's a survivor,' Lane's sister said

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By Richard Sears PUBLISHED: 18:25 EST, 27 September 2013 | UPDATED: 08:35 EST, 29 September 2013 'International man of mystery' Peter Foster is on the run from the law after a judge found him guilty of another weight-loss scam Conman Peter Foster – the central figure in the 2002 ‘Cheriegate’ scandal – was hiding from the law last night after a judge found him guilty of yet another weight-loss scam. The 52-year-old Australian, ex-boyfriend of Cherie Blair’s former fitness guru Carole Caplin, failed to turn up for a court hearing in Brisbane yesterday amid claims that he was planning to flee on a luxury yacht to the Cook Islands in the Pacific.
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Australian conman failed to turn up for a court appearance in Brisbane
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Judge found him guilty of another scam after being ordered not to work in weight-loss industry
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Foster became Cherie Blair's financial advisor 13 years ago after forming relationship with her fitness guru

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He's something of a celebrity in Philadelphia's iconic LOVE Park - the Pennsylvanian capital's answer to Times Square's Naked Cowboy, or so they say. But the city's much-loved 'Philly Jesus' - a daily fixture famous for his attempts to walk on water in the park's fountains and even baptize people - was arrested on Friday for disorderly conduct and failure to disperse, sparking outrage among his many admirers. The man behind the Holy robe is Michael Grant, a recovering drug addict and panhandler who has been clean for one year, crediting his sobriety to finding Jesus Christ. However Grant claims the cop that arrested him recognized Grant from his 'drug days' and the long list of charges associated with them, including loitering, possession of marijuana, and theft of services, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Street performer Michael Grant - AKA Philly Jesus - was arrested Friday in Philadelphia's LOVE Park
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He was charged with disorderly conduct and failure to disperse after refusing a cop's order to leave the park
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Grant says he had every right to stay in the park and does not solicit money
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Hundreds of online supports have started a #FreePhillyJesus to have Grant's charges dropped

Question: 'Walking on water': The obvious tourist attractive can often be found swirling around in the @placeholder fountains and has even baptized people in the water


While Attorney General Eric Holder had made clear that he wanted to leave the post before the end of Obama's second term, the announcement of his departure just before midterm elections took many by surprise and the timing could complicate the effort to replace him. Choosing a new attorney general and getting approval in a Senate confirmation hearing will be difficult for the White House. While the list of strong candidates who could assume the role is long, congressional politics will make it difficult to get Senate approval for just about anyone. Plus, while he has endured his share of controversies, Holder is also President Barack Obama's very close friend and confidant, someone for whom the President consistently communicated his full support.
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Attorney General Eric Holder announced his resignation Thursday
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Holder is a close friend of President Obama
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November elections could complicate the nomination and confirmation process
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White House officials say they're confident whoever is chosen will have bipartisan support

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By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 17:29 EST, 8 October 2012 | UPDATED: 19:56 EST, 8 October 2012 Bungling air traffic controllers misunderstood a piece of aircraft jargon which could have prevented a 122mph mid-air collision that killed five people, an inquest heard today. Pilot Brian Normington, 70, was killed when his kit-built Rand KR-2 one-seater aircraft crashed into a twin-engine Cessna 402C plane 700ft above Coventry Airport four years ago in August 2008. Sophie Hastings, 28 - the pilot of the Cessna, codenamed G-EYES - and her three colleagues, John ‘Harvey’ Antrobus, 28, James Beagley, 34, and Sybille Gautrey, 33, also died.
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Pilot Brian Normington, 70, was killed when his Rand KR-2 aircraft crashed
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Hit a twin-engine Cessna 402C plane 700ft above Coventry Airport in 2008
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Cessna pilot Sophie Hastings, 28, also died along with her three colleagues
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They were John Antrobus, 28, James Beagley, 34, and Sybille Gautrey, 33

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Grass Valley, California (CNN) -- In the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada mountains, artists are partnering with doctors and scientists to create life-changing products. In a small strip of commercial buildings in this town northeast of Sacramento, you'll find Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing. The modest lobby opens up into a pristine production lab filled with skilled glassblowers, blue-flaming torches and dazzling glass models of the human heart, brain and vascular system. "It's science, and it's art," said Wade Martindale, Farlow's production manager. Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing makes the glass organs and vascular models used by medical-device manufacturers in preliminary testing to determine whether their products will work in real-life situations.
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A glassblowing shop makes organs used by doctors and medical-device manufacturers
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Cardiologists can connect glass hearts to a pump that can simulate blood flow
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Gary Farlow, the company's founder, started out making simple glass toys
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"It's science, and it's art," says Wade Martindale, the shop's production manager

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By Katy Winter Former Disney pop princess Miley Cyrus caused an uproar when she took to the stage at this year's Video Music Awards wearing a flesh-coloured latex bikini and performing a seriously overtly sexual dance routine. The 20-year-old's bottom shaking and grinding may not have won her many accolades in the music community, but a few savvy fitness fanatics realised that ‘twerking’ is a great way to tone up and burn calories. The ‘twerking’ dance, which has even been honored with an official entry in the Oxford Dictionaries Online, essentially involves adopting a traditional gym squat position and maintaining it while vigorously shaking the derriere.
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Miley Cyrus shocked many with her 'twerking' performance at the VMAs
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Les Mills have adapted one of their fitness classes to involve twerking'
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Each 55 minute class burns an average of 530 calories
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(CNN) -- It began as horseplay, with two teenage stepbrothers chasing each other with blow guns and darts. But it soon escalated when one of the boys grabbed a knife. Michael Barton, Quantel Lotts' stepbrother, was stabbed to death at age 17. The older teen, Michael Barton, 17, was dead by the time he reached the hospital, stabbed twice.The younger boy, Quantel Lotts, 14, would eventually become one of Missouri's youngest lifers. Lotts was sentenced in Missouri's St. Francois County Circuit Court in 2002 to life in prison without parole for first-degree murder in his stepbrother's stabbing death. It made no difference that at the time of the deadly scuffle, Lotts was barely old enough to watch PG-13 movie and too young to drive, vote or buy beer.
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At least 73 inmates serve life without parole for offenses committed at 13 and 14
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"They took away all hope for the future," says Quantel Lotts, now 23

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CHEGUTU, Zimbabwe (CNN)  -- Farmers are implicating a close ally of President Robert Mugabe's in the latest round of farm seizures in Zimbabwe in which Mugabe loyalists take over white-owned farms. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and President Robert Mugabe have a power-sharing agreement. The accusations against Senate President Edna Madzongwe came as Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara on Friday toured farms that Mugabe followers had taken over. On many of those farms, production has fallen under the new owners. Mutambara is heading a government commission investigating the farm seizures. "Black people who acquired farms must produce," he said. Mutambara said the government is taking the matter seriously.
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Zimbabwe Senate president -- a Robert Mugabe ally -- accused of farm seizure
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Production has fallen on many farms under new owners
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Government commission investigating farm seizures
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Daughter of Senate president says, "We got this farm legally"

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(CNN) -- Wladimir Klitschko dominated his world heavyweight title unification match against Britain's David Haye to clinch a unanimous points decision in their bout Saturday night in Hamburg, Germany. The giant Ukrainian retained his IBF and WBO versions of the title and claimed Haye's WBA crown after a polished display over 12 rounds in the Imtech Arena of Bundesliga side SV Hamburg. Klitschko got the verdict of the three ringside judges by large margins of 117-109, 118-108 and 116-110. It was the second defeat of 31-year-old Haye's 27-fight career, most of it at cruiserweight before stepping up a division for his last five fights.
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Wladimir Klitschko beats David Haye in the world heavyweight title unification bout
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Ukrainian giant now holds IBF, WBO and WBA versions of the title
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Klitschko's brother Vitali is the WBC champion, but they have said they will not fight

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A short story, buried on the fourth page of the sports supplement: that's how the New York Times, one of America's most globally orientated of newspapers, marked what remains as U.S. Soccer's most sensational result to date and possibly one of the greatest underdog victories of any World Cup. In front of 10,000 fans in Belo Horizonte, a U.S team fielding three part-time players lined up for their second match of the 1950 World Cup hosted by Brazil. It was a fixture that promised only humiliation for the 500-1 outsiders, as their opponents were the supremely confident, superstar-studded and much-lauded originators of the game: England.
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U.S. faces Belgium in World Cup last-16 clash in Brazil on Tuesday
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Americans shocked the world by beating England in 1950 tournament
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Soccer is growing in popularity in U.S. as coverage spreads
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Team USA's success in group stage brought record audiences

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Washington (CNN)The tea party's latest failed revolt against House Speaker John Boehner underscored one of the movement's biggest problems heading into the new Congress. They are rebels with no clear cause. It's an issue that's bedeviled the tea party since its inception in 2010: They lack a central planning organization, a structure and a long-term strategic vision. And Boehner, with a shrewd command of all three, was already flexing those muscles Tuesday, doling out early retribution to two lawmakers that opposed him by removing them from committee spots. Meanwhile, Rep. Tim Huelskamp speculated he wasn't awarded a subcommittee chairmanship because of his vote. Boehner signaled Wednesday that he could mend fences, by saying he's starting "a family conversation" with his critics.
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Conservatives are being punished for their failed plot to oust John Boehner as speaker
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(CNN) -- Carol, a 39-year-old circus elephant wounded in a drive-by shooting, is expected to make a full recovery. She was shot on the grounds of BancorpSouth Arena, in Tupelo, Mississippi, while on tour with "The Greatest Show on Earth." "It appeared to be a deliberate, targeted event," said Capt. Rusty Haynes, with the Tupelo police. Authorities are looking for a silver or white Ford Explorer that was seen in the area at the time of the shooting, around 2 a.m. Tuesday. Haynes said Carol, an Asian elephant, was struck on her neck, between her shoulder and ear. A reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case has climbed to $24,000.
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39-year-old Carol was shot in Tupelo, Mississippi
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A $24,000 reward is being offered in the case

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London (CNN) -- It may be the biggest salvage operation in history, but no one would accuse it of being the fastest. Now, two and a half years after running aground and sinking off the coast of Italy, the Costa Concordia cruise liner is almost ready to make its final voyage. If everything goes to plan, over the next couple of weeks the rotting 951-foot vessel will be re-floated and towed north from the Italian island of Giglio -- its resting place since it capsized in January 2012, killing 32 passengers and crew in the process -- to the port in Genoa to be dismantled.
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Two and a half years after running aground in Giglio, Italy, the Costa Concordia is being re-floated
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32 passengers and crew were killed when the cruise ship capsized in January 2012
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Crews hope to re-float the Concordia and tow it from Giglio to the port in Genoa
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Dismantling the ship could take two years; the total cost of the wreck is projected to be more than $2 billion

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(CNN) -- The Democratic Party's vote Thursday for the "nuclear option" was a move to deprive the minority party in the Senate of a procedure it has abused to block President Barack Obama's judicial nominees and other appointees. Before, a single Republican could unilaterally and without any reason block a nominee from receiving a simple up-and-down vote on the Senate floor. The "nuclear option," an overblown term for changing Senate rules to enable judicial and executive nominees to be confirmed with just 51 votes instead of 60, will put an end to using that procedure -- the filibuster -- to block appointees.
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With "nuclear option," judicial nominees can be confirmed with a simple majority vote
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Sally Kohn: This will keep GOP from using a procedure to block President's appointments
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Kohn: GOP made government virtually dysfunctional, blocked Obama at every turn
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Northampton Saints run in 11 tries as they thrash London Wasps 74-13 George North, Phil Dowson and Lee Dickson brace help saints record their largest Aviva Premiership win Tries from Tom Varndell and Charlie Davies gave the visitors a 13-0 lead England prop Alex Corbisiero made his injury comeback in the 53rd minute Saints will face arch rivals Leicester Tigers at Franklin's Gardens on Friday in their semi-final battle By Rob Wildman England prop Alex Corbisiero made his long-awaited return in a memorable match which saw Northampton concede 13 points before racing to their record Premiership win. Corbisiero appeared in the 53rd minute after Northampton had overcome that early shock to seal second place in the Premiership and a home semi-final against Leicester on Friday night.
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Northampton Saints run in 11 tries as they thrash London Wasps 74-13
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George North, Phil Dowson and Lee Dickson brace help saints record their largest Aviva Premiership win
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Tries from Tom Varndell and Charlie Davies gave the visitors a 13-0 lead
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England prop Alex Corbisiero made his injury comeback in the 53rd minute
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Saints will face arch rivals Leicester Tigers at Franklin's Gardens on Friday in their semi-final battle

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Wounded? Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, leader the so-called Islamic State, is said to be among those targeted American war planes have reportedly launched a strike on a gathering of ISIS leaders, critically wounding their leader. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hurt in the strikes today, according to local witnesses and government sources. Two witnesses confirmed that bombs had fallen on the town of al-Qaim, next to the Syrian border. Local government sources described how an aircraft had swooped over a meeting of senior ISIS figures and dropped its payload, killing more than a dozen people. Another witness said that eight people had died when a bomb struck a market.
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi said to be among several hurt or killed ISIS leaders
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Fighters struck town of al-Qaim on Iraq-Syria border, witnesses said
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By Meghan Keneally Last updated at 2:32 AM on 16th February 2012 Twin brothers Osbrany and Osmany Montes De Oca enlisted in the Marines together shortly after they graduated high school. Now, just over a year later, Osmany is returning from Afghanistan to attend his brother's funeral after Osbrany was killed on Friday while serving in Helmand Province. 'They were always talking about the Marines,' said the boys' uncle Andriano  Moreta. Osbrany Mondesdeoca, 20, joined with his twin brother the Marines shortly after high school, pursuing a long-time dream 'It's what they always wanted to do,' he told The Star Ledger.
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Osbrany Montes De Oca, 20, enlisted with his brother Osmany over a year ago just after they graduated from high school in New Jersey
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National Police Lead for Counter Terrorism, Mark Rowley (pictured), has revealed several murderous terror plots have been foiled this year Britain has foiled several murderous terror plots this year while counter-terrorism chiefs are grappling with 'exceptionally high' numbers of investigations, it has been revealed. The scale of the deadly threat police are facing has been laid bare by Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley amid heightened fears over the influence of extremist group Islamic State. The National Police Lead for Counter Terrorism revealed details of how hundreds of suspected terrorists have been arrested so far this year. Officers are also taking down more than a thousand pieces of extremist material from the internet per week, including videos of beheadings, torture and suicides.
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Hundreds of terror suspects arrested this year, police chief has revealed
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Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley reveals deadly threat faced by police
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Several murderous terror plots have been foiled in the last 12 months
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Counter-terrorism bosses dealing with 'extremely high' number of investigations
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Officers taking down a thousand pieces of extremist material from internet every week
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Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond suggests British jihadists who go to fight in Iraq or Syria could be tried for treason

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By Becky Evans PUBLISHED: 04:42 EST, 5 February 2013 | UPDATED: 02:52 EST, 6 February 2013 A plan to make a film about the Sandy Hook massacre has been met with fury by residents and politicians. Director Jonathan Bucari is facing a huge backlash after announcing plans to film the story of a mentally ill boy who is affected by the school shooting. The French-born director said he wanted to film the TV movie, called 'Illness' in Ridgefield, Connecticut, just 20 miles from the Newtown school where gunman Adam Lanza fatally shot 20 children, six teachers and himself in December.
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Jonathan Bucari wants to film in Ridgefield - 20 miles from scene of shooting
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Film called 'Illness' follows story of mentally ill boy called Benjamin
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Ridgefield residents are furious and said Bucari is 'not welcome'
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Town leaders say they will not permit filming and said timing is 'poor'
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Bucari' appears to have removed Twitter feed and film page taken down

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(CNN) -- Serie A leaders AC Milan remain on course for a domestic double after reaching the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup with a 3-0 home win over Bari. Milan, with Antonio Cassano making his debut for the club, were always in control at the San Siro, and they now travel to Cassano's former club Sampdoria -- with a place in the semifinals up for grabs. Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his impressive recent form by opening the scoring for the home side in the 19th minute. And there was no way back for Bari once young German midfielder Alexander Merkel had doubled Milan's advantage on the stroke of halftime.
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Serie A leaders AC Milan reach the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup on Thursday
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores the opening goal in a 3-0 victory over Bari
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Alexander Merkel and Robinho were also on target in the San Siro win
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By Daily Mail Reporters PUBLISHED: 14:58 EST, 31 December 2012 | UPDATED: 12:23 EST, 1 January 2013 A New York Times journalist who has worked as a correspondent in China since 2000 has been forced to leave the country following the paper's report about the Prime Minister's family wealth. Chris Buckley, a 45-year-old Australian reporter known for his balanced reporting and rigor, flew out of Beijing with his partner and 12-year-old daughter on Monday after authorities failed to renew his annual media accreditation and residence visa before the December 31 deadline. He had sought to update his paperwork after leaving Reuters, a news agency and rejoining the Times in September. Despite numerous requests, authorities did not act in time and he has now flown to Hong Kong, The Times reported.
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Chris Buckley, 45, has worked as a reporter in China for 12 years
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State failed to renew his media accreditation and visa despite numerous requests and he has now flown to Hong Kong with his family
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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- One of the the country's most powerful unions stepped up its campaign for a hotly disputed labor bill Monday, holding a rally on the eve of the bill's formal introduction in Congress. Workers rally in support of the Employee Free Choice act in Lafayette Square in Washington on Monday. The legislation -- the Employee Free Choice Act -- would create an alternate process for bringing a union into a workplace. It is supported by President Barack Obama and the Democratic congressional leadership, but is fiercely opposed by most congressional Republicans and corporate leaders, who fear it will saddle a sagging business community with new burdens at the worst possible time.
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One of largest unions holds rally in support of Employee Free Choice Act
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Bill would let employees openly sign a card demanding a union
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If a majority sign, company would have 90 days to negotiate
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Home Depot CEO, critic of bill says "this is how a civilization disappears"

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By Jack Gaughan Follow @@Jack_Gaughan Arsene Wenger's side left it late to beat Crystal Palace on the opening day of the Premier League season, with Aaron Ramsey stealing all three points for the Gunners with a winner in added time. The Welsh midfielder was by no means the stand-out performer at the Emirates though, as Jack Wilshere performed well for the hosts and former Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh played brilliantly for Palace. Sportsmail's Jack Gaughan gives his verdict on the performances of both sets of players... VIDEO Scroll down for Arsene Wenger: They made it very difficult but we kept going
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Palace striker Chamakh was the best player on the pitch at the Emirates
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Laurent Koscielny  impressed for Arsene Wenger's side
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The visitor's central-midfield pairing of Mile Jedinak and Joe Ledley performed well for new coach Keith Millen

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:59 EST, 15 November 2012 | UPDATED: 07:00 EST, 16 November 2012 Cannabis is a Class B drug that has been linked in previous research to psychosis People carrying a specific gene may be more at risk of developing mental health problems from smoking cannabis, according to researchers A study from King’s College London found that cannabis smokers carrying the gene AKT1 had double the chance of developing a psychotic disorder and this increased up to seven-fold if they used the Class B drug daily. The scientists, led by Dr Marta Di Forti, said their research could be used to advise people who are particularly at risk of the psychological side-effects.
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Cannabis smokers had double the risk of developing a psychotic disorder if they carried the gene AKT1
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Research could be used to advise people at greater risk of side-effects

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Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- Rio de Janeiro's special police forces declared Sunday that they were in full control of one of the city's biggest and most notorious shantytowns, Rocinha, after a predawn operation aimed at wresting control from drug traffickers. The operation, involving 3,000 police and security forces, had successfully occupied Rocinha and neighboring slums Vidigal and Chacara do Ceu, the Rio de Janeiro government said on its website. "The next stage will be looking for the criminals that were able to get out of the places we are working," military police Col. Alberto Pinheiro Neto told reporters Sunday morning.
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NEW: A former police inspector says the operation will cut down on Rio's drug supply
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Governor: "We are rescuing communities that were abandoned for decades"
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Rio de Janeiro is trying to crack down on crime before the 2014 World Cup
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Steep roads in Rocinha are covered in oil, possibly in an attempt to hinder police

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Moscow (CNN) -- Three men were convicted and sentenced Tuesday in Russia for masterminding and carrying out an acid attack on the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director, Sergei Filin. Star dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko was given six years in prison for masterminding the attack, while accomplice Yuri Zarutsky was sentenced to 10 years and driver Andrei Lipatov got four years, a reporter for the official Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI) who was in court told CNN. Prosecutors at the Moscow court had asked for Dmitrichenko to be given nine years in prison, RAPSI reported earlier. Filin was walking to his Moscow apartment in January when a masked assailant tossed sulfuric acid onto his face, leaving him severely burned and nearly blinded.
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NEW: Dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko is given a six-year prison term for masterminding the attack
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Accomplice Yuri Zarutsky and driver Andrei Lipatov are also convicted
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The acid attack almost blinded the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director, Sergei Filin
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The case has exposed rivalries and tensions at the world-renowned ballet company

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Question: In his evidence, @placeholder told the court that the acid attack was his own idea and that he had not told Dmitrichenko about it.


(CNN) -- A little more than two months ago, I stood on a California beach, tears streaming down my cheeks as I watched members of the 2012 CNN Fit Nation team cross the finish line of the Nautica Malibu Triathlon. A year before they had never worn a pair of running shoes, let alone a triathlon suit. For many of them completing a triathlon was utterly inconceivable, akin to asking them to walk on the moon. But what a difference a year made. At the Nautica Malibu Triathlon, I saw the Lucky Seven athletes conquer their fears and achieve more than they could have ever imagined. Their courage, strength, happiness, elation and pride were a beacon that shone for all to see, and that light continues to inspire everyone who shared in their amazing journey.
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The 2012 team crossed finish line with courage, strength, Ironman World champ says
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Arrest: Mohammed al-Zawahri the veteran terrorist leader of al-Qaeda has been arrested according to Egyptian security forces The brother of a Ayman al-Zawahri, the veteran terrorist leader of al-Qaeda has been arrested according to Egyptian security forces. A security official said that Mohammed al-Zawahri, leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza, the city across the Nile from Cairo. Ayman al-Zawahri is credited by many as having been the 'operational brains' behind the 9/11 suicide attacks on the U.S. and to have approved the co-ordinated bombings on London’s transport system in in 2005 that left 52 innocent people dead.
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Mohammed al-Zawahri, was detained at a checkpoint in Giza
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He is the leader of the ultraconservative Jihadi Salafist group
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Ayman al-Zawahri is believed to be behind 9/11 attack and 7/7
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He has a £15-million bounty on his head and is on the 'most wanted' list

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(CNN) -- Democrats, as President Obama said Wednesday, took a shellacking in Tuesday's contentious midterm elections. They lost control of the House to Republicans but managed to cling onto a reduced majority in the Senate. The election will reverberate throughout American politics, with the newcomers vowing to lower government spending, cut taxes and torpedo the president's health-care legislation. The Republican victory generated an outpouring of commentary. Here are some thoughts from CNN.com's opinion section. Message to Obama: Americans want jobs The midterm election was clearly a repudiation. The question is, a repudiation of what? Fifty years of data from one election after another has shown that people vote with their gut, and this year the gut of the American voter -- left, right and center -- was angry and anxious. It's not hard to understand why: One in 10 Americans of working age is out of a job and six in 10 are living from paycheck to paycheck.
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Drew Westen says the election was a repudiation -- of what? Americans just want jobs
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Jeffrey Miron explains why California rejected Prop 19, to make pot legal
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Ten of the craziest, most effective or most damaging attack ads, from Adam Hanft
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Remember 1994; the youth vote; Tea Party's message to Republicans and more

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A Wyoming teen was charged as an adult for first-degree murder after he opened fire on a group of teens killing one and injuring another. Tyler Burns, 19, suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach and begged for his life before 16-year-old Phillip Sam shot him in the head Oct. 5, in a public execution practically unheard of in the city of Cheyenne. Burns died at a hospital one day after the shooting where Sam opened fire on 13 teens. The teens began to scatter until just Burns, Sam and a minor who was with Sam were left alone. Adult: Phillip Sam, 16, was charged as an adult for first-degree murder after he opened fire on a group of teens killing 19-year-old Tyler Burns in an execution-style murder
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Phillip Sam,16, is being charged as an adult for the execution-style murder of Tyler Burns, 19
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Witnesses say Burns was on his knees begging for his life but Sam shot Burns in the head to 'put him out of his misery'
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Sam opened fire on the group of teens after he agreed to meet at a Wyoming park to fight
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Sam borrowed a handgun from his mother's boyfriend and shot at the teens because he 'didn't want to get jumped'

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New York (CNN) -- You've tried to, but so far, your foray into social media marketing is not adding to sales, just to headaches. How will Twitter sell sweets at your ice cream parlor? How will Facebook fill your restaurant or sell your handmade frocks? I've heard the complaint from small business owners and professionals a million times: "How can I monetize social media?" Mitch Goldstone has owned a photo-developing shop in Irvine, California, since 1990. He used to develop 24-exposure film cartridges. Today he takes those shoe boxes of photos under your bed and scans them so you can use them online. Scanmyphoto.com has 10,600 followers on Twitter and Goldstone has sent 32,000 tweets.
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Small businesses can't afford to ignore marketing potential of Facebook and Twitter
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Be nimble and turn problems into opportunities
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Think of a tweet as a "tap on the shoulder" and cultivate consistent online persona

Question: I'm going to repeat that: You will be out of business if you don't tweet, use @placeholder, and social media today," Goldstone says.


Uncomfortable topic: Director Amy Berg attends New York premiere of her controversial documentary An Open Secret about child sex abuse in Hollywood A controversial documentary that allegedly links X-Men director Bryan Singer to a gang of Hollywood pedophiles got its first – and possibly only – viewing in New York last night. An Open Secret contains the astonishing revelation that a major child star was sexually abused by X-Men actor Brian Peck but refused to speak out for fear of wrecking his career. Whilst there is no suggestion that Singer was involved in the abuse of the unnamed actor, Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg admitted she had yet to find any company willing to distribute the disturbing 100-minute film.
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An Open Secret, by Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg, debuted at the DOC NYC festival Friday
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Film claims X-Men star Brian Peck abused a well known child star and got away with it
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Among the men named are talent managers Marty Weiss, Michael Harrah and Bob Villard, who represented Leonardo DiCaprio as a budding actor
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It also includes interviews with Michael Egan III who accused X-Men director Bryan Singer of raping him before dropping his suit earlier this year
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Berg said she has been having trouble finding a distributor for her controversial film

Question: ‘It’s disappointing and sad that Amy Berg would rely on the word of @placeholder, a proven liar, who recently was admonished by a federal judge for lying in court.


(CNN) -- A Somali appeals court has cleared a woman who accused security forces of raping her but upheld the conviction of a journalist who interviewed her. The judge said that journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim had disrespected the country's law, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a Sunday statement, noting that it was unclear exactly what law he broke. His one-year sentence was cut to six months. "The court acquitted a woman who should never have been charged while upholding an unjust conviction of a journalist," said Daniel Bekele, the group's Africa director. "After this case, who in their right mind would suggest to a victim of government abuse that they report the crime? Or tell their story to a journalist?"
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Both the woman and the journalist were sentenced to a year in prison last month
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A lower court said the woman made false rape accusations and insulted the government
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Human Rights Watch calls for the journalist to be let go

Question: "Quashing the case and unconditionally releasing @placeholder will show that this government is ready to focus on protecting freedom of expression and encouraging victims of sexual violence to come forward."


House Republicans recognize they have a problem with women. "Some of our members just aren't as sensitive as they ought to be." House Speaker John Boehner said bluntly when asked about recent efforts by the House GOP campaign arm to improve how male candidates appeal to female voters. Boehner didn't name names, but much of the damage with female voters is self-inflicted, and stems from some high-profile gaffes from GOP Senate candidates in 2012. Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin referred to "legitimate rape" and Richard Mourdock in Indiana suggested rape was "something God intended to happen." Both red-state candidates were favored to win but lost badly.
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House Speaker John Boehner said Republican candidates need to be more "sensitive"
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The GOP is training the male-dominated House caucus how to speak to women voters
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The campaign arm of the House Republicans are also trying to recruit more female candidates
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"It's time," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee said.

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The father of California teenager Connor Ekchadrt posted online a heartbreaking video recorded at his son’s graveside warning other parents and children about the dangers of synthetic drugs that claimed his son’s life this summer. Eckhardt, 19, was declared brain-dead in July after taking one hit of synthetic marijuana commonly known as ‘Spice’ and falling into a coma. Since Connor’s passing, his parents, Devin and Veronica Eckhardt, have been raising awareness of the dangers of synthetic drugs, which are readily available for purchase in bodegas and smoke shops. Scroll down for video Father's grief: Devin Eckhardt is seen here in July embracing his brain-dead son, 19-year-old Connor, after he fell into a coma as a result of smoking synthetic marijuana
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Connor Eckhardt, 19, slipped into a coma in July after taking one hit of synthetic marijuana
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He was declared brain-dead in hospital and his vital organs were donated
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Devin Eckhardt, Connor's father, recorded a video at the cemetery urging other parents to learn about the dangers of drugs like Spice
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The Eckhardts have launched a worldwide campaign raising awareness of synthetic marijuana
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The drug is illegal but can be readily obtained over the counter under names like 'spice' and 'K2'
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It contains a mixture of herbs which are sprayed with chemicals to produce a marijuana-like high

Question: The Eckhardts used their last precious minutes with Connor, a @placeholder boy whose bronzed skin was a testament to his love of surfing and skateboarding, to do something incredibly brave.


New Haven, Connecticut (CNN) -- A Yale University lab technician pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted sexual assault in the killing of graduate student Annie Le in 2009. Raymond Clark III will be sentenced to 44 years in prison as part of the plea agreement. In court Thursday, prosecutors described injuries to the victim and evidence of attempted sexual assault. Le, 24, was strangled to death. She had a broken jaw and collarbone, the prosecution said. Clark's DNA was "all over" the crime scene, including in her underwear, the state charged. Le's body was discovered inside a wall of a Yale lab building four days later after an extensive search by the FBI and  police.
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NEW: Raymond Clark III accepts that his semen and DNA were found at the crime scene
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He admits murder and attempted sexual assault under a plea agreement
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Yale graduate student Annie Le's body was found inside a wall at a Yale lab building
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Le was set to be married the day her body was found

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Question: @placeholder was not a Yale student but had worked as a lab technician at the university since 2004, after graduating from high school.


By Bianca London PUBLISHED: 10:16 EST, 4 December 2013 | UPDATED: 17:18 EST, 4 December 2013 Samantha Cameron got into the festive spirit today by pulling on a Christmas jumper to launch Save the Children’s Woolly Wonderland. The Prime Minister's wife, who is an ambassador for the charity, was joined by Myleene Klass at the 10-day Christmas pop-up event to support Christmas Jumper Day at Westfield, Stratford. The duo got creative with pupils from Manorfield School by helping them decorate their very own Christmas jumpers during a customisation workshop led by knitwear experts Wool and the Gang. Scroll down for video
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Duo launched Save the Children’s Woolly Wonderland
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Samantha, 42, is Save The Children ambassador
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(CNN) -- Amazon is getting into the game-making game. The Seattle-based company announced its first major social-game title, "Living Classics," on Monday. The free Facebook game is the first from its Amazon Game Studios, a new department at the e-commerce giant that was also unveiled Monday. "Amazon Game Studios is exactly what it sounds like: a new team at Amazon that's focused on creating innovative, fun and well-crafted games," said the company in a blog post on the new games.amazon.com site. The department is currently hiring, but few other details are given. The social-gaming field is still dominated by Zynga, maker of addictive games such as Farmville and Words With Friends and their various spin-offs. But the company has been struggling since going public in December; Zynga's stock closed at $2.94 a share on Monday.
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Amazon launches its first social game for Facebook
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A new Amazon game department could be competition for Zynga
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"Living Classics" is a literature-based game where you click on moving objects

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Four weeks away from the 2014 midterm elections and even some Democratic operatives struggle to imagine a scenario where they retain control of the U.S. Senate. The terrain and current momentum seem all but overwhelming and against them. A new CNN/ORC poll out Thursday morning suggests a Republican lead over a Democratic incumbent, this time in Alaska, and does nothing to calm Democrats' nerves. "If you put a gun to my head, I guess I'd say that we're going to lose the Senate," one Democratic consultant told me in a moment of anonymous candor. It's not even so much that President Obama is an Ancient Mariner-esque Albatross around their necks, though he is.
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Democrats are on defense in seven key senate races
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They are all but sure to lose three seats where Democrats are retiring
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Some Democrats privately admit it is going to be very difficult for them to keep control of the Senate

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London (CNN) -- Iranian authorities are "intimidating and arresting people who they claim have connections with the BBC Persian service," the British broadcasting giant said Tuesday. The accusation comes a day after Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency said that "a number of people" secretly working for the BBC Persian service had been arrested. The BBC said that could not be true. The BBC "Persian language service does not have a presence in Iran. There are no BBC Persian staff members or stringers working inside Iran," the broadcaster said in a statement. "We strongly condemn any actions against the families and acquaintances of BBC Persian staff," it said.
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Iranian media outlet says people working for the BBC Persian service are arrested
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The BBC says there are no Persian service journalists in the country
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It accuses Iran of putting pressure on the families of BBC journalists

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Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- The children of a Los Angeles woman found dead at a Mexican resort last month will not be allowed to attend a memorial service for their mother Sunday, a judge ruled Friday. A therapist hired by their father, a former "Survivor" producer named a "person of interest" in the investigation of his wife's death, said the service could be emotionally harmful to the young children. Mexican authorities detained the father, Bruce Beresford-Redman, as a suspect the day his wife's body's was found. He was released a day later. Sunday's memorial service is planned by Monica Beresford-Redman's sisters, who are also fighting for custody of the children.
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Mother was found dead at a Mexican resort last month
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Father named "person of interest" in investigation of his wife's death
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Therapist said emotional service could harm young children
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Father's lawyer says resort had other unsolved deaths

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Question: The initial investigation suggested Monica Beresford-Redman "died of strangulation because of the bruising," @placeholder regional police spokesman Adrian Cardena said.


By Corey Charlton These are the first behind-the-scenes pictures of Morph being re-created 37 years on - as the animated star returns to our screens tomorrow. Animators at Aardman Animations in Bristol have spent five months creating 15 episodes using 150 clay models. Remarkably, the team have used the original ‘Morph scales’ which ensure each model contains exactly 162g of clay to create the perfect figurine. Scroll down for video These are brand new photos taken during the production of the new Morph series to be released tomorrow Peter Lord, the creator of Morph, with his plasticine star character in the company's Bristol studios
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New behind-the-scenes pictures show creation of beloved show Morph
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Pictures taken during production of the children's show's new episodes
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Brand new series to be released on YouTube late tomorrow afternoon

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Frolicking in his new home, England’s only polar bear is a picture of contentment. But moving the 75-stone animal from a Dutch zoo to this purpose-built enclosure was a tricky proposition – not least for Victor himself. With his breeding days behind him, the 15-year-old was picked to be the first occupant of an £850,000 facility at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster, complete with an eight-metre-deep lake and swathes of grassland, designed to resemble the Arctic tundra in the summer. Scroll down for video Roar or yawn? A sleepy looking Victor the polar bear takes his first steps on English soil at Yorkshire Wildlife Park - his new home after moving from Holland
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Victor, a 1,058lb polar bear, has become England's only polar bear after moving to Doncaster from Holland
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The 15-year-old was retired from a breeding programme because he is father to nearly all of Europe's polar bears
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He has moved into a 10-acre park in Yorkshire Wildlife Park, which includes 8m deep lakes and an Arctic climate
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More polar bears will be arriving to give him some company over the next few months, park officials say

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(CNN) -- For half a century, the world has applauded John Glenn as a heart-stirring American hero. He lifted the nation's spirits when, as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, he was blasted alone into orbit around the Earth; the enduring affection for him is so powerful that even now people find themselves misting up at the sight of his face or the sound of his voice. But for all these years, Glenn has had a hero of his own, someone who he has seen display endless courage of a different kind: Annie Glenn. They have been married for 68 years.
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America marks the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's flight around the Earth
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Bob Greene says Glenn downplays his hero status, but views his wife, Annie, as a hero
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Annie struggled for much of her life with a severe speech impediment
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Greene: Annie Glenn's struggle took courage of a different kind than her husband's

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(CNN) -- The list of those on the program for superstar pop singer Whitney Houston's funeral covers the spectrum of the entertainment world. Actor Kevin Costner, who starred with Houston in the 1992 hit movie "The Bodyguard," will speak at the service on Saturday, according to a source with knowledge of the funeral plans. Gospel singer Kim Burrell told CNN's Jason Carroll she will sing, "I Believe in You and Me," a selection made by the Houston family. The song was included in the soundtrack from "The Preacher's Wife," a 1996 film starring Houston. The ceremony also will feature performances by Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys and Aretha Franklin, who is Houston's godmother. Singer Roberta Flack will attend, but it was unclear whether she would perform.
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Alicia Keys will sing at the funeral Saturday
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Tyler Perry also on the program
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Death certificate says burial will be at cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey
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Funeral will be available for TV, web streaming

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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 Everton's home clash with Swansea... Everton vs Swansea City (Goodison Park) Kick-off: Saturday 3pm Odds (subject to change): Everton 8/11 Draw 11/4 Swansea 7/2 Referee: Kevin Friend Managers: Roberto Martinez (Everton), Garry Monk (Swansea) Head-to-head league record: Everton wins 13, draws 5, Swansea wins 0 Team news Everton Everton remain with the same quartet of players unavailable ahead of Saturday's  clash with Swansea at Goodison Park.
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Romelu Lukaku set to be available for selection for Roberto Martinez
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Gylfi Sigurdsson should shrug off a groin injury to line up for the Swansea
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Everton have never lost a league match against the Swans (18 games)

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