By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 12:22 EST, 22 January 2014 | UPDATED: 14:02 EST, 22 January 2014 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's recent spate of scandals are troublesome enough to get in the way of his mission as chairman of the powerful Republican Governors Association, former Virginia attorney general and losing 2013 gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli said Tuesday. The RGA controls a $150 million purse collected to help Republicans win governor's races. Christie has the group's reins for a one-year term. Cuccinelli referred to Christie's 'Bridgegate' scandal and claims that his administration used Hurricane Sandy relief dollars as political leverage, telling CNN that it 'makes sense' for him to step down.
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Losing candidate for Virginia governor wants Christie gone from the organization that shut off the money spigot in his political race
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Ken Cuccinelli lost by a narrow margin to Bill Clinton's former fundraising chief despite closing a huge gap in the final weeks
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But Chris Christie declined to spend time campaigning for 'Cooch,' even though his own New jersey race was a cakewalk
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And the Republican Governors Association, some Virginia GOP insiders think, abandoned them when victory was within reach
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Now Cuccinelli claims Christie's 'Bridgegate' scandal will drag down other governors, meaning he should step down as the RGA's chairman

Question: Ken Cuccinelli's camp believed that Christie could have won the race for them if he had shown up in person to campaign in @placeholder -- and that the RGA torpedoed them by stopping the flow of money in the race's crucial final weeks


Plans for TV debates ahead of next year’s General Election are in chaos, with growing doubts over whether they will take place. Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been offered a slot in one of the debates under plans unveiled by broadcasters yesterday. One debate would be be a straight fight between Tory David Cameron and Labour's Ed Miliband, a second debate will also feature Lib Dem Nick Clegg, but in the third Mr Farage will also join the line-up. But the plans were immediately plunged into chaos amid threats of legal action, with the Lib Dems opposing any attempt to exclude Mr Clegg, Ukip suggesting Mr Farage should be included in more than one and the Greens and Respect demanding a place.
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TV firms unveil details of three debates ahead of general election in May
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Channel 4 and Sky to host straight fight between Cameron and Miliband
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BBC offers a debate between Cameron, Miliband and Clegg
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ITV promising a four-way debate with three leaders plus Nigel Farage
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Move sparks row, with Lib Dems demanding Clegg be included in all three
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David Cameron says there are 'some questions' about the proposal
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Respect MP George Galloway offers to join Green  party in legal action

Question: Mr @placeholder suggested that he would only be willing to take part in a debate against Mr Farage if other minor parties are included, such as the Greens.


(CNN) -- They laughed, they cried, they celebrated a young life lost too soon. Those attending Jessica Ghawi's memorial service Saturday at a San Antonio church heard numerous adjectives describing the hockey fan and aspiring sports broadcaster. "Spitfire." "Spunky." "Clumsy." "Tough." The descriptions punctuated a service that lauded the life of a woman killed while in pursuit of her dreams. Ghawi was among the 12 killed in the July 20 mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. Dozens of others were wounded. Her service was one of four held Saturday for victims of the massacre. Matt McQuinn was remembered in Springfield, Ohio; Alex Teves was honored in Phoenix; while a private funeral was held in Illinois for John T. Larimer.
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NEW: A shooting victim has a miscarriage while being treated at a hospital, her family says
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Alex Teves and Matt McQuinn, who both died while shielding his girlfriend, are remembered
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A service is held for Jessica Ghawi, as is a funeral for U.S. Navy sailor John Larimer
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12 died and scores were wounded in last week's attack at a Colorado movie theater

Question: Attendees, including Teves' parents, attended the memorial service in white T-shirts and blue jeans, just as @placeholder routinely did while in high school and beyond.


Hong Kong (CNN) -- The disgraced politician at the center of China's biggest political scandal in years has been linked to a criminal act for the first time since he was removed from office, the state-run Xinhua news agency has reported. Bo Xilai, who was head of the Communist Party in the southwestern city of Chongqing and once seen as a future president, was reportedly warned by his former right-hand man that his wife was suspected of murder. The revelation came during this week's trial of Wang Lijun, Bo's former police chief and vice mayor in Chongqing. In the first official account of the two-day hearing, the court was told that Wang was "angrily rebuked" and slapped on the face by Bo -- who the report referred to as the major official in charge of Chongqing's municipal party committee -- when he revealed his suspicions, Xinhua said.
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Bo Xilai's former right-hand man said he warned his boss his wife was a murder suspect
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Wang Lijun was stranding trial for abuse of power, defection and bribe-taking
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Wang is also accused of covering up for Gu Kailai, who was convicted of murder
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Gu was jailed in August for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood last year

Question: He told police: "Once @placeholder was slapped, the hostility between Wang and Bo came out into the open."

Question: He told police: "Once Wang was slapped, the hostility between @placeholder and Bo came out into the open."


Health experts assembled by the White House conceded on Friday that a second case of Ebola could be identified in the U.S. But they defiantly insisted that the epidemic plaguing western Africa will not rise to the level of a major American outbreak. The deaths of approximately 3,500 people in western African nations are due to lax public health procedures and infrastructure – problems the United States doesn't face – according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Obama's homeland security assistant Lisa Monaco, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Raj Shah.
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Press briefing told by two different experts that another case could be coming after a Liberian man brought Ebola to Texas
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NIH chief warns that 'cataclysmic nature' of Ebola will make people scared since 'it kills in a high percentage, and it kills quickly'
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Confident health czars insist that US public health infrastructure will protect Americans
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Obama deputy says 'dozens and dozens of people have been stopped from getting on flights' in Africa
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First American-diagnosed patient lied on his exit documents and said he wasn't around contagious people
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President Obama has no plans to personally address the nation about the disease crisis that has gripped Americans' attention

Question: 'I never say I'm not concerned,' @placeholder responded, 'because that's interpreted as taking something lightly.


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 Burnley's home clash with QPR... Burnley vs Queens Park Rangers (Turf Moor) Team news Burnley Burnley captain Jason Shackell could be back in contention for Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash with QPR at Turf Moor after a calf injury. The centre-back's return would ease defensive problems following the loss of Kevin Long, who has had successful anterior cruciate ligament surgery this week, and with Michael Duff (calf) probably not quite ready for action.
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Jason Shackell could return to Burnley defence following calf injury
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David Jones available for Clarets following bout of illness
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But Kevin Long is out for the long term following successful surgery
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Matt Taylor and Stephen Ward also remain out for Sean Dyche's side
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Mauro Zarate set to make QPR debut after loan switch from West Ham

Question: @placeholder have managed just six headers on target this season, fewer than any other team in the top flight.


Hailey, Idaho (CNN) -- No one here knew exactly where he was or what he was going through, but this tiny city in Idaho never forgot about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Yellow balloons and American flags line the sidewalks of Hailey, population 8,000. Residents planted one tree for each of the five years Bergdahl was held captive in Afghanistan. Now, uncertainty has given way to elation as the Army sergeant has been released from his captors -- in exchange for freeing five Taliban members held at Guantanamo Bay. "There were times where we wondered, but (parents) Jani and Bob Bergdahl never once gave up faith that their son was coming home to them," family friend Stefanie O'Neill said.
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NEW: Official: "We had an urgent matter, and we had an opportunity, and we seized it"
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U.S. "does not leave its men and women behind," White House spokesman says
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was released after 5 years of captivity in Afghanistan
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He is at a medical center in Germany and will likely be transferred to Texas

Question: "The recovery and reintegration of @placeholder is a work in progress," Bob Bergdahl told reporters Sunday, one day after his son was freed.

Question: Bergdahl's condition on Monday was stable, and he was "receiving treatment for conditions that require hospitalization," a @placeholder defense official told CNN.


Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) -- Iran appears keen to progress swiftly toward a deal reining back its nuclear program in return for relief from international sanctions that have crippled its economy, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday. She was speaking on the eve of a fresh round of talks scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Geneva between the five permanent -- and nuclear-armed -- members of the U.N. Security Council, along with Germany and Iran. "For the first time, we believe Iran is ready to move this process forward quickly. For the first time, we're not seeing them just use this as a way of buying time," the senior U.S. administration official told journalists in a background briefing.
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Senior U.S. official: "We believe Iran is ready to move this process forward quickly"
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Talks set for Thursday and Friday in Geneva with Security Council, Germany and Iran
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Tough international sanctions have hobbled Iran's oil-driven economy
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United States accuses Iran of covertly developing a nuclear bomb; Iran denies this

Question: In @placeholder, we will get into the details of the steps, and we hope to bring closer the views of both sides, which are [currently] far apart," Araqchi said.


The cyclist whose collision with a CBS executive's wife ultimately led to her death is believed to have top ratings on a fitness app which allows users to race each other. Jason Marshall, 31, who hit 59-year-old Jill Tarlov while she was walking through Central Park last Thursday, is said to be an avid user of Strava, a service which allows riders to challenge one another and share their locations via GPS. It has a ranking system where cyclists can record their times over 2.5million different routes in a bid to become KOM - or King Of The Mountain - or complete various 'achievements'.
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Jason Marshall crashed into Jill Tarlov while riding through Central Park
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She was left brain dead by the collision and died on Monday
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Marshall, 31, is said to be an avid user of the racing app called Strava
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It uses GPS so riders can race each other over stretches of road
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The saxophonists had completed four 'fastest time achievements' in New York before the tragic collision
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There have been two lawsuits associated with the app in the last four years
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Marshall has not been charged with any crime but police are still investigating the incident

Question: Victim: @placeholder, pictured, suffered severe head injuries during the crash last Friday and died in hospital on Monday.


By Beth Stebner and David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 20:53 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 21:11 EST, 27 March 2013 Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new book, Lean In - offering advice for how women can get ahead in the workplace - has received a mixed range of reviews from critics but none as harsh as a tweet sent to one particular negative reviewer. Former head of public relations at Facebook Brandee Barker, who is working on promoting Sandberg’s book, sent the abusive tweet on Wednesday after becoming infuriated at the review that appeared in Dissent magazine written by another ex-Facebooker, Katherine Losse.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's new book 'Lean In' and its advice for working women has met with mixed reviews
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Former Zuckerberg speechwriter Katherine Losse has written a highly negative critique of it which also attacked her former boss
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The review prompted the Brandee Barker, a former Facebook PR who is helping to promote the book, to send her the mean tweet

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By Damien Gayle and Reuters When Leon Gautier landed on Sword Beach in a hail of enemy fire on June 6, 1944 the last thing he expected was that 70 years later one of the 'Boches' he was fighting against would be a friend and neighbour. Yet today, Mr Gautier, now 91, and Johannes Boerner, 88, live side-by-side in the very town where the French commando came ashore in the first wave of the D-Day invasion. They are two of the dwindling number of veterans of the Allies' Normandy landings and the ensuing three-month battle to push German forces back on the western front of Nazi-occupied Europe.
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Leon Gautier, 91, and Johannes Boerner, 88, live side-by-side in Ouistreham
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That's the very town where Gautier landed as a commando on D-Day, 1944
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Both men served in units that suffered heavy losses in the ensuing battle

Question: Hungry, lice-ridden and demoralised, Mr @placeholder and his comrades from dispersed German units rifled the pockets of dead soldiers for cigarettes or food.


Former England hero Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and placed on a three-day emergency detox following his latest alcohol binge. Gascoigne, the ex-Newcastle, Tottenham and Rangers star who retired in 2004, was rushed to hospital at 3am on Friday morning after police were called to his home in Dorset. The 47-year-old had to be assessed by medics just hours before the police arrived at his house in Poole. His condition was considered to be stable however he has reportedly worsened over the next 12 hours. Paul Gascoigne pictured last week with Mandy Thomas, who is rumoured to be his new girlfriend
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Paul Gascoigne was taken to hospital at 3am on Friday
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Police were called to his house before medics arrived to assess Gazza
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The former Tottenham and England midfielder has been sectioned
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Close friend Gary Mabbutt said he's been detained for his 'best interests'

Question: Friends had said last week that they hoped @placeholder, a public services worker, would save him from his battle against alcohol after she stayed by his side during his most recent relapse.


(Mental Floss) -- Just hearing the word "champagne" conjures up images of sparkling wine, popping corks, and wild celebrations. But mentioning that other Champagne -- as in the northeastern region of France -- evokes a much more complex bouquet. Filled with wars, political clashes, and controversy, the bubbly region and its eponymous drink have produced a rich history worth toasting to. Divine Origins Today, the region synonymous with sparkling wine is crowded with vineyards -- but that wasn't always the case. In fact, during the 17th century, France's Champagne district was known primarily for its high-quality wool. Then a Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon came along and changed everything.
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France's Champagne district known for its wool in 17th century
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Dom Perignon was first Champagne winemaker to use corks
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France's Louis XIV drank champagne almost exclusively
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Treaty of Versailles: Only Champagne can call sparkling wine champagne

Question: It's no wonder, then, that the sparkling beverage quickly became a fixed part of @placeholder's national character.

Question: That seemingly minor concession in the Treaty of Versailles has become the linchpin of the business in @placeholder.


With elegant black and tan keys, it looks just like a baby grand piano. But when the instrument's keys are stuck, they release the distinctive sound of a cello. The remarkable creation is the viola organista - which was originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century, but never built. Now, hundreds of years later, it has come to life thanks to a Polish concert pianist with a flair for making instruments. Scroll down for video Instrument: Polish musician Slawomir Zubrzycki has created a Viola Organista - which looks like a piano but sounds like a cello - based on a late 15th-century design by Leonardo da Vinci
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Viola organista originally designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the late 15th century - but there is no historical evidence to suggest it was ever built
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Polish musician Slawomir Zubrzycki spent at least 5,000 hours and around £6,000 building the instrument, which plays the sound of a cello
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When a key is struck, a string hits a wheel that has been wrapped in horse tail hair - similar to a violin bow - that then emits a sound
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Instrument was debuted at Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland this week
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'It just gives you goose bumps,' one attendee said

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It was only a matter of time before Buckingham Palace saw its first royal selfie. And yesterday Princes William and Harry did just that, as they launched an online search for inspirational young people from around the Commonwealth on behalf of the Queen. The brothers jokingly posed with internet entrepreneur Jamal Edwards, 23, on a ‘Twitter Mirror’ which has been set up in the illustrious 1855 Room, converted to a digital hub for the day. Scroll down for video We want you: Princes Harry and William pose with internet entrepreneur Jamal Edwards at the Buckingham Palace launch of the Queen's Young Leaders Programme, a new initiative to find future Commonwealth leaders
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Princes William and Harry jokingly posed for the photo with Jamal Edwards
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Brothers poked their fingers in 'Your Country Needs You!' style
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Launched a search for inspirational young people on behalf of the Queen
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Other guests at the royal event included Jennifer Saunders and Joss Stone

Question: Meet and greet: Prince William chats to singer @placeholder.


By Mark Prigg One of Facebook's first investors has bailed out of the firm and sold 20 million shares. PayPal billionaire Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock in the social network after a lockup expired last week, it has emerged. As one of Facebook's initial investors, he invested $500,000 in the company in 2004. Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's first investors. Today it was revealed he has sold over 20 million of his shares in the firm as its stock price plunges. A regulatory filing said that Thiel, a former CEO at PayPal sold about 20 million shares of Facebook through affiliates such as his Founders Fund and other firms last week.
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Peter Thiel invested $500,000 in Facebook in 2004
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Believed to have made around $1bn from cashing in his Facebook stock since the firm went public
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Also recently invested in firm aiming to grow steaks in the lab

Question: @placeholder is expected to use the cash to fund a new investment firm set up earlier this year.


(CNN) -- President Barack Obama's speech to the American public Monday night was eloquent and forceful. But given the odds arrayed against him -- some of his own making -- the persuader in chief likely won't make the sale. Indeed, it's likely that none of the other great communicators and explainers -- Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton -- could have either. And here's why: Chico Marx was right Impersonating Groucho in "Duck Soup," Chico makes a remark that sums up Obama's challenge: "Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?" The American people are their own experts this time around on what constitutes a vital national interest for the United States and what they want done about it.
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Aaron Miller: Speech could not sell skeptical Americans on need for action on Syria
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He says speech couldn't convince war-weary citizens that U.S. interests at stake
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He says Obama's handling of Syria issue has not inspired confidence
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Miller: A strike would have to be broader than Obama describing, and Americans fear this

Question: Even under normal circumstances, a single presidential speech to persuade @placeholder to back a military strike would be a tough sell.


Washington (CNN) -- Ralph Nader floated the idea this week that a primary challenge to President Obama will help the president and the country. He is flat-out wrong. His views are based on a faulty premise and a myth. We will start with the faulty premise and get to the myth later. Remember back to 2000, when Nader himself ran as a third-party candidate? He's not proposing that here -- at least not yet -- but it's important to remember what happens when Nader gets involved in challenging a Democrat. In 2000, he siphoned enough votes from Al Gore in Florida to swing the election to President Bush. It gave us eight years of Bush-Cheney politics and policies.
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Ralph Nader suggested Obama should face primary challenge
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Donna Brazile says Nader should beware creating Democratic disunity
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She says his candidacy in 2000 took key votes away from Al Gore
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Brazile: Progressives should unite to prevent GOP victory in 2012

Question: Look at what @placeholder has done, with pit bull opposition fighting him inch by inch.


(CNN) -- President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday as more than 10,000 pro-Israel activists gathered in Washington for the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference. But rather than focusing on the stalled Middle East peace process, their talks and subsequent media coverage have centered on the question of using military force to stop Iran's nuclear program. The events in Washington took place just after 24 Christian, Jewish and Muslim prominent faith leaders from the United States and Indonesia returned from a mission to the Middle East. The joint delegation returned from the birthplace of the three great faiths of the Western world convinced that religion can be a force for unity and understanding instead of a source of division and conflict.
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The stalled Middle East peace process is getting little public attention
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Interfaith delegation toured Mideast in search of answers
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The three major faiths in Mideast share tradition traced back to Abraham
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Peace could be built on Abraham's core value of compassion for the stranger

Question: No peace plan will ever work in the Middle East until there is a wholehearted commitment to get Christians, Jews and Muslims to recognize that the core values they share from @placeholder transcend political ideologies, flags, national anthems and even geography.


By Annabel Fenwick Elliott for MailOnline Four-year-old Lyla has become the youngest person ever to sample the $295 nine-course tasting menu at world-renowned restaurant The French Laundry - and her verdict is in. Lyla spent over five hours at chef Thomas Keller's triple Michelin star eatery, located in California's Nappy Valley; where she was served everything from caviar and butter-poached lobster to 'hen egg custard' and truffled gnocchi, as Bold Italic took notes on her opinions. The summer melon soup was held in particular high regard for tasting like 'Tinker Bell Popsicles', but the edible flowers were puzzling for Lyla, and upon assessing the Jardinière de légumes, she piped up: 'At least it’s a salad, but it’s not very much salad.'
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Lyla critiqued the $295 nine-course tasting menu at The French Laundry in California, which boasts three Michelin stars

Question: Lyla demanded that they instead return to @placeholder, her new favorite joint; along with the rest of the world it seems.


Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Gen. Hahn Sung-Chu never believed North Korea could dig a tunnel that reached Seoul -- until now. Standing inside a basement of an apartment block in the heart of the capital, the former two-star general in the South Korean military says, "This is a kind of invasion, North Korean soldiers working underneath us." Hahn says residents had complained of underground vibrations, but the subway does not run beneath them. He says dowsers detected three tunnels, 13 to 16 feet (4 to 5 meters) wide at a depth of up to 39 feet (12 meters). His team drilled two bore holes to lower a camera, but before they could, they detected two underground explosions and their drill holes were blocked. Hahn is certain that North Korean soldiers were working beneath their feet, protecting the tunnel.
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Ex-S. Korean general suspects a North Korean tunnel is under a Seoul apartment block
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A defector says tunnel operations peaked in the 1980s

Question: Four tunnels from the @placeholder have been found in all, although none since 1990.


Danny Welbeck was absent as England took part in an open training session in Urca on Wednesday. The Manchester United forward is considered a doubt for England's opening World Cup game against Italy after limping out of training with a hamstring strain on Tuesday. All eyes were therefore searching for Welbeck in the part-open session at the Urca military base, yet there was no sign of him despite being pictured outside the team hotel earlier on Wednesday.Â Wayne Rooney however, claimed his club, and international team-mate, would be fit to face the Italians. Head boy: Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere were among the England players taking part in the game
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The Manchester United striker was absent as the Three Lions were put through their paces on Wednesday
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He remains a doubt for the opener against Italy through injury
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But Wayne Rooney insists his team-mate will be 'fine' for Group D clash
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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain was also missing as he continues his recovery
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England stars seemed relaxed as in training with Italy game three days away
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Jack Wilshere won't play in the World Cup, according to Stuart Pearce

Question: That injury meant the 20-year-old was never likely to be involved against Italy, but the same cannot be said for @placeholder.


James Cameron has announced that he will make three sequels to sci-fi blockbuster Avatar. The Titanic director revealed he will shoot the movies in New Zealand, as he attended a press conference with New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key in Wellington on Monday. The films, which will be made by Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox, have been welcomed in the country and the first sequel will be released in 2016. Scroll down for video Follow up stories: James Cameron has revealed he will be making three sequels to his hit 2009 movie Avatar The following sequels will be released in late 2017 and then late 2018.
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Cameron announced the news at a press conference in Wellington
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The first sequel will be released in 2016, with the others following in 2017 and 2018
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Avatar, released in 2009, remains the highest-grossing film in history - making $2.7billion worldwide

Question: Cameron said of the plans: 'It's quite a thrill to be officially saying that we're bringing the Avatar films to @placeholder.


(CNN)It might sound like a Vin Diesel movie, but tennis authorities in Australia are hoping that the FAST4 format, which debuted Monday with an exhibition match between world No. 2 Roger Federer and former Wimbledon and US Open champ Lleyton Hewitt, could "revolutionize" the sport. That contest ended in the Swiss star's favor, beating his old friend and rival 4-3 2-3 3-4 4-0 4-3 at Sydney's Qantas Credit Union Arena. This new version of tennis, which marks some of the most significant rule changes in the sport's history, consists of the best-of-three sets with quick changeovers and sudden-death playoffs to prevent tiebreaks from dragging on. The first player to four games wins the set.
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New, quicker format debuts in Sydney
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Shorter matches, new time-saving rules and shorter changeover times promise to jazz up the sport

Question: "Playing Roger in this new format will be an exciting challenge for both of us and a lot of fun," said @placeholder ahead of the match.


The year’s first Grand Slam sees Andy Murray with a new kit, a new personal logo, a slimmed-down support team, pain-free and engaged to be married. And, as he insisted during a break in preparation for the Australian Open, which starts on Monday, he also feels unencumbered by a surrounding atmosphere he felt may have held him back in 2014. It was an unusual sight to see him practising without Dani Vallverdu, who — along with trainer Jez Green — departed in the off-season, the former to work with Tomas Berdych. Andy Murray (left) recently parted ways with trainer Jez Green (right)
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Andy Murray in positive spirits ahead of Australian Open challenge
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He went separate ways with two members of his team in the off-season
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Murray believes his partnership with coach Amelie Mauresmo will grow

Question: He is also clearly of a mind to prove wrong those who question whether @placeholder is the right person to restore him to the status of Grand Slam winner.


(CNN) -- Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, face corruption charges in a scandal that encompassed the Chicago Cubs, President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat and a children's hospital, according to an affidavit. Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to laid-off workers in Chicago on Monday. The men were each charged with a count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and a count of solicitation of bribery, authorities said. According to the affidavit outlining some of the charges against the Blagojevich and Harris, here are some of the details that led authorities to charge the officials:
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Affidavit says Blagojevich called Senate seat "a f---ing valuable thing"
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Governor talked of getting newspaper employees fired for editorials, affidavit says
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Blagojevich wanted campaign contribution for funding children's hospital, it says

Question: "Blagojevich has also been intercepted conspiring to sell the Senate seat in exchange for his wife's placement on paid corporate boards or @placeholder's placement at a private foundation in a significant position with a substantial salary," the affidavit says.


(CNN) -- It is a football fairytale even Hollywood scriptwriters might view as stretching the bounds of credibility. But in a dilapidated stadium in the north east of Bulgaria, one club's European Champions League dream came true on Wednesday night. Ludogorets Razgrad, who had never before qualified for the group stages of the continent's most lucrative competition, took down 1986 winners Steaua Bucharest in scarcely believable fashion. Trailing 1-0 from the first leg in Romania, Ludogorets snatched a dramatic last minute equalizer to take the knockout tie into extra time. But then disaster struck. With a penalty shootout looming, its goalkeeper Vladislav Stoyanov was sent off for a second yellow card.
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Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad qualify for Champions League group stages
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Defender Cosmin Moti the hero after going in goal for the decisive penalty shootout
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Moti scores his own penalty and then saves two from Steaua Bucharest players
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"Nobody could write such a story," says Moti after the fairytale is completed

Question: Not only did Moti score Ludogorets' opening kick, he then saved two @placeholder penalties to seal an incredible victory.


"I have here in my hand a list of 205 communists ..." The ghost of Joe McCarthy's ulcerous accusations hung over a disturbingly casual comment this past week by U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Florida. When asked by a constituent at a town hall, "What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists?" "That's a fair question," West replied. "I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democratic Party that are members of the Communist Party." Keep in mind that this is the man Sarah Palin recently recommended be Mitt Romney's vice presidential nominee. And not only did West not apologize -- or receive significant criticism from his fellow Republicans -- his revealing response was to raise funds off it.
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GOP congressman falsely claimed up to 81 Democrats in House are communists
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John Avlon says leaders of right and left have to condemn extreme views in their ranks
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He says Rep. Allen West's attempt to raise funds compounded his nutty claim

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 19:48 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 05:18 EST, 18 October 2013 A former Oregon vintner has been fined $250 for partaking in oral sex in front of other passengers on a commercial flight to Las Vegas in June, just days after he hosted TV chef Gordon Ramsay at his winery. Chris Martin and the object of his affections, Medford hairdresser Jessica Stroble, each pleaded guilty in absentia in the U.S. District Court in Las Vegas to a federal misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on Wednesday. In a statement, Martin, 44, who was fired in August by his father whom he previously ran Troon Vineyards with, claimed the lewd act, which made international headlines, was the greatest mistake of his life.
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Christopher Martin, 44, and Jessica Stroble, 33, pleaded guilty in absentia to a federal misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct on Wednesday
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Passengers watched as they became steamy on the Allegiant Airlines flight
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Despite being told to stop, they carried on until the plane landed
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Larry Martin put notice on Facebook on Monday that his son would be taking an 'indefinite leave of absence'
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Martin said in a statement on Wednesday: 'I have lost my job, my reputation and damaged the legacy I had worked 10 years to nurture and grow'
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Martin is pictured with TV chef Gordon Ramsay on June 5, just days before the June 21 arrest

Question: Martin and Stroble, 33, were arrested on June 21 after getting off an Allegiant Airlines flight from @placeholder, Oregon to Las Vegas, where they were attending a conference.


(CNN Student News) -- November 29, 2010 Download PDF maps related to today's show: • North Korea • Portland, Oregon • Haiti 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: CNN Student News welcomes you back from Thanksgiving break! Hope you had a great turkey day. Here is your commercial-free news on this last Monday in November. First Up: Island Attacked AZUZ: First up -- things are tense with North Korea. Again. U.S. Senator John McCain says he doesn't think the Asian country really wants war, but that's what it's talking about as the U.S. and South Korea start military exercises off the coast of the Korean peninsula. Here's CNN's Chris Lawrence.
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North Korea voices anger and threats over international military exercises
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Haitian candidates say fraud ran rampant during their country's elections
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A former NFL quarterback talks concussions and staying in the game anyway
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Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories

Question: Consumer Reports says that 17 percent of adult @placeholder will be surfing for internet deals today, while 13 percent are expected to actually set foot in a store.


(CNN) -- The first step is always the hardest -- but the second is just as challenging. Once the dust has settled, the well wishers have moved on and the interviews have ceased, there's the realization that there is a world out there -- waiting to be confronted. "For 25 years, you've lived a certain way and with distance," U.S. footballer Robbie Rogers, who now plays for Los Angeles Galaxy, said in an interview for CNN's "World Sport Presents: Journey of a Gay Athlete" documentary. "You're afraid to tell people and be open with stuff and so it's hard to just change. A lot of gay men and women who aren't out and don't really accept that they're gay, live with a bit of self-hate.
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Footballer Robbie Rogers is one of the most high-profile voices in battle for gay rights
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Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder came out in February 2013
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Former Germany midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger revealed he is gay earlier this week
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Hitzlsperger says he wanted to come out ahead of Sochi Games

Question: He promptly retired from football -- only to return in May after being offered a deal to play in the @placeholder with LA Galaxy.

Question: "I always heard homophobic things in locker rooms, on soccer fields, you know, before training, after training," said @placeholder, who was more or less convinced he was gay by the age of 13 or 14.


Situated at the heart of Southeast Asia, Singapore is one of the most densely populated countries on the planet. More than 5 million people are crammed into this bustling city-state with an area of just 276 square miles. The squeeze is so tight there's little room left to take advantage of the surrounding natural beauty. But one developer wants to tap into the tourism market by singling out the nearby Riau Archipelago to host "Funtasy Island," the world's largest eco-resort. The $240 million development, currently in construction, will stretch out over a cluster of six islands covering almost 3.3 million square meters (35 million square feet).
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Funtasy Island is set to be the world's largest eco-resort
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The $240 million development is situated in the Riau Archipelago in Indonesia
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The bustling city state of Singapore is located only 16-miles away

Question: While the archipelago lies just 16 kilometers (9 miles) off the coast of Singapore, the area is actually part of and administered by neighboring @placeholder.


(CNN) -- Last weekend, suspected Islamic jihadists killed at least 40 students at a Northern Nigerian agricultural college, many while they slept. The Council on Foreign Relations Nigeria Security Tracker shows that jihadist-related attacks in Nigeria are increasing. Most of the victims in this violence are Muslim, but some are Christian. While no group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's massacre, the Nigerian media assigns responsibility to Boko Haram, and the operation has the hallmarks of the group's previous massacres. What is Boko Haram? It remains shrouded in mystery. Boko is the Hausa word for "book," and commonly refers to Western education. Haram is the Arabic word for "forbidden." Hostile to democracy, modern science, and Western education as non-Islamic, it is highly diffuse. For some adherents, religious, even apocalyptic, themes appear to be paramount.
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John Campbell: Islamist Boko Haram suspected in slaughter of Nigerian students
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He says the Nigeria-focused group opposes democracy, science, Western education.
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If Nigeria, U.S. unite in "war on terror," the group is ripe to for al-Qaeda ties
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Campbell: Nigeria pushes back hard at Boko Haram, but it doesn't seem to be going away

Question: But the situation in @placeholder is dynamic, and it is possible that closer ties will develop between al-Qaeda and elements of Boko Haram.

Question: Instead of the international jihad, Boko Haram continues to be focused primarily on internal @placeholder issues.


(EW.com) -- If you're like me, rose lovers, you were perfectly content to watch "The Bachelor: Sean and Catherine's Wedding" from the comfort of your own couch. But a few weeks ago, I received word that 84-year-old Bachelor superfan — and occasional EW.com Bachelor correspondent — Nanny, wanted to be there to witness Sean and Catherine's special day. Clearly, I had to make this happen. After telling the good people at ABC and Warner Bros. about Nanny (and sending them some links to her brilliant commentary, like this, and this, and this), they knew there was simply no way this wedding could proceed without her. And so Nanny and her daughter Brenna packed their bags and flew from Oklahoma to Santa Barbara, where I met them at the Four Seasons Hotel two hours before the ceremony began.
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EW got a superfan in to the 'Bachelor' wedding
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Guests included Lisa Vanderpump and Andy Dick from 'DWTS'
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The bride walked down the aisle to Michael Jackson's 'Human Nature'

Question: And then, "I need to slip @placeholder my business card with my phone number on it... just in case it doesn't work out."


Washington (CNN) -- Analysts and sources say a combination of experience working with the CIA in the field and political considerations are behind President Barack Obama's expected nomination of Gen. David Petraeus to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Petraeus, the 58-year-old four-star general who commands the U.S.-led international military force in Afghanistan, represents a new breed of military leader well-versed in counter-insurgency strategies that depend on coordination and cooperation with the CIA, analysts say. His experience and strong contacts in the major foreign-policy hot spots for the Obama administration -- Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan -- provide strategic value for the leader of CIA operations on the ground in those countries, according to security experts.
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NEW: Sources say Petraeus will resign from the military once confirmed
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The decorated general is expected to be nominated to be CIA director
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Sources say Petraeus didn't want to become Joint Chiefs chairman
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Analysts cite Petraeus' experience working with the CIA in battle zones

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:24 EST, 6 November 2013 | UPDATED: 09:33 EST, 6 November 2013 British boxer Amir Khan has been forced to pull out of training with whiplash injuries after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while being driven to his gym in California. The 26-year-old, who is reportedly being lined-up for a lucrative showdown with Floyd Mayweather Jr next year, confirmed on Twitter that he had suffered pain to his neck and back in the collision in Hayward, near his San Fransisco training base. His promoters Khan Promotions also confirmed the news via the site, indicating Khan and his driver had not been seriously injured but were 'shook up'.
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British boxer was 'hit from behind' while being driven to California gym
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Tweeted that his 'back and neck hurts' and that he had cancelled training
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He is reportedly in line for a lucrative fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr

Question: '@placeholder can attack but he prefers to defend and sit on the ropes.


(CNN) -- Can killer whales sue SeaWorld for enslavement? A lawsuit filed Wednesday by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and other "next friends" of five SeaWorld killer whales takes that novel legal approach. The 20-page complaint asks the U.S. District Court in Southern California to declare that the five whales -- Tilikum, Katina, Corky, Kasatka, and Ulises -- are being held in slavery or involuntary servitude in violation of the 13th Amendment. A PETA statement said the lawsuit is the first of its kind in contending that constitutional protections against slavery are not limited to humans. "Plaintiffs were forcibly taken from their families and natural habitats, are held captive at SeaWorld San Diego and SeaWorld Orlando, denied everything that is natural to them, subjected to artificial insemination or sperm collection to breed performers for defendants' shows, and forced to perform, all for defendants' profit," the lawsuit says, arguing that those conditions amount to enslavement and/or forced servitude.
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PETA: This is the first lawsuit seeking constitutional protection against slavery for non-humans
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The complaint alleges that five killer whales are SeaWorld slaves
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SeaWorld calls the lawsuit a baseless publicity stunt

Question: "@placeholder has once again showed that it prefers publicity stunts to the hard work of caring for, rescuing and helping animals," the SeaWorld statement said.


Washington (CNN) -- A key whistle-blower in the intensifying scandal over wait times at veterans hospitals took issue on Sunday with an initial internal review that downplayed the number of people who may have died while waiting for care. The comments came as the embattled Veterans Affairs secretary received tepid support from some critics of the department's handling of a chronic problem across many of the VA's care facilities. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki has been at the center of political debate over accountability since CNN began reporting on delays in medical appointments suffered by veterans across the country, including some who died or were seriously injured.
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Dr. Samuel Foote stands by his charge that 40 veterans died waiting for care
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But he says VA chief Shinseki should stay, to avoid upheaval of appointing a new secretary
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American Legion calls for Shinseki's resignation, wants to hear more from Obama
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White House chief of staff says Obama is "madder than hell" about VA scandal

Question: "They wouldn't take you off that secret list until you had an appointment time that was less than 14 days so it would give the appearance that they were improving greatly the waiting times," @placeholder, who worked at the facility for 24 years, said last month in an exclusive interview.


(CNN) -- After months of speculation, one of Formula One's worst kept secrets has finally been confirmed. Fernando Alonso, the double world champion who recently left Ferrari, will rejoin McLaren for the 2015 season, which gets underway in March. The Spaniard, who won back-to-back world titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006, joins the British team after ending his four-year association with Ferrari. He will be partnered by Jenson Button, whose services were retained above Kevin Magnussen, who stays on as a test and reserve driver. Between them, Alonso and Button have won three world titles, 47 grands prix and achieved 147 podium finishes from a combined 500 races.
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Two-time world champion Alonso rejoins McLaren, the stable he left in 2007
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Alonso will be partnered by Jenson Button, retained above rookie Kevin Magnussen
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McLaren chairman Ron Dennis labels the duo 'the best driver lineup' of any F1 team
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Magnussen will stay on as reserve and test driver

Question: "We signed Fernando a little ago, but we decided not to announce the fact until we had also re-signed @placeholder as his teammate.


Comic Con 2014 came to a close on Sunday but what a fun couple of days it was for the attendees who dressed in their finest costumes over the four day event at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The event, which kicked off last Thursday, attracted some 150,000 people – many donning elaborate and often skimpy – costumes in homage to their comic book favorites. Sunday saw guest appearances from William Shatner and Hulk Hogan among the screenings, panels and book signings at the biggest event in the comic book aficionado's calendar. Scroll down for video Comic Con 2014 came to a close on Sunday but what a fun couple of days it was for the attendees - many of who dressed in their finest for the four day event at the Jacob Javits Center in New York
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Some 150,000 comic book fans flocked to the Jacob Jarvitz Center in New York for the four day event which ended on Sunday
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This year's event also included 800 exhibitors, 400 panels and 600 artist signings
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A-list guest appearances included William Shatner and Hulk Hogan - but just as much attention was paid to the cosplayers

Question: Performance: Guest stars like @placeholder were second rate events compared to the cosplaying going on outside the center


(CNN) -- The Galaxy Nexus, a smartphone that arrived in Verizon Wireless stores on Thursday, is huge -- and not just because of its unusually large size. The new Android phone, which has been available in Britain for weeks, is the first to run Android 4.0, the latest version of the popular mobile operating system that also goes by the adorable name Ice Cream Sandwich. This is a very significant update to Android for smartphones. I've tested the UK version of the Galaxy Nexus for about a week. It looks and functions about the same as the one for Verizon, except that the U.S. model uses different cellular chips to accommodate Verizon's legacy infrastructure and its fourth-generation LTE data network. The U.S. version also does not run Google Wallet, the mobile payment system. The phone costs $300 with a two-year service contract.
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The Galaxy Nexus was born from a collaboration between Google and Samsung
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It's the first phone with the latest version of Android, called Ice Cream Sandwich
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The U.S. version for Verizon Wireless does not work with Google Wallet

Question: Perhaps the most significant change to the software is that @placeholder has done away with the hardware buttons below the screen.


QPR players had to be separated from their own fans amid angry scenes as Harry Redknapp’s side set the worst away record in the top-flight in 50 years. Richard Dunne is understood to have clashed with a supporter as he walked off at the end of a 2-1 defeat at Burnley and had to be led away by goalkeeper coach Kevin Hitchcock. Coach Glenn Hoddle and Joey Barton then had to step in as Clint Hill also became involved in a heated exchange with a group of about a dozen fans which continued as the defender headed down the tunnel.
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QPR players had to be separated from their own fans after Burnley defeat
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Richard Dunne, Clint Hill and Leroy Fer among those involved
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Harry Redknapp's side suffer 10th successive away Premier League loss

Question: QPR captain @placeholder restrains Clint Hill at full-time who was remonstrating with disgruntled away fans


Officials have stepped up the security presence at Gallipoli ahead of the annual Anzac Day commemorations in April, amid terrorism fears in the area. Terrorism concerns were raised after a female bomber killed herself and an officer on Tuesday after walking a police station in Istanbul's Sultanahmet district, disguising herself as a distressed tourist who had lost her wallet. The woman was shot after she pulled the pin on one of her grenades. Nearly 4000 Turkish police and paramilitary troops have been drafted in to protect the thousands of Australian tourists expected to travel to the historical site in Turkey.
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Security presence has been stepped up in Gallipoli ahead of Anzac Day
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Terrorism concerns were raised after a female bomber killed herself and an officer on Tuesday
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Nearly 4000 Turkish police and troops have been drafted in to protect tourists
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged Australian to exercise caution in the area

Question: The neighbouring conflicts have the potential to cause instability in @placeholder and spill over into some of it's major cities.


Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Should William Potts, an American fugitive living in Cuba, ever set foot in the United States again, he faces an indictment for airplane hijacking and a potentially lengthy prison term. So why is Potts now battling to return to the same country that wants to imprison him? In 1984, Potts hijacked a Piedmont Airlines passenger plane bound for Miami with 56 people aboard. A Black Panther and self-styled revolutionary, Potts dreamed of receiving military training in Cuba that he could use to overthrow the United States government. But first, the New York native had to find a way to get to the island.
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William Potts hijacked a plane to Havana in 1984
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He was surprised to face trial and be sentenced to 15 years in Cuban prison
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His daughters are now living in U.S., but Potts continues to fight to join them
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Potts says he realizes that violence is not the way to bring about change

Question: After years of hijackings to the island, the @placeholder put hijackers like him on trial.


(EW.com) -- No one wants a Liberace biopic to be subtle. You want the director to don a puffy-sleeved man-blouse and spell out the drama in rhinestones. You want the camera to linger on the peacock-feathered pianos, the velveteen ''royal throne'' toilets, and, of course, that white fox-fur coat — the only coat in the world with its own chauffeur. And you'll get all of that in Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra," which casts Michael Douglas as the Vegas legend and Matt Damon as his much younger lover Scott Thorson, whose memoir of their tumultuous five-year relationship inspired the film.
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Michael Douglas plays Liberace and Matt Damon Scott Thorson in "Behind the Candelabra"
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Thorson's memoir of their five year relationship inspired the film
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Steven Soderbergh directs

Question: Despite the stranger details of their courtship — say, the fact that @placeholder had Thorson undergo plastic surgery to look more like him, or that he offered to adopt his young paramour — their love feels as banal as any married couple's, right up until the end, when Thorson sues Liberace for palimony.


By Ellie Zolfagharifard PUBLISHED: 06:00 EST, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 07:32 EST, 24 December 2013 Nasa’s Cassini probe has provided some holidays treats from the outer solar system just in time for Christmas. The bus-sized orbiter has unveiled new images of Saturn and two of its most fascinating moons, Titan and Enceladus, taken earlier this year. Saturn resembles an ornament in one image, with a jet stream swirling at its north pole along with a hurricane-like storm. The globe of Saturn resembles a holiday ornament in a wide-angle image overlooking its north pole, bringing into view the hexagonal jet stream and rapidly spinning polar vortex that reside there
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The images were taken earlier this year by the bus-sized orbiter
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Saturn resembles an ornament in one image with a jet stream at its pole
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The hazy atmosphere of Titan is shown revealing its hydrocarbon lakes
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Two views of Enceladus are included highlighting its fractures and ridges
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Launched in 1997, Cassini will continue to explore the planet until 2017

Question: Cassini is the fourth space probe to visit @placeholder and the first to enter orbit, and its mission is on going as of 2013.


(CNN) -- The garden is overflowing with weeds and trash is riotously strewn across the lower floors. Upstairs, a makeshift curtain dangles by a string while an assortment of shelves and cupboards clutter the untidy space below. Not quite what you'd expect from a $1.1 million (£650,000) property -- but that's the price sought by the overseas owners of a house in London that until recently was the domain of illegal squatters. The three-bedroom home came on to the market in the Peckham area of the British capital last week and is described by estate agents as "spacious" and an "exciting opportunity" for potential buyers despite the obvious need for "modernization."
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London property recently lived in by squatters on market for $1.1 million
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Pictures show three-bedroom home in state of disrepair
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Estate agents says prices in area could yet increase further

Question: While @placeholder isn't traditionally one of the city's most exclusive neighborhoods, its favorable location, good transport links as well as its up-and-coming vibe has ensured its status as a desirable spot.


(CNN) -- All around the world today, people are in the early hours of trying to keep their New Year's resolutions: Lose that 15 pounds, find that job that will make you happy, move to that city where you've always dreamed of living. There is one kind of resolution, though, that very few of us will ever be in a position to make. Somewhere today, someone at the very pinnacle of his or her career is thinking of doing in 2012 what Tony La Russa did in 2011: Get out on top. Willingly walk away and declare victory. Leave the table while the dice are still hot.
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Bob Greene: At New Year, consider those, like Cardinals' La Russa, who quit while ahead
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He asks: How many of us could make a resolution like that? How many could not look back?
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He says Beatles, Rocky Marciano did. Michael Jordan tried, but came back to what he loved
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Greene: Somewhere someone at top of field is mulling quitting in 2012. it's harder than it looks

Question: @placeholder retired from boxing in 1956 as undefeated heavyweight champion of the world.


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)  -- Gunmen broke into the house of a women's rights activist in the volatile northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday and beheaded her, police said. Iraqi Interior Ministry troops conduct inspections at a checkpoint in the southern Iraqi city of Basra in May. The victim was identified as Nahla Hussain, the leader of the women's league of the Kurdish Communist Party. She was alone in the house at the time of her death. It is not known what the circumstances were that led to the attack. Violence against women has been an ongoing problem in Iraq.
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Leader of Kurdish Communist Party women's league killed in home
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Motivation for woman's killing in Kirkuk not known
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Separately, officers linked to outlawed offshoot of Baath party arrested
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U.S military official says arrests appear to be politically motivated

Question: One knowledgeable @placeholder politician told CNN he believes this and other discord at present in Iraq, such as attacks, arrests and political infighting, stems from internal conflicts between political parties ahead of the January 31 provincial elections.


Prince Charles, who is said to be ready to take over the management of the Queen's Sandringham estate in Norfolk He is already taking part in a ‘gentle succession’ from his mother, representing the Queen on a growing number of state occasions. Now Prince Charles is stepping into his father’s shoes, too. The Mail on Sunday has learned that the Duke of Edinburgh is privately handing management of Sandringham to his eldest son. The job includes overseeing arable, livestock and fruit farms, property and a 240-acre country park. The 93-year-old Duke is responsible for several estates, including Balmoral, Windsor and Sandringham in Norfolk, where the Royal Family has just enjoyed Christmas.
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Prince Charles is set to take control of the management of Sandringham
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Currently, Prince Philip is responsible for several of the royal estates
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Sources say he started to pass on control of Sandringham this year
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The estate has been a private home for British monarchs since 1862

Question: ‘We understand Prince @placeholder has handed the management over to his son,’ said a source.


Washington (CNN) -- Millions of phone calls have been made. Thousands of yard signs are posted on Badger State lawns. Television ads blanket the Wisconsin airwaves. All of this frenetic activity in Tuesday's gubernatorial recall in Wisconsin comes at an unprecedented price tag: Upward of $63 million, and that doesn't take into account money raised the last three weeks that hasn't been registered yet. "When we come up with a final tally for this race, it's going to be in the $70 (million) to $80 million range," predicted Mike McCabe, who runs Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, a nonpartisan campaign watchdog group.
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To date, Gov. Scott Walker has raised 7Â½ times that of Democrat, Tom Barrett
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Watchdog group expects final recall tally to be $70 million-$80 million
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Some 70% of Walker's donations in last month came from outside Wisconsin
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Outside groups backing both candidates flooded state with some $25 million

Question: The money raised in the recall already shatters Wisconsin's record of $37 million, set just 18 months ago when @placeholder Gov.


Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's remarks about whether "the Negro" fared better under slavery represents the latest in a series of incendiary racial comments from a new crop of folk heroes embraced in some conservative circles. "They abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton," Bundy said to reporters, according to The New York Times. "And I've often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy? They didn't get no more freedom. They got less freedom," he was quoted as saying.
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Politicians back away from Cliven Bundy's comments on blacks, welfare and slaves
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Bundy, Ted Nugent and Phil Robertson have all echoed similarly insensitive sentiments
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Politicians must tread carefully, experts say, in embracing such cause célèbres

Question: And that's put politicians who have previously embraced men such as @placeholder, Nugent and Robertson as cause célèbres in an awkward position.


(CNN) -- For Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, it was a global virtual black eye. Instead of seeing his photo on the new European Union site, launched this week as Spain took over the presidency, visitors were greeted by Rowan Atkinson's comic character of Mr. Bean. And if you clicked over to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Web site, you'd see that hackers took him on, too. The text on his site was replaced with a note remarking on the death of "my favorite singer Michael Jackson" and "my favorite voice Neda," the woman killed last year during protests over Iranian elections. It ended with a request that God smite Ahmadinejad and "my favorite dictator [Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei in 2010."
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Hackers replaced photo of Spain PM with Mr. Bean on new European Union site
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's hacked with message asking God to kill Iranian president
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Security experts say clicking to laugh at hack could leave users vulnerable
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Expert: Hacking government sites is "21st century form of a street protest"

Question: "With both of those sites, given the political climate in @placeholder or the EU president site, either of these could have equally been used to distribute malware for journalists or people going to the sites for very valid reasons," McPherson said.

Question: Ironically, cybersecurity is one of the issues @placeholder and Spain plan to tackle as part of a digital agenda while it holds the EU presidency.


(CNN) -- Is it OK to not like Fenway Park? Can you say so without sounding as if you're the kind of guy who would love to break in and trash Buckingham Palace, the Louvre, the Vatican, the Taj Mahal, Graceland, Disneyland and Hogwarts? Is there anyone from New England who would go, hmmm, maybe you're right? Or would everyone there like to see you sentenced to 20 years in Shawshank for insulting Boston's baseball park, which in that corner of America is considered a hate crime? Samuel L. Clemens (no relation to Roger), aka Mark Twain (a plain-talkin' Midwestern indigene like myself), once wrote of a certain Massachusetts metropolis: "One of the most engaging peculiarities of Boston is her reverence for her traditions, her relics, her antiquities." He was referring to her Massacre, not her ballpark, but I think he really nailed her.
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Boston's Fenway Park opened 100 years ago today on April 20, 1912
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Mike Downey says insulting Fenway Park is practically a hate crime in the Boston area
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Downey on Fenway: "I believe its time has come and gone"
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He'd love to see "a new, pristine, up-to-the-minute place to watch the Sox"

Question: Two years later, damn near to the day, a new @placeholder place of business opened its gates to the public.


By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 13:37 EST, 7 July 2013 | UPDATED: 14:58 EST, 7 July 2013 Andy Murray today became the first British man to win Wimbledon for 77 years - and the last time the trophy remained in its home country, the UK was a very different place. The champion then was Fred Perry, one of the greatest tennis players in history, with eight grand slam titles including three victories at Wimbledon. But the game - and the world - would be almost unrecognisable to the legendary player if he were still alive today. Champions: But Andy Murray and Fred Perry occupied very different worlds and played a different game
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Fred Perry won Wimbledon three times before turning professional in 1936
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Star was adored by tennis fans but distrusted by the English establishment
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Britain in 1936 was dominated by the rise of fascism and the abdication crisis

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Britain has been warned to brace itself for 'boats full of terrorists' if Islamist fanatics are allowed to cement their foothold in Libya. Egypt's Ambassador to the UK said the flood of migrants from north Africa  poses a new threat now that the Islamic State controls the Libyan coastal town of Sirte. Nasser Kamel's comments come after 2,164 migrants were rescued at sea in a 24-hour period over the weekend in what has been described as an 'exodus without precedent'. He said: 'You know how far Sirte is from Italy? It's 300km. 'Those boat people who go for immigration purposes and try to cross the Mediterranean... in the next few weeks, if we do not act together, they will be boats full of terrorists also.'
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Egypt's Ambassador to the UK warns of a new threat from north Africa
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Italy also rescued 2,134 migrants at weekend in 'exodus without precedent'

Question: 'I discussed it yesterday with the president of @placeholder and what the whole world needs to do is come together and work for a Libya that has a national unity government, obviously excluding terrorists, and that can start to build the institutions of a state.


Moscow (CNN) -- Weeks after getting asylum in Russia, Edward Snowden now has a job there, one of his lawyers says. Snowden, the U.S. national security contractor turned leaker, will start a job Friday with a major Russian website, his attorney Anatoly Kucherena told CNN Thursday. Kucherena declined to name the employer for security reasons. He told Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti that Snowden would perform maintenance for the site. Europe falls out of love with Obama over NSA spying claims Snowden, a 30-year-old former government information technology contractor, collected information on spy programs -- in which the National Security Agency mined phone and Internet metadata from thousands of people inside and outside of the United States -- and exposed the programs to the media.
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Snowden to start job Friday with major Russian website, one of his lawyers says
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Russia gave asylum to Snowden in August after he leaked info about U.S. spy programs

Question: @placeholder authorities have charged him with espionage and theft of government property.


An American tycoon has refused to rescue a doomed tyre factory in northern France because its workers are 'lazy, overpaid and talk too much'. Maurice Taylor - chairman of U.S. tyre giant Titan International - issued the slur in a blunt letter to French industry ministry Arnaud Montebourg. In the letter, Mr Taylor explained why his company would not be buying a Goodyear tyre plant in Amiens that is threatened with closure and the loss of 1,170 jobs. Discontent: Workers leave the Goodyear tyre plant in Amiens which is set to close but tycoon Maurice Taylor has said he has no interest in taking over the factory
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Maurice Taylor is the chairman of U.S. tyre giant Titan International
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He wrote a letter to French industry ministry Arnaud Montebourg explaining why he will not be buying Goodyear
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The French workforce get 'one hour for breaks, talk for three hours and work for three', the tycoon said

Question: The embarrassing assessment of @placeholder workers comes as France teeters on the brink of recession and unemployment has hit three million - the highest level of joblessness in 15 years.


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Democrats unveiled their revised version of health care reform Tuesday, offering a proposal that includes a government-funded health insurance option, requires both individuals and employers to participate, and taxes the wealthy to help cover costs. President Obama has urged Congress to work quickly on creating a health care reform bill. Democratic House leaders said the measure, titled "America's Affordable Health Choices Act," met the requirements set by President Obama for health care reform by lowering costs to consumers and businesses, letting people keep their current plan if desired, and preventing denial of coverage due to pre-existing medical conditions.
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It offers government-funded health insurance option and taxes wealthy
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Leaders say it meets Obama's requirements on health care reform
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Question: Anticipating @placeholder complaints that the tax surcharges would harm small business owners who report their income as personal, Democratic sponsors said the measure would affect less than 5 percent of all small business owners.


San Diego, California (CNN) -- Oh no, he didn't go there. Even in a political climate where it sometimes appears that anything goes, Bill Richardson crossed the line. When the former New Mexico governor recently attacked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, for -- in essence -- not being Hispanic enough, or not being the right kind of Hispanic, Richardson went too far. Way too far. During a web interview after an appearance on ABC News' "This Week," the Democrat was asked about Cruz and said this: "I'm not a fan. I know (Cruz is) sort of the Republican latest flavor. He's articulate. He seems to be charismatic, but I don't like his politics. I think he introduces a measure of incivility in the political process. Insulting people is not the way to go."
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Ruben Navarrette: Bill Richardson crossed line by implying Ted Cruz not Hispanic
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Navarrette: Hispanics hurt Hispanics by accusing one another of not being authentic
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He says if you want to attack Cruz, call him out on politics, not his authenticity
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Navarrette once played authenticity game, but he says he grew up

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Question: And by senior year, when I began to challenge the liberal orthodoxy that many @placeholder worship, I got a taste of my own medicine.


By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 07:24 EST, 26 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:30 EST, 26 June 2012 The script has not even been written yet, but a film disputing the immaculate conception of Jesus is already causing controversy. Paul Verhoeven, who worked on the 1992 film Basic Instinct, will direct the film which will suggest that Jesus is not the son of God and instead he was conceived after his mother Mary was raped by a Roman soldier. The film will be based on Verhoeven's 2010 book, Jesus of Nazareth, which discounts the events commonly attributed to the life of Christ.
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Dutch director Paul Verhoeven will direct the project
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The film will be based on Verhoeven's 2010 book Jesus of Nazareth which discounts the events commonly attributed to the life of Christ
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News has sparked accusations that the filmmaker is attacking Christianity

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(CNN) -- Rafael Nadal completed a perfect sweep of his matches in Group A of the ATP World Tour Finals by beating Tomas Berdych Friday -- his victory enabling a grateful Stanislas Wawrinka to accompany him into the semifinals in London. Wawrinka and his supporters breathed a sigh of relief after Nadal wrapped up a 6-4 1-6 6-3 victory over his Czech opponent to go through as group winner. The match had been in the balance when Berdych hit back to level at one set all with a display of power tennis that had the top seed wobbling, but he could not sustain the effort.
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Stanislas Wawrinka qualifies for semifinals at ATP World Tour semifinals
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Beats David Ferrer in three sets in Group A
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Rafael Nadal's win over Tomas Berdych seals Wawrinka's passage
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No.1 Nadal has to battle past Berdych in three sets

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(CNN) -- Adam Scott will take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Open Championship at Royal Lytham & St Annes after shooting a two-under par 68 on Saturday. The 32-year-old finished on 11-under par, four clear of overnight leader Brandt Snedeker, who struggled to a 73 and Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell (67) with Tiger Woods lurking a shot further back on six-under par. In benign conditions on the Lancashire coast, Scott put together a composed round, picking up two birdies on the opening nine before bagging another at the par-five 11th. A bogey at the 13th checked his progress but the Australian, who is bidding to win his first major championship, came home in even par -- aided by a stunning bunker shot at the 17th.
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Australia Adam Scott opens up four-shot lead at Open Championship after third round 68
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Overnight leader Brandt Snedeker slips to joint second after round of 73
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Tiger Woods five shots behind lead after posting even-par round of 70
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Graeme McDowell plays himself back into contention with a three-under 67

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By Associated Press Last updated at 6:35 AM on 30th December 2011 Tragic: Jena Dolstad,14, died after being injected with heroin A 14-year-old Alaskan girl has died six days after she was allegedly injected with heroin by a 26-year-old. Jena Dolstad of Anchorage had been critical since she was taken to the hospital last Friday with a drug overdose. The teenager died shortly after noon today (Thursday), police spokeswoman Anita Shell said. On the tragic night which would lead to her death, Navy Veteran Sean Warner and two other men picked Jena up and took her back to Warner's home to hang out, according to police reports.
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Jena Dolstad 'asked Navy veteran Sean Warner to inject her with drugs' because she didn't want to do it herself
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She was found with heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine in her system
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The teen fought for her life for six days after suffering heart and brain damage
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Warner faces man-slaughter charges after the death today
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Police said he did not call for help immediately after she collapsed

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By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 08:11 EST, 27 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:17 EST, 27 March 2013 Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands, but Britain again refused, pointing to the islanders' overwhelming vote this month to remain British. Hector Timerman, speaking Tuesday at the United Nations, called the referendum 'illegal' and said it is 'truly deplorable' that Britain has rejected 40 resolutions by the U.N. Decolonization Committee calling for negotiations between the two countries on sovereignty. Timerman was flanked at a press conference by ministers representing major Latin American and Caribbean organizations, saying he wanted to demonstrate the region's unity in support of Argentina's claim to the islands and its demand for sovereignty talks.
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Argentina's foreign minister demanded talks with Britain
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Britain refused, pointing to the islanders' overwhelming vote this month
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Argentina called the recent referendum 'illegal'

Question: Argentina insists that the islands it calls Las Malvinas were forcibly  taken from Argentina by the @placeholder in 1833.


By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:45 EST, 7 March 2014 | UPDATED: 20:36 EST, 7 March 2014 They are the brother and sister of all families. For the Cleaver siblings have a combined age of 1,092. Ranging from 68 to 89, they are now hoping to be recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest set of siblings in the world. The Cleavers are the children of Leicester butcher Rowland and wife Emma. Their first child, Jack, died aged 80 in 2000. Meet the family: Back row, from left; Shirley, 77, Wendy, 70, Sandra, 71, Pauline, 79, Valerie, 72, Jennifer, 76, Gillian, 74. Front row: Rowland, 83, Joan, 85, Betty, 86, Sylvia, 80, Michael, 68
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The Cleavers are the children of Leicester butcher Rowland and wife Emma
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The 12 pictured all still live in the Leicester area
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Margaret, who will be 90 next month, and Barbara, 82, live in New Zealand
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Between them they have 36 children and 57 grandchildren
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Now hoping to be recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest set of siblings in the world

Question: this and the fact that two of the siblings, Barbara, 82, and @placeholder,


(CNN) -- People hurled stones and eggs at the Kosovan prime minister's convoy this week, a spurt of violence just days before the one-time Serbian province holds its first elections since declaring independence. The flare-up Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Hashim Thaci in the western town of Decan. It unsettled the Balkan country and international officials looking forward to peaceful local elections on Sunday in a land scarred by conflict and now slowly on the mend. There will be races in 36 municipalities for mayors and assembly members, with more than 1.5 million people eligible to vote. December 13 has been set as the day for any second round of mayoral elections that may be needed.
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More than 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in 36 municipalities for mayors and assembly members in Kosovo
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Kosovo has long been a restive province of Serbia with a majority ethnic Albanian population
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Serbs and ethnic-Albanians fought a brutal war in the late 1990s, which ended after NATO bombing of Serbia
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Ethnic-Albanians eventually declared the province independent in February 2008, but Serbia opposed the move

Question: "Intervening in the election process is a serious violation and criminal acts which are politically incited will be prosecuted by relevant legal bodies," said the Kosovo government in a statement posted on @placeholder's Web site.


By William Cook PUBLISHED: 07:59 EST, 9 November 2012 | UPDATED: 09:01 EST, 9 November 2012 A teenage motorcyclist who killed an Olympics engineer when he did a 60mph wheelie into his car has been locked up for almost five years. Ryan Birkett, 16 at the time, was ‘showing off’ on the stolen Triumph Sprint ST 955CC at more than twice the 30mph speed limit. He had never taken a motorcycle test. Birkett failed to brake and smashed into a Peugeot 206 at a junction, injuring driver Bradley White and killing passenger Peter Tickner. Peter Tickner (left) died instantly when Ryan Birkett (right) hit the car he was travelling in on a stolen motorbike
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Ryan Birkett, 16, smashed into car at a junction in Dagenham, east London
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Injured driver Bradley White, now 23, and killed passenger Peter Tickner, 23
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Tickner had installed CCTV cameras for the London Olympic Games

Question: @placeholder, of Dagenham, east London, admitted death by dangerous driving and causing aggravated vehicle taking.


By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:34 EST, 8 December 2013 | UPDATED: 03:32 EST, 9 December 2013 Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban boy who survived a perilous raft journey that killed his mother and became a symbol of troubled relations between the United States and Cuba has left the country for the first time since he was a little boy. Gonzalez who turned 20 on Friday  traveled to Quito, Ecuador, as part of a 200-member Cuban delegation to a week-long youth conference there. Gonzalez recently said in an interview published in Cuba's state-run media that his fame continues to follow him in Cuba.
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Elian Gonzalez was returned to Cuba at age 6 after a tragic attempt to get to the U.S.
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He had not left Cuba since then until now; he is going to Ecuador for a youth conference
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'Fidel Castro for me is like a father,' Gonzalez said in a recent interview

Question: 'From the moment @placeholder knew of my case, they took to the streets to call for me to be sent back to my country.'


Victoria and the children went to visit Gordon and Tana Ramsay upon arrival in London By Sarah Fitzmaurice PUBLISHED: 10:27 EST, 22 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:50 EST, 22 November 2012 At 13-years-old Brooklyn Beckham is growing up into quite the dashing young man. And it seems that the teen is set to acquire a Hollywood smile thanks to a set of braces. The son of football ace David and Spice Girl Victoria was seen showing off his new dental work as he arrived at LAX on Wednesday night with his family. Hollywood smile: Brooklyn Beckham was seen sporting a set of braces as he made his way to a plane at LAX
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Victoria and the children went to visit Gordon and Tana Ramsay upon arrival in London

Question: Not so happy: @placeholder did not look impressed when one fan attempted to film his wife


A barman tried to put Tony Blair under a citizen's arrest while the former Prime Minister was out having dinner. Blair was eating at Tramshed in east London when Twiggy Garcia approached him. The part-time producer said he put his hand on his shoulder and said 'Mr Blair, this is a citizen's arrest for a crime against peace, namely your decision to launch an unprovoked war against Iraq.' DJ Twiggy Garcia put Tony Blair under citizen's arrest while the former Prime Minister was out having dinner Mr Garcia told Vice magazine how Blair then attempted to engage in a debate before one of his sons went to get security. The worker then left the restaurant to avoid any trouble.
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Tony Blair was 'dining with friends and family' at Tramshed, east London
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DJ and barman Twiggy Garcia attempted arrest for 'crimes against peace'
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Was inspired to do so after reading site arrestblair.org

Question: Mr @placeholder's office said today there 'was nothing to report' about the incident.


(CNN) -- It's the weekend. It's the World Cup. It's Brazil. That makes three good, maybe even great, reasons to party. And rest assured, there will be plenty of revelry Saturday in the land of samba. There always is, on any day. But that does not mean that harsh realities won't intervene -- perhaps related to protests, stadium problems or other issues that dogged the World Cup in the weeks leading up to football's biggest tournament. Here's a look at five things to look out for Saturday, both on and off the field. Two European football stalwarts face off After one game Thursday and three on Friday, Saturday will be the first day with four World Cup.
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There will be four World Cup games, in four locations, on Saturday
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The most highly anticipated matchup may be between England, Italy
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They'll meet in the Amazon city of Manaus; field conditions are a concern
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Greece, Uruguay, Japan, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica and Colombia will also play

Question: One of them, @placeholder, claims to have invented the sport though it can only claim one World Cup title, from 1966.


(CNN) -- Hilton Botha, the former lead detective in the Oscar Pistorius murder case, cited "private reasons" for resigning from the police force, South African Police spokesman Brig. Neville Malila said Thursday. Botha was pulled from the Pistorius case last month after prosecutors reinstated attempted murder charges against him in a 2011 case. The 22-year South African Police veteran is accused of chasing and firing on a minibus full of people while drunk. He is charged with seven counts of attempted murder. Opinion: Not everyone surprised at Oscar Pistorius' fall from grace Pistorius, the 26-year-old double amputee track star, is accused in the killing of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, 29, last month.
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Hilton Botha was pulled from the Pistorius murder case last month
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Prosecutors reinstated attempted murder charges against Botha in a 2011 case
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Botha was the first detective on the scene of Reeva Steenkamp's shooting death
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Sprinter Oscar Pistorius is accused in the killing of his girlfriend

Question: His removal from the high-profile murder case came just days after his testimony at a bail hearing for @placeholder that included admissions that police could have contaminated the crime scene and failed to properly catalog evidence.


It could be any picture-postcard image of a family playing happily on the beach. But moments after this photograph was taken, these four boys were dead - wiped out by an Israeli shell as they ran for their lives. The children were killed in Gaza yesterday as more than 100,000 Palestinians were urged to evacuate their homes ahead of a possible ground offensive and new air attacks. A second picture also emerged on Twitter that is believed to show a different view of the boys as they scrambled across the sand. Scroll down for video Haunting: This picture has emerged showing four Palestinian boys from the same family running on a beach in Gaza moments before they were killed by an Israeli shell
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Children from same fishing family killed as they tried to flee Israeli gunboat attack off Gaza’s Mediterranean coast
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Their uncle described the killings as 'a cold blooded massacre' and slammed Israel for failing to identify the target
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Israeli shelling continues minutes after end of a five-hour ceasefire to allow humanitarian supplies to be delivered

Question: pictures emerged as Israel began firing shells at what it calls 'terror targets' inside the @placeholder within 20 minutes of the UN-brokered ceasefire ending.


(CNN) -- A Florida circuit judge Tuesday struck down a 31-year-old state law that prevents gays and lesbians from adopting children, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two half-brothers he and his partner have raised as foster children since 2004. Martin Gill looks on as a judge overturns a ban preventing gays and lesbians from adopting children. "There is no question, the blanket exclusion of gay applicants defeats Florida's goal of providing dependent children a permanent family through adoption," Judge Cindy S. Lederman wrote in her 53-page ruling. "The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption."
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NEW: Ruling clears way for North Miami man to adopt two half-brothers
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NEW: Florida attorney general's office said it intends to appeal
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Judge says Florida law banning gays from adopting children is unconstitutional
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Florida is only state specifically banning all "homosexual" people from adopting

Question: Lederman's ruling paves the way for @placeholder to legally adopt the two half-brothers, ages 4 and 8, whom he has cared for since December 2004, the American Civil Liberties Union said.


(CNN) -- The ongoing furor over U.S. Rep. Todd Akin's remarks on rape and pregnancy was largely ignored on the campaign trail Tuesday as candidates for president and vice president refocused their attention on the issues that have dominated the election for weeks: Medicare and the economy. Speaking at a community college in Reno, Nevada, President Barack Obama spoke about education, slamming his Republican rivals for not having a clear plan. "This country has always made a commitment to put a good education within the reach of all who were willing to work for it. That's part of what made us an economic superpower," he said. "We are going to make sure that America once again leads the world in educating our kids and training our workers."
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NEW: Obama slams Republican rivals over education
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Candidates hone in on economy, Medicare, mostly ignored Akin flap
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Romney and Ryan charge that Obama cut funding for Medicare to pay for health care law

Question: He also took aim at @placeholder economic policies in general, arguing they offer nothing new.


(CNN)  -- Liberia's president has declared a state of emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infested the country. The African armyworm caterpillar is chewing its way through Liberia's food crops. Tens of millions of the worm-like larvae have appeared in the northern part of the country, where they are destroying green crops like cabbage and collard greens and contaminating the water supply, Liberian Information Minister Laurance Bropleh told CNN Wednesday from the capital of Monrovia. "I am not aware that they have been here before, ever, and certainly not in this great number," Bropleh told CNN. "That is why it was so overwhelming initially when we first discovered it."
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Liberia declares emergency after hordes of ravenous caterpillars infest country
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Tens of millions of the worm-like larvae have appeared in northern areas
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Up to 350,000 people in 62 communities may have been affected

Question: Investigators suspect the caterpillars are @placeholder armyworms, the FAO said.


A new Sangatte-style camp opened in Calais yesterday, offering three-course meals cooked by a Michelin restaurant chef to thousands of migrants. The 12-acre centre will provide beds, showers, toilets, a laundry service and medical facilities for the 2,500 migrants sleeping rough in the French port town. There will also be 168 power points for them to charge their mobile phones so they can ‘call their relatives back home and those already in Britain’. Scroll down for video The new camp will provide migrants with three course meals at a cost of £2.30 each, pictured The three-course meals will be seasoned with imported spices to make the migrants ‘feel at home’. Incredibly, the meals will cost £2.30 each – three times more than the British Government spends on primary school meals.
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Three-star Michelin chef Christophe Duchene is cooking for the migrants
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His newly installed kitchen will prepare 1,500, three-course meals every day
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Each meal costs £2.30 - three times that spent on Primary school lunches
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The 12-acre site is being partly funded by the British taxpayer

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Controversial social media star Dan Blizerian was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday night for allegedly trying to manufacture a bomb. Blizerian, 34, who has been dubbed the 'King of Instagram,' was taken into custody at around 8pm on an out-of-state warrant and charged with felony possessing or manufacturing explosive or incendiary devices. The hard-partying poker player was booked at 10.15pm at the LAPD's Pacific Division and was ordered held without bail. Scroll down for video More trouble: Instagram celebrity Dan Blizerian has been arrested at Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday night for allegedly trying to manufacture a bomb
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Dan Blizerian was arrested at LAX Tuesday night and ordered held without bail
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He has been charged with possessing or manufacturing explosive or incendiary devices
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Bilzerian, 34, was reportedly filmed lashing out at LIV Nightclub Saturday
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Model Vanessa Castano came forward to say attack left her battered with bleeding eye; she filed a lawsuit against Blizerian Wednesday
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Bilzerian was reportedly banned from the club after the attack
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Echoes of earlier incident where he broke an 18-year-old's foot
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Threw naked porn star Janice Griffith, 18, off of a roof into swimming pool

Question: 'Then @placeholder pushed me both off the banquette and once I fell he kicked me in the face.


Read Pietersen's forthright views on Andy Flower and his team of 'Boy Scouts' And his opinion of 'Big Cheese' Matt Prior I did not text South Africans ways to dismiss Strauss, says Pietersen Kevin Pietersen has detailed how the England dressing room quickly deteriorated into a clique-ridden unit in which the mild-mannered Jonathan Trott told team-mate Matt Prior to 'f*** off'. The atmosphere soured when Andy Flower took over as coach and divisions developed between batsmen and bowlers, says Pietersen. In his book, KP: The Autobiography, he tells of how the situation got so bad in Bangladesh in 2010 that it led to Trott losing his temper and shouting abuse at Prior and Graeme Swann on the pitch before a bemused opposition.
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England deteriorated into a 'clique-ridden unit' under Andy Flower
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Graeme Swann was a 'loudmouth' who 'liked to pick on players'
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Trott told Swann and Matt Prior to 'f*** off' in Bangladesh in 2010

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By Paul Bentley PUBLISHED: 11:10 EST, 10 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:57 EST, 10 October 2013 Troubling: The council heavily criticised for failing to protect 'Baby P' - Peter Connelly - has been found wanting in another child abuse case A toddler was sent home to be beaten horrifically by his abusive parents after a series of blunders by social workers from the same council which failed Baby P. The child was twice taken to hospital with more than 50 injuries after being beaten with a belt, a stick and a cable – but both times staff at Haringey Council allowed him to be sent back to be tortured again.
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Unnamed boy was taken to hospital twice but still sent home for more abuse
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Haringey criticised after brutal deaths of Peter Connelly and Victoria Climbie
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Council says sorry but Baby P died three years before Child T's abuse
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'It's worrying to find compelling evidence of individual and systemic failures within and between services so soon after that case,' report says
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Bosses say sorry and admit 'we could and should've intervened more swiftly'

Question: The case comes 13 years after the death of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie, who @placeholder also failed to protect when she was tortured and murdered by her great-aunt and her boyfriend.


(CNN) -- The owner of a Nebraska car dealership and two executives were in police custody facing theft charges Thursday after 81 cars were taken from the dealership's lot, authorities said. Alan Patch, 52, who owns Legacy Auto Sales in Nebraska is being held in Tooele County, Utah. Alan Patch, 52, the owner of Legacy Auto Sales in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, was being held in Tooele County, Utah, Scottsbluff police Capt. Kevin Spencer told CNN. Rachel Fait, 37, Legacy's comptroller, was arrested in Tooele County on Wednesday, and Legacy general manager Rick Covello, 53, turned himself in to Scottsbluff officials Thursday, Spencer said.
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Executives Alan Patch, Rachel Fait and Rick Covello arrested
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Police say they loaded up 81 cars, emptied offices and homes and left town
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Officials say the dealership had been facing financial difficulties
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Police looking into the sale of the cars, agreement with Toyota

Question: @placeholder told police they had received a call that all of Legacy's new Toyotas were gone from its lot.


(CNET) -- Google Wave and Google Buzz may have had troubles attracting usage, but the new ability to place calls from Gmail appears to have caught on quickly. "Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!" Google tweeted Thursday, evidently pleased with the number. For comparison, there are somewhat more than 300 million people in the United States. If the average person makes 10 calls per day--research in 2008 put the number at 208 calls per month--that means about one out of every 3,000 calls in the U.S. went through the service on its first day. The service lets Gmail users make free calls to U.S. and Canada and inexpensive calls to phones in other countries. It uses Gmail as an interface and optionally can integrate with Google Voice to receive calls as well.
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New service lets Gmail users make free calls to U.S. and Canada and cheap calls overseas
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"Over 1,000,000 calls placed from Gmail in just 24 hours!" Google tweeted Thursday
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Author had two successes with the service the day it launched, both unplanned

Question: But the fact is that I used the service twice yesterday without actively seeking to do so (granted, I already signed up for @placeholder and installed the required chat plug-in).