(CNN) -- It might be Oz, Kansas or simply somewhere over the rainbow. While the destination may not be known, there's no doubt the blue gingham dress wore by Judy Garland, as Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz," has a new home. The price was not the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West, as the Wizard of Oz demanded from Dorothy to send her back home to Auntie Em in the classic 1939 movie. Rather, someone this weekend paid $480,000 for Dorothy's dress, according to Julien's Auctions. The costume was one of several pieces of Hollywood history up for sale from Julien's auction house in Beverly Hills, California.
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The dress Judy Garland wore as Dorothy sells for $480,000, an auctioneer says
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The blue gingham dress was worn in the classic 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz"
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Items from Marilyn Monroe, Steve McQueen and Julie Andrews also sell at the auction

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England's friendly against Italy in March will take place at the Juventus Stadium, the Football Association has announced. The FA confirmed last year that England would be taking on the Italians after their Euro 2016 qualifier against Lithuania. And after negotiations with their Italian counterparts, English football's governing body has announced the March 31 fixture will take place in the home of Juventus in Turin. England's friendly against Italy in March will take place at the Juventus Stadium, The FA have announced The last time the two sides met Italy won 2-1 in their World Cup group game in Brazil
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England will face Italy in a friendly match in March
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The FA has announced the match will take place at the Juventus Stadium
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The 41,000-seater Juventus Stadium was opened in 2011

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(CNN) -- There are many reasons why Roz Savage is an extraordinary woman -- she has rowed single-handed across the Atlantic and is now tackling the Pacific, after all. Life changer: From successful career to ocean rower, Savage has been an inspiration for many. But her response to everyday commuter ennui is perhaps of the most remarkable things about her. Back in 2000 a 33-year-old Roz was facing another dreary journey by train to the office. She had a great job as a management consultant, money and a husband; but deep down she knew something was missing. So, instead of just burying her feelings, she wrote two obituaries of herself. In one she kept going with life as it was. In the other she took a jump into the unknown and did the things she'd always wanted to. From that moment on her life has never been the same.
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British woman swapped career for adventurous life and raising eco awareness
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Rowed solo across Atlantic; now attempting same feat across the Pacific Ocean
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Her positive message has been inspirational to many across the world
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"I don't see myself as a hero, just a human being trying to be the best she can be"

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ISIS has used videos of its shocking beheadings of Western hostages to seize the world's attention, threatening the United States and its allies. But the Islamic militant group is also pushing its extremist views in a slick online magazine. The publication -- named "Dabiq" after a town in northern Syria that symbolizes a clash between Islam and the West -- portrays U.S. President Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain as "crusaders" who will "bring about the complete collapse of the modern American empire." It also carries images evoking apocalyptic battles between the Sunni extremist group's fighters and the rest of the world -- including American soldiers enveloped in flames.
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Images evoke apocalyptic battles between ISIS fighters and the rest of the world
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Expert: It's part of "a global outreach strategy to recruit immigrants to build its state"
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Named "Dabiq," the magazine calls Obama and McCain "crusaders"
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The latest issue carries an article defending the killing of James Foley

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(CNN) -- Hurricane Odile snapped palm trees like twigs, washed out roads and left tourists trapped in Mexican resorts Monday. Even as it weakened into a Category 1 hurricane, the storm threatened to bring torrential rains and flooding as it moved over the Baja California peninsula, forecasters said. Already, the hurricane has left stunned residents and tourists in its wake. Sarah McKinney, who was in Cabo San Lucas on maternity leave from her job in Arkansas when the then-Category 3 storm hit with 125 mph winds Sunday night, tweeted photos of the wreckage Monday: the collapsed roof of a restaurant, a shuttle van flipped over, a resort's swimming pool pushed into the ocean.
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NEW: The Category 1 hurricane still threatens to cause floods, forecasters say
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Hurricane Odile hit the southern tip of Baja California Sur late Sunday
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An American mother on maternity leave holes up with her newborn in a hotel
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Forecasters warn of destructive waves and life-threatening floods

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(CNN) -- The seizure of Crimea has boosted the domestic popularity of Russian President Vladimir Putin to an unprecedented 82%. In the long run, however, the invasion could be the death knell of the Putin regime. Starting a war to solve a domestic problem is now a Russian tradition. The first and second Chechen wars had political motives. Both were intended to distract attention from the consequences of privatization, and the second brought Putin to power. The 2008 invasion of Georgia sharply increased the popularity of Dmitry Medvedev, who was filling in as president for Putin. The earlier acts of aggression, however, did not evoke a strong international response. This time, Russia faces full-scale war if it invades eastern Ukraine and, at the very least, sanctions if it does not withdraw from Crimea. It is ill-equipped to handle either of these challenges.
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President Vladimir Putin's domestic popularity has been boosted, writes David Satter
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Starting a war to solve a domestic problem is now a Russian tradition, he says
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Satter: Russia's businessmen depend on the West because of lawlessness in Russia
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The impending economic crisis is a potential threat to Putin's political base, he writes

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- With Quentin Tarantino's recent disclosure that Brad Pitt "pulled out a brick of hash" for the pair to smoke during a meeting about Tarantino's new film "Inglourious Basterds," the two movie icons could today be mistaken for old roomies. Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino have always wanted to work together but couldn't find the right project before "Inglourious Basterds." However, in an interview with CNN, the charismatic director of "Pulp Fiction" and "Reservoir Dogs" insists that the well-anticipated union was a long time in the making. "It was very much a case of us wanting to work together, but waiting for the right project to come along," he told CNN.
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Hash-smoking duo took years to find the right film to work on
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It's been 16 years since the two were connected by Tarantino's "True Romance"
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They now get along "like a house on fire"

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By Alex Horlock Follow @@alexhorlock David de Gea (Man United, signed for £19m), Alvaro Arbeloa (Real Madrid, £3.5m), Gerard Pique (Barcelona, £5m), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal, £8.5m), Javi Garcia (Manchester City £15.8m), Isco (Real Madrid, £23m), Juan Mata (Man United £37.2m), Fernando Torres (Chelsea, £50m), Fernando Llorente (Juventus, free), David Villa (Atletico Madrid, £4.4m) Combined market value: £166.4m When people discuss who will be lifting the World Cup on June 13, England barely register. Hosts Brazil, Argentina, Germany and holders Spain tend to be most people’s pick. An optimistic punter may even have a flutter on dark horses like Italy, Holland or even Belgium, but Roy Hodgson’s side are given scant chance of winning their second World Cup this time around.
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Fernando Torres and David Villa make way for Diego Costa
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Juan Mata struggles to force his way into Vicente del Bosque's plans
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Goalkeeper David de Gea behind Iker Casillas, Pepe Reina and Victor Valdes

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By Lydia Warren for MailOnline Questions have been raised about whether USC's newly-named captain Josh Shaw sprained both of his ankles by jumping from a balcony to save his nephew, as he claimed. The cornerback, who has been sidelined indefinitely due to the injuries, said he had seen the seven-year-old struggling in a swimming pool at a family party in Palmdale, California on Saturday night so he jumped from the second story to save him from drowning. But on Tuesday afternoon, USC coach Steve Sarkisian said he has received calls questioning the validity of the story and the school is now vetting his account, the school website reported.
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Josh Shaw, 22, was named team captain on Saturday - but he has now been sidelined indefinitely
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He saw his nephew struggling in the water at a family party on Saturday and jumped from a second story balcony onto concrete to reach him
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Despite two ankle sprains, he crawled to the water and pulled the boy out
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He was lauded a hero by his coach, fellow players and sports fans

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By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 12:14 EST, 5 November 2013 | UPDATED: 15:39 EST, 5 November 2013 The price of marijuana and the fate of the Astrodome hangs in the balance today as they are two of the various state-wide measures that are listed on local ballots. In addition to gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and the well-publicized mayoral race in New York City, a number of states have regional issues that they are asking residents to vote on. LIGHTING UP: MAINE PUSHES FOR LEGAL POT AND COLORADO WANTS 'WEED TAX' Legalizing marijuana was a controversial ballot measure in the 2012 election for residents of Colorado and now Maine is following suit by having a vote on the use of small recreational amounts of the drug.
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Individual states are holding votes on local issues, some with national implications
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Maine may legalize recreational marijuana, and Colorado may add a tax on the sale of their already-legal marijuana to raise money for schools
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A town in Utah may be able to sell beer after being one of the few remaining dry towns in the largely Mormon state
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The Houston Astrodome faces demolition after accruing massive debts

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By Phil Casey Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley believes Rory McIlroy is on course to dominate golf following the Open champion's victory in the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday. A fortnight after holding off Sergio Garcia to lift the Claret Jug at Royal Liverpool, McIlroy overhauled his Ryder Cup team-mate to claim his first World Golf Championship event and regain top spot in the world rankings. McIlroy turned a three-shot deficit into a two-shot lead within the space of five holes at Firestone Country Club before Garcia battled back to leave the pair tied heading into the back nine. Champion: McIlroy with his trophy after winning the WGC-Bridgestone invitational at Firestone Country club
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Rory McIlroy won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational on Sunday
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The Open champion is now top of the world rankings
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Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley says McIlroy can dominate golf

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- George Lindsey, the actor who portrayed the country-bumpkin mechanic Goober Pyle on "The Andy Griffith Show," died Sunday after a brief illness, his family said. He was 83. Lindsey's funeral is scheduled for Friday afternoon in Nashville. He will be buried in his hometown of Jasper, Alabama, on Saturday, according to the funeral home. Lindsey's character Goober Pyle joined the hit sitcom in 1964 as the cousin of Gomer Pyle, played by Jim Nabors. When the show ended four seasons later, Lindsey continued as Goober for three years on the sequel series "Mayberry R.F.D." "George often told me his fondest memories of his life in show business were the years he spent working on 'The Andy Griffith Show' and 'Mayberry R.F.D.' " said Andy Griffith. "They were for me, too."
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NEW: George Lindsey's funeral is set for Friday and burial on Saturday
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Lindsey joined the hit sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show" in 1964
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Lindsey continued as Goober on the sequel series "Mayberry R.F.D." for three years
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He embraced the Goober character for another 20 years on TV's "Hee Haw"

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Editor's note: Randall Balmer, an Episcopal priest, is professor of American religious history at Barnard College, Columbia University, and a visiting professor at Emory University. His most recent book is "God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush." Randall Balmer supports Obama's unusual broadening of a president's words to include nonbelievers. NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama's mention of "nonbelievers" in his inaugural address represents an important broadening of the circle of acceptability in American life, an acknowledgement of our growing diversity and a fuller embrace of the principles articulated in our nation's charter documents.
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Randall Balmer: It's unusual for a president to include nonbelievers in his words
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He says America has widened its circle of religion for hundreds of years
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Balmer says rhetoric has grown to include Jews, Muslims, Hindus
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The First Amendment makes it appropriate to recognize nonbelievers, he says

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(CNN)Kiev will ask the Hague tribunal to investigate alleged "crimes against humanity" in the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced Monday. There has been a surge in fighting between Ukraine government forces and pro-Russian separatists in recent days. On Saturday, at least 30 civilians were killed in shelling in the southeastern city of Mariupol, while eight people died when a transit stop in the city of Donetsk was shelled Thursday. Both sides blamed the other for the deaths. Speaking after a meeting with the European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, Poroshenko said "the actions of Russian-backed terrorists and regular Russian troops" had caused Ukrainians to suffer.
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Ukraine's President says Kiev will ask Hague tribunal to investigate alleged crimes
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blames Kiev for civilian deaths in Ukraine
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Kiev and the U.S. blame pro-Russia separatists for shelling that killed civilians last week

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(CNN) -- Purnima lives in Nepal. She wants to be a nurse. But because she is a girl instead of a boy, she is more likely to go to work than go to school. In Nepal, government schools start charging tuition in the sixth grade. But Purnima was selected to be part of the Girls Education program with the nonprofit Room to Read and was able to continue her education. "I am the first person getting an education in my family and my brother and sisters did not get the chance due to our family background ... we are from a poor family so we cannot afford to go to school," says Purnima.
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Purnima from Nepal has just finished at the top of her class in secondary school
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Room to Read's Girls Education program has helped more than 21,000 girls attend school
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Purnima lives with her family in a room above the carpet factory where her older sister works
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In Nepal, parents follow tradition of Kamlari, selling daughters into indentured servitude

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By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 08:15 EST, 27 December 2013 | UPDATED: 11:11 EST, 27 December 2013 If you've ever spotted your waiter making odd gestures with their hands, they could be telling colleagues you're a VIP, a messy eater or be banning you from ever eating at the restaurant again. Top restaurants are now teaching their staff to use a secret hand code to talk about their customers without them knowing. The Washington Post noticed the phenomenon and spoke to Adam Sanders, manager of BLT Steak in Washington, who revealed his restaurant is often full of high-profile guests so staff make a sideways peace sign if a VIP comes in that needs special attention.
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Top restaurants around the world teach their staff the hand gestures
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The signals are used to make good service appear as though it is effortless
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It can be used to order water, ask for help, signal a special occasion or an important guest has arrived
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Owner of New York's legendary Stork Club, Sherman Billingsley used the secret code back in the 1940s

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A 36-year-old who was desperate for a baby after seven years of trying to conceive has finally had a baby girl - after she was hypnotised into believing she was pregnant. Louise Cheshire, 36, who also suffered two miscarriages, decided to try hypnotherapy before embarking on IVF treatment with her partner Ian Forrest, 33. But the shop worker from Coventry fell pregnant just four weeks after attending a one-hour session with practitioner David Kilmurry last January. Longed-for baby: Louise Cheshire tried for seven years before she had daughter Aafia, who is now eight weeks old She gave birth to daughter Aafia Rose, who weighed 6lbs 11oz, on December 3 last year at University Hospital Coventry.
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Louise, from Coventry, had suffered two failed miscarriages during a seven-year battle to have a baby
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Decided to try hypnotherapy before embarking on IVF treatment
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In session she was given subconscious suggestion she was having a baby
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Fell pregnant just four weeks afterwards

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(Time) -- Facebook has started to roll out a new version of its Messenger app for Android that only requires a name and a phone number, not an actual Facebook account, to sign up. Although the new Facebook Messenger app is only available in a handful of countries for now--Australia, India, Indonesia, South Africa and Venezuela--it will eventually roll out to the United States and elsewhere, allowing users to chat with their phone contacts even if they're not using Facebook. This news has set the tech world atwitter with proclamations that the new Messenger is an assault on the lowly text message (including one such proclamation from Facebook itself).
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Facebook is rolling out a new version of its Messenger app for Android
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App only requires a name and a phone number, not an actual Facebook account, to sign up
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Some bloggers see the new Messenger app as an assault on the lowly text message
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By Riath Al-Samarrai for MailOnline Follow @@riathalsam CLICK HERE for all facts, stats and graphics from the the Liberty Stadium At the end of a week in which Garry Monk questioned Roy Hodgson’s continued absence from the Liberty Stadium, two Englishmen gave Swansea City their third win in three and another proved his sublime traits don’t always come saddled with the ridiculous. For this was not just about West Brom’s numerous mistakes and three well-taken goals from Nathan Dyer and Wayne Routledge, the first of which came inside two minutes and the second was quite brilliant. This was also about Jonjo Shelvey, so dynamic in his bursts from deep positions, but all too often a victim of his seemingly insatiable desire to over-complicate things.Last weekend, against Burnley, he followed a 50-yard pass with a simpler one straight into touch. Here, he got the balance right.
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Two goals from Nathan Dyer in the second and 71st minute earn Swansea emphatic win over West Bromwich Albion
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Incredible strike from Wayne Routledge doubled Swansea's advantage at Liberty Stadium as home side win 3-0
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Two Englishmen help Garry Monk win third match after Premier League victories over Burnley and Manchester United
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Excellent Jonjo Shelvey performance reiterates Monk's calls for England manager Roy Hodgson to notice Swans stars

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One of the Woolwich killers decided to convert to Islam after being inspired by a hate preacher who advocates killing gays and beating women, he has revealed in a letter. Michael Adebowale, 22, said that lectures posted online by notorious firebrand cleric Sheikh Khalid Yasin taught him the ‘purpose of life’. In the note written from Belmarsh Prison, he said he made the decision to convert to Islam in 2009 – around the same time that he was serving half of a 15-month sentence for supplying heroin. Inspiration: Michael Adebowale, left, converted to Islam after listening to a sermon by Khalid Yasin, right
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Michael Adebowale praised Khalid Yasin in prison letter to pen pal
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Says extremist preacher who advocates killing gays inspired him to convert to Islam
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Complains that he is alienated from his family because they aren't Muslim
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Also says that most Muslims have rejected him after he murdered soldier
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Adebowale and Michael Adebolajo face life in jail after being convicted of killing Lee Rigby outside Woolwich Barracks

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(CNN) -- The Iranian navy fired four missiles into the Persian Gulf, sinking a target the size of a warship, the country's military said, according to state-run Press TV. The missile drill comes as the United States and other military conduct massive minesweeping exercises in the Arabian Gulf. The U.S. military says these exercises are strictly "defensive," but the show of force in light of Iran's threats to mine the Strait of Hormuz is hard to ignore. The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps fired the missile simultaneously at the large target, which sank in 50 seconds, Navy Cmdr. Rear Adm. Ali Fadavi said, according to Press TV.
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Iran says a drill included the launching of four missiles
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The missiles struck and sank a target the size of a warship, commander says
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The test comes as the United States and others conduct minesweeping exercise

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Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- North Korea proposed high-level talks with the United States to "ease tensions in the Korean Peninsula," its state news agency reported early Sunday. The topics that "can be sincerely discussed" include easing military tensions, changing a truce treaty to a peace treaty and nuclear matters, according to a statement from the North's National Defense Commission, as reported by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. It left some details -- like where and when the talks might be held -- up to Washington, and insisted U.S. officials should not lay out any preconditions for talks. "(The United States should) not lose the opportunity that is laid out and should actively agree with our resolute step and good intention," the commission said.
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NEW: U.S. should not lay out conditions, "not lose the opportunity," state news says
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A North Korean government group makes its offer to the U.S. to "ease tensions"
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The U.S. has spearheaded efforts targeting North Korea's nuclear program
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The North abruptly called off talks days ago with South Korea

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West Bank (CNN) -- Hundreds of Israeli police swarmed a makeshift Palestinian protest camp early Sunday morning, taking dozens of activists into custody for questioning before releasing them later. The operation marked the latest saga in the bitter back-and-forth over Israel's settlement activity in the West Bank. The camp, which protesters dubbed Bab Alshams, sprung up Thursday, in a roughly 12-square kilometer (5-square mile) area Israel has dubbed E1. In recent weeks, Israel has signaled its intention to construct settlements in the area. Some international leaders have criticized such a plan, as have Palestinian leaders who say it would slice the West Bank in two, cutting it off from the proposed Palestinian capital of East Jerusalem.
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Palestinian activists set up a protest village in an area slated for Israeli settlement
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Israeli authorities ordered them to leave; police executed that order early Sunday
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More than 60 activists were taken into custody, then later released, police say
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Critical Palestinian leaders say the settlements would cut the West Bank in two

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By Rob Cooper PUBLISHED: 09:03 EST, 15 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:54 EST, 15 June 2012 Farmer's fury: David Gould has hit out at his neighbour Alan Jackson who shot dead his collie Poppy but was cleared by a court of trespassing on his land A dairy farmer whose collie dog was shot dead by his neighbour 'Bang Bang Jack' has spoken of his fury after the gunman was cleared of wrongdoing. David Gould, 49, was milking his cows when sheep farmer Alan Jackson came into his garden and fired at his dog Poppy with a shotgun. Mr Gould ran to help his black and white dog but she died outside his farmhouse in Henbury, Cheshire, before he could summon help a court heard.
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David Gould, 49, was milking his cows when farmer Alan 'Bang Bang' Jackson shot dead his collie Poppy
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'Bang Bang Jack' claimed the animal had mauled one of his sheep and he was protecting his flock
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Magistrates clear Mr Jackson of trespassing with a gun and say he had a 'reasonable excuse'
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Mr Gould denies his dog killed a sheep

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(CNN) -- As Easter comes into view, the thoughts of billions of Christians turn to Jerusalem, to a sacred weekend that includes the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Of course, people regard these events with various degrees of literalness. But Easter retains its power. It is, in fact, the essential Christian celebration, as the Gospels focus hugely on this part of the Jesus story. They describe in slow motion his entry into Jerusalem and the final week leading up to the crucifixion on Good Friday, the uncertain stillness of Holy Saturday, when the world seems to have slipped into total darkness, then the joy of the Resurrection itself, with a sense that boundaries have been broken -- most aggressively, the membrane between life and death.
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Jay Parini: Easter is Christians' most powerful day. People vary on how literal resurrection is
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The Gospel writings about this are unclear on what happened. They skip that part, he says
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He says in post-Resurrection accounts Jesus appears, but he is not recognizable
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Parini: Differing accounts suggest much was rumor. But Easter rebirth message endures

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To New Jersey prosecutors, Caleb Lawrence McGillvary is simply a murder suspect, and a dangerous one at that. But to at least some of the thousands of fans who know him as a hero for using a hatchet to stop another man's attack on two people in Fresno, California, accusations that the long-haired homeless hitchhiker bludgeoned a 73-year-old lawyer to death are unfathomable. "I'm having a hard time seeing Kai as a cold-blooded killer," one of his fans posted on his Facebook page Friday. "I hope they really listen to him and do a proper investigation." Another fan started trying to raise money for a legal defense fund. As of midday Friday, it had collected $66.
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"The investigation came together very quickly," the prosecutor says
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Caleb Lawrence McGillvary is jailed for allegedly killing a New Jersey lawyer
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Prosecutors suggest the pair had relationship; McGillvary felt assaulted, a post suggests
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He gained Internet fame as a hitchhiker who came to the aid of two under attack

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By Luke Garratt PUBLISHED: 08:52 EST, 13 March 2014 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 13 March 2014 David Cameron distanced himself when he met for talks with former Prime Minister Tony Blair during the second day of his visit to Israel and the West Bank, saying he never said he wanted to be 'heir to Blair'. Cameron met Blair in East Jerusalem to be briefed on the Palestinian economy and the state of Middle Eastern peace talks prior to his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Blair met with the PM as peace envoy for a group called 'the Quartet' (the UN, US, EU and Russia) his role being promotion economic growth and job creation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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The PM and predecessor talked Palestinian economy and peace negotiations
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Tony Blair said the UK is in a 'unique position' of trust in the area
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The PM has pledged £1.5 million to help Palestinian refugees
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Visited various holy sites, such as Jesus Christ's manger
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New York (CNN)The ceremonial burning of paper money and the melodic sounds of Buddhist chants are marking a weekend of remembrance for the second police officer killed in an ambush by a lone gunman in December -- a sendoff that reflects the changing face of a department once known for its deep Irish and Italian roots. Under a mix of rain and snow, Det. Wenjian Liu was remembered Saturday at Aievoli Funeral Home in Brooklyn, where Mayor Bill de Blasio, Police Commissioner William Bratton, local officials and throngs of uniformed police officers and firefighters gathered at his wake in a sign of the diversity and unity of the nation's largest city.
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Fellow officers to say goodbye to Det. Wenjian Liu at a funeral home in Brooklyn on Sunday
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At the funeral for Rafael Ramos, some officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio

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(CNN)As the sun set Thursday in the Middle East, did two ISIS captives -- one a Jordanian pilot, the other a Japanese journalist -- fall with it? That was the question following a new message, purportedly from the terrorist group, that pushed Jordan to bring convicted terrorist Sajida al-Rishawi to the Turkish border by 5:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. ET). If they didn't, according to the message, Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kassasbeh would be killed, followed soon thereafter by Kenji Goto of Japan. For days, Jordanian officials have said they're willing to swap al-Rishawi for al-Kassasbeh. Government spokesman Mohammed al-Momani reiterated as much late Thursday afternoon, about an hour before the purported deadline. He said Jordan is not about to pull off a deal yet, having received no proof that its pilot is still alive.
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Captive Jordanian pilot's father pleads for his release
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The sun sets Thursday in the Middle East, but the fates of 2 ISIS hostages are unclear
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Japanese hostage's wife pleads to Japanese and Jordanian governments

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By Steve Nolan PUBLISHED: 07:47 EST, 29 October 2013 | UPDATED: 11:41 EST, 29 October 2013 Living in ramshackle tents and racing daily to be first in line for free hot food, this is hardly a holiday camp. But for many of the hundreds of migrants living in makeshift campsites in northern France, the prospect of a better life in the UK rather than that of returning home to Iraq or Afghanistan makes it worth enduring the less-than-luxury conditions. While an army of volunteers from a charity set up to help them provides warm food and clothing at the moment, the 1,000 or so migrants who have set up camp in Calais and the surrounding towns are desperate to make it to Britain.
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Pictures show volunteers from SALAM helping migrants camping in towns across northern France
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More than 300 volunteers work to serve daily hot food and provide migrants with warm clothing

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(CNN) -- Liz Lee is not your typical MTV reality show star. As friend Jake Fogelnest puts it, "While (the "Jersey Shore" cast) is out fist-pumping, Liz is in her dorm room watching Netflix." Lee's show, "My Life as Liz," chronicled the self-described nerd's senior year of high school in Texas during its first season last year. Its second season, centering around Lee's time in college in New York, premiered February 8 at 11 p.m. ET, with an 89% increase in viewership from the series premiere, according to MTV. "The executives at MTV are really smart. The fact that a show like that is on now is amazing and great," said Fogelnest, who hosted his own show on MTV as a teenager (from his bedroom, no less), "Squirt TV," in the mid-1990s. "My Life as Liz" is "the one thing where someone's not pregnant or drunk; it's what real people are like."
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MTV's "My Life as Liz," about a self-described nerd, has taken off on Twitter
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Unique to this MTV show is controversy on Liz Lee's "nerd cred"
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MTV's popular series "Daria," which started in 1997, is an inspiration for Lee
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(CNN) -- Brian Flynn, brother of a victim aboard downed Pan Am Flight 103, said Thursday that the killing of former Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi is a moment of justice. "For more than 20 years, (Gadhafi) continued to haunt the world," he said. "We can take some satisfaction that justice can be done." LIVE BLOG: Latest developments on Gadhafi's death A bomb left 270 people dead when it exploded aboard the Boeing 747 as it flew over Lockerbie, Scotland, less than a week before Christmas day in 1988. The attack ultimately was pinned on Libyan intelligence officials. Flynn's brother, John Patrick, was one of 35 university students killed in the tragedy. A permanent memorial at New York's Syracuse University was dedicated to the victims.
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Washington (CNN) -- Asian security may figure greatly in this year's U.S. presidential election because of urgent questions about North Korea and enduring concerns over how best to manage a rising China and preserve American influence. In addition to Asia's looming role in the global economy, specific recent developments ensure that Asia will surface as an issue during the final months of the U.S. presidential campaign. Asian security issues should be debated during the course of the election, and they will be framed in terms starkly different from those likely to be heard among Asian experts ruminating at a conference. While foreign capitals and analysts will scrutinize campaign rhetoric for clues, they would do well to remember that governing is different from campaigning.
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Patrick Cronin: Asian security issues have barely been discussed in campaign
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Cronin: How can diminished U.S. military meet challenges in the region?
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He asks whether Japan, other nations, can play a larger role

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(CNN) -- I hope President Obama called to congratulate Mia Love. The way he called college student Sandra Fluke after Rush Limbaugh called her a "prostitute." The way he called the NBA's first openly gay player, Jason Collins. The way he called the San Francisco Giants after they won the World Series. I hope he called Mia Love because her story is every bit as unlikely, courageous and yes, inspirational, as his own. Love -- the first black Republican woman elected to Congress -- will not be his political ally and that's OK. I spoke with membership services and blacks are no longer revoked for voting Republican.
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Mia Love became the first black Republican woman in Congress
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LZ Granderson says her life story is inspirational and reflects MLK's dream
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By Rob Waugh Updated: 13:31 EST, 13 January 2012 The EcoATM: After analysing your mobile or MP3, it gives a quote on the spot, based on what a network of hundreds of electronics-recycling companies are willing to pay for it. If you accept, it spits out cash The EcoATM machine is a fully automated phone recycler that lets users drop off old mobiles - then pays for them in cash. It's a cupboard-sized machine with a big touch screen and metal tray where you can place your old phone or MP3 player. EcoATM already has some machines in California, but is rolling out across the U.S. shortly.
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The Gingrich campaign has now confirmed a longstanding business relationship that enabled his consulting group to receive between $1.6 and $1.8 million from mortgage giant Freddie Mac. But it wasn't for "lobbying," Newt Gingrich insists. It was for "strategic advice on a wide range of issues." OK, but then doesn't the payment, AP's Tom Beaumont asked the former House speaker, just remind people that "your background comes from being a Washington insider?" "It reminds people," Gingrich corrected Beaumont, "that I know a great deal about Washington." And as he continued,  "If you want to change Washington, we just tried four [sic] years of amateur ignorance and it didn't work very well, so having some-body who knows Washington might be a really good thing."
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Lawrence Lessig: Gingrich fundamentally changed nature of Congress
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Hong Kong (CNN)It wasn't just the nuts. The flight attendant who served the offending macadamia nuts testified that she and the chief flight attendant knelt before Heather Cho, the former vice president at Korean Air, and the daughter of the airline's chairman in apology. The former executive also shoved her, threw a tablet to her chest and called her a pejorative term for female dog after becoming angry over the service, Kim Do Hee, the flight attendant testified in court Friday. Cho, a former executive for South Korea's biggest airline faces charges, after she ordered an international flight back to the gate at New York's JFK airport after becoming dissatisfied that her macadamia nuts were served in a bag instead of on a plate in first class.
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Flight attendant: Korean Air exec yelled, cursed, physically abused her after nuts served
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Heather Cho ordered a Korean Air plane back to the gate in early December
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Outrage in South Korea over power of national corporations

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Ed Miliband has been accused of 'hypocrisy' for ignoring Labour's Welsh NHS crisis while trying to reap electoral profit from England's Health Service problems. More than 100 patients have signed an open letter to the Labour leader claiming he has 'turned a blind eye' to more serious failings in Wales. They also demanded a full inquiry into the Welsh NHS's troubles – a call echoed by one of Britain's most respected surgeons. Ed Miliband has been criticised for ignoring Labour's Welsh NHS crisis while trying to gain electoral profit from England's Health Service problems Former Royal College of Surgeons president Professor Sir Norman Williams said there were enough worrying 'smoke signals' to justify holding an independent inquiry into potential problems in the Welsh NHS.
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More than 100 patients sign letter saying Miliband has ignored Wales NHS
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Mr Miliband criticised for ignoring failings and trying to reap electoral profit from England's Health Service problems

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By Alan Roden, In Edinburgh and Dan Bloom No Plan B: Mr Salmond hinted that not keeping the pound would be like settling for second best Alex Salmond has admitted there is no acceptable 'Plan B' if an independent Scotland is barred from using the British pound. The First Minister said dropping the pound 'implies settling for what's second best' - but still insisted there will be a deal on a currency union with the rest of the UK. His admission came as Labour leader Ed Miliband revealed he will campaign again a currency union in the event of a 'yes' vote.
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First Minister made admission in an open letter to voters in today's Sun
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Ed Miliband reveals he will campaign against currency union in 2015 election

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Oscar winner Halle Berry's ex made 'completely and totally unacceptable' racial slurs against the actress - and dyed their six-year-old daughter's hair blonde, it was revealed in court today. The star took her former love, Gabriel Aubry, to court, accusing him of straightening their little girl Nahla's naturally curly hair and lightening it over the past year in a bid to deny her African-American heritage. As a result, Halle said in court documents, Aubry had caused Nahla 'potential psychological and physical damage' - and could cause her to wonder 'why her natural appearance is not good enough'. A judge ruled today that neither Halle nor Aubry can now change Nahla's hair, while court records obtained by MailOnline show that Aubry has made shocking racist remarks against the star.
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Star takes ex to court - accusing him of dyeing and straightening six-year-old Nahla's hair
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Halle - the first African American actress to win a Best Actress Oscar - says it could cause Nahla to wonder 'why her natural appearance is not good enough'
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Judge today bans both Halle and Aubry from changing Nahla's hair
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Court records show judge castigated Aubry for making racial slurs against Halle
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Halle is currently trying to cut Aubry's monthly child support payments

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(CNN) -- After months of speculation and hype, the first biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit theaters Friday. "Jobs," directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starring Ashton Kutcher as the iconic tech guru, spans much of Jobs' early career, from his hippie days at Reed College in 1974 to the launch of the original iPod in 2001. And guess what? Although it omits or glosses over many chapters of Jobs' life, it's not bad. This is the first dramatic feature film to focus solely on the longtime Apple CEO, who died in 2011. A second Steve Jobs movie, written by Aaron Sorkin and adapted from the best-selling Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, is due as early as next year.
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Jobs," starring Ashton Kutcher in the iconic role, hits theaters Friday
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The movie is the first biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs
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Here are five things the movie gets right, and wrong

Question: Coincidentally, that is almost the same ending that @placeholder favors for his version of the Jobs story.


Rangers non-executive chairman David Somers has been appointed executive chairman of the club on a temporary basis, the Glasgow side have announced to the Stock Exchange. Somers will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director following the departures of Graham Wallace and Philip Nash. A statement said: 'David Somers, non-executive chairman, will become executive chairman of Rangers on a temporary basis with immediate effect. David Somers has been appointed executive chairman of the Ibrox club on a temporary basis 'In this role, he will liaise directly with senior staff within the club about the operation of the business, and he will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director.
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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley bailed the club out with £2million loan
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David Somers will oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive and finance director after Graham Wallace and Philip Nash departed
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Derek Llambias has been hired as a consultant by the Ibrox club

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By David Mccormack PUBLISHED: 00:56 EST, 2 August 2013 | UPDATED: 01:00 EST, 2 August 2013 Philippe Reines, was so enraged hearing about Antony Weiner's latest sexting exploits that he told the New York mayoral candidate he wanted to 'reach through this phone' and 'pull out' his throat Hillary Clinton's longtime spokesman and adviser, Philippe Reines, was so enraged after hearing about Antony Weiner’s latest sexting exploits that he told the New York mayoral candidate he wanted to ‘reach through this phone’ and ‘pull out’ his throat. The incident took place on a campaign conference call just hours before Weiner’s infamous news conference on July 23, when his wife Huma Abedin, a close personal friend of Reines, spoke publicly in support of her shamed husband.
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Hillary Clinton's longtime spokesman Philippe Reines berated Weiner on a conference call hours before the latest sexting allegations became public
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Reines has been working on the campaign to help his good friend and colleague Huma Abedin
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He is now advising Weiner's wife to get less involved in the husband's faltering mayoral bid

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Question: Reines’s behind-the-scenes presence illustrates the overlapping roles played by @placeholder advisers as they seek to help Abedin navigate her husband’s increasingly toxic campaign, and at the same time protect the Clinton brand from any collateral damage.


By Simon Walters PUBLISHED: 20:23 EST, 25 January 2014 | UPDATED: 20:49 EST, 25 January 2014 Backlash: Ed Balls addresses the Fabian Society yesterday Labour was facing a damaging split last night after allies of  Tony Blair accused Ed Miliband of taking the party back to the 1970s when it vowed to ‘tax the rich until the pips squeak’. The backlash came after Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said that a future Labour Government would raise the top rate of income tax from 45p in the pound to 50p for those earning over £150,000, reversing a cut made by David Cameron. Mr Balls claimed the increase was vital to reduce the budget deficit ‘more fairly’.
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Blair allies accuse the Shadow Chancellor of 'economic illiteracy'
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Survation interviewed 1,064 people online yesterday afternoon

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Question: But the problem for Mr @placeholder and Labour leader Ed Miliband is that voters do not trust them – or their motives.


By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 13:00 EST, 28 January 2013 | UPDATED: 14:25 EST, 28 January 2013 What could be the site of the largest mass human sacrifice in the bloody history of Mexico's ancient civilisations has been discovered. Archaeologists working at the site near to Mexico City have so far unearthed 150 skulls with just one or two vertaebrae attached - suggesting they were hacked off the victims. Dated to between 600 and 850AD, the skulls were found in an area miles from the nearest large city of the day, and researchers say the discovery could challenge existing notions about the area's ancient culture.
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Find could challenge the conventional account of Meso-American history
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The 1,100 year old skulls found in an area miles historical cities
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Archaeologists stumble across them while surveying on Google Earth

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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 15:12 EST, 26 July 2013 | UPDATED: 15:12 EST, 26 July 2013 Arrest: Brandon Todd, 19, allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her captive for two weeks A teenager who allegedly kidnapped a woman and held her as a sex slave for more than two weeks called an FBI agent daily to tell him he was involved in sex trafficking, it has emerged. Brandon Todd, 19, called Special Agent Barry Crouch numerous times while holding his victim captive, telling the man that he had recently 'recruited' a woman, the affidavit states. It is not clear what action - if any - the FBI took after receiving the phone calls. Calls to the FBI from MailOnline were not returned and the agency declined to comment to ABC beyond the affidavit.
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FBI has declined to say what action they took to find Brandon Todd, 19
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He met woman aboard bus from Florida to San Diego 'and forced her to return to New York with him by threatening to kill her family'
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He 'kept her captive for two weeks, raping her and beating her'
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She eventually faked an asthma attack so he would take her to hospital
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While he kept her captive, 'he called FBI agent daily to say he was a human sex trafficker but that he no longer wanted any involvement'

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The eight-year-old son of the AirAsia QZ8501 captain is unaware his father’s plane has crashed and believes his ‘daddy is still at work’, relatives have said. Captain Iriyanto, an experienced former military jet pilot, crashed in airspace thick with storm clouds between Indonesia and Singapore while piloting the Airbus with 162 people on board on Sunday. The pilot’s brother Budi Sutiono told the Telegraph Iriyanto’s son Arya Galih Gegara has been told his father is still at work. ‘He keeps asking us and he keeps crying because he misses his father,’ Mr Sutino said. The family have switched all the televisions in the house off and will break the news to eight-year-old Galih gradually.
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Captain Iriyanto was piloting AirAsia flight QZ8501 when it crashed
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The plane came down in the Java Sea, 42 minutes after departing
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162 people were on board the flight from Indonesia to Singapore
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Iriyanto's son Arya Galih Gegara believes his dad is still at work

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By Eddie Wrenn PUBLISHED: 14:19 EST, 20 August 2012 | UPDATED: 14:20 EST, 20 August 2012 An ancient skull unearthed in Laos has reset the clock of human migration to southern Asia back 20,000 years. The skull, found in a cave in the Annamite mountains, has been dated to between 46,000 and 63,000 years old - and appears to be the remains of an anatomically modern human being. The discovery suggests that the first modern humans to leave Africa spread around the world much earlier than was previously thought. Skull from the mists of time: The researchers studied the fragments, including recognisable teeth and cranium, which date to 63,000 years ago
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Skull found in cave in Annamite mountains, Laos, dates from 46,000 and 63,000 years ago
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Previous discoveries suggested humanity only left Africa around 27,000 years ago

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(CNN)The next class inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame could include punk rockers Green Day, the influential Nine Inch Nails and seminal rap group N.W.A. Those are just three of the 15 acts that are nominated for induction into the institution in 2015. Others include Joan Jett and the Blackhearts; Lou Reed; The Smiths; The Spinners; Sting; Chic; Kraftwerk; The Marvelettes; Bill Withers; War; Stevie Ray Vaughan; and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. In order to be eligible for nomination, a music act had to release its first recording in 1989 or earlier. According to Billboard, that means Green Day and Nine Inch Nails are up for induction in their first year of eligibility. Nine Inch Nails' first album, "Pretty Hate Machine," marks its 25th anniversary this month, and Green Day's EP "1,000 Hours" dropped in April 1989.
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15 acts are up for induction, including first-year-eligible Nine Inch Nails and Green Day
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The Smiths, Bill Withers, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Sting are on the ballot for the first time
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(CNN) -- The Sultanate of Oman is a rarity in the diplomatic world: It enjoys "cordial" relations with both the United States and Iran. And once again, it is closely involved in trying to help win the freedom of Americans held in Iran. In 2010, Omani sources paid $500,000 bail to help win the release of American hiker Sarah Shourd, who with her fiancÃ© Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal was detained in 2009 after allegedly straying across an unmarked stretch of the Iran-Iraq border. The Omanis are now involved in brokering the release of Bauer and Fattal. Sultan Qaboos, who has ruled Oman for more than 40 years, has gone to great lengths to strike a balance in relations with Iran -- Oman's neighbor across the Strait of Hormuz -- and his traditional allies in the west, especially the UK and U.S.
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Sultanate has "cordial" relations with U.S., Iran
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Omani sources helped win the release of Sarah Shourd last year
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Sultan said to be at home in both traditional Arab, modern Western society

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The mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot dead two weeks ago, has said that meeting Attorney General Eric Holder has given her hope that her son might one day get justice. The sequence of events that led to her son’s death remain unclear, but earlier this week Lesley McSpadden and her son’s father Michael Brown, Sr. paid for an autopsy which concluded that their son had been shot six times, twice in the head. The shooting has triggered days of rioting reflecting long-simmering racial tensions in a town of mostly black residents and a majority white police force and McSpadden has admitted that she didn't have faith in local authorities.
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Lesley McSpadden has said that meeting Attorney General Eric Holder  has given her hope that her son might one day get justice
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Michael Brown's shooting has prompted multiple investigations including a federal civil rights investigation
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New York (CNN) -- The American "sport" of competitive eating capped off its signature battle royale in New York on Wednesday with the apparent triumph of two defending champions. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut and Sonya "The Black Widow" Thomas each fended off would-be challengers during Nathan's annual hot dog-eating competition in Brooklyn. In an event likely to repulse most vegetarians, Chestnut tied his record by scarfing down 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. It marks the California native's sixth win at the competition, tying his former rival, Japanese eating icon Takeru Kobayashi, who did not compete due to a contract dispute.
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Takeru Kobayashi scarfs down 68.5 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes
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Joey Chestnut ties his world record, downing 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes
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It was Chestnut's sixth win in the annual Nathan's contest
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Sonya Thomas won the women's contest, breaking her record of 41 dogs and buns

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Beirut (CNN) -- At first glance, the brightness of the colors might just be enough to fool the casual viewer. But this abstract scene in "Play in the City" isn't a cheerful one. Pain infuses this painting. "Here's a person who wants to kill another person," says artist Anas Homsi, as he points towards a menacing figure in the composition, "And here's a person who wants to defend this person from being killed. " Homsi's canvas is inspired by conflict - namely, the brutal civil war raging in his homeland of Syria. It's just one of several works on display at the Joanna Seikaly Gallery in Beirut. In the exhibit, entitled "True Colors", Homsi along with two other Syrian artists, Wissam Shaabi and Fadi Al Hamwi, tackle warfare through works encompassing themes such as hope, survival and society.
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Syria's brutal civil war depicted in Beirut exhibition
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(CNN) -- What has Jay Leno done lately for NBC in late night? Well, even the network's official Wednesday announcement of his ouster (in spring 2014) acknowledges that "The Tonight Show" under Leno's reign continues to rank No. 1 in both total viewers and advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds. That's against ABC's recently relocated "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" as well as CBS' longstanding "Late Show with David Letterman," according to Nielsen Media Research. Nonetheless, NBC will be pushing him out for a second time, with "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon taking over "in conjunction" with the network's coverage of next year's Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia (scheduled to run from February 7-23).
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Ed Bark: Jay Leno still No. 1 in late night for NBC, but network replacing him with Jimmy Fallon
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Bark: Network making it clear that's important. But can it turn social media sway into money?

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The father who claims his wife abandoned their newborn son because he has Down syndrome has  four other children from a previous marriage, including a girl with the same condition, Daily Mail Australia can reveal. Samuel Forrest and his wife Ruzan Badalyan split just a week after their son Leo was born with Down syndrome in Armenia on January 21. Mr Forrest, who says his wife of 18 months abandoned their son because her family were ashamed of his condition, has made global headlines since he started crowd fundraising to bring Leo to his native New Zealand. Samuel Forrest left New Zealand a few years ago following a messy divorce that saw him lose his four young children (pictured), including his youngest daughter who has Down syndrome - the same condition affected his three-week-old son Leo
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Samuel Forrest and his wife Ruzan Badalyan split just a week after their son Leo was born with Down syndrome in Armenia on January 21
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He says she abandoned their son because her family were ashamed of his condition
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Mr Forrest left New Zealand after a messy divorce saw him lose his four children, including a daughter with Down syndrome
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He was expelled from Exclusive Brethren church for divorcing his wife in 2011 and hasn't seen his family since

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Question: There are also plans to use some of the funds to support parents in @placeholder who are raising children with disabilities.


Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process. We believe this unique reporting approach is worthy of sharing with our CNN.com readers. Brooklyn, New York (VICE) -- In 2007, we stood on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing , where we tried and failed to get into the Gaza Strip. Inside, a Palestinian civil war was taking place, pitting political and philosophical rivals Hamas and Fatah against each other. After a succession of assassinations, kidnappings and street battles, Hamas took complete control of Gaza, and for the first time in its history, had to figure out how to run a government. In 2011, when the post-Mubarak government of Egypt decided to start letting small numbers of folks into Gaza through their Rafah crossing, we knew it was our chance to finally get a rare glimpse of the embattled Gaza Strip and to see what life was like under the rule of Hamas.
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VICE gets a rare glimpse inside the Gaza Strip to see what life is like under Hamas rule
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Crew entered through an Egyptian crossing that opened during the Arab Spring
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Visit reveals rampant drug use among young people, overcrowded prisons

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Much will be written about the trip to Abu Dhabi in the middle of a season and the logic of landing back in the country 21 hours before a match. But was City's mid-season jaunt behind their staggering loss to Middlesbrough? It would certainly appear so. Manuel Pellegrini watches on as his Manchester City side were beaten 2-0 by Middlesbrough on Saturday But the City boss refused to blame their week-long trip to Abu Dhabi for the FA Cup defeat City players James Milner (left), Dedryck Boyata (centre) and Fernando look dejected after their side concede In the first half there was little evidence of what was to follow.
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Manchester City lost 2-0 to Middlesbrough in their FA Cup third round tie
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Goals from Patrick Bamford and Kike sealed a deserved win for Boro
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The champions went on a mid-season warm-weather training camp to Abu Dhabi during the international break
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Click here to read Neil Ashton's interview with Adel Taarabt Adel Taarabt and Harry Redknapp aren't exactly getting on at the moment. After QPR's last-gasp defeat against Liverpool on Sunday, the manager gave it both barrels to Taarabt about his physique, claiming the maverick was 'three stone overweight'. The 25-year-old wasn't particularly impressed with that assertion and told Sportsmail that he would prove he's in tip-top shape. And it isn't the first time managers have played out major bust-ups with their players in public. Sportsmail takes a look at some of the more colourful characters to have disagreed in the past.
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Harry Redknapp labelled Adel Taarabt 'three stone overweight'
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Graeme Souness and Craig Bellamy were involved in bitter spat at Newcastle back in 2005
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Roberto Mancini grabbed Mario Balotelli by the bib at Manchester City
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Paolo Di Canio once dragged Swindon goalkeeper Wes Foderingham off after just 20 minutes during a game

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Kano, Nigeria (CNN)A 13-year-old Nigerian girl told reporters that her father handed her over to Islamist militants to become a suicide bomber, but she fled as two other girls detonated their explosives at a market earlier this month. The girl was presented before the media Wednesday to describe what she called her forced role in the deadly attack. Her father, she said, joined Boko Haram and took his wife and daughter to a village in the forest in Bauchi state in northern Nigeria. "My father took us to the bush, which was surrounded by gunmen," she said, according to a CNN translation. "I was asked if I wanted to go to heaven. When I answered, they said I have to go for a suicide mission and if I attempted to run they would kill me."
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Girl says other bomber said one of the trio should go in first and set off explosive device
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Girl says her father turned her over to the Islamist militants
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She was threatened with death if she didn't wear explosives belt

Question: In April, @placeholder militants drew international condemnation when they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, many of whom they said they sold into slavery.


By Matt Blake Spanish government vessels have unlawfully entered British territorial waters around Gibraltar more than 600 times since the start of 2013, according to official figures. There were 496 incursions in 2013 and 112 in the first three months of 2014, the figures disclosed by Foreign Secretary William Hague revealed. The busiest month for incursions was August last year, when 68 Spanish vessels entered British Gibraltar waters at an average rate of more than two a day. Illegal incursion: The busiest month for incursions was August last year, when 68 Spanish vessels entered British Gibraltar waters at an average rate of more than two a day
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There were 496 incursions in 2013 and 112 in first three months of 2014
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The busiest month for incursions was August last year, at rate of two a day
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UK tells Spain: 'We'll take 'whatever action necessary' to keep Gibraltar

Question: Angry: Gibraltar has accused Spanish authorities of causing border tailbacks in retaliation for its decision to drop concrete blocks into the sea to create a reef for fish (pictured: drivers push their cars to save fuel at the border crossing between @placeholder and Gibraltar)


Former Oklahoma running back Brennan Clay is continuing to publicly accuse his wife of cheating on him with college team-mate and Dallas Cowboys star DeMarco Murray, now posting what he claims are intimate text messages between the two to Twitter. And he says there are more are to come. Clay played alongside Murray for the University of Oklahoma Sooners in the 2010 season, but announced to the world this week that his wife of just five months, Gina D'Agostini, is having an affair with Murray. VIDEO Scroll down to see Brennan Clay's workout routine on Instagram Brennan Clay (pictured) has accused his wife of having an affair with Dallas Cowboys star DeMarco Murray
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Brennan Clay has explosively taken to Twitter to claim that his wife Gina D'Agostini has cheated on him with Dallas Cowboys RB DeMarco Murray
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Clay uploaded alleged text messages between D'Agostini and Murray
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22-year-old Clay and Murray were former team-mates at the University of Oklahoma in 2010
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Former Oklahoma Sooners player Clay married D'Agostini five months ago

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(CNN) -- Sentencing was delayed Tuesday for a Somali pirate who prosecutors say led the attack on a U.S. vessel off the coast of Africa last year. The sentencing hearing for Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse was adjourned until a later date. No reason was immediately provided by the court or prosecutors for the delay. Muse has pleaded guilty to charges he hijacked the ship and kidnapped its captain. Prosecutors say Muse acted as the ringleader when he and three other men seized the U.S-flagged Maersk Alabama by force about 350 miles off the coast of Somalia on April 8, 2009. Once on board, the armed men demanded the ship be stopped, then took a lifeboat and held the captain of the ship, Richard Phillips, hostage on it.
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NEW: No reason given for postponement
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Prosecutors say Muse was the ringleader
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Muse apologized for his actions and blamed the incident on the Somali government
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He could receive a maximum sentence of almost 34 years

Question: He added that he did not recognize the @placeholder flag on the Maersk Alabama.


Australia set the platform for a final-day push for victory in the fourth Test against India after establishing a 348-run lead with four wickets remaining in Sydney. After bowling out India for 475 in the afternoon session to establish a first-innings advantage of 97, Australia's batsmen then went on the offensive as the hosts blazed their way to 251 for six by the close. In-form captain Steve Smith (71) and opener Chris Rogers (56) laid the foundations before newcomer Joe Burns smashed 66 off 39 balls to leave Australia in a strong position to try and seal a 3-0 series victory.
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Australia have a 348-run lead going into the final day
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Steve Smith scored 71 and Chris Rogers hit 56
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Sean Abbott was the 12th man during the match

Question: Australia were looking to attack and @placeholder hit four fours in an over as the lead raced past 200.


(CNN) -- Liverpool striker Luiz Suarez apologized Sunday for refusing to shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra before the start of an English Premier League match. The Uruguay international was widely criticized for Saturday's snub which came as they met face to face for the first time since he was given an eight-game ban for racially abusing the Frenchman at an earlier fixture between the two clubs in October. United manager Alex Ferguson called Suarez a "disgrace" while Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre was angered by his own player's actions. "We are extremely disappointed Luis Suarez did not shake hands with Patrice Evra before yesterday's game. The player had told us beforehand that he would, but then chose not to do so," Ayre told the club's official website.
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Luis Suarez apologizes for refusing to shake Patrice Evra's hand
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Uruguay star says he "got things wrong" before start of EPL game
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Suarez criticized by Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre
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Suarez got eight-game ban for racially abusing Man Utd's Evra

Question: Suarez, who scored @placeholder's late goal in the 2-1 defeat, made his public apology later Sunday on the club's website.

Question: At the final whistle, @placeholder openly celebrated his team's victory in close proximity to Suarez and also drew a rebuke from his manager Ferguson.


(CNN) -- Speaking Saturday at the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama said it is reasonable to debate alternatives in the war on drugs, but insisted legalizing drugs wasn't a valid option in the United States. Obama voiced his view in his first public remarks at the hemispheric event during a meeting of business leaders, where he was part of a panel alongside Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The possibility of drug legalization has gained traction in Central America, which is being squeezed between suppliers to the south and consumers to the north. Yet the idea goes against decades of the prohibitionist policy backed by the United States, which is largely followed and enforced in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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NEW: Colombia's president says it is unthinkable if Cuba isn't at the next summit
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NEW: Santos adds the summit can be a "starting point" for talks on illicit drugs
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Obama says debate is fine, but insists legalization isn't an option in the U.S.
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The United States wants strong relations with Latin America, Obama says

Question: @placeholder noted Saturday that people in his native Colombia, too, have called for different ways to approach illicit drugs.

Question: Rousseff spoke of a need for a "virtuous relationship" based on respect and equality among economies, while @placeholder said he welcomed a "change of mentality in relations between north and south."


Sixty years after the overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, a declassified CIA document acknowledges that the agency was involved in the 1953 coup. The independent National Security Archive research institute, which published the document Monday, says the declassification is believed to mark the CIA's first formal acknowledgment of its involvement. The documents, declassified in 2011 and given to George Washington University research group under the Freedom of Information Act, come from the CIA's internal history of Iran from the mid-1970s and paint a detailed picture of how the CIA worked to oust Mossadegh. In a key line pointed out by Malcom Byrne, the editor who worked through the documents, the CIA spells out its involvement in the coup. "The military coup that overthrew Mossadeq and his National Front cabinet was carried out under CIA direction as an act of U.S. foreign policy, conceived and approved at the highest levels of government," the document says, using a variation of the spelling of Mossadegh's name.
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A newly declassified document acknowledges the CIA's hand in ousting Mohammad Mossadegh
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While this might be the CIA's first formal nod, the U.S. role has long been known
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The CIA used propaganda, along with other politicians and leaders in Iran, to unseat Mossadegh
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Even 60 years removed, the 1953 coup still hangs over U.S.-Iran relations.

Question: "By the end of 19 August ... members of the @placeholder government were either in hiding or were incarcerated."


They have described themselves as the 'Spice Girls' of their day - the 'lily white' Maids of Honour chosen to accompany the Queen on her Coronation Day. Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill, Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Lady Anne Coke, Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton, Lady Moyra Hamilton and Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby were chosen for their 'decorative' beauty as well as their ability to carry the Queen's heavy train. All six were reunited at Westminster Abbey today to celebrate sixty years since that momentous day. The Queen on her Coronation Day in 1953, accompanied by the six women who now call themselves 'The Queen's Spice Girls'
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Lady Rosemary Spencer-Churchill and Lady Jane Vane-Tempest-Stewart
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Lady Anne Coke, Lady Mary Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Moyra Hamilton
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Lady Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby
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The six women describe the Coronation in 1953 as joyfully chaotic

Question: 'I remember very distinctly watching her in the @placeholder as she was being anointed, she had stripped off her regalia and stood there in her simple white shift.


Washington (CNN) -- The campaign to feed the world's poor will get some much needed star power Friday when Bono, co-founder of the global advocacy organization ONE, arrives to rally leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to take action. While the crisis in the eurozone will no doubt top the agenda when the G8 leaders gather Friday for a two-day summit, the talks will also tackle the issue of food security and ways to feed a growing world population. At their annual summit in L'Aquila, Italy, in 2009, leaders pledged to provide $20 billion to fight hunger in the developing world over three years. Since then, U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have embraced food security as a signature foreign policy issue, working to support farmers in Africa and other developing countries to improve agriculture.
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Europe's crisis will top G8 meeting agenda Friday, but talks will also focus on world hunger
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As commitments expire, donor governments won't be able to solve hunger problem alone
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30 African governments have food security, agricultural development investment plans
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They have created an interest in investing, with a focus on small farms, USAID official says

Question: While he said the private sector has been interested in developing the @placeholder market, companies have been reluctant because of corruption and a lack of infrastructure.


Mark Reckless, right, with his wife Catriona, said only the public sector elite supports Labour Ukip won in Rochester because the Labour Party now represents only the public sector elite, according to Mark Reckless. The former Tory, who retained his seat with a modest majority after switching to Nigel Farage’s party, used his victory speech to tell supporters that Ed Miliband and his team were out of touch. He said Ukip had become the ‘radicals’ of British politics, snatching votes from the opposition party. He declared: ‘The radical tradition, which has stood and spoken for the working class, has found a new home in Ukip.
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Mark Reckless claimed that Ed Miliband and Labour were out of touch
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He claimed that Ukip were now the radical party of British politics
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Reckless retained his own seat with a majority of 2,920 votes
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Question: ‘As Labour represents those comfortable at the top of the public sector, it is not @placeholder, but Ukip that represents the concerns of most working men and women.’


Jailed: Thomas Donelan, 20, from Levenshulme, Manchester was jailed for two years for the possession and supply of the Class A drug to Serena Harding, 16 A trio of young men who supplied ecstasy to a school girl who later died were sentenced today. Twenty-year-old Thomas Donelan, who supplied the class A drug to Serena Harding, 16, was jailed while two others received suspended sentences in the incident. Miss Harding, the daughter of a drugs counsellor, suffered a fatal heart attack when she took the rave drug last August. The teenager from Warrington, Cheshire, had travelled to Manchester to see close friend Michael Millington and his pals Donelan and Dean Williams.
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Thomas Donelan jailed for two years for possession and supply of Class A drug
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Dean Williams and Michael Millington receive suspended sentences for supply of Class A drug
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It is thought victim Serena Harding had never taken ecstasy before
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Her devastated parents say: 'Everyday we ask ourselves "how this can be?"
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She had been suffering from Crohn's Disease
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Judge Maurice Green said the case brought home the   dangers of taking illegal drugs more than any other

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By Miles Goslett The BBC Trust is paying one of the Corporation’s former executives a six-figure sum to conduct a secret inquiry into its stars’ earnings. Mark Oliver’s firm Oliver & Ohlbaum Associates will investigate whether the BBC’s top ‘talent’ – including Graham Norton, Gary Lineker, Jeremy Clarkson and Fiona Bruce – is being overpaid. More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them. Graham Norton (left) is believed to take home £2.6m-a-year making him the BBC's highest earner while Jeremy Clarkson (right) earns £1m each year
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More than 250 BBC employees earn at least £250,000 a year and 14 earn more than £500,000 but the BBC refuses to name them
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Graham Norton is the BBC’s highest earner on £2.6million-a-year
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Gary Lineker comes in at number two with a £2million-a-year pay packet
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Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson is paid £1million-a-year while Fiona Bruce gets £500,000 and Tess Daly £250,000
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BBC cites commercial sensitivity as rationale behind refusal to name names

Question: @placeholder is the BBC's second highest earner taking home a cool £2m-a-year


A pizza delivery guy brought a huge order to the Dolby Theatre on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood on Sunday only to be roped into appearing onstage at the Oscars. Edgar, pictured below at work at Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Hollywood, was fulfilling an order for five of the chain's specialty Big Papa's and a selection of smaller pies. After the slices were consumed, host Ellen DeGeneres collected hundreds of dollars from Brad Pitt and Harvey Weinstein to tip the man, but he never saw that cash, according to TMZ. Scroll down for video... Pizza time: To his surprise, Ellen brought Edgar out onstage to deliver the pizzas himself
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Ellen called Big Mama's & Papa's Pizzeria in Hollywood and order included five huge pies
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The Oscars host collected around $300 from stars in audience but 'delivery man didn't receive' bonus tip
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Pizza chain got lots of free publicity - advertising on show starts at $1.8m

Question: Ellen reminded the @placeholder producer that 'only a billion people were watching' as she urged him to tip 'whatever you think is right.'


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Two attackers and a security guard were killed on Wednesday during an assault on a Red Cross building in Afghanistan and a gun battle between police and militants, an Interior Ministry spokesman said. Insurgents stormed the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan parliament member Haji Hazrat Ali told CNN the incident started with one attacker blowing himself up and others entering the building. Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said forces surrounded the building and engaged in a gun battle with the attackers. Seven foreign nationals were rescued and one ICRC foreign staffer was slightly injured, he said.
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NEW: 3 killed in attack on International Committee of Red Cross building in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
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NEW: Seven foreign nationals have been rescued in the Jalalabad incident
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In Panjshir, attack on governor's office leaves one police officer and seven attackers dead
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One attacker blows himself up, the others are shot by police, Interior Ministry says

Question: Six men with explosives strapped to their bodies attacked a governor's office in northeastern @placeholder just before dawn Wednesday, authorities said.


By Anita Bennett Last updated at 2:07 PM on 17th July 2011 It seems Elin Nordegren just cannot escape her ex-husband Tiger Wood's army of alleged mistresses. The 31-year-old may not know it yet, but her new beau appears to have much more in common with Tiger than just a fondness for pretty Swedish blondes. Yesterday it was reported that Elin, a former model, had found love again with Jamie Dingman, a successful American investor and businessman. Love again: Tiger Woods ex-wife Elin Nordegren is said to be dating Jamie Dingman, son of an American billionaire Leggy: Rachel Uchitel, pictured in Los Angeles in March 2010, is said to have previously dated Elin's new boyfriend Jamie Dingman
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Jamie Dingman is reported to have been living with Rachel Uchitel in 2009 when the Tiger Woods scandal broke

Question: But despite his jet setting lifestyle, it appears he has still had time to visit @placeholder in her native Sweden.


Washington (CNN) -- Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday. Bin Laden remains at large more than eight years after the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington that triggered the Afghan war, and is widely believed to be hiding along the rugged border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the world's most wanted terrorist is "an iconic figure" whose survival "emboldens al Qaeda as a franchising organization across the world."
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NEW: "I don't think we can finally defeat al Qaeda" without getting bin Laden, McChrystal says
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NEW: General, U.S. ambassador testify before House and Senate armed services committees
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McChrystal: Perceptions of Afghan people and insurgency will be critical to success
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McChrystal: "I don't view July 2011 as a deadline."

Question: One advantage U.S. troops have is that the Taliban -- which ruled most of Afghanistan before the 9/11 attacks -- remain largely unpopular among @placeholder and draw support only through the threat of violence.


By Steve Robson PUBLISHED: 03:58 EST, 12 March 2013 | UPDATED: 07:44 EST, 12 March 2013 A photo of Iranian President Ahmadinejad hugging Hugo Chavez's mother at the late Venezuelan leader's funeral has sparked controversy among conservative Muslim clerics. The image shows Ahmadinejad and Elena Frias de Chavez touching cheeks during a moment of shared grief. But religious conservatives say his actions are 'sinful' under Islamic doctrine which forbids Muslim men from touching women outside their immediate family. Controversy: This photo of President Ahmadinejad closely embracing Elena Frias de Chavez was slammed by religious conservatives in Iran They claim the act insulted Iran's religious dignity and amounted to 'haram' – a term used to describe a religiously forbidden act under Islamic rules.
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Pictured touching cheeks with Elena Frias de Chavez at service
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Muslim men banned from touching women outside immediate family
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Clerics say his actions are 'sinful' under Islamic doctrine

Question: President Ahmadinejad was one of a number of world leaders at the funeral of former @placeholder President Hugo Chavez on Friday


(CNN) -- A rabbi walks into St. Peter's Square, meets the pope, and tells the Holy Father that one way to defuse the sex abuse scandal plaguing the church is for the Vatican to begin promoting a secular version of Shabbat dinner, the traditional Jewish Friday meal. It's no joke. A prominent American rabbi, Shmuley Boteach, spoke briefly to Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday about encouraging parents to eat dinner with their children as a way for the Vatican to re-establish its pro-family image, which has been battered by the priest sex abuse scandal, Boteach said. The brief exchange came after the pope's regular Wednesday address at the Vatican, during which Boteach was seated on a dais along with other Vatican guests. When he met Benedict on a receiving line afterward, Boteach pitched him on his family dinner initiative, called "Turn Friday Night into Family Night."
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American rabbi Shmuley Boteach spoke to Pope Benedict XVI about dinner idea
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Boteach calls his proposal "Turn Friday Night into Family Night"
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Pope seemed receptive to idea, but made no firm commitments, Boteach said

Question: "I thinks he's a friend to the @placeholder -- a very close friend," Boteach said of the pope.


(CNN) -- Antwan "Big Boi" Patton considers himself a "truther." The 37-year-old rapper, producer and one-half of the legendary hip hop group OutKast said his grandmother once told him his position as a public figure was to bring valuable information to his audience and community. "There's facts right there in your face," Big Boi said. "They've got a cure for cancer, they've got a cure for AIDS, cure for everything, but they make so much money off the medicine you'll never see it. The people have to understand that." CNN Soundwaves: Big Boi on Big Boi Talking about life According to Big Boi the average person is living an illusion and accepting false information. Hence the name of his latest solo album (he counts it as his third, calling "Speakerboxxx" his actual first album), "Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors," which he has called an overall "search for truth."
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Rapper Big Boi says his latest album is a "search for truth"
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Says there is no beef between him and fellow Outkast member Andre 3000
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Fans have been awaiting a reunion from the pair

Question: Another theory Big Boi finds himself dealing with is the status of @placeholder and his relationship with Andre 3000.


This is the moment a terrified woman desperately fought for her life as her crazed husband held a knife against her throat. Neighbours watched in horror as drunk Glenn Mills grabbed his wife Susan around the neck and threatened to kill her, a court heard. The terrified mother feared she was going to die at the hands of her jealous husband as he pointed the large kitchen towards her throat and told her: 'If I'm going down I'm going down for something worthwhile.' This was the moment terrified mother Susan Mills was seen on camera fighting for her life as her drunken husband wielded a knife in their back garden
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Susan Mills had desperately fought for her life against her husband Glenn
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The terrified mother thought she would die at the hands of jealous Mills
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Mills held a knife to her throat threatening as Mrs Mills pleaded for help
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Eventually she got free and threw the knife next door before calling police

Question: But the 48 year old alcoholic returned in July after drinking and Susan complained, telling him: '@placeholder you can't treat me like this.'


By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 05:33 EST, 16 June 2013 | UPDATED: 01:51 EST, 17 June 2013 Iran is preparing to send 4,000 troops in to Syria to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the wake of America's announcement it will be providing 'military aid' to the country's Muslim rebels. President Barack Obama made the pledge earlier this week after the U.S. claimed it found 'conclusive evidence' Assad's regime has used chemical weapons against the rebel forces - which includes the most extreme Sunni Islamists - and has called for Britain and France to back the move. While Britain hasn't made a guarantee either way as yet, more than 350 Royal Marines are being sent to Jordan as part of an 8,000-strong 'multinational exercise', further increasing tensions in the war-torn region.
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350 Royal Marines on way to Jordan as part of 'multinational exercise'
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David Cameron welcomed Barack Obama's vow to provide 'military aid' to Syrian rebels but has so far only promised Britain's 'non-lethal' support
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Britain and U.S. to tackle Putin for supporting Syria's president at G8 meet
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Videos on YouTube shows rebels with shoulder-fired heat-seeking missiles
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Clips prompt fears arming rebels will put weapons in hands of extremists

Question: 'Yes there are elements of the @placeholder opposition that are deeply unsavoury, that are very dangerous, very extremist and I want nothing to do with them.


Middlesbrough's on-loan FA Cup hero Patrick Bamford can see plenty of his Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in his current manager Aitor Karanka. Bamford, 21, is enjoying a superb campaign on Teesside, having moved from Stamford Bridge on a season-long deal. The move was given the full blessing of Mourinho, who had Karanka as his assistant during his time in charge at Real Madrid. Middlesbrough striker Patrick Bamford celebrates after scoring for his side against Manchester City Middlesbrough manager Aitor Karanka (right) watches on during the match at Manchester City Karanka is now making an impact at the Riverside Stadium, with his Boro side second in the Sky Bet Championship and through to the FA Cup fifth round after a stunning 2-0 win at Manchester City.
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21-year-old is at Middlesbrough on a season-long loan from Chelsea
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Aitor Karanka was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Real Madrid
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Middlesbrough knocked Manchester City out the FA Cup on Saturday

Question: 'He doesn't miss out a thing and he is very rigorous with his approach to every single game, whether it is @placeholder or whoever else we might play.


This is the horrifying moment a man was left blinded in one eye after being beaten with his own belt by a gang of thugs. The 32-year-old Bensalaman Ismai was attacked at around 6am on January 26 last year after becoming embroiled in a dispute over a taxi in Birmingham city centre. After trying to run away, he was chased down and punched, kicked and hit in the face with the buckle of his belt, causing him to lose vision in one of his eyes. Scroll down for video Savage: Simeon Evans and Jack Gargham were filmed whipping Mr Ismai with his belt, hitting him in the face with its buckle and leaving him blind in one eye
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Two men and a women were jailed over 'savage' attack on 32-year-old man
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The gang was filmed kicking, punching and whipping the man with his belt
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Violence erupted following a fight over taxis in Birmingham city centre
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Algerian Bensalaman Ismai was left permanently blinded in his left eye

Question: @placeholder then joined in the attack, kicking Mr Ismai while he writhes on the ground to the horror of by-standers.