(CNN) -- A lot of people don't pay close attention to midterm elections. They are not as exciting as the presidential campaigns, and most Americans are just not interested in the ups and downs of individual members of Congress. But the last midterm that a president faces matter very much. President Obama knows more than anyone that he has much at stake in the midterm elections. If Republicans are able to regain control of the Senate while retaining their majority in the House in November, they will have two years to inflict significant damage on the administration's agenda and set the terms of debate for the 2016 election.
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Julian Zelizer: The last midterm election that a president faces matters very much
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Zelizer: If GOP gains control of Senate and retains control of House, its power increases
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He says President Obama might turn into a lame-duck president with little clout
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Zelizer: If Democrats lose the Senate in November, Obama will accomplish little

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Washington (CNN) -- The political posturing, and theater, related to the fiscal cliff continued Thursday as Senate leaders squared off over whether to make it harder for Congress to block future increases in the debt ceiling. At issue was a move by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and meant to put Democrats in a tough spot, that backfired. McConnell pushed for a vote on an idea he first proposed last year as part of the debt ceiling standoff. Movement in fiscal cliff talks The legislation would allow the president to increase the debt ceiling without congressional approval, though Congress could block the move if a two-thirds majority of both the House and Senate voted to disapprove it. Democrats want the change because raising the limit has become increasingly contentious, as Republicans have demanded spending cuts and other reforms to go along with it. Another debt limit increase is needed early next year.
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A move by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell backfires
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McConnell pushed for a vote on a debt ceiling idea he first proposed last year
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After a move by Majority Leader Reid, McConnell wound up objecting to a vote on the idea
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Democrats said it was another sign that Republicans are losing the battle on the fiscal cliff

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(EW.com) -- Turtle Power does exist after all. The heroes in a half shell surpassed industry and analyst expectations by more than $20 million, raking in an estimated $65 million in its first weekend in theaters. With an additional $28.7 million from 19 international territories, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," which cost $125 million to produce, has earned $93.7 million globally. No wonder Paramount has already announced plans for a summer 2016 sequel. The Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies pic may not have resonated with the critics, but that didn't seem to matter much to its target audience: kids. While moviegoers overall slapped the Michael Bay-produced movie with a lackluster B Cinema Score, kids were much more enthusiastic, giving it an A overall. Audiences on the whole were mostly male (61 percent) and a significant portion (45 percent) were under 25 years old.
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The film has earned $93.7 million globally.
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The audience was mostly under 25 years old
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"Guardians of the Galaxy" took second place with $41.5 million

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(CNN) -- "Regime! Be very scared of us We are coming tonight with intent  The supporters of Al Ahly will fire everything up  God almighty will make us victorious Go, hooligans!" Chant of the Al Ahly Ultras, before the Egyptian revolution It was as if a levee had finally broken, and for once there was no retribution. Some 7,000 fans of Al Ahly, Egypt's largest soccer club, gathered for the first match of the Egyptian football season and chanted the names of the regime and its apparatchiks they had fought for the past four years. "F*** the mother of Hosni Mubarak!" shouted Assad, the leader of Al Ahly's militant ultra group Al Ahlawy, at the police in front of him. Thousands followed suit. "Go f*** your Minister, Habib al Adly!"
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Al Ahly and Zamalek face each other in the Cairo derby at the city's International Stadium
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The two teams' ultra groups fought alongside each other during the recent uprising
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They are now again in opposition following the overthrow of longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak
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Both teams are involved in the battle for the Egyptian league title

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The family of a girl whose toes were amputated by a Macy's escalator is suing the operating company. Juliana Valdez, then aged 10, was back-to-school shopping with her mother and brother at the store in Paramus, New Jersey, when her right  leg got trapped in the metal plates. A passer-by hit the emergency stop switch but the top of her foot was already stripped bare of skin, muscle, tendons and nerves. Crippled: Juliana Valdez, 11, has had 20 surgeries on her foot after getting it trapped in a Macy's escalator Trauma: Her family is now launching a legal battle against the firm after more than a year of operations
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Juliana Valdez, 10, was back-to-school shopping with her mother
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Her right leg got trapped in the escalator at Macy's, Paramus, NJ
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Police say she had been pulled down to mid-calf by the machinery
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Juliana has now had 20 surgeries including skin graft and amputations
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Family suing German firm ThyssenKrupp for poor maintenance

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Odds were offered on favourite in Leopardstown race Bookmakers faced a potential loss of £600m By David Gerges Last updated at 12:07 AM on 29th December 2011 Bookmakers Betfair are facing a backlash from customers after they reversed a payout that was set to cost them millions. Odds of 28-1 had been offered by the gambling firm on the outright favourite in the 2pm woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle. That led to a flurry of betting in which a total of £1,642,094 was matched on Voler La Vedette. In-play mistake: Andrew Lynch steers runaway favourite Voler La Vedette to victory at Leopardstown
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Odds were offered on favourite in Leopardstown race
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Bookmakers faced a potential loss of £600m

Question: @placeholder suspended the market in order to investigate, with many of the exchange's members in a state of shock on the website's forum.


A 200-year-old mystery that links a castle in a German town, a mysterious 'Dark Countess' and the French royal family may be on the cusp of finally being solved. In 1807 a covered carriage arrived in the central German town of Hildburghausen. A man, now known to be Leonardus Cornelius van der Valck, a secretary in the Dutch embassy in Paris from July 1798 to April 1799, got out. With him was an enigmatic and secretive young woman who would go on to fire the imaginations of historians everywhere. End of the mystery? A digger clears the earth during the exhumation of the grave of so-called 'Dark Countess' in Hildburghausen, Germany
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Mysterious woman arrived in Hildburghausen in 1807 and lived in castle
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She always wore a veil or travelled in a covered carriage
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Some believe she was the real Marie Thérèse - daughter of executed royals
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They say her half-sister took her identity after the horrors of imprisonment

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(CNN) -- If recent trends are any indication, cartoon self-caricatures are becoming more popular than the clichéd photo in the mirror headshot. Cartoon avatars, both classic and new, are hot right now. The cartoon-spawning series "Mad Men" is back. The critically and commercially successful AMC show about 1960s ad execs has revived its popular "Mad Men Yourself" campaign, which lets you create an animated doppelganger that smokes like a train and wouldn't be out of place in a film noir. Since "Mad Men Yourself" launched a year ago, thousands of people adorned their Facebook profiles with the retro caricatures. The trend was not unlike the personalized knockoffs of Shepard Fairley's striking Obama Hope design during the 2008 presidential election.
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The AMC show "Mad Men" has revived its popular "Mad Men Yourself" campaign
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The Wall Street Journal created an iconic "hedcut" of character Don Draper
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Many Facebook profiles have been taken over by caricatures
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One artist is enabling the portrait trend by using iPhone 4 video chats to create user avatars

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By Emma Thomas PUBLISHED: 04:32 EST, 11 January 2014 | UPDATED: 07:13 EST, 11 January 2014 Figures released by British Transport Police show half of all convictions for pickpocketing on the London Underground are handed out to Romanians. Information revealed through a Freedom of Information request shows out of the 5,280 reported pickpocketing incidents on the London Underground between November 1, 2012 and October 31, 2013, there were just 170 convictions. Of those convictions, 52 per cent were Romanian. Convicts: Half of all convictions for pickpocketing on the underground are handed out to Romanians
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Of the 170 convictions between 2012 and 2013 52 per cent were Romanian
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Britons were also guilty of stealing from fellow train passengers
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Home Office says criminals are liable to be removed if they 'abuse' rights

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Repercussions? In 2005, Barbara Butcher was accused of taking a morbid momento from Ground Zero. She has since been promoted to Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner A high ranking official at New York’s medical examiner’s office is accused of taking a piece of the September 11th plane wreckage as a morbid souvenir, but instead of a punishment she’s recently received a promotion. A witness claims Barbara Butcher, Director of Forensic Investigations at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, ‘excitedly’ took home a recovered piece of a plane’s door. Former co-worker Kenneth Dotson, alleged in 2005 that Butcher was thrilled as someone from Ground Zero passed off the piece of wreckage to her as she oversaw World Trade Center victim recovery and identification. Now she’s overseeing the entire department.
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Barbara Butcher is now Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, but in 2005 she admitted to taking the door handle 'for a day or two' before retuning it
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'I would have been fired': Co-worker Kenneth Dotson says he was harassed after reporting Butcher

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A court Thursday rejected an appeal filed by a former administrative law judge who sued a dry cleaners for $54 million over a missing pair of pants. An unidentified man talks on a cell phone in front of the Chung family's shop, Custom Cleaners. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals "ruled resoundingly in favor of the Chung family and denied Mr. Roy Pearson's appeal of the case completely," said Christopher Manning, an attorney for the Chung family, who own Custom Cleaners. "The D.C. Court of Appeals held that the trial court correctly ruled that Mr. Pearson's claims had no merit whatsoever," he added.
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Appeals court rejects appeal of failed $54 million lawsuit over missing pants
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Dry cleaners say they aren't counting plaintiff out
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Ex-administrative judge who filed case could take it to Supreme Court

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Labour went to war with Boots yesterday after the chemist chain warned of catastrophe if the party won the general election. Stefano Pessina, the firm’s acting boss, said Ed Miliband’s policies were ‘not helpful for business and not helpful for the country’. Labour business spokesman Chuka Umunna hit back with a series of extraordinary attacks on Mr Pessina and his firm, which has 70,000 UK workers. He questioned whether Boots paid enough tax while fellow Labour MPs said they would not listen to a multi-millionaire who lived in ‘a big mansion’. Scroll down for video Boots chief Stefano Pessina (left) has warned it would be a 'catastrophe' if Labour and Ed Miliband (right) win power. Pessina claimed Miliband’s policies were ‘not helpful for business and not helpful for the country’
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Ed Miliband under growing pressure after a series of attacks on leadership
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Boots boss Stefano Pessina said Labour plans 'not helpful for business'
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Billionaire said: 'If they acted as they speak, it would be a catastrophe'
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Shadow minister Chuka Umunna attacked the Boots chief's remarks
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Miliband allies were said to be plotting a way to keep him in place, even if Labour lose the election;
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The editor of the left-wing New Statesman said the leader had a ‘haunted’ look and even shadow chancellor Ed Balls had ‘all but given up’ on him;
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The party’s biggest private donor attacked Mr Miliband’s NHS and mansion tax policies;
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Lord Mandelson was accused of plotting to destabilise Mr Miliband;
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The party’s election campaign chief Douglas Alexander repeatedly refused to rule out a deal with Scottish nationalists in the event of a hung parliament.

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Between 16 and 18 June 1889, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh created one his most famous works from the view out of an asylum window: The Starry Night. Debate on the masterpiece's distinctive ‘swirls’ has raged ever since, with many saying they were extensions of his fragile state at the time. But now an artist has claimed that the spirals actually depict galaxies in the universe, and were likely inspired by drawings of the cosmos at the time. US artist Michael Benson says the Whirlpool Galaxy inspired van Gogh. The Dutch painter created arguably his most famous work - The Starry Night (shown) - in 1889 from the view out of his asylum window
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US artist Michael Benson says the Whirlpool Galaxy inspired van Gogh
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The Dutch painter created arguably his most famous work - The Starry Night - in 1889 from the view out of his asylum window
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But in 1850, an astronomer had depicted what a distant spiral galaxy might look like for the first time
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And Lord Rosse's Whirlpool Galaxy drawing inspired van Gogh, according to Mr Benson

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The future of 25 Australian babies born to  parents who are asylum seekers is uncertain after Immigration Minister Scott Morrison retrospectively changed the legal status of some children born in detention. Born in Australia from the 19 July 2013, the infants - who range from the age of one to just a few months old - are currently in detention centres in the country, where their families anxiously await their fate. Legislation passed by the government in parliament on Tuesday morning means the babies are now defined as Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals (UMAs) because their asylum seeker parents arrived in Australia by boat.
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The 25 babies were born in Australia from 19 July 2013
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New legislation means they are  classed as Unauthorised Maritime Arrivals
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They could be sent to Nauru as early as Wednesday evening
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Lawyer for the families told Daily Mail Australia they are fighting for the right to apply for visas for the babies
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Eight of the babies are born to parents from Myanmar
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Because of their Rohingya heritage the government does not recognise them as citizens

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Who should be England's next captain? It’s not easy retiring from England. You don’t just pick up the phone and tell the Football Association you have had enough then quietly move on. Ending an England career is big news and I know exactly how Steven Gerrard felt on Monday when he announced that he had reached the end of the line with his country. I made the same move in 2007, even though I briefly returned for the World Cup in 2010. Our respective circumstances could not be more different. My decision was born of frustration. I was not playing for Steve McClaren’s team as much as I felt I deserved; I had just played in two Champions League finals but couldn’t dislodge John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.
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Gerrard retires from international football at age of 34
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Former Liverpool and England team-mate Jamie Carragher backs decision

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(CNN) -- The family of a woman whose naked and bound body was found hanging in a Southern California mansion two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit accusing three people of plotting her death. The San Diego County medical examiner ruled that Rebecca Zahau committed suicide, but a lawsuit filed Friday by her mother and sister contends she was the victim of a murder plot devised by her millionaire boyfriend's brother, ex-wife and the ex-wife's twin sister. Zahau's boyfriend, Jonah Shacknai, owned the Coronado, California, vacation home where she was found dead on July 13, 2011. His 6-year-old son, Max, suffered a fall in the same home two days earlier and died in a hospital on July 16, 2011.
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The San Diego County medical examiner ruled Rebecca Zahau's death a suicide
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Zahau's family did a private investigation after officials wouldn't press criminal charges
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Lawsuit accuses boyfriend's brother, ex-wife and ex-wife's twin of plotting her death
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Zahau died two days after her boyfriend's son suffered a fatal fall in the same home

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London (CNN) -- In the 23 years since he tried to break up a robbery in central London, Ian Semmons hasn't spent a day without severe pain. The fight left Semmons with multiple fractures, including a broken back and two shattered ankles. He had a head injury so severe, doctors put him in a coma and kept him there for a month to control the swelling in his brain. "I spent nine months in hospital and then 12 months in a rehabilitation center, where I was basically rebuilt," Semmons says. "But nothing was done to treat my pain." His regular doctor, a general practitioner with Britain's National Health Service, offered little for the pain despite his complaints. At the time, patients in Britain's government-run system such as Semmons weren't able to switch to another doctor. Unlike patients now, he was stuck.
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Britain's Ian Semmons dealt with pain for years and didn't know options were available
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UK doctors are reluctant to prescribe painkillers, especially opiates
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Even drugs sold over the counter are restricted in pharmacies there
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But the differences between the United States and UK may be blurring

Question: While you can walk into virtually any @placeholder drugstore and pick up a bottle of ibuprofen or acetaminophen with 400 or 500 tablets, the largest size on UK shelves contains just 16 pills.


(CNN) -- Pakistanis cast ballots in Karachi on Sunday, a day after the slaying of a well-known political leader who had accused rivals of vote rigging. As voters headed to polls, accusations flew over Zahra Shahid Hussain's death. Sources said an execution-style attack on the eve of the election killed Hussain, a senior vice president of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, or PTI. The party made headlines after nationwide elections on May 11, alleging vote rigging in Karachi and elsewhere. Amid the allegations, election officials held a revote Sunday for one National Assembly seat and two Provincial Assembly seats in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city. Unofficial results from the country's election commission showed that PTI candidate Arif Alvi won the National Assembly seat.
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NEW: Family and friends bury Zahra Shahid Hussain
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The Pakistani political leader was killed outside her home in Karachi
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The rival MQM party denies responsibility and condemns the killing
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A revote is held in parts of Karachi after vote-rigging accusations

Question: Meanwhile on Sunday, family, friends and members of the @placeholder party attended Hussain's funeral.


By Martin Robinson and Mark Duell Irish Daily Star Editor Michael O'Kane has resigned in the wake of his decision to publish topless photos of Kate Ireland is set to introduce new privacy laws after the Kate Middleton topless photos scandal - as a newspaper editor who published the pictures was tonight suspended from his post. Irish Daily Star editor Michael O’Kane was put on leave while an investigation is carried out into why the paper published the photos. It came as Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, decided to revive abandoned legislation amid the continued fallout from the holiday images of the Royals.
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Irish Justice Minister Alan Shatter is reviving abandoned privacy legislation
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Richard Desmond taking 'immediate steps' to shut down Irish Daily Star
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Media mogul is furious as he was not consulted before it used 13 pictures
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Row as co-owner Independent News & Media wants paper to stay open
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Paper's editor Michael O'Kane has been suspended as probe commences

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By James Nye PUBLISHED: 16:40 EST, 2 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:19 EST, 3 October 2013 On the day his mother, Mia Farrow, suggested in a Vanity Fair interview the sensational possibility that his father might be Frank Sinatra and not Woody Allen, it has been claimed that Ronan Farrow is in talks to host his own MSNBC show. Yale Law School graduate, Farrow, 25, who is currently a Rhode Scholar at Oxford University has already made many appearances on MSNBC and CNN in the past in his capacity as the Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for Global Youth Issues.
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Ronan Farrow, 25, is said to be in talks to present his own MSNBC show as the network seeks to engage with a Millennial audience
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Vanity Fair has also published an interview with his mother Mia Farrow in which she speculates that his father is Frank Sinatra, not Woody Allen

Question: Claim: Mia Farrow has admitted Frank Sinatra may be the father of her son @placeholder, instead of Woody Allen


(CNN) -- Barbara Billingsley, who wore a classy pearl necklace and dispensed pearls of wisdom as America's quintessential mom on "Leave it to Beaver," has died at age 94, a family spokeswoman said Saturday. The actress passed away at 2 a.m. (5 a.m. ET) Saturday at her home in Santa Monica, California, after a long illness, spokeswoman Judy Twersky said. A private memorial is being planned. Actor Jerry Mathers, who played Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, called Billingsley a lifetime mentor. "Barbara was a patient advisor and teacher. She helped me along this challenging journey through life by showing me the importance of manners, and respect for others," Mathers said in a statement. "She will be missed by all of her family, friends, fans and most especially by me."
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Actress Barbara Billingsley dies at home at age 94
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She is best known for her role as June Cleaver
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A private memorial is being planned

Question: I speak jive," Billingsley said in her role -- much different from her @placeholder persona -- as an elderly passenger comforting an ill man on the flight.


(CNN) -- "Terrorists use Guantanamo Bay prison to recruit new members." Aasif Mandvi, "The Daily Show's" senior correspondent, passionately made this argument as our first guest ever on the weekly CNN podcast "The Big Three." Mandvi thinks it's time to close Guantanamo Bay now -- and I couldn't agree with him more. President Obama brought this issue back to the forefront when he renewed his call to close the prison facility. Obama explained at his press conference on Tuesday: "It is critical for us to understand that Guantanamo is not necessary to keep America safe. ... It hurts us in terms of our international standing. It is a recruiting tool for extremists."
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Dean Obeidallah: Our guest, Aasif Mandvi, argues that we should close Gitmo
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Margaret Hoover: Jason Collins was courageous in coming out of the closet
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John Avlon: Why not give Mark Sanford a second chance - even though he had an affair?

Question: The father made a simple plea to @placeholder: "Try my son in court, and if you find him guilty of being a terrorist, execute him.


Paris (CNN) -- Outside France, nobody gave them a prayer. Les Bleus had coughed and spluttered their way to the Rugby World Cup Final, at which point they were expected to be thrashed buy the red-hot favorites and tournament hosts New Zealand. But the French fans didn't care. On Sunday morning they turned out to cheer on their team at various fanzones across the country and they almost saw them produce one of the biggest rugby shocks of all time. They came out in their tens of thousands, many with tricolor facepaint, almost all with red, white and blue flags. There was even the rooster, a seemingly obligatory at every French rugby event, trying to peck at a kiwi - the small, tropical fruit, not one of conspicuous New Zealand fans who was 11,500 miles from home.
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On Sunday morning the French turned out to cheer at fanzones across the country
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A huge roar went up as the French squad fronted up to the All Blacks' haka
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The soldiers on duty - bristling with machine guns - were glued to the action

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Defence Secretary: Michael Fallon said Britain wanted Turkey to become 'more involved' in the fight Turkey last night warned it was ‘unrealistic’ to expect it to launch a ground offensive against Islamic State without support from other Nato members. Britain and the United States have been pressing Turkey for weeks to play a major military role against the extremists who have now advanced to within less than a mile of its border with Syria. Defence Secretary Michael Fallon yesterday said Britain wanted Turkey to become ‘more involved’ in the fight against Isis. But Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has ruled out a unilateral offensive.
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Michael Fallon says UK would 'certainly like to see Turkey more involved'
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Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu rules out unilateral offensive
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But says US-led bombing missions against Isis in Syria won't be enough

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Question: ‘But clearly every country in the region has got to see now what it can do to contribute to deal with Isil [@placeholder].


Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- The British journalist expelled from Russia was denied entry when he came back to the country because "he violated a number of rules concerning the work of foreign correspondents," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on its website Tuesday. Luke Harding, the Moscow reporter for the Guardian newspaper, was detained by Russian authorities, locked in a cell for 45 minutes, and then put on a plane back to London, according to an article in the Guardian Tuesday. He had been returning to Moscow after spending two months in London reporting on the U.S. diplomatic cables published by the website WikiLeaks.
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Luke Harding has covered major stories in Russia since 2007
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Russian authorities reprimanded Harding last year

Question: @placeholder's treatment of journalists -- both domestic and foreign -- is a cause of great concern," Rusbridger said.


By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 09:26 EST, 7 March 2013 | UPDATED: 09:38 EST, 7 March 2013 A two-year-old boy from Colorado vacationing with his family in Mexico was sexually assaulted and beaten by his babysitter's intoxicated boyfriend before being tossed in the pool to drown, it was revealed today. Police in Mexico have arrested Eleodoro Carlos Rodriguez Sanchez, 30, and charged him with sexual assault and murder of Axel Charrette. According to local reports, Sanchez, who also goes by the name Carlos Roberto Tapia Sanchez and the alias 'El Cholo,' made a statement to detectives confessing to the crime that took place in the village of Sayulita February 28.
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Eleodoro Carlos Rodriguez Sanchez, 30, was arrested after confessing to raping and throwing two-year-old Axel Charrette in the pool
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Nancy Saralee Solorio Perez, 16, was arrested on suspicion of murder because she failed to stop the attack and lied about it to police
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Axel's naked and lifeless body was found in the swimming pool of his parents' rented house in Sayulita, Mexico
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Boy's seven-year-old brother, Kalden, was unharmed and did not see the murder
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The Charrettes arrived in Sayulita January 4 for extended vacation and were expected to stay there through March

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(CNN) -- Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth has been suspended indefinitely by the National Football League, days after he pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol, the NFL said. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth on Tuesday pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter. Stallworth, 28, pleaded guilty in a Florida court Tuesday to DUI manslaughter charges in the March death of construction worker Mario Reyes. Under terms of a plea agreement, he will serve 30 days. Prosecutors said he began serving his sentence immediately. "The conduct reflected in your guilty plea resulted in the tragic loss of life and was inexcusable," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told Stallworth in a letter Thursday, the league said. Excerpts from the letter were posted on the NFL Web site.
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NEW: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell calls Stallworth's action "inexcusable"
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Cleveland Browns wide receiver Tuesday pleaded guilty to DUI manslaughter
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Stallworth serving 30 days in jail, has reached settlement with victim's family
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NFL player's blood alcohol level was 0.126; Florida's legal limit is 0.08

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(CNN) -- Soccer City, once the venue of South Africa's most significant black freedom rallies, will next month host a sport that was open only to whites in the country's apartheid-rule era. Rugby officials announced on Wednesday that South Africa's Springboks will take on New Zealand's All Blacks at the Johannesburg soccer stadium, which stages the 2010 World Cup final this weekend. The rebuilt ground, scene of Nelson Mandela's first speech in the city after his release from prison in 1990, is situated near the predominantly black township of Soweto. "This is an historic day and one in which the whole of South Africa can celebrate," South African Rugby Union president Oregan Hoskins said in a statement on the ruling body's website.
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Soccer City will host a rugby union international between South Africa and New Zealand
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Johannesburg stadium was the scene of South Africa's most famous freedom rallies
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Rugby in the country has traditionally been dominated by whites
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The August 21 fixture will be Springboks' first home game of 2010 Tri-Nations series

Question: They have had to make major sacrifices on some of their contractual rights but the way they have supported us in recognizing the potential benefits of this move -- not just for rugby, but for @placeholder -- has been magnificent."


David Bowie sharing a cigarette with Elizabeth Taylor in  1975. This was the first occasion  the pair - who had an 'amorous friendship' - had met David Bowie was a sex fanatic who became obsessed with bedding as many partners - men or women - as possible, a new book claims. Bowie's colourful, gender-bending sex life has included rumored relationships with Elizabeth Taylor and Bianca Jagger as well as ones - which the women have themselves confirmed - with Marianne Faithfull and Susan Sarandon. But he has also been linked with a string of men including Mick Jagger - rumours that were encouraged by Bowie's past claims to have been both gay and bi-sexual.
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New book by Wendy Leigh claims David Bowie was a sex fanatic
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Author questioned whether he was a sexual adventurer or sex addict
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Bowie is rumoured to have had orgies with his wife and Mick Jagger
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Book follows his 'sexual web' from first wife Angie to settled life with Iman
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Claims cocaine addiction amped up his voracious appetite for sex

Question: @placeholder describes how Bowie and his first wife, Angie, ‘were notorious about weaving a sexual web around those who took their fancy’ and met while they were having an affair with the same man.


By Victoria Woollaston PUBLISHED: 10:14 EST, 14 May 2013 | UPDATED: 03:47 EST, 15 May 2013 BlackBerry is to give its BBM software away to iPhone and Android users in a bit to boost its popularity and stop consumers switching to rival handsets. Speaking at BlackBerry Live - a three-day annual event in Orlando - BlackBerry's CEO Thorsten Heins said the firm's popular BBM messaging software will be available on the iPhone and Android handsets for the first time. He also announced a low cost handset with a keyboard many believe could be the firm's last attempt at survival.
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Firm set to launch its BBM messaging service on iOS and Android for the first time
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The BlackBerry Q5 has a QWERTY keyboard and a 3.1inch touchscreen
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It is set to be the third handset to run the latest version of the BlackBerry operating system - BlackBerry 10

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CLICK HERE to read the match report on Neymar's quite sensational performance. Brazil routed Japan in Singapore thanks to a quite magnificent individual performance from star striker and captain Neymar. The forward bagged all four of their goals - including a perfect hat-trick - in a 4-0 victory and he was brilliant throughout. For his first goal, Brazil's favourite son rounded the goalkeeper and slotted home, and then coolly passed one into the back of the net and completed his hat-trick with a rebound before heading in his fourth and final strike with just nine minutes remaining. Host commentator
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Neymar rounds the keeper to net after just 18 minutes in Singapore
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The Brazil captain gets his second just two minutes after half-time
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Neymar nets his hat-trick after 77 minutes when he scores a rebound
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Barcelona striker gets his and Brazil's fourth with an 81st-minute header
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BRAZIL XI: Jefferson, Danilo, Miranda, Gil, Filipe Luís, Luiz Gustavo, Elias, Willian, Oscar, Diego Tardelli, Neymar
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Subs: Cabral, Grohe, David Luiz, Jesus, Gil, Dodo, Fernandes, Romulo, Souza, Everton Ribeiro, Kaka, Coutinho, Robinho
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JAPAN XI: Kawashima, Ota, Sakai, Shiotani, Morishige, Tanaka, Taguchi, Morioka, Shibasaki, Okazaki, Kobayashi
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Subs: Nishikawa, Gonda, Mizumoto, Nagatomo, Suzuki, Nishi, Kagawa, Hosogai, Honda, Kakitani, Muto, Havenaar

Question: A lovely left-footed outside-of-the-foot pass through the middle splits open the @placeholder defence and Neymar coolly slots it past the advancing goalkeeper.


By Victoria Woollaston Researchers studying the skeletons of 14th century Londoners found life expectancy improved following the plague. Illustration by Kitty Shannon pictured The Black Death may have wiped out millions of people, but it also made the surviving residents of London healthier. Researchers studying the skeletons of 14th century Londoners found life expectancy improved in the generations following the great plague. And this may have been because the disease wiped out the weak and elderly, leaving only the strongest members of the population. Previous studies have shown the Black Death targeted elderly adults and the sick across Europe from around 1347 to 1351.
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Researchers sampled 600 skeletons taken from London cemeteries
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They estimated the ages of the deceased before modelling mortality risks
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Post-Black Death samples had a higher proportion of older adults
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This suggests survival rates may have improved following the epidemic
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Analysis also found mortality risks were lower in post-plague populations

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By Ryan Lipman When’s daddy coming home? That's the heartbreaking question asked by two young children to the Perth wife of Paul Weeks, who was on board MH370 when it mysteriously disappeared three weeks ago. Waiting 17 days for confirmation, 40-year old Danica Weeks received the worst news possible - her 39-year old husband was among the 239 killed when aircraft crashed into a remote area of the southern Indian Ocean and killed all on board. The couple have two young sons Lincoln, 3, and Jack, 11 months, and moved to Perth in 2011 following earthquakes in Mr Weeks' native New Zealand.
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Danica Weeks' husband Paul disappeared the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777
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She found out by a text message from Malaysia Airlines that her husband had likely been killed when the plane crashed in the Indian Ocean
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Her two young children have started to ask where their dad is
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Still waiting for confirmation on what happened on board MH370, Mrs Weeks said she will tell her sons the truth
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Mrs Weeks' sister in-law has criticised Malaysia Airlines for the way they have dealt with the disaster

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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 Sunderland's home clash with West Ham United... Sunderland vs West Ham United (Stadium of Light) Team news Sunderland Steven Fletcher could return to the Sunderland starting line-up for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with West Ham at the Stadium of Light. Fletcher was an unused substitute in last week's goalless draw at Liverpool after limping off during the defeat to Manchester City with a back injury, but is fit to return.
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Sunderland host West Ham United at Stadium of Light on Saturday (3pm)
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Steven Fletcher could return to the Black Cats starting line-up
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Mark Noble is Sam Allardyce's only injury concern for Sunderland trip
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Adam Johnson has scored in two of last three games against West Ham

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Legendary Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all time, was arrested early Tuesday in Maryland on a DUI charge, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority. Phelps, known as the "Baltimore Bullet" and winner of 18 Olympic gold medals, was arrested at about 1:40 a.m. and charged with driving under the influence, excessive speed and crossing double lane lines within the Fort McHenry Tunnel on I-95 in Baltimore, the authority said in a statement. He was later released. Phelps, who returned to competitive swimming in April, said on his official Twitter account that he understands the severity of his actions.
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Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps apologizes to people he "let down"
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22-time Olympic medalist is arrested on a DUI charge
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A Land Rover he was driving in Baltimore was stopped for speeding
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Phelps, 29, returned to swimming in April, about two years ahead of next Olympics

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) -- For three weeks, security fears kept U.S. authorities from searching the Afghan village where an American soldier is accused of killing 16 Afghans, an Army investigator testified Wednesday. Local tempers were so high over the killings that it was too dangerous for the Americans to go, said Matthew Hoffman, a special agent with the Army Criminal Investigation Command. Negotiations with local leaders over the issue took 20 days -- and even then, the investigators were guarded by U.S. and Afghan troops and watched over by two U.S. helicopters, he said. "We were fully expecting to be attacked at any time," Hoffman said. "We didn't know how much time we had for our investigation."
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Army Sgt. Robert Bales is accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers
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It took nearly three weeks for U.S. agents to visit the site, an Army investigator says
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Another investigator testified that steroids were found outside Bales' quarters

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Senate Democrats are wrapping up their tenure in the majority by reigniting debate on some of the former President's most controversial policies with a long-delayed report on the use of torture - "enhanced interrogation techniques" - by the U.S. government. Six years into the Barack Obama's presidency, the Senate Intelligence Committee early next week is expected to release findings from its $50 million investigation of the Central Intelligence Agency's use of so-called enhanced interrogation techniques on detainees in the years following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Among the questions the report tackles: Did three detainees tortured under the program provide information that helped identify a courier who led the U.S. to find Osama bin Laden?
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Senate Democrats are set to release a long-delayed and much-anticipated review of American interrogation techniques
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Republicans have pulled support from the report and will offer their own rebuttal

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A father has revealed in a brutally honest interview how he came to love the daughter with Down Syndrome that he had tried to get his wife to abort. Heath White, a pilot-turned-FBI agent from Waskom, Texas, said that his five-year-old daughter Paisley - one of three children - is now 'the light in the darkness' and an inspiration to his family. But this was not his sentiment in 2007 when he learned his wife Jennifer was carrying a baby with Downs, which was totally at odds with his image of a perfect family. Speaking to ESPN, he explained that he had always aimed for perfection - playing for sports teams throughout college, achieving a 4.0, enrolling in law school before coming a pilot - and the girl threatened to ruin that.
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Heath White, a pilot and FBI agent, said he had always sought perfection - and a Down syndrome child did not fit into that picture
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A few months later, he was making her laugh and he realized she was just like every other child - apart from that she was his
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He wanted to show how proud he was of her so they began taking part in marathons and road races together

Question: When Paisley was 18 months old, White began writing a letter to Paisley, he shared with @placeholder, detailing his conflicted feelings about her birth and how he now loves her beyond words.


After a difficult encounter with Switzerland, Javier Mascherano does not deny that Argentina need to improve if they are going to progress beyond their quarter-final encounter with Belgium. ‘The moment of truth has arrived,’ said the Barcelona and former Liverpool midfielder. ‘Now we have to maintain the level and get rid of the mistakes.’ Had Switzerland been more clinical in front of goal, Argentina could already be out of this World Cup. But they survived the many opportunities the Swiss had, securing victory and their passage to the last eight with a goal from Angel Di Maria only two minutes before the end of extra time.
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Argentina midfielder says 'moment of truth has arrived' as they prepare to face Belgium
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Mascherano and his team-mates struggled to get past Switzerland in last-16
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Required a late goal in extra time from Angel Di Maria to secure progress
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Argentina considered one of the favourites to lift World Cup in Brazil

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(CNN) -- Rarely seen by outsiders, the daily life of a regional Taliban commander named Dawran and his militant fighters is dominated by extremes: love and war, attack and retreat, life and death. For nine days in October 2009, Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal was behind the lines with the Taliban, embedded as no Western filmmaker before him. And he was there to witness firsthand the jarring juxtapositions in Dawran's life, at turns -- directing an attack against U.S. forces in Afghanistan's treacherous mountains -- then hours later at home, a father playing with his children. To capture these intimate and unprecedented images, Refsdal risked his life to embed with Dawran and his fighters in Kunar Province -- the northeastern region where al Qaeda is active and Osama bin Laden was once rumored to be hiding.
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Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal embedded with the Taliban last year to capture daily life
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Rarely seen by outsiders, he saw plans for attacks as well as a home life of the Taliban
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Refsdal says he knows that the images he captured will be surprising to many, and disturbing to some

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Question: The Taliban government ruled @placeholder -- and gave safe harbor to al Qaeda terrorist training camps -- from the mid-1990s until 2001.


By Ian Drury PUBLISHED: 08:00 EST, 23 October 2013 | UPDATED: 02:06 EST, 24 October 2013 A Royal Marine sergeant was caught on camera ‘executing’ a severely injured Taliban prisoner before telling his comrades: ‘I’ve just broken the Geneva Convention,’ a court martial heard yesterday. As the insurgent lay stricken with horrendous wounds from a helicopter strike, the 37-year-old commando pointed his 9mm pistol at the man’s chest and pulled the trigger. Footage of the alleged cold-blooded killing in an Afghan cornfield was captured in graphic video inadvertently filmed by one of the Marines on a helmet-mounted camera.
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Serviceman, known as Marine A, 'shot the man in the chest with a pistol'
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Commando stands accused alongside two other servicemen
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Court heard marine shot man in chest at close range with a 9mm pistol
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He told him: 'It's nothing you wouldn't do to us' prosecution has claimed

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(CNN) -- CSKA Moscow will play its next home European Champions League match with part of its stadium closed as punishment for racism offenses. Manchester City complained its players had been subjected to "monkey chants" during a match against CSKA at the Arena Khimki on October 23. European football's governing body UEFA announced the sanction on Wednesday, warning CSKA that further incidents of racism would results in graver punishments. "The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has handed down sanctions to CSKA Moscow following incidents during their UEFA Champions League home game against Manchester City," read a UEFA statement. "Specifically, the Control and Disciplinary Body has decided to close sector D of the stadium during the club's next UEFA competition home match.
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UEFA punish CSKA Moscow for racism offenses
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The Russian club will play its next Champions League game with part of the stadium closed
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Racist abuse occurred during CSKA's match against Manchester City on October 23

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Washington (CNN) -- Even though it was Republican party leaders meeting in Washington this week, Hillary Clinton might as well have been there. Does Obama secretly support Hillary Clinton for 2016? In the halls between Republican National Committee meetings, the former secretary of state's name came up in conversation regularly. At a rules committee meeting on Thursday night, Clinton -- the prohibitive favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 -- was referred to as "she who should not be named." And at the powwow's most-watched events, Republicans pledged a laser-like focus on winning back the White House in 2016.
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An RNC committe referred to Hillary Clinton as "she who should not be named"
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RNC member: "It is a party of one giant and a bunch of elves" who might challenge her
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In a recent poll, 65% of Democrats said Clinton would be their choice for 2016
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S.C. GOP chair: "We are doing everything we can do to define her early"

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Germany's 7-1 humiliation of hosts Brazil in the semi-finals of the World Cup had statisticians rewriting history practically every time Joachim Low's side touched the ball. Brazil's dreams of winning the tournament in their home country were effectively ended by a first-half masterclass that saw the Germans score five goals in the opening 29minutes - the fastest time it has ever taken a team to reach that figure in World Cup history. But, that wasn't the only record to fall on an astonishing night in Belo Horizonte... VIDEO Scroll down for German fans celebrate their 7-1 victory over hosts Brazil
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Germany defeated Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals of the World Cup
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The unexpected result broken numerous World Cup records
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This was the joint worse defeat in the history of Brazilian football
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Miroslav Klose's goal made him the tournament's all-time leading scorer

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Swansea's new striker Nelson Oliveira has revealed how Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo influenced his move to the Barclays Premier League. And Oliveira hopes his loan switch from Benfica ends up with him celebrating a special moment against the 'Special One' on Saturday when Jose Mourinho's Chelsea visit the Liberty Stadium. Oliveira has won 14 caps for Portugal but his club career has never really got off the ground in Lisbon and the last two seasons has seen him loaned out to Deportivo La Coruna in Spain and Rennes in France. Portugal international Nelson Oliveira wants to get one over on his compatriot Jose Mourinho on Saturday
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Nelson Oliveira could ease Swansea's striker woes after Wilfried Bony exit
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The Portugal man was advised by Cristiano Ronaldo to move to England
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Oliveira wants to lead Swansea to victory over Chelsea and Jose Mourinho

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(CNN) -- France is the fifth richest country in the world. It is the world's sixth largest exporter. It has the second largest diplomatic network in the world, after the US. It is a member of the UN Security Council. It is the most visited country in the world, welcoming 82 million visitors last year. It is a major nuclear power. It is the true founder of the European Union. And it is in a terrible mess. Socialist Francois Hollande was elected president almost a year ago, ousting the deeply unpopular "Mr Bling," President Nicolas Sarkozy. Read more: Francois Hollande - Fast Facts
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French President Francois Hollande and the country's Socialists are in a strong position
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Despite this, Hollande has made little progress since his election, says John Gaffney
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Gaffney: Hollande "like a stunned bunny in the headlights" of economic reality
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President must act now, and act decisively, to make France admired again, says Gaffney

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(CNN) -- Another day, another record broken. Lionel Messi must sometimes wonder what all the fuss is about but to those in the outside world who remain permanently entranced by the genius contained within his feet, it was another opportunity to unleash a barrage of superlatives towards a football phenomenon. Just days after breaking the record for the top scorer in Spanish football history, Messi went one further, establishing himself as the leading marksman in the history of the European Champions League. Messi scored a hat-trick for Barcelona in its 4-0 victory against Apoel Nicosia in Cyprus on Wednesday to take his tally to 74 goals in 91 appearances.
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Lionel Messi becomes top scorer in Champions League history
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Barcelona star scores hat-trick against Apoel Nicosia
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Messi broke the previous 71-goal record held by Raul
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Luis Suarez scores first goal for Barcelona

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(CNN) -- Hair in the black community is like a religion, resplendent with ritual, devotion, mythology, metaphor, plenty of pomp and circumstance. Black hair arguably is one of the quickest indicators of ethnicity, ethos and sometimes, politics. This past week, two very different children found their very different "ethnic" hairstyles in the spotlight on two very different political stages. Dante de Blasio, the son of New York City mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, is a typical nerdy, smart, shy 16-year-old Brooklyn boy. He has delighted New Yorkers, late-night satirists and America with his charm and awesome afro. When the Big Apple's primary election was held, it garnered national attention at first largely because of the high-profile and high-drama candidate Anthony Weiner. Yet, when it came to the TV campaign ads, liberal Bill de Blasio stole the show.
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Michaela Davis: Two very different children found their hair in the spotlight this past week
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Davis: While Dante de Blasio's afro won hearts, Tiana Parker's dreadlocks got criticized
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She says the "otherness" of black hair is a reminder that there is still bias to overcome
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Davis: Let's hope one day black hairstyles won't trigger powerful emotions or suspicions

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(CNN)  -- A paramedic accused of plotting to extort $25 million from actor John Travolta after his 16-year-old son died in the Bahamas told a jury Wednesday the boy had been dead for some time before the ambulance service was called. John Travolta's 16-year-old son, Jett, died in the Bahamas in January after having a seizure. Tarino Lightbourn said in his statement to the Nassau, Bahamas, jury that a doctor told medics to keep administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Jett Travolta despite knowing the teen was dead, and that the ambulance company was told to transport him to the hospital -- something not usually done if a person was already dead.
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Paramedic on trial, accused of plotting to extort $25 million from John Travolta
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Tarino Lightbourn testifies Jett Travolta had been dead before help was summoned
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In Bahamas, defendants can make statement without being under oath
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Travolta's son died on Grand Bahama island on January 2 after a seizure

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CLICK HERE to read Rob Draper's full match report from Stamford Bridge Having scored 19 goals before injuring his knee against Everton on December 6, Sergio Aguero hasn't looked quite the same player since his comeback, to the obvious detriment of Manchester City's Premier League title hopes. His work in around the penalty area was sharp enough against Chelsea but the most important bit - putting the ball in the back of the net - eldued him once again. The Argentine, an unstoppable force before he limped off in tears clutching his knee at The Etihad nearly two months ago, hasn't scored in any of the four games he's played since his return, and he had good chances  to give City a victory their overall performance deserved.
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Chelsea drew 1-1 with Manchester City in their Premier League clash
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Loic Remy opened the scoring in place of suspended Diego Costa
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David Silva equalised but Sergio Aguero is yet to discover his best form

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Is the era of 5G connectivity upon us? The government in South Korea says so, and it's sinking $1.5 billion into upgrades it says will make mobile communications there 1,000 times faster than they are today. But not so fast. Literally, not so fast. As was the case when smartphones and other mobile devices first started having 4G slapped on them, the term 5G is as much a marketing slogan as anything else -- at this point, anyway. And if technophiles in the United States are hoping Korea's announcement means warp-speed data connections are coming their way in the near future, they're going to be disappointed.
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South Korea says they're spending $1.5 billion on a "5G" network
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The nation's science ministry promises new network in 2020
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Cellular networks in the U.S. likely will linger behind

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After a 10-year chase taking it billions of miles across the solar system, the Rosetta spacecraft made history Wednesday as it became the first probe to rendezvous with a comet on its journey around the sun. "Thruster burn complete. Rosetta has arrived at comet 67P. We're in orbit!" announced the European Space Agency, which is leading the ambitious project, on Twitter. Rosetta fired its thrusters on its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, known as "Chury" for short, on Wednesday morning. Half an hour after the burn, scientists announced that the craft had entered into the orbit of the streaking comet.
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Rosetta is attempting to become first spacecraft to orbit and land on a comet
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European Space Agency's 10-year mission has taken Rosetta billions of miles across solar system
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Scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets
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The robotic lander Philae is due to touch down in November

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(CNN)Iran blasted its mock-up of a U.S. aircraft carrier during naval drills on Wednesday, swarming the target with 100 speedboats armed with rockets, shoulder-launched missiles and mortars as well as striking it with cruise missiles, according to reports from Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency. Iran said the aircraft carrier target was a full-size replica of the USS Nimitz. "Iranian naval forces displayed their skills in targeting enemy vessels and destroyed a mock U.S. aircraft carrier during the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy's massive Payambar-e Azam 9 (The Great Prophet 9) wargames in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz," read a video caption on Fars' website.
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Iranian military drills target mock-up of USS Nimitz
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Speedboats and cruise missiles are used in the naval drills
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U.S. described fake carrier as akin to Hollywood set

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On June 24 in Natal, Luis Suarez contributed the single most memorable act of this summer’s World Cup when he bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. It set off a chain of events that ultimately saw the Uruguayan sold to Barcelona By coincidence, also playing that day was the man who has now transpired to be Suarez’s unlikely replacement at Liverpool and it is the evidence of that hot afternoon in north-east Brazil that, as much as anything, goes to show just how big a gamble Brendan Rodgers is taking in bringing Mario Balotelli back to the Barclays Premier League. VIDEO Scroll down to watch the biggest, badest and best moments of Mario Balotelli
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Liverpool planning to keep a close eye on Balotelli's behaviour
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Reds have had a £16m bid accepted by for the Italian international
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Liverpool officials met Balotelli’s representatives  on Thursday night
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Striker left Manchester City in 2013, and has scored 30 goals for Milan
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Balotelli offered £90,000-a-week by the Reds
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Brendan Rodgers searching for another striker after selling Luis Suarez
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Liverpool face Balotelli's former club Manchester City on Monday

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(CNN) -- By 2023, hideously powerful technology companies like the Weyland Corporation will rule the world. At least that's the storyline in "Prometheus," Ridley Scott's much-anticipated prequel to "Aliens," which will be released next month. "We can create cybernetic individuals who are indistinguishable from us," Peter Weyland, the hubristic CEO of the Weyland Corporation, boasts in a teaser for the film. "We are the gods now." While the roguish Weyland might be an invention, Scott's imaginary 2023 is no longer pure science fiction. Even today, big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple mimic "the gods" in their acquisition of vast wealth and power.
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Tech giants such as Google, Facebook and Apple increasingly resemble fictional Weyland Corporation depicted in Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," says Andrew Keen
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Keen: While their value exceeds the GDP of medium-sized countries, these companies display scant social concern
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Keen predicts an "unhappy ending" if firms like Google, Facebook and Apple "continue to amass such unnatural power and wealth."

Question: @placeholder has just got its first license to operate its self-driving cars, but will it need and apply for a similar license to finance the exploration of space in its pursuit of "human progress?"


(EW.com) -- This year, Showtime's ground-breaking TV series "Weeds" will come to a close. The premium network will conclude series creator Jenji Kohan's acclaimed pot comedy after eight seasons. Weeds helped pave the way for other daring cable shows and made Showtime a competitive force in the original series game. "There were two shows, 'Weeds' and 'Dexter,' that really got Showtime taken seriously for cutting-edge original programming," says Showtime entertainment president David Nevins. "How they get brought home is really important. In this case, both for the sake of the two women behind the show [Kohan and Golden Globe-winning star Mary-Louise Parker] and an audience that's really invested in the show. TV fans love nothing better than to complain about how shows end and we really want to end this one the right way."
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Showtime has announced it will cease production of its hit show "Weeds"
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The series starred Mary-Louise Parker as a suburban pot dealer
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The final season of "Weeds" premieres July 1

Question: For more exclusive news about @placeholder' final season, pick up this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly.


Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Australian authorities most likely will announce the next search area for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Thursday, a senior Malaysian official told CNN on condition of anonymity Wednesday. The search area will be "refined," rather than brand new, and still will be in the southern Indian Ocean, where previous underwater explorations have failed to find the aircraft, the official said. Flight 370 disappeared over Southeast Asia on March 8, and searchers have found no trace of the Boeing 777 or the 239 people aboard, making it one of the biggest mysteries in aviation history. The flight had been scheduled to go from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Beijing.
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Search area will be refined rather than brand new, Malaysian official said
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Analysts have been re-evaluating satellite data
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Experts recommended shifting the search hundreds of miles in the southern Indian Ocean
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Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared on March 8 with 239 people aboard

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By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 09:22 EST, 22 May 2012 | UPDATED: 09:32 EST, 22 May 2012 'Despicable': Rebecca Oxley have been convicted to four years imprisonment for the mugging A ‘despicable’ mugger who injured a frail grandmother while robbing her of her purse blamed the elderly victim for her injuries - because she refused to let go. Vile heroin addict Rebecca Oxley, 36, pulled 75-year-old Irene Bracewell to the floor as she tried to run away with her wallet after asking the pensioner for her spare change. The victim tried to cling onto her purse but fell flat on her face and was left stricken on the floor as Ms Oxley ran off with the item containing just £15.
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Heroin addict Rebecca Oxley, 36, pulled a 75-year-old grandmother to the floor in a mugging
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Irene Bracewell fell when she would not give up her money

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By Ben Spencer for the Daily Mail Another hurricane is heading our way - but rather than battening down the hatches, it might be time to reach for the sunglasses. Hurricane Cristobal, which is gathering speed in the Bahamas, is forecast to narrowly miss Britain at the end of the week. Experts say it will drag an area of high pressure behind it, creating a dry, warm and sunny start to September - a welcome relief after the end-of-August washout created spectacular scenes over the Seven Sisters cliffs in Sussex. Scroll down for video Silver lining: Hurricane Cristobal is forecast to narrowly miss Britain next week, dragging warmer weather in its wake. Pictured are the cliffs at Seven Sisters, Sussex
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Hurricane Cristobal forecast to narrowly miss Britain next week - but drag behind it warm, dry and sunny weather
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Washout end to August has produced spectacular scenes including rainbow over Seven Sisters cliffs in Sussex

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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution Friday that says it supports "all Iranians who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties and the rule of law." Throngs in Tehran cheer Thursday for defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, center. The resolution was approved by 405 lawmakers, while one -- Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas -- voted against it. Two others, Reps. Brad Ellsworth, D-Indiana, and Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, voted "present." In a statement on his Web site, Paul said he voted against the measure because he is "always very cautious about 'condemning' the actions of governments overseas."
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NEW: Lone dissenter: "We know very little ... about what is happening in Iran"
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House votes 405-1 for resolution supporting democracy in Iran
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Republican Sen. John McCain offers similar resolution in Senate
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McCain, other Republicans criticize President Obama's warning against "meddling"

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Belgium are hoping for a quick recovery over the weekend from first choice defenders Vincent Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen as both remain doubtful for their World Cup match against the United States on Tuesday. Anthony Vanden Borre was ruled out of the tournament on Friday after a scan revealed a crack in his fibula while back-up defender Laurent Ciman is also on the injury list as the team prepare for their last 16 match in Salvador. Vanden Borre will be out for at least six weeks, said coach Marc Wilmots via Twitter. His fellow right back Ciman has a groin strain.
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Belgium duo Vincent Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen may miss Belgium's last 16 clash against USA
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Kompany missed Belgium's clash against South Korea on Thursday
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Vermaelen is recovering from a hamstring injury
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Anthony Vanden Borre is out of the rest World Cup with a cracked fibula

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Maroua, Cameroon (CNN) -- Nigeria's Boko Haram is responsible for kidnapping a French priest in neighboring Cameroon -- the same day the U.S. government labeled the group a terrorist organization -- said the governor of Cameroon's Far North region. Though Gov. Fonka Awa Augustine ordered his region's border with Nigeria closed, it may be too late, as eyewitnesses reported seeing the armed militants cross into Nigeria on motorcycles after Wednesday's kidnapping. "This is shocking," the governor said Friday. "All expatriates should restrict their movement in this region. They should stay within much secured areas and avoid visiting touristic sites." The priest, Georges Vandenbeusch, was snatched from his parish church in Nguetchewe, about 11 kilometers (7 miles) from the Nigerian border, security officials said.
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Governor orders border with Nigeria closed after witnesses say militants crossed over
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French priest was snatched by Boko Haram, a group waging a "war on Christians"
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State Department calls Boko Haram a terror outfit, accusing it of thousands of killings
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Bullets left in priest's home may be warning sign that group is willing to fight, officials say

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By Hugo Duncan PUBLISHED: 19:40 EST, 20 March 2013 | UPDATED: 02:47 EST, 21 March 2013 George Osborne yesterday handed the Bank of England sweeping new powers to kick-start the economy – following talks with its new Canadian governor. In a shake-up of monetary policy, the Chancellor said the central bank should focus on boosting jobs and growth and not just controlling inflation. But the change of direction has fuelled fears Britain faces a prolonged period of record low interest rates and above-target inflation in a crushing blow to savers and pensioners. Campaigners accused the Chancellor of ‘a disgraceful betrayal of Britain’s savers’.
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Chancellor handed new powers to Bank of England in bid to boost growth
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George Osborne said Bank should focus on boosting jobs - not just inflation
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Move outlined in Budget has been signed off by incoming governor

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Africa has its first white head of state since the horrors of apartheid after the death of the charismatic Zambian president dubbed 'King Cobra'. Vice president Guy Scott was named the country's acting leader today ahead of a presidential election in three months to formally replace Michael Sata, who died last night aged 77. Born in Zambia in 1944, Cambridge-educated Scott entered politics more than 20 years ago following in the footsteps of his father, a key critic of the country's former British colonisers. Scroll down for video Forthright: Zambian president Michael Sata (left), who has died aged 77, was dubbed 'King Cobra' for his venomous verbal barbs to his opponents. He has been replaced by his vice president Guy Scott (right)
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Guy Scott named as acting leader after death of president Michael Sata
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Father of eight Sata rose from being porter at London station in 1960s
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For 2011 election he drove 'Noah's Ark from poverty' speedboat trailer
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He earned nickname with venomous barbs directed at his enemies
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Supporters said he was a reformer who promised new wave of jobs
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He has died in London after not being seen in public since September

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An Oregon woman accused of beating her 4-year-old son to death believed the boy was gay and that was a motive behind the murder, according to the prosecution. Jessica Dutro's son Zachary died in August 2012, days after collapsing at the homeless shelter where his family was living southwest of Portland. Washington County Judge Don Letourneau ruled Wednesday, after jurors were released for the day, that a Facebook message from Dutro to her boyfriend was admissible evidence. On trial: Jessica Dutro (left) is accused of beating her 4-year-old son to death with the help of her boyfriend, Brian Canady (right), because she thought the toddler was gay
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Jessica Dutro, 25, charged with murder in August 2012 death of her son Zachary Dutro-Boggess
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Dutro's boyfriend, Brian Canady, 25, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault, and agreed to testify against the mother
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Miss Dutro sent Facebook message to Canady saying that Zachary 'walks and talks like it [gay]', and that the boyfriend would have to 'work on' him
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Dutro's 7-year-old daughter told detectives how her mother and Canady repeatedly beat Zachary until he 'got dead'
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Doctor who examined 4-year-old testified that contents of his ripped bowels leaked into his body for at least two days
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All of Zachary's siblings also showed signs of abuse, exceot for Dutro and Canady's infant son

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They are two of the most ambitious firms in the hi-tech space - and could combine to put the internet in orbit and accessible to everyone. Google is set to invest in Elon Musk's plan to launch a constellation of satellites in space. The firm is already developing its own hi-altitude balloons to deliver access to remote areas. Scroll down for video Elon Musk, (pictured) says he wants to build a second internet in space, which could one day be used to enable people living on Mars to get online Mark Zuckerburg revealed solar-powered drones, satellites and lasers are all being developed in the firm's labs to deliver the internet to underdeveloped countries.
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Plan builds on SpaceX founder's aim to connect remote parts of the world
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Entrepreneur said a space internet could one day be used to enable any people living on Mars to get online - although this is in the far future
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Google mulling 'very large' investment in project

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(CNN Student News) -- January 14, 2010 Download PDF maps related to today's show: • Port-au-Prince, Haiti • China Transcript THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Today, we are exploring the connection between your education and your community's economy. Thank you for spending part of your Thursday with CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz. Let's go. First Up: Quake Update AZUZ: Massive devastation, severe loss of life, uncertainty about what to do or where to go: That is what is facing survivors of Tuesday's deadly earthquake in Haiti. The Caribbean island nation is home to around 9 million people. The Red Cross says that one out of every three of those residents was affected by this quake.
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Learn about the devastation caused by a massive earthquake in Haiti
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Find out why Google is pulling the plug on self-censorship in China
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Understand how students can help their communities by getting diplomas
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Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories

Question: VAUSE: If Google really does pull out of @placeholder, it could come with huge financial cost.


New York (CNN) -- The newspaper that published an online, interactive map of handgun permit holders in two suburban New York counties hired armed guards to protect its office after negative backlash from the map publication, according to a local police report. The January 1 report from the Clarkstown police department in Rockland County confirms the presence of armed private security guards at the Journal News. The incident report stemmed from e-mail responses to the newspaper's online map. The police statement says Caryn McBride, the paper's Rockland editor, reported "that she received an e-mail from an unknown subject who wrote that he wondered what (she) would get in her mail now."
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A newspaper in suburban New York published an online map of handgun permit-holders
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The publication triggered strong response, including e-mails
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An editor at the paper reported one e-mail to police
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The resulting police report confirms private armed guards were hired by the paper

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(CNN) -- All the world's a stage for Kim Kardashian, and we are merely players. Kim is everywhere. She's on the cover of six magazines and counting: People, US, In Touch, OK, Star and OK! Her wedding/divorce/possible reconciliation has dominated the cybersphere and Hollywood news shows: "Access Hollywood," "Inside Edition," E!, TMZ. This is bigger than the Super Bowl and Christmas rolled into one. Kim should not just have her own TV shows, she should have her own network: KTV, all Kim, all the time. And even though the news du jour focuses on her marriage ending, which by the very nature of a marriage means two people are involved, the media barely mention her soon-to-be ex-husband. He's just a prop. He's akin to "The Brady Bunch's" Greg Brady when Greg was cast as "Johnny Bravo" simply because the ornate jacket fit.
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Dean Obeidallah: We're obessed with Kim Kardashian: She's on six magazine covers
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He says news about her at least gave everybody a respite from the real news
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But we should be paying just as much attention to political issues, Obeidallah says
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Left on its own, Congress votes on national motto, he writes. We need to keep it on task

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(CNN) -- Egypt's presidential race has been a political roller coaster. After banning 10 candidates earlier this month, the country's election commission banned and unbanned this week yet another well-known candidate, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, although the constitutional court is still reviewing that decision. The remaining front-runners for president speak a similar language on the need for economic reform and political transition, but they hold very different positions on the role of Islam in a new Egypt. In this sense, the presidential election will be an important indicator of how much weight Egyptians give to Islam as a factor in their political life. It will not be the only factor in their decision, which will no doubt turn on questions of personality and name recognition as much as anything. But a vote for a candidate with more conservative Islamist leanings -- and there is evidence of strong support for such candidates -- will likely influence the writing of the constitution, with potential for a long-lasting impact on the rights of minorities and women in particular.
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Isobel Coleman says Egyptian vote a roller coaster; unclear how big a role Islam will play
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Military's disqualifications of candidates raise question about election's fairness, she says
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She says secularist Amir Moussa, a front-runner, faces challenge from Islamist candidate
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Coleman: Votes for Muslim Brotherhood's Morsi could mean trouble for minorities, women

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Nestor Ortigoza scored the most important penalty in San Lorenzo's 106-year history as the Argentine side won South America's Libertadores Cup for the first time with a 2-1 aggregate victory over Paraguay's Nacional on Wednesday. Midfielder Ortigoza's first-half spotkick gave San Lorenzo a 1-0 home win after the teams, who had never before reached the final, drew 1-1 in the first leg in Asuncion last week. 'The Saints', who qualified for the Club World Cup with the win, have finally managed to shake off the tag of being the only one of Argentina's 'Big Five' never to have won the trophy.
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Argentine side San Lorenzo defeated Paraguay's Nacional to lift the South America Libertadores Cup for the first time in their 106-year history
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Nestor Ortigoza's penalty secured a 1-0 home win and 2-1 aggregate victory
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San Lorenzo qualify for the Club World Cup in December with the triumph

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By Daily Mail Reporters PUBLISHED: 17:02 EST, 13 February 2013 | UPDATED: 16:55 EST, 14 February 2013 Newlyweds: Stephanie Stevenson and Rob Mowlam married aboard the Carnival Triumph on Saturday A Texan couple who got married aboard the stricken Carnival Triumph vessel on Friday have said they have not even started thinking about a honeymoon yet - but 'it won't be a cruise'. Rob Mowlam, 37 and Stephanie Stevenson, 27 of Nederland, Texas were married by the ship's captain on on Saturday night, but the next day an engine fire disabled the 900-foot vessel. As it continues its slow journey towards Mobile, Alabama on Thursday, Mowlam has spoken about the 'pretty rough conditions' on board and their desperation to get back to Stevenson's two young sons.
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Rob Mowlam, 37 and Stephanie Stevenson, 27, were married on Saturday night aboard the stricken Carnival Triumph cruise liner
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The next day the cruise liner suffered an fire in the engine room and is now being towed back to Mobile, Alabama

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Violence wracked Yemen yet again Thursday -- this time in the form of dual car bomb attacks purportedly carried out by al Qaeda militants targeting fighters from the minority, albeit powerful, Houthi group. At least nine Houthi fighters died in the attacks on a strategic Houthi camp at the airport of western Yemen's port city of Hodiedah, a local Interior Ministry official and medics told CNN. Medics expected the death toll to rise as some of about a dozen people injured in the attacks are in critical condition. The bloodshed speaks to the dangers and instability in the Arab nation, though this time not involving anyone with the Yemeni government. Instead, it is Houthis -- followers of a sect of Shia Islam in a country where Sunni Muslims are the majority -- who find themselves in the fight.
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Dual car bombs target Houthi fighters in the Yemeni city of Hodiedah
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Medics and a Yemeni official say at least 9 Houthi fighters were killed, and the toll may rise
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Al Qaeda claims responsibility; it has stepped up attacks on minority Houthis of late

Question: Scores died in resulting violence, and two @placeholder prime ministers resigned in two weeks before the powerful rebel group and representatives of major political parties signed a ceasefire in September.


(CNN) -- Life had not quite worked out the way Fuad Ibrahim had planned. A few years ago the whole world was laid out at the 21-year-old American striker's feet. Ibee, as he is known by his coaches and teammates, was considered one of the most naturally talented players ever to emerge in U.S. soccer. He was quickly brought into the national team set up, playing in every game at the Under-17 World Cup finals. At the age of 16 he was the second youngest player ever to be drafted into the MLS. Perhaps prophetically, the youngest was Freddy Adu, a name that has become a euphemism for talent unfulfilled.
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This weekend sees the start of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa
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Former winners Ethiopia have qualified for their first AFCoN in 31 years
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In the squad is former U.S. Under-20 international Fuad Ibrahim
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The 21-year-old raised in Minnesota before being picked up by Ethiopia

Question: "If I ask you to name five @placeholder players, I am sure you will have a problem."


(CNN) -- The King is dead -- or so they say, even though his original crypt is empty. And one person could soon own the place that served as Elvis Presley's first, but not final, resting place, by being the highest bidder. Starting the middle of next month, Julien's Auctions of Beverly Hills, California, will conduct the sale of the crypt, which is part of a large granite and marble mausoleum at Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. This is no fleeting prize: The winner or their loved one can be interred for all of eternity exactly where Presley and his mother were for about two months.
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Elvis Presley was found dead in his Graceland mansion in August 1977
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He was first interred at a crypt in a Memphis cemetery, with his late mother
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Two months later, both were disinterred and buried on Graceland's grounds
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His original crypt at Forest Hill Cemetery is now being auctioned off

Question: Unless conspiracy theorists are to be believed -- in which case a 77-year-old Presley may be still snacking on peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches on some secluded isle -- the late legendary singer is currently buried in the meditation garden at @placeholder, his Memphis estate.


Washington (CNN) -- The House and the Senate aren't going to have all of the fun this election year. Governors are sure to get a slice of the pie with 36 races on tap. While not as high-profile as many congressional races, gubernatorial campaigns are statewide races and can reveal political and policy trends that play out nationally. Governors often drive legislative agendas in their states and many possess broad authority to act unilaterally on policy and other matters that can impact millions of people. States enacted around 40,000 laws last year on issues that ranged from same-sex marriage to the use of teen tanning beds.
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There are 36 gubernatorial races on tap in 2014
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Twenty-nine Republicans are governors, giving them an edge over Democrats
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Being a state chief executive is often a springboard for higher office
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Florida and Ohio offer key races and are presidential battlegrounds

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American Sniper has shattered box office records and expectations - raking in more than $110 million in four weeks - but that success is going to affect the murder trial of Chris Kyle's accused killer, according to attorneys in the case. Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh will face court on February 11, two years after he allegedly shot Kyle dead at a Texas firing range  as he battled Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Routh is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. While the shooting of Kyle does not feature in American Sniper, with the war drama coming to a close with footage of his funeral, Routh's attorneys the scope of the film - from the amount of people seeing it in cinemas, to the press it is receiving and Oscar nominations - will affect the outcome of the jury.
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Former Marine Eddie Ray Routh will face court on February 11
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Charged with murdering 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle two years ago
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Routh's attorney's believe the prevalence of the film American Sniper will make it almost impossible to pick an impartial jury
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The film has already amassed $110 million at the US box office
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Was nominated for six Academy Awards

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Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a suicide bombing Monday at a military airfield, the latest incident in a spike in violence after the burning of Qurans by NATO troops last week. At least nine people were killed and 12 wounded in the early-morning explosion near the front gate of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force base at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan, according to Gen. Abdulla Hazim Stanikzai, the provincial police chief. There were no NATO casualties. The Taliban insurgency said the attack was in retaliation for the Quran burning and said it hoped the attacks will continue "with the anger of the public."
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A suicide bomber targeted a NATO base, an official says
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At least 9 people are killed and 12 wounded in the explosion, the official says
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Another attack of "some significance" reported near Pakistani border
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Food at a NATO base appears to have been contaminated, ISAF says

Question: "Yes, tension is high here in @placeholder right now, but across the country at large, the mission continues, and we're seeing the protest activity decline."


By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 06:36 EST, 5 April 2012 | UPDATED: 08:42 EST, 5 April 2012 As the famous caped crusader, Batman is known for hunting down the infamous criminals of Gotham City and saving many lives in the process. But for one would-be superhero, he has managed to land himself in hot water for behaviour which is out-of-character for Bruce Wayne. Christopher Schwartz, known as 'Bar Harbor Batman,' has made appearances at parties and summer parades in the Maine area dressed as Batman. In trouble: Christopher Schwartz, known as 'Bar Harbor Batman,' posted on Facebook that he would blow up a hospital unless he was paid $1 million. The April Fool's joke resulted in him being arrested on a terrorizing charge
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Christopher Schwartz posted on Facebook that he would blow up a hospital unless he was paid $1 million
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He is known as 'Bar Harbor Batman' and regularly dresses up as the superhero at parties and parades
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April Fool's Day post was reported to police officers who  arrested him on a terrorizing charge

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Hundreds of people are dead as the worst Ebola virus outbreak in history sweeps through West Africa. It began as a handful of cases in Guinea in March but quickly spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia. Here are nine things to know about what the World Health Organization calls "one of the world's most virulent diseases." Why does Ebola generate such fear? Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) describes Ebola as "one of the world's most deadly diseases." "It is a highly infectious virus that can kill up to 90% of the people who catch it, causing terror among infected communities," it says.
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Ebola causes viral hemorrhagic fever and kills up to 90% of people who catch it
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It's named after the Ebola River in DRC, where one of first outbreaks occurred in 1976
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Symptoms can take between two and 21 days to appear after victim contracts virus
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Humans contract Ebola through contact with bodily fluids of infected animals or humans

Question: Nonetheless, @placeholder does advise public health authorities to carry out contact tracing in such instances."


By Mark Duell and David Wilkes PUBLISHED: 04:57 EST, 30 September 2013 | UPDATED: 19:03 EST, 30 September 2013 Like many a suburban bungalow, Chris Weller's has a pond and a cat flap. However the pond is in his conservatory... and you might get a shock at what waddles through the cat flap. For Mr Weller, 66, shares his home with Caesar the crocodile. The bachelor spent £23,000 converting the property in Rochester, Kent and has moved to the safety of the loft so that his pet is free to roam. Mr Weller bought Caesar, a spectacled caiman native to the rainforests of central America, six years ago when he was less than 1 ft long.
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Chris Weller, 66, keeps seven-year-old Caesar at his bungalow in Kent
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Bought 5ft 6in companion in 2007 and converted downstairs of home
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House has three-lock system to keep him behind at least three doors

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(CNN) -- As the Democratic National Convention gets underway in Charlotte, North Carolina, here's some trivia on memorable Democratic convention moments, as well as some fun facts about the oldest and youngest headliners and African American candidates. Memorable Democratic convention speeches • In her keynote 1988 speech, Texas state treasurer and future governor Ann Richards declared that George H.W. Bush was "born with a silver foot in his mouth." • In his speech to the 1980 Democratic convention, Sen. Ted Kennedy said, "For me, a few hours ago, this campaign came to an end. For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
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Memorable moment: future Texas governor Ann Richards said Bush '41' was born with a "silver foot in his mouth"
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DNC: Barack Obama was the last African American to deliver a keynote address in 2004
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RNC: John Lynch was the last African American to keynote a Republican convention in 1884
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In 1992, then-candidate Bill Clinton got a boost of 16 points after the DNC, going from 40% to 56%

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WASHINGTON (CNN)  -- A Senate subcommittee Tuesday tackled one of the most contentious issues in U.S. sports: the fairness of the Bowl Championship Series that decides the top college football team each season. Tim Tebow, right, of the Florida Gators talks to coaches at the 2009 BCS national championship game January 8. Convened by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the hearing by the Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee provided a sounding board for his state's disappointment over the inability of the undefeated University of Utah to qualify for the BCS national championship game last January. The BCS operates under an agreement among the major college football conferences that decides which teams qualify for the biggest bowl games each season, including the national championship game.
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Convened by GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah
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Utah went undefeated and beat Alabama in Sugar Bowl last season, noted Hatch
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But BCS ranking system kept Utah out of national championship game, he said
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Teams in championship game each had one loss on their records, Hatch noted

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