Tens of thousands of protesters converged on the nation's major cities Saturday to protest police violence against black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Huge crowds - at least 25,000 in New York City - took to the streets chanting slogans and waving signs. Comparable numbers were observed in Washington, D.C., while other major demonstrations hit Chicago, Boston and cities in California. The incensed crowd were joined by the relatives of black people shot dead, mainly by white police officers. In Washington, Michael Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden and Eric Garner's widow, Esaw Garner, attended. Proceedings were mainly peaceful, but two NYPD officers were injured in a confrontation on the Brooklyn Bridge after thousands of protesters stopped traffic.
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At least 25,000 took to the streets in New York City, police confirmed, with similar estimates in the capital
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Protests shut down the Brooklyn Bridge as activists flooded across it, and two NYPD officers were injured
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Chicago, Boston, Colorado Springs and Oakland California among other cities hit by protests
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Marchers waved 'Black Lives Matter' sings in bid to end to police violence
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Prominent figures included Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden, as well as Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria
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Garner's widow told the crowd: 'Let's keep it strong, long and meaningful'

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The parents of badly injured F1 driver Jules Bianchi have arrived by his bedside at the Japanese hospital where he is fighting for his life in intensive care. Philippe and Christine Bianchi arrived at the Mie General Hospital in Yokkaichi last night, a day after their son was badly hurt in a smash during the rain-soaked Japanese Grand Prix. 'When we have an update with Saillant, we will speak to you,' Philippe Bianchi told waiting reporters, referring to French brain injury specialist Professor Gerard Saillant, who has flown to Japan to assist in Bianchi's care. Scroll down for video Worry: Philippe and Christine Bianchi leave the Mie General Medical Centre in Yokkaichi this evening
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Philippe and Christine Bianchi arrived at Mie General Hospital last night
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Their son is 'critical but stable' after Japanese Grand Prix crash on Sunday
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Marussia driver was injured when his car ploughed into the back of a tractor
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One of F1's top brain doctors has also flown to Japan to help treat Bianchi
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Professor Gerard Saillant advised after Michael Schumacher's ski crash
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A top neurologist in France, he is president of the FIA medical commission
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He arrived in Yokkaichi early this morning and went straight to the hospital
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Bianchi's girlfriend Camille Marchetti, 24, sends up prayer for her 'champion'

Question: It was he who helped to treat @placeholder after the retired F1 ace's devastating head injury while skiiing in December last year.


The Blair Government was last night accused of operating a 'secret policy of complicity in torture' after 9/11 as demands grew for the UK to hold a full judicial inquiry. Amid the fallout from the US Senate's explosive report into the barbaric techniques used by the CIA, ex-shadow home secretary David Davis said the UK had 'turned a blind eye' to what America was doing. He said this included 'allowing people initially under our control to be taken and subjected to torture'. Amid the fallout from the US Senate's explosive report into the barbaric techniques used by the CIA, ex-shadow home secretary David Davis said the UK had 'turned a blind eye' to what America was doing
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Ex-shadow home secretary says UK 'turned a blind eye' to US torture
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David Davis says UK's 'moral standing in the world is utterly compromised'
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Senate report says use of torture by the CIA was far worse than feared
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119 detainees subjected to torture such as beatings and waterboarding
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One detainee, chained half-naked to a floor, died of hypothermia
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Human rights groups call for a full judge-led inquiry into torture
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They also want the release of full 6,000-page version of the Senate report

Question: Amnesty International said it was clear 'the @placeholder did not act alone' and called for the full report to be published.


PUBLISHED: 12:02 EST, 16 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:04 EST, 17 September 2013 Mothers and children, their bodies piled on top of each other, some still covering the baby they had died trying to protect. Newlyweds executed side by side, and entire families slaughtered as they huddled together for protection, only to be shot, their corpses stacked high and then torched. Details of a massacre, possibly one of the deadliest since the start of the conflict in Syria, have been released in a report released today by Human Rights Watch. It claims Syrian forces brutally slaughtered 248 people in the coastal towns of al-Bayda and Baniyas in May.
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Human Rights Watch claims Syrian forces slaughtered 248 people in May
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They included unarmed civilians, women and children, a report reveals
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The details have been compiled from accounts from witnesses
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Syrian government said it only killed terrorists but 'mistakes possible'

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A new book has finally laid bare the full horrors of the Battle Of Stalingrad in the words of ordinary Russian soldiers, whose memories were suppressed by the Soviet authorities for 70 years. The Stalingrad Protocols gathers interviews with hundreds of veterans that Russia had deemed too graphic to publish after the Second World War because only heroism was lauded. Historians believe the book, compiled by the German historian Jochen Hellbeck, will change the way the world views the six-month 1942-43 battle that cost over a million men their lives and forever destroyed Hitler's ambitions to colonise the Soviet Union.
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Stalingrad Protocols gathers interviews with hundreds of troops that Russia had suppressed after the Second World War as only heroism was lauded

Question: Cost of @placeholder: Between half and a million Russian men lost their lives, and 150,000 Germans also perished


(CNN) -- 2013 will be a year of harsh change for the tech industry. We've just experienced five years of rapid, messy and disruptive innovation, and smartphones and tablets aren't the future any longer -- they're the present. Powerful mobile devices connected to broadband-speed cell networks are now an everyday reality, and it's going to take more than a bigger screen or faster processor to make an impact this year. Think of 2013 as the year of refinement and reckoning. Here are five big developments to keep an eye on: 1. The future of Microsoft Microsoft has been very candid about "missing a generation" of mobile innovation after Apple introduced the iPhone, and 2012 was all about the results of a furious catch-up effort: the company launched the completely rethought Windows 8 for PCs, Windows RT for tablets and Windows Phone 8 for smartphones. CEO Steve Ballmer also repositioned Microsoft as a "devices and services" company, and he introduced the Surface and Surface Pro, two tablets designed by Microsoft itself to compete with traditional PC companies such as Dell and Sony.
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Nilay Patel: 2013 is the year of refinement and reckoning in the tech industry
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Patel: There are five big developments to keep an eye on
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He asks whether Apple will get its mojo back and what will Microsoft do?
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Patel: Can Facebook grow up, and will Amazon be able to compete with Google?

Question: That's no easy task: @placeholder figured out how to make money selling ads on its website just as most of its users switched to smartphone and tablet apps.

Question: That's in stark contrast to the @placeholder experience, which is pristine and controlled by Apple from the start.


By Larisa Brown PUBLISHED: 13:22 EST, 7 January 2013 | UPDATED: 02:37 EST, 8 January 2013 A driver who advertised on Facebook for a volunteer to take his speeding penalty points has been jailed. Scott Woodburn, 32, paid Daniel Baggaley, 26, £250 to admit his speeding offence so he could escape being banned from driving, Highway officials said today. South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership said his five-month sentence given to him last month 'will send a warning to anyone who would consider anything so irresponsible'. Jailed: Scott Woodburn was caught speeding on the A61 Halifax Road in Sheffield, pictured, but asked a friend to take his points so he wouldn't be banned from driving
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Scott Woodburn, 32, was caught speeding on A61 Halifax Road in Sheffield
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Driver could have been banned from driving as he had accumulated points
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To escape ban, Woodburn paid Daniel Baggaley £250 to admit his offence

Question: Baggaley, from @placeholder, received an 11-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and a 12-month supervision order when he admitted the same offence in June last year.


I'm an American-Muslim and I despise Islamic terrorists. In fact, despise is not even a strong enough word to convey my true feelings about those who kill innocent people in the name of Islam. I hate them with every fiber of my being. I'm not going to tell you, "Islam is a religion of peace." Nor will I tell you that Islam is a religion of violence. What I will say is that Islam is a religion that, like Christianity and Judaism,  is intended to bring you closer to God. And sadly we have seen people use the name of each of these Abrahamic faiths to wage and justify violence.
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Dean Obeidallah says "despise" is not strong enough to convey how much he hates terrorism
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He says Islam is being wrongly defined by a tiny group of morally bankrupt terrorists
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American Muslims have denounced terror over and over, he says, but public hasn't heard
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Terrorists are motivated by politics, he says. Not one Muslim he knows supports terror

Question: I'm not a terrorism expert but I will share the view of those I have spoken to in the @placeholder community.


Los Angeles (CNN) -- Hal David, the lyricist behind such standards as "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" and "What the World Needs Now is Love," has died at 91, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers said Saturday. The Oscar- and Grammy-winning songwriter, who teamed with musician Burt Bacharach on dozens of hit songs, died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles from complications of a stroke, ASCAP said. David's greatest hits David started working with Bacharach in the late 1950s on tunes recorded by artists including Perry Como, Gene Pitney, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Frank Sinatra, the Carpenters, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick. In May, President Barack Obama and the first lady hosted a concert honoring Bacharach and David as part of the "In Performance at the White House" series.
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He co-wrote dozens of hits with Burt Bacharach
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His songs include "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"
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Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick recorded his songs
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He was an Oscar and Grammy Award winner

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All eyes will be on Mauricio Pochettino when Tottenham take on his former club Southampton this weekend - not that successor Ronald Koeman is paying much attention to that reunion at White Hart Lane. Having controversially replaced popular manager Nigel Adkins in January 2013, the former Argentina international was quick to win around not only the fans but admirers from afar. Saints' swashbuckling, high-pressing style earned plenty of plaudits and last season saw them enjoy their best-ever Barclays Premier League campaign. Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is not too concerned about Mauricio Pochettino facing his former team Southampton are hoping to make it seven successive wins with victory against Spurs at White Hart Lane
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Mauricio Pochettino comes up against his former team when Tottenham host Southampton in their Premier League clash on Sunday
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New Saints boss Ronald Koeman is not too concerned about the reunion
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Southampton have won six consecutive games in all competitions
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Nathanial Clyne (England) and Jose Fonte (Portugal) have received first international call ups

Question: 'For me [it does] not [give this game extra spice] because I wasn't here last season, but I understand for @placeholder maybe it's special,' the Dutchman said.


Jennifer Lopez experienced her first real heartbreak when the Academy Award winning actor and star of Gone Girl, Ben Affleck called off their very public engagement in January, 2004. The pain, tears and frustration only intensified when she realized that not only was the love affair over but so was the fairy tale family dream she had held onto throughout the intense media scrutiny that dubbed the couple ‘Bennifer.’ She hated that name. Scroll down for video Supercouple: ‘It felt like my heart had been torn out of my chest,’ the singer/actress confesses in her first memoir, True Love
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Supercouple Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck met in 2002 when they starred in the box office bomb Gigli
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Months of planning had gone into her vision of a fairy tale wedding and she longed for kids with the film star
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She hated being dubbed 'Bennifer'
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Three days after they split Marc Anthony came back in her live to 'save' her
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Therapy helped her discover she suffers from low self-esteem.

Question: She believed maybe this was destiny stepping in and that she belonged with @placeholder and not with Ben Affleck.


(CNN) -- There's never a bad time for a toga party, right? The story of Perseus -- the bastard son of Zeus who takes on the mighty Kraken -- will endure long after Louis Leterrier's enjoyably cheesy movie has been forgotten (or, inevitably, remade in 4D). But for now, and for young men especially, Leterrier's version is the one that counts, and it will just have to do. It's a mixed bag: Three credited screenwriters have labored in the footsteps laid down by the 1981 Ray Harryhausen "classic" (hardly his finest hour) -- that is, they've taken the myth as an excuse to showcase as many special effects sequences as they can muster. That's not a bad strategy when it's clear from the laughably clumsy opening that they haven't a clue how the ancient Greeks spoke to one another.
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Sam Worthington plays the role of Perseus in "Clash of the Titans."
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The story of Perseus, the bastard son of Zeus who takes on the mighty Kraken
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There's no excuse for the film's abominable retro-fitted 3D

Question: In @placeholder's day, effects meant stop-motion photography of artfully modeled monsters, including a three-headed dog (excised here) and a golden mechanical owl (who makes a cameo appearance for old time's sake).


(CNN) -- Filippo Inzaghi has scored some big goals in his time -- but his next goal may prove the most important and arguably the toughest. One of AC Milan's most revered strikers has been given the opportunity to revitalize the ailing Serie A giant after being handed a two-year deal to become the club's new coach. Inzaghi's joy is his former teammate Clarence Seedorf's misery with the Dutchman dismissed after Milan finished eighth last season, ruling the club out of European football for the first time in 16 years. Inzaghi has long been linked with the job following his impressive work with the club's youth team.
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AC Milan appoints Filippo Inzaghi as its new manager
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Inzaghi signs two-year deal and replaces Clarence Seedorf
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Seedorf had replaced Massimiliano Allegri in January
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Inzaghi had previously worked with the club's youth team

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Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Proclaiming "I am a soldier for the Cuban revolution," a Cuban intelligence agent said Friday he has no regrets about the spying that landed him in U.S. prisons for more than a decade. "I felt that it was the right thing to do," René González said during a press conference in Havana. González was a member of the so-called "Cuban Five," a network of agents in South Florida that the Cuban government said was gathering intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks against Cuba. U.S. federal prosecutors called the network a dangerous undercover spy cell. The men were convicted in 2001 and ever since have been the focus of an international campaign by Cuban officials to free them.
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René González spent years in U.S. prisons after being convicted in 2001
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He was a member of the so-called "Cuban Five" network of Cuban agents
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Now back in Havana, he has renounced his U.S. citizenship as a U.S. judge required
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"I am a soldier for the Cuban revolution," González declares at a news conference

Question: González said before leaving for the @placeholder, he was told by government officials that he could still back out of the mission.


By Olivia Williams PUBLISHED: 18:17 EST, 7 April 2013 | UPDATED: 20:31 EST, 8 April 2013 Young Chelsea fan Triny Amuhirwe is smiling again after a trip to Britain in which she had a lifesaving operation - and finally met her hero Frank Lampard. The eight-year-old from Uganda had a two-kilogram tumour growing on her face, which would have suffocated her if it had continued to grow, so she came to London for the painstaking operation. Her mother Sarah, 30, said: 'The growth had taken over her face and I couldn't bear to see her like that. Without help I knew she was going to die.'
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British surgeons saved a Ugandan girl disfigured by a huge tumour
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Doctors were worried the tumour would suffocate her if it grew further
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Eight-year-old Triny got to meet her hero Frank Lampard
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The Cheslea FC star invited her to Premier League match against Wigan
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Triny wrote a thank you letter saying that Lampard was 'very nice'

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Throngs of demonstrators filled Barcelona's streets Tuesday in a regional independence protest fueled by Spain's economic crisis. September 11 is known as Catalonia's national day, and for years there have been demonstrations pushing for independence in the northeastern region. But Tuesday's turnout was larger than expected, Spanish newspapers reported. Hours before, Artur Mas, the president of Catalonia's regional government, attended official ceremonies commemorating the day. Later, he issued a warning: if Spain's central government in Madrid doesn't give the region more control over its tax dollars, independence could be an option. "If we do not reach a financial agreement with the central government, the path to freedom for Catalonia is open," he said.
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Turnout of Tuesday's protest is larger than expected
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Spain's economic crisis fuels demonstrations
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Catalonia's regional president pushes for "fiscal pact" with Madrid

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By Hannah Roberts Amanda Knox inflicted the fatal knife wound that killed Meredith Kercher, a court has ruled. High on drugs, she cut the British exchange student’s neck with a kitchen knife during a row over money, the court in Italy has said. Miss Kercher, 21, a Leeds University student, was found half-naked, her throat slit, in the cottage she shared with Knox in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007. Scroll down for video The appellate court in Florence has released papers saying that British student Meredith Kercher (left) argued with American roommate Amanda Knox (right) about money on the night Kercher was killed
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Florence courthouse has issued a 337-page explanation of its decision
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Knox and boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito reconvicted of murder in January
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Says Knox and Kercher fought over money on the night of Kercher's death
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Wounds show she was held down and stabbed by 'multiple aggressors'
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Death not sex-game gone awry, as it was out of character for Kercher
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Papers mark start of appeal which could see Knox extradited from US

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After eight laborious rounds, Tyson Fury belted out his own unique rendition of Walking in Memphis, a performance that proved more entertaining than the preceding action in the same ring. Fury was far from his best during a stoppage victory over Germany-based Romanian Christian Hammer who was pulled out by his corner two thirds of the way through the scheduled 12 rounds. As workman-like a performance as it was, Fury remains on course for a shot at the world’s finest heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko later this year. Tyson Fury gave a rendition of Walking in Memphis after labouring to victory over Christian Hammer
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Tyson Fury needed eight rounds to beat Christian Hammer at the O2
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Hammer was pulled out of his corner after failing to make an impact
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Fury remains the mandatory challenger to  Wladimir Klitschko
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The heavyweight burst into song in celebration at the end of the fight

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Britain has an 'addiction' to sugar which is making us eat the wrong kind of apples, chef Raymond Blanc has said. The French TV cook said our love for sugar has caused a growth in popularity of sweeter-tasting Pink Lady, Jazz and Gala apples. This has led to a decline in sales for traditional fruit like the Cox apple, despite the country having perfect conditions for its growth. Scroll down for video French chef Raymond Blanc says British apple-buyers have an 'addiction' to sugar which has led to an increase in sales of sweeter-tasting apples Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Blanc said he was frustrated with Britain eating imported, sweeter apples when it has the 'best climate' for growing its own varieties.
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Chef Blanc says Brits eat the wrong apples because of a sugar 'addiction'
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He says we choose Gala and Jazz apples over Cox because they are sweeter
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The French Chef is frustrated at Brits not eating more homegrown apples
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But experts say acidity levels, rather than sugar, make apples taste sweet

Question: The Cox apple has a similar level of sugar to @placeholder and Pink Lady apples, but has a lower acid content.


(CNN) -- Chelsea have maintained their 100 percent record in the English Premier League with a comfortable victory over Stoke City. After scoring 12 goals in their opening two English Premier League fixtures, Chelsea had to settle for just two at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Goals in either half from Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba -- the Ivorian's fourth goal this season came from the penalty spot -- was enough to see off Stoke City and gives the English champions a two point lead at the top of the table after only three games. Having secured their passage to the Champions League group stages in midweek, Tottenham returned to Earth with a bump against Wigan losing 0-1 at White Hart Lane.
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Chelsea maintain 100 percent record with 2-0 home win against Stoke City
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Andrey Arshavin seals a 2-1 win for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers
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Tottenham slump to 0-1 home defeat against Wigan; Wolves and Newcastle draw
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Blackpool denied first home victory by late Fulham equalizer

Question: But a typically robust @placeholder side were undone when Arshavin's low shot found a route to goal through a crowd of Blackburn shirts, to seal the three points.


MORROW, Georgia (CNN) -- Jobless for nearly a year, Michael Rivers was about to walk out of his house a few weeks ago to catch the bus for another daylong employment hunt when a radio announcement stopped him. With Ludacris at her side, single mom Joya Montgomery, 26, proudly displays keys to her car Sunday. "This is Ludacris, and I'm giving away 20 free cars. ..." The famous rapper was pulling an Oprah in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. The rapper announced that if listeners were able to pay the taxes, registration, tags and insurance, they should go to his nonprofit Ludacris Foundation Web site and write 300 words about why they deserved new wheels.
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Some 4,000 essays received after dealership partners with rapper for giveaway
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Atlanta-raised celebrity gives used cars to single mom, laid-off worker, refugee
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Program also is way for dealership possibly to write off cars as charity

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John Lewis customers opted to shop from home at Christmas, with sales on the company’s website soaring by a fifth on 2013 figures. Online sales at the chain rose by an impressive 19 per cent – in stark contrast to its department stores, where the figure fell. Big sellers included Lego, coffee machines and the NutriBullet smoothie maker, which sold out. Boost: John Lewis recorded a massive increase in sales on Black Friday in the last weekend of November The figures from Britain’s leading retailer are indicative of a shift in shopping habits away from the High Street, where numbers were down in December.
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Figures reflect shift in Britons' shopping habits away from the High Street
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Retailer John Lewis recorded massive increase in sales on Black Friday
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Big sellers included Lego, coffee machines and NutriBullet smoothie maker

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Washington (CNN) -- With a simple, declarative statement, the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs announced his ambitious goal to eradicate one of the country's most shameful problems. "My name is Shinseki, and I am here to end veteran homelessness," VA Secretary Eric Shinseki said Tuesday in a speech to the National Summit on Homeless Veterans. But Shinseki indicated the challenge in meeting his goal by adding, "I learned long ago there are never any absolutes in life, and a goal of zero homeless veterans sure sounds like an absolute." The plan unveiled by Shinseki includes trying to leverage existing education and jobs programs, boosting the ability of veteran-owned businesses to compete for federal contracts and spend an additional $3 billion on medical services and homeless programs.
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VA Secretary Eric Shinseki says, "I am here to end veteran homelessness"
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An estimated 131,000 veterans are homeless, according to the VA
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One observer worries Shinseki doesn't realize how "intractable" VA bureaucracy is
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Backlogs in veterans claims is cited as a major problem

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Britain's most pernicious invasive plant, Japanese knotweed, may have finally met its match in a two millimetre-long insect It has plagued gardeners for decades and affected thousands of house sales because of its ability to grow more than 9ft in just ten weeks. But Britain's most pernicious invasive plant, Japanese knotweed, may have finally met its match in a two millimetre-long insect. Research on Aphalara itadori, a psyllid or plant louse similar to aphids, has established that it inhibits the growth of the knotweed and poses no risk to native species, including the plant's close relative rhubarb. Scientists at CABI, formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux International, announced that they have also succeeded in getting the insect to survive through British winters.
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Scientists have found an insect which inhibits growth of Japanese knotweed
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Scientists were able to keep the insect alive throughout the winter
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This is the first time biological control of a weed has been allowed

Question: The study found the insect would feed on the sap of the knotweed, inhibiting its growth - but it failed to breed on any of 90 other native @placeholder species, meaning that they would face no threat from the insect.


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. schoolchildren still have work to do when it comes to mathematics, the secretary of education said Wednesday. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says U.S. schools need to be better equipped to teach math. Arne Duncan, releasing a report on the Department of Education's latest examination of how well American children are doing in mathematics, said no one should be satisfied with what it found. "Today's results are evidence that we must better equip our schools to improve the knowledge and skills of America's students in mathematics," he said. "More must be done to narrow the troubling achievement gap that has persisted in mathematics, and to ensure that America's students make greater gains toward becoming competitive with their peers in other countries."
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Department of Education takes look at how American kids are doing in mathematics
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Fourth- and eighth-grade students from more than 7,000 U.S. schools assessed
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Massachusetts, Minnesota, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey ranked high
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District of Columbia had lowest marks in both grades, but its scores are up since '07

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PUBLISHED: 19:23 EST, 26 May 2012 | UPDATED: 12:51 EST, 27 May 2012 When Priscilla Chan married her long-time boyfriend, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, last weekend she looked every inch the fairytale bride. In a stunning full-length white gown, 27-year-old Priscilla smiled serenely as she exchanged vows with Zuckerberg, 28, worth an astonishing £12 billion, in a surprise ceremony. Her transformation into the wife of the world's youngest billionaire, however, is more remarkable than it may seem. For Priscilla is the child of a Chinese-Vietnamese father who arrived in America with his family in the Seventies after spending time in a refugee camp.
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Priscilla Chan was mainly raised by her grandmother because parents Dennis and Yvonne worked such grueling hours at their Boston restaurant
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Her science teachers says she was determined and bright pupil who was aiming for Harvard when she was just 13

Question: When she got into @placeholder she ran up to me grinning from ear to ear and said, 'See, I told you I would get to Harvard!''


Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk signed the political elements of a trade pact with the European Union on Friday, even as Russian lawmakers finalized annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region. The signing in Brussels signals Europe's solidarity with Ukraine -- and carries additional symbolic force because it was the decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych in November to ditch the trade pact in favor of closer ties with Russia that triggered the protests that led to his ouster in February and spiraled into the current crisis. It also comes a day after the European Union and the United States slapped sanctions on Russian lawmakers and businessmen; Russia responded with its own list of sanctions against a number of U.S. lawmakers and officials.
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"Russia needs Europe more than Europe needs Russia," Cameron says
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin signs law allowing joining of Crimea to Russia
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EU leaders and Ukraine's PM sign the political part of a Ukraine-EU trade deal
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Tough U.S. and EU sanctions have been imposed on members of Putin's inner circle

Question: Cameron said the measures agreed to in @placeholder will carry a cost for Crimea, whose goods would face heavy penalties and tariffs in Europe if they are shipped through Russia, not Ukraine.


Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- As the U.S. military pursues charges against the Army sergeant accused of killing Afghan civilians in what commanders say was a freelance rampage, a new question has arisen: Who was victim No. 17? Staff Sgt. Robert Bales has been charged with 17 counts of murder "with premeditation" in the March 11 slayings in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. But Afghan authorities have said there were 16 people killed in the Panjwai killings. Sunday, two Afghan provincial council members said the United States has paid the victims' families a total of $860,000 -- $10,000 for each of the six wounded survivors, and $50,000 apiece for the 16 dead.
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Afghans say U.S. officials paid $860,000 to the families of the dead and wounded
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Investigators believe the gunman made two trips off his base during the massacre
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A NATO spokesman says the money is compensation for the victims
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales could face the death penalty if convicted

Question: @placeholder government officials in Kabul have said they have no record of another death.


In her race to defeat Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Alison Lundergan Grimes has barnstormed Kentucky, talking up her support for raising the minimum wage and criticizing the GOP's so-called war on women. But the restaurant owned by Grimes' family doesn't always practice what she preaches, and Kentucky Republicans have been happy to point that out. On the campaign trail, Grimes said recently, "I'm fighting for all Kentuckians, all working Americans across this nation. I don't believe $7.25 an hour raises a family of four above the poverty level." But documents and interviews with employees reveal that, like many restaurants, her family's burger joint pays some tipped staffers minimum wage.
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Alison Lundergan Grimes is campaigning on raising the minimum wage
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The restaurant owned by her family pays tipped staffers minimum wage
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Grimes to CNN: "My family is not in this race"

Question: And as much as @placeholder wants to attack my family, he has from the beginning, I'm going to stay focused on the issues," she told CNN.


James Ward-Prowse believes his Southampton team-mates prefer the training methods of new boss Ronald Koeman over his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino. Saints have made an electric start under the Dutch manager with the club second in the Premier League after six games. The south coast club also beat beat Arsenal 2-1 at the Emirates to reach the fourth round of the Capital One Cup - their first victory away to the Gunners in 27 years. Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse believes the club prefers Ronald Koeman's training methods Ward-Prowse was comparing boss Koeman's training regime to his predecessor Mauricio Pochettino Saints' flying start has suprised many following the departure of Pochettino to Tottenham in the summer as well as a mass exodus of first-team players including captain Adam Lallana and chief goalscorer Rickie Lambert.
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James Ward-Prowse says the Southampton players prefer Ronald Koeman's training methods to Mauricio Pochettino's
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Saints have made a flying start to the season under their Dutch boss
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Pochettino left Southampton to join Tottenham this summer
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Spurs boss will face his former side when they host them on Sunday

Question: 'I know it's early in the season but we're showing signs we battle it out in the top half of the @placeholder,' he added.


(CNN) -- Investigators have found the bodies of three small children and the father who allegedly abducted them from their home in Columbus, Georgia, two weeks ago, the FBI said Wednesday. Eddie Harrington threatened to kill his children before disappearing with them, police say. "It is my sad duty to report that deceased bodies of these children and Eddie Harrington were located this afternoon," said FBI Special Agent Gerald Green. A coroner would confirm the identities, he added. The remains were discovered in a wooded area of Columbus by a person walking nearby, Green said. Watch the FBI say the bodies were in a car »
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NEW: Children's mother says Eddie Harrington had threatened the kids before
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Harrington was last seen in Columbus, Georgia, March 5
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Police say he was depressed, threatened to kill kids
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He took twin girls, 23 months, and boy, 3, from their home

Question: I want my children home where they belong, with me," she said at an @placeholder news conference.


Did Mario Balotelli really get a standing ovation from Liverpool fans after doing the square root of nothing for 71 minutes against Aston Villa on Saturday evening? I thought players had to earn that kind of reaction, not just turn up and wear the shirt. Liverpool fans have rightly given standing ovations to some very special and hard-working players in the past. These supporters traditionally know their stuff, they demand a lot before giving their seal of approval. Mario Balotelli received an unwarranted standing ovation when subbed off on his Liverpool home debut Mario Balotelli was replaced by Rickie Lambert with 19 minutes remaining as Liverpool trailed 1-0
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Mario Balotelli was ineffective during his first Anfield appearance as Liverpool lost 1-0 to Aston Villa
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The Italian striker was replaced by Rickie Lambert after 71 minutes
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Brendan Rodgers later admitted Balotelli was short of match fitness

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By Lydia Warren PUBLISHED: 12:24 EST, 6 February 2013 | UPDATED: 13:17 EST, 6 February 2013 'Brutal': Shalva Chigirinsky, pictured, has been accused of beating his ex-wife throughout their marriage The ex-wife of a billionaire Russian oligarch has testified that he brutally beat her for more than ten years - once even causing her to suffer a miscarriage. Shalva Chigirinsky, 62, grinned as his ex-wife  Tatiana Panchenkova, 48, told a Connecticut court how he threw her out of their Moscow home while she was pregnant with their first child in 2001. 'I don't understand what's so funny here,' snapped Panchenkova, who was married to the real-estate and oil magnate until 2009. Both now live in Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Oil magnate Shalva Chigirinsky, 62, and the mother of his four children, Tatiana Panchenkova, 48, divorced in 2009
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She was 'hospitalised many times after beatings' and eventually decided to sue him after 'he threatened to kill her at their daughter's birthday party'
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Chigirinsky made his billions in oil but was rocked during 2008 downturn

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(CNN) -- After Roger Federer's escape in the men's quarterfinals, there was yet more drama at the U.S. Open in Friday's women's semifinals. But the scenes inside Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York weren't as riveting as the Swiss' comeback from two match points and two sets down against Gael Monfils on Thursday. Whereas Federer walked off court as the winner, a teary Peng Shuai had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair moments after crumpling to the ground with what tournament organizers called a heat-related illness. Trailing 7-6 4-3, China's Peng -- in her maiden grand slam singles semifinal -- retired and it gave Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki a place in the final against Serena Williams.
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Caroline Wozniacki faces Serena Williams in the U.S. Open final
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Wozniacki advances in dramatic fashion after her opponent retired
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China's Peng Shuai had to be taken off center court in a wheelchair
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World No. 1 Williams crushed Russia's Ekaterina Makarova in an hour

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A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer decided that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough - he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the tough time he was going through. Five-year-old Vincent Butterfield decided the only way was to shave his head in support of his best friend Zac Gossage who lost his hair through chemotherapy. Zac was diagnosed last June with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. He is undergoing treatment but still goes to Union Central Elementary in Missouri every day - because that's where he gets to hang out with Vincent. Scroll down for video
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Vincent Butterfield, 5, shaved his head so his best friend Zac Gossage, who lost his hair through chemotherapy, would not be the only one
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He has also been learning about cancer and raising money for his friend's chemotherapy treatments

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The European adventure ended for Hull before it had even begun as the Tigers crashed out on away goals having beaten Lokeren 2-1 on the night. Meanwhile, Tottenham progressed comfortably with a 3-0 victory over Cypriot outfit AEL Limassol to go through 5-1 on aggregate and will be included in Friday's draw in Monaco along with Premier League rivals Everton. Click here to read the match report from Tottenham's win over AEL Limassol as Spurs progressed to the Europa League group stage. Click here to read the match report from Hull's victory over Lokeren as the Tigers were eliminated on away goals.
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Tottenham progress to group stage with 5-1 aggregate victory
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Hull knocked out on away goals having won 2-1 on the night
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Hull frontman Yannick Sagbo receives straight red card
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Paulinho doubles lead for Spurs before Andros Townsend scores penalty to make it 3-0
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Frantic start to second-half at the KC Stadium as Lokeren equalise before Hull again take the lead as Brady nets from the penalty spot
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Kane redeems himself following penalty miss to put Tottenham ahead with cool finish
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AEL Limassol goalkeeper Karim Fegrouche had to be taken off on stretcher following collision
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Spurs striker Harry Kane misses penalty after Kyle Naughton was hauled down in area
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Robbie Brady puts Hull 1-0 up against Lokeren after six minutes
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Tottenham starting XI: Lloris, Naughton, Vlad, Kaboul, Davies, Dembele, Sandro, Paulinho, Lennon, Townsend, Kane
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Hull starting XI: McGregor, Figueroa, Rosenior, Chester, Davies, Elmohamady, Meyler, Livermore, Brady, Aluko, Sagbo

Question: Hull are right back in this, as @placeholder bags his second of the night, sending the keeper the wrong way.


By Freya Noble for Daily Mail Australia Eddie McGuire has weighed into the debate about Swans star Adam Goodes 'staging' Following cricketer Shane Warne's accusations that Sydney Swans star Adam Goodes 'staged' for a free kick during  Saturday night's AFL game, a few more people have weighed into the discussion. Warne also revealed he didn't know Goodes had been awarded Australian of the Year back in January and wrote 'who votes for that?'. Goodes pointed out Warne's former teammate Adam Gilchrist is head of the Australia Day Council. Collingwood president and Millionaire Hot Seat host Eddie McGuire, who is thought not to be on good terms with Goodes after a spat earlier this year, took Warne's side of the debate.
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Collingwood president Eddie McGuire weighed into the debate about Swans star Adam Goodes 'staging'
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Shane Warne started the conversation during the Sydney Swans and Richmond Tigers AFL match on Saturday night
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Warne then revealed he didn't know Swans star Adam Goodes was Australian of the year
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Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke then joined the conversation saying Goodes was a 'legend'
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Goodes hit back on Sunday pointing to the fact Warne's former teammate Adam Gilchrist is head of the Australia Day Council

Question: Speaking on Sunday, @placeholder admitted he was disappointed at the commentary and scrutiny, but unswayed.


(CNN) -- Usain Bolt bids to become the first man to win the Olympic sprint double twice while World Cup champ Japan seeks to win a second major soccer title. Here are five things to watch at the Olympics on Thursday: 1) Men's 200 meters: Jamaica vs. Jamaica Before you go giving Bolt the gold medal, Yohan Blake has something he wants to say. "I'm not really focusing on beating him. I'm concentrating on running my race. My plan is just to execute," says the Jamaican champion. Wallace Spearmon of the United States will try to spoil the race, but after Blake and Bolt looked so impressive in their heats, it's hard to see anyone challenging the training partners and friends.
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Usain Bolt goes for unprecedented double double
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Americans 1-2 after first day of decathlon
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Spain seeks another upset to win the women's water polo gold

Question: The Americans, twice World Cup champs and three times winners of the @placeholder, have several factors going for them in their revenge bid.


(CNN) -- Muslim and moderate.Two words that describe Bangladesh, where Hillary Clinton arrived Saturday as part of a three-nation tour of Asia. She left China where diplomatic drama over a Chinese human rights activist overshadowed all else and stepped foot in Bangladesh amid political turmoil involving the disappearance of a key opposition leader. Her presence, the first by a secretary of state since 2003, reflects America's interest in growing ties with Asian nations and puts Bangladesh, one of the world's most impoverished nations strategically located near India, China and Myanmar, on center stage. Cinton's trip, said a senior State Department official, is an opportunity to improve America's bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, a democratic Muslim-majority nation that is seen by Washington as a viable alternative to extremism.
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Washington sees Bangladesh as a viable alternative to extremism
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The Muslim-majority nation is moderate and democratic
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Clinton next goes to India

Question: Clinton is visiting Bangladesh 12 years after her husband, @placeholder, did so as the first U.S. president to make such a trip.


Teenage thug Shawn Tyson was jailed for life for the shocking murder of James Cooper and James Kouzaris. The pair were gunned down during a botched robbery in the popular tourist town of Sarasota three years ago after stumbling into a rundown housing estate. Tyson, who was aged just 16 at the time, received a life sentence without the possibility of parole after being convicted of first degree murder. Killer: Shawn Tyson was sentenced to life in prison for murdering James Cooper and James Kouzaris In June he launches an appeal against the sentence - and plans to play the race card in a bid to get his conviction quashed.
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Shawn Tyson was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of British tourists James Cooper and James Kouzaris
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Tyson is now appealing his sentence
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11 of the jurors who sat on Tyson's trial were white
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Tyson is black, and his attorneys will likely use the predominantly white jury in their client's favor

Question: Devastated: 'We thought we had seen the last of this nasty piece of work and it just fills us with horror that he could get the conviction overturned,' said a friend of the @placeholder family


Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- On the surface, Seoul, the capital of economic powerhouse South Korea, is one of the most impressive cities in East Asia: Sprawling and prosperous, hi-tech and self confident. But eight times a year, the traffic comes to a halt and crowds disappear from the streets as an eerie wail resounds across the city: The sound is a siren, and this is the minbangui, or civil defense exercise, designed to drill the population against a possible strike. Seoul is a metropolis that lives in the gun sights of North Korea, one of the most dangerous states on the planet and just 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of downtown, yet Seoul residents have learned to live with the threat.
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Although no strangers to North Korean hostility, Seoul residents see this attack as different
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The sight of columns of smoke rising from an artillery strike sent a frisson of real fear
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It was the first such attack since the Korean War ended at midnight July 27, 1953
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Seoul itself lies in range of massed, long-range North Korean artillery

Question: The 20th century @placeholder lasted three years and killed -- estimates vary -- between two and four million.


(CNN) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began explosions Monday night at the Birds Point-New Madrid levee at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The explosions, near the southern border between Missouri and Illinois, marked the start of a three-stage process to intentionally breach the levee -- and, in the process, pave the way for tons of water to flood 130,000 acres of Missouri farmland -- to alleviate pressure caused by historically high water levels in the rivers. At 5 p.m. Monday, the water level outside Cairo, Illinois, was 61.44 feet -- well above the flood stage of 40 feet -- according to the National Weather Service. Maj. Gen. Michael Walsh ordered the intentional breach.
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NEW: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins intentionally breaching the levee
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Water levels near Cairo, Illinois, reach 61.4 feet -- far above the 40-foot flood stage
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Missouri had tried to block the decision, which will flood productive farmland

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A  33-year-old father-of-six suspected of killing his wife and their neighbor before going to a church and shooting their pastor dead has been caught and is in custody. Andres 'Andy' Avalos is said to have started his killing spree in the city of Bradenton, around 45 miles south of Tampa Bay, on Thursday afternoon. Detectives were called to the Bayshore Baptist Church where they found father-of-two James 'Tripp' Battle, 31, dead in the courtyard. Authorities were then led to a home nearby where they discovered the bodies of Amber Avalos, 33, the suspect's wife of 15 years, and neighbor Denise Potter, 45.
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Andres 'Andy' Avalos allegedly killed three people in the city of Bradenton
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Police found James 'Tripp' Battle, 31, dead at Bayshore Basptist Church
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They then went to a home nearby and discovered the bodies of his wife of 15 years Amber Avalos, 33, and Denise Potter, 45,
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Suspect's father is a minister at the church, his wife was children's director
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Sheriff Brad Steube said Mr Battle and Avalos met face-to-face in the church courtyard shortly before the shooting
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Authorities said the deadly incident was prompted by a 'domestic situation'
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His Chervolet Suburban was dumped at a Walmart 11 miles from the church

Question: His wife @placeholder was the children's director at the church while two of Potter's sons, aged 14 and seven, also worked there.


London (CNN) -- As I write, we have just received news of what we believe to be the 29th Tibetan in the past month to set fire to themselves in protest at Chinese rule in Tibet. By the time you read this, it is likely that more have made this extraordinary choice. At Free Tibet we have seen protesters die from their injuries and survivors disappear by Chinese state authorities. It's hard to imagine how bad the circumstances must be for a person to decide that the most effective way they can make their views known is to wrap barbed wire around their body -- so that burning clothes cannot be pulled off them -- drink gasoline, pour it over themselves, light the fuel and be consumed by fire.
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Free Tibet: We have seen protesters die from their injuries, survivors disappear by authorities
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As many as 29 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest against Chinese rule, group says
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Without legal or political recourse to address their grievances, they risk their lives, says Brigden
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Brigden: World remains largely unaware of the situation as the region is effectively cut off

Question: @placeholder has documented a number of incidents of collective punishment of communities where protests have taken place.


For three weeks now, Hamas and Israel have been locked in a deadly battle. Each side points to the other for provoking the conflict, which has left scores -- mainly civilians -- dead. And yet, a cease-fire seems unlikely, in part because the sides don't feel they have accomplished their goals. What are the goals for Hamas, the organization that governs Gaza and is considered a terrorist organization by many Western powers? And what is it willing to settle for to end the bloodshed? What Hamas wants: 1. The destruction of Israel. This mission is written into the preamble of Hamas' founding document: "Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it."
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Hamas has a number of stated goals
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Some, like the destruction of Israel, are repudiated globally
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Hamas also wants an end to Israeli control in Gaza

Question: @placeholder controls Gaza's borders, waters and airspace -- and oversees what goods make it into the territory.


A dog owner is considering taking legal action against the veterinary clinic that surgically removed her pug's cut eye without her permission. Kimberly Hayden took her 13-year-old pug named Chloe to the Tyrone Banfield Animal Hospital in  St Petersburg, Florida after noticing a cloudiness in the dog's left eye. A veterinarian diagnosed the issue as an abrasion to the eye and recommended Hayden get the eye removed for $1,400; treat it with a skin graft for $3,000 or drops. Hayden chose the least-painful route for Chloe and the two were sent home with three different eye drops and two oral medications.
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Kimberly Hayden took her  13-year-old pug Chloe to a Banfield Animal hospital for a follow-up appointment about an abrasion on the dog's eye
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She later returned to find that a veterinarian had removed the eye without first calling to ask for permission
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Hayden is now considering legal action against the clinic

Question: @placeholder continues to struggle getting used to life with just one eye, her owner says, adding that she is considering suing the clinic.


(CNN)  -- A single-engine plane crashed Saturday outside a bank in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, seriously injuring the five people on board, authorities said. A damaged airplane lies on the ground Saturday next to a busy road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The pilot reported engine problems shortly after leaving the city's Wiley Post Airport, about a mile away from the crash site, at midmorning, said Lynn Lunsford, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration. The plane hit two trees as it came down, and video showed the damaged Beechcraft Bonanza resting on the grass near a busy thoroughfare in the northwest section of the city.
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Single-engine Beechcraft makes hard landing near busy road
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Plane developed engine problems shortly after takeoff, FAA official says
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Fliers were headed for Enid, Oklahoma, about 100 miles north

Question: The pilot tried to return to @placeholder after he recognized the engine trouble, Lunsford said.


By Colette Fahy Ryan Lewis has revealed his mother Julie Lewis is HIV positive. The 26-year-old producer, musician and DJ – who is best known for his collaboration with Macklemore – opened up about Julie contracted HIV from a blood transfusion during a complicated pregnancy with his older sister Teresa in 1984. He made the revelation as he and Macklemore announced their foundation of the 30/30 Project, a nonprofit to raise money for affordable healthcare worldwide, and launched an indiegogo page for it. Scroll down for video Brave: Ryan Lewis is celebrating his mother Julie Lewis beating the odds and surviving 30 years on from her HIV positive diagnosis by creating the 30/30 Project to raise money for affordable healthcare worldwide
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Julie Lewis contracted HIV via blood transfusion after giving birth to her first child Teresa in 1984
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It happened one year before Washington state began testing donated blood for the virus
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She went on to have another daughter, Laura, and Ryan, neither of whom contracted it despite a 25 percent chance
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Husband Scott Lewis also didn't contract it
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To mark the 30-year anniversary of living with AIDS, the family and Macklemore have created the 30/30 project, a nonprofit to raise money for people with the disease around the world

Question: It wasn't until 1994, at the age of six, did his parents - who both worked for nonprofits - explain to him about @placeholder and that his mother had it.


(Budget Travel) -- Game drives and the Big Five -- pulling off a classic African safari is easier (and cheaper) than you might think. Africa's a big place. How do I decide where exactly to go? To the uninitiated, planning a safari can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be. Wildlife excursions are largely confined to eastern and southern Africa, where the Big Five (lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and Cape buffalos) converge. Within those regions, there are some basic rules that help distinguish the kind of experience each country offers. On the approachable end of the spectrum, Kenya and South Africa are among the easiest-to-navigate nations in Africa. Both have well-developed tourism infrastructures with accessible parks, plush lodges, and plenty of flights and outfitted trips, so safaris there tend to be simple to arrange and comparatively cheap.
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Kenya and South Africa are among the easiest-to-navigate nations in Africa, author says
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Before going on safari, respect the country's culture by checking do's and don'ts
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Focus on the experience, not your photo album

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(CNN) -- These days, purveyors of luxury can go beyond owning, eating or imbibing their favorite brand; they can live it. No longer content with selling a mere fraction of the lifestyle experience, an increasing number of high-end luxury companies have decided to open hotels, where their clients can eat, sleep and breathe the brand around the clock. Nobu Hospitality is the most recent company to join the fray. It's the organization behind global Japanese restaurant chain Nobu, and it started taking reservations this past October for the first ever Nobu Hotel, set to open within Caesars Palace in Las Vegas come January 2013. Soon to follow are locations in Riyadh, London, Bahrain and the Caribbean.
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An increasing number of high-end luxury companies are opening hotels
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Restaurant brand Nobu is set to open its first hotel in Caesars Palace casino, Las Vegas
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Armani, Baccarat, Bulgari and Missoni have all transitioned to hotels

Question: "In our hotels we offer something that in its own way equates perfectly with the spirit of @placeholder's clothes," says Harding.

Question: The hotel even goes so far as to assign each guest their very own "lifestyle manager," a position that is best described as an @placeholder-clad personal concierge.


(CNN) -- Indonesia has urged Saudi Arabia to take legal action against a Saudi employer accused of grossly abusing an Indonesian maid, Indonesian government officials said Thursday. The 23-year-old woman is recovering in a Saudi hospital after being severely beaten, according to Indonesian consulate officials. The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry said Thursday that it had followed up on the case, which has outraged many in Indonesia. "At first, we already called the Saudi Arabia ambassador here in Jakarta a few days ago to the ministry, and at that occasion we expressed the position of the Indonesian government, which condemns the act, inhumane act, against our nationals," ministry spokesman Michael Tene said.
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The woman is recovering after being severely beaten
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Sumiati binti Mustapa Salan went to work in Saudi Arabia four months ago
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She was trying to support her family in a small fishing village in Indonesia
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Allegations of maid abuse have outraged Indonesians

Question: A statement from a migrant rights group said @placeholder's abusers ought to be punished.


By Richard Spillett A father tragically fell to his death in front of his whole family as he put the finishing touches to the brickwork of an extension he was building on their home. Paul Fenwick, 31, died instantly after hitting his head as he fell 14ft from the roof of the new building, which his heartbroken family say 'he was so proud of'. The horrific accident at his home in Hull was witnessed by relatives, including his partner of 11 years Ixchel Morris, 28, and their two-year-old son Noah. Mr Fenwick died falling from his extension just days after the birth of his daughter Emilia Chloe
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Paul Fenwick had spent 'every moment' planning the extension to his home
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Family gathered to watch him put final bricks on structure earlier this month
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He was still on paternity leave after the birth of his daughter, Emilia Chloe

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By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 30 September 2012 | UPDATED: 10:15 EST, 30 September 2012 An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country's east, in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th U.S. troop death in the long-running war, officials said today. The string of insider attacks is one of the greatest threats to NATO's mission in the country, endangering a partnership key to training up Afghan security forces and withdrawing international troops. Saturday's shooting took place at an Afghan army checkpoint just outside a joint U.S.-Afghan base in Wardak province, said Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial government spokesman.
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Insider attacks have led to the death of 50 foreign troops in Afghanistan in 2012

Question: The close contact - with coalition forces working side by side with Afghan troops as advisers, mentors and trainers - is a key part of the @placeholder strategy for preparing the Afghans to take the lead in security operations as the U.S. and other nations prepare to pull out their last combat troops at the end of 2014, just 27 months away.


(CNN) -- Real Madrid sealed a record-extending 32nd La Liga title after Wednesday's 3-0 win at Athletic Bilbao maintained an unassailable seven-point lead over arch rivals and defending Spanish champions Barcelona with two matches to play. Goals from Gonzalo Higuain, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo wrapped up the clinching victory for Jose Mourinho's men at San Mames. Mourinho has now won league titles in Portugal with Porto, England with Chelsea, Italy with Inter and Spain with Real, who broke Barcelona's three-year La Liga reign. "This one has been the toughest. I've won seven league titles overall and I know what it feels like," Mourinho told the club's website.
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Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 to clinch La Liga title
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Juventus lead cut to one point in Serie A with 1-1 draw against Lecce

Question: It took @placeholder's tally in La Liga to 46, two more than Ronaldo, but his efforts have proved in vain.


New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Gulf state health and fisheries officials and leaders from several federal agencies will collaborate to set safety levels for seafood coming out of the Gulf of Mexico, Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday. "We want one single standard so you don't have to worry about where you fish, when you can fish," Biden said. "Bottom line is, we want to get fishermen back out on the water as soon as possible after the oil has been removed." The plan will be devised and carried out in collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, he said.
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Vice president arrives in Pensacola, Florida
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Biden emphasizes government support to region
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Federal agencies to collaborate on Gulf food safety

Question: NOAA said it was applying the protocol in considering whether to reopen two areas off Louisiana and @placeholder.


(CNN) -- Huddled in the hallway of his Alabama home with three of his friends, Tillman Merritt had a gut feeling to jump into a closet as the massive twister barreled into the Tuscaloosa neighborhood. Moments later, he was the only one to survive. "I just heard a voice in my head saying 'go to the closet, go to the closet," Merritt said. The closet walls pushed down on him as a roar surrounded him, followed by the sounds of pieces of the house snapping off. Then the crack of glass was heard, and insulation was flying everywhere. When it was over, there was just a small hole for Merritt to crawl out of. Except for the closet he was in, the entire house -- and his three friends -- had been flung across the street.
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NEW: Death toll from South's latest tornado outbreak tweaked to 337
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Deadliest single day from tornadoes was in 1925 when 747 people died

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It’s Not About The Shark by David Niven (Icon Books £12.99) I have always felt there is a time and a place for self-help books. That time is Not Now and the place is Somewhere Else, A Long Way Away. But, just occasionally, a book comes along that is not only interesting, but might — just might — be of some conceivable help to someone. This, I believe, is one such. Niven, an American psychologist and social scientist, and by no means the long-deceased star of The Guns Of Navarone, sets out to help us ‘solve unsolvable problems’. While he doesn’t, because they’re unsolvable, he does help us solve problems that look unsolvable but aren’t — which, I suppose, is the next best thing.
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David Niven says that, when we have a problem, we are overwhelmed by it
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People in groups tend to make worse decisions than individuals
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Sometimes, we think the way to solve a problem is to try harder
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Niven uses examples to show that this can actually make a problem worse

Question: Niven can be very @placeholder in his assumptions and his tone of voice.


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi Presidency Council approved a resolution Sunday that will allow non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at year's end. British troops talk in Basra last week. Iraq on Sunday OK'd foreign troops to remain in the country after the new year. It was the last step for final adoption of the resolution, which won parliamentary approval Tuesday. Iraq's main political parties hammered out the resolution a week ago, after an impasse among parliamentary factions threatened to continue beyond the December 31 deadline. A separate, previously approved agreement authorizes U.S. troops to remain.
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Resolution approved by Presidency Council replaces U.N. mandate set to expire
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After U.S.'s 142,500 troops, Britain has second-largest contingent: 4,100
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Authorities capture two al Qaeda in Iraq escapees, kill another from Friday jailbreak

Question: The British government says its forces will complete their mission of training @placeholder troops by May 31 and withdraw from the country by July 31.

Question: • Four people were killed and 20 wounded Sunday when a suicide bomber targeted a demonstration in Mosul against Israeli military operations in Gaza, a @placeholder police official said.


(CNN) -- On the starting line of the Emirates Motorplex on Thursday (Jan 24) will be professional drift racing, one of the most dangerous disciplines in motorsport. And amid the petrol fumes and testosterone will be a 23-year-old Palestinian woman, Noor Daoud. Daoud, who had previously been invited to compete in a Formula 3 - a different discipline of motor racing - race in Israel, is the first Arab woman to compete on the international motorsport circuit. She has spent two months in the United Arab Emirates training for the Drift UAE race on January 24, and will then go on to other international races in Japan and Poland.
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Speed Sisters became first all-female Palestinian motor racing team in 2009
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At 23, Noor Daoud is first Arab woman to race on the international circuit in Dubai, Japan and Poland
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Maysoon Jayyusi serves on FIA's Women in Motorsport Commission

Question: "They are a traditional @placeholder family and don't encourage women to participate in sport," she said.


(CNN) -- Brian David Mitchell, the homeless street preacher who abducted, raped and kept a 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart captive for nine months, was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. "We believe it is an appropriate, just and long overdue result for our community, for the Smart family and of course, most importantly, Elizabeth," said Carlie Christensen, U.S. Attorney for Utah. U.S. District Judge Dale Kimball issued the sentence Wednesday. A jury found Mitchell guilty in December of Smart's 2002 kidnapping. "Mitchell's heinous conduct, the evidence of his propensity to reoffend mandated such a sentence," Christensen said. Beaming before a group of reporters gathered outside the federal courthouse, Smart, now 23, said she was "thrilled" with the sentence -- the maximum allowable under the law.
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NEW: Smart says she is "thrilled" and pledges to dedicate her life to advocacy
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"Today is the ending of a very long chapter," she tells reporters
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Prosecutors say the sentence is just
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A jury found Brian David Mitchell guilty in December

Question: When they reached @placeholder's remote camp, Smart testified she was "sealed" to her captor in a marriage ceremony, raped and shackled between two trees with a metal cable.


By Sarah Johnson PUBLISHED: 15:30 EST, 8 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:09 EST, 20 September 2013 Heath Bowden (pictured) has been accused of biting off a man's ear and nose A 45-year-old man told another man he was going to eat him before almost biting off his nose and leaving it hanging by a thread, a jury heard. Heath Bowden then took a ‘chunk’ out of his victim Graham Brook’s right ear before sinking his teeth into his left ear, Gloucester crown court was told. Julian Kesner, prosecuting, said: ‘Having bitten through [Mr Brook's] nose, he bit a large chunk out of his right ear and then started on the left ear when he was pulled away.’
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Fight broke out in a pub in the centre of Gloucester after Graham Brook tried to take man outside to avoid causing further trouble
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Heath Bowden also took a 'chunk' out of victim Graham Brook's right ear before starting on the left one
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He has claimed he was acting in self defence
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On 8 November 2012 Mr Bowden was cleared of any charges after a jury accepted he was acting in self-defence when he bit off part of a man's ear.

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By James Chapman Last updated at 1:40 AM on 10th September 2011 Russia is to offer to share its security secrets with Britain – but will rebuff demands to extradite the chief suspect in the radiation murder of a dissident in London. The revelations were made by Moscow’s ambassador Alexander Yakovenko in highly unusual public remarks ahead of a visit to the Russian capital by David Cameron next week. He insisted the Kremlin would not agree to send Andrei Lugavoy, prime suspect in the 2006 murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko, for trial in Britain as Scotland Yard has demanded.
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Relations soured since murder of spy Alex Litvinenko
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Russian deputy PM hopes visit will 'turn the page'
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Putin last spoke to a senior British politician in 2008

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(CNN) -- The father of a man suspected in a botched terror attack aboard a Northwest Airlines flight contacted the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria recently with concerns his son was planning something, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday. The father -- identified by a family source as Umaru Abdul Mutallab -- contacted the U.S. Embassy "a few weeks ago" saying his son, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, had "become radicalized," the senior administration official, who is familiar with the case, told CNN. Abdulmutallab, 23, was charged in a federal criminal complaint Saturday with attempting to destroy the plane Friday on its final approach to Michigan's Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and placing a destructive device on the aircraft, the Department of Justice said.
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Father of suspect in foiled attack had relayed concerns to U.S. Embassy, source says
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Father feared son went to Yemen to be part of "some kind of jihad," source tells CNN
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Nigerian, 23, charged with trying to destroy Northwest flight on approach to Detroit
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U.S. Embassy in London granted him a multi-year visa in June 2008, source says

Question: The family member said Abdulmutallab "had no family consent or support," adding he "absconded to @placeholder."


Alex Salmond's Scottish Nationalist MPs could vote on English laws to prop up a Labour government. The former First Minister has hinted that the SNP would be prepared to ditch the long-standing convention that its MPs do not vote on laws that only affect England. Instead they would take part in Commons votes to help Ed Miliband pass laws if Labour falls short of an overall majority in next year's election. Alex Salmond suggested SNP MPs could vote on English laws to prop up a Labour government Mr Salmond formally stepped down as SNP leader and First Minister last month after voters in Scotland rejected his dream of independence in September's referendum.
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Former First Minister suggests SNP could ditch convention to avoid votes
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Scottish party traditionally only takes part in votes on Scottish matters
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Polls suggest Labour faces wipeout in Scotland, harming hopes of victory

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Oscar De Lena is a man with a mission. And a measuring stick. De Lena is president of the local archeological society in the picturesque hamlet of Termoli, on Italy's Adriatic coast. For the past four years he's also been self-appointed guardian of Termoli's claim of being home to Italy's narrowest alleyway. It's a boast hotly contested by rival villages, but De Lena is determined to see off all challengers. "I've known it since the day of my birth," he says. "So I started measuring it over and over again, up and down, down and up. I've covered each single point."
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Oscar De Lena has made it his mission in life to prove his hometown of Termoli has Italy's smallest alleyway
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He faces strong competition from rivals in the towns of Ripatransone and Citta della Pieve
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For De Lena it's a matter of pride. For others a lucrative tourist attraction is at stake

Question: "We'll keep on saying that it's @placeholder's narrowest alley, or at least among its narrowest.


Choir members and children attending Sunday school were among 81 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Protestant church in northwest Pakistan. It was one of the deadliest attacks ever on the Christian community in Pakistan. The attack took place at the All Saints Church of Pakistan, in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) from the country's capital, Islamabad. A congregation of about 500 people was attending the church. Two attackers struck right as services concluded. "Suicide bombers entered the church compound from the main gate and blew themselves up in the midst of the people," a statement posted on the diocese website read.
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The death toll rises to 81, a hospital official says
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A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility
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The Pakistani Taliban distances itself from the bombing
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The attack is one of the deadliest ever on the Christian community in Pakistan

Question: His criticism was echoed by hundreds of people who took to the streets in largely @placeholder areas of Pakistan, calling for better protection of minority groups.


Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester United's home clash with Chelsea... Manchester United vs Chelsea (Old Trafford) Kick-off: Sunday 4pm - Sky Sports 1 Odds (subject to change): Manchester United 9/5 Draw 12/5 Chelsea 7/5 Referee: Phil Dowd Managers: Louis van Gaal (Manchester United), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea) Head-to-head league record: Manchester United wins 59, draws 43, Chelsea wins 42 Team news Manchester United Captain Wayne Rooney will miss Manchester United's game against Chelsea on Sunday as he serves the final game of a three-match suspension.
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Manchester United host Chelsea at Old Trafford (Sunday 4pm)
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Diego Costa could start for Chelsea but Loic Remy is out with injury
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United captain Wayne Rooney will miss the game through suspension
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Chelsea are top of the Premier League, unbeaten after eight matches

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(CNN) -- Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago. The move came one day after Danish authorities arrested three people allegedly plotting a "terror-related assassination" of Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist behind the drawing. Berlingske Tidende, was one of the newspapers involved in the republication by newspapers in Denmark. It said: "We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a newspaper always will defend," in comments reported by The Associated Press.
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NEW: European newspapers reprint cartoon that sparked Muslim protests in 2006
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Prophet Mohammed drawing depicts its subject prophet wearing a bomb as a turban
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Danish police: Several arrested for plotting terror-related assassination Tuesday
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Newspaper says the target was its cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, behind the cartoon

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Beau Willimon has learned a key characteristic to succeeding in both politics and entertainment: not revealing too much. The "House of Cards" creator, show runner and primary writer talks freely about his show, which concerns a powerful South Carolina congressman, Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), and his maneuvers to get his way in the conniving world of Washington. But ask Willimon something basic, such as the premiere date of the popular Netflix series' second season, and he offers an elegant "no comment." "I can't give you that tidbit right now, unfortunately," the former campaign aide says in a phone interview with CNN, occasionally straining to be heard over the roar of military helicopters.
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Netflix's "House of Cards" is up for nine Emmys
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Show's creator, Beau Willimon, currently at work on season 2
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"Cards" follows the machinations of a congressman, Francis Underwood
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Show has been a critical and popular success

Question: The problem with @placeholder right now is that people are too stuck to their ideology.

Question: When I watch the show, and @placeholder talks about "looking weak," I'd be the person he's talking about.


(CNN) -- Cuban state media released a message from Fidel Castro, the first communique said to be from the ex-leader since speculation over his health reached a fever pitch last week. There were no new images of Castro, 86, released Wednesday. He has not been seen publicly since March, when he met with Pope Benedict XVI during the pontiff's visit to Cuba. Castro's usually frequent newspaper columns and musings suddenly ended in June. But his silence after the re-election of close ally Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in October prompted many of his opponents to wonder whether Castro was again ailing or perhaps dead.
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Long silence from Fidel Castro had fueled speculation about his health
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Son Alex: "The comandante is well, following his daily routine"
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There were no new images of Castro, 86, released Wednesday
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Castro reportedly congratulated doctors graduating from a Cuban medical institute

Question: On Tuesday, the Cuban government announced the lifting of some restrictions for @placeholder traveling abroad.


Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actor Michael Douglas sat among a thousand other friends, family and clients of slain Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen as tears were shed and laughs shared at her funeral Sunday. Chasen, 64, died from gunshots fired into her Mercedes-Benz as she turned off Sunset Boulevard on her way home from a star-studded premiere celebration for the movie "Burlesque" last Tuesday morning. Her mysterious murder in a posh Beverly Hills neighborhood not only stunned her friends, but it sent fear through the exclusive community. Chasen was master at creating Oscar buzz Beverly Hills Police Chief David Snowden asked journalists Friday to keep "erroneous information, theories or speculation" out of their stories about the killing.
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Chasen's death brought the entertainment industry to a standstill, a producer says
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The slain publicist's funeral was closed to the news media
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Beverly Hills police still have no motive or suspect in the shooting

Question: @placeholder, who suffers from throat cancer, did not speak at the funeral for his former publicist.


(CNN) -- The Taliban have been forced out of power, Osama bin Laden is dead, and al Qaeda, by many accounts, is not nearly as powerful as it once was. But 10 years after the start of the war in Afghanistan, many issues still plague the country. Insurgent violence remains a major problem, as the Taliban have regrouped in recent years. Questions also persist about the long-term viability of the Afghan government led by President Hamid Karzai. U.S. President Barack Obama has said that combat operations in Afghanistan will end by 2014, but the country's future is still very much in the air. Where will Afghanistan be 10 years from now?
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It has been 10 years since the start of the war in Afghanistan
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Progress has been made in the country, but some issues still remain
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Afghans, Afghanistan experts describe what they think the country needs most

Question: This is about the @placeholder building something from the bottom up and being able to set and meet goals so their expectations for the future are realistic and aren't frustrated.


A mob, wielding baseball bats, broken bottles and knives, swarms a Paris synagogue. Violence erupts at a pro-Israel rally in Los Angeles after a demonstrator reportedly stomps on a Palestinian flag. Phone calls and text messages threaten a Palestinian-American who organized a protest in Atlanta. A trending Twitter hashtag says Hitler was right. As missiles and rockets fly in the Middle East, tensions are boiling over around the world between activists at demonstrations on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Plenty of protests have been peaceful, but not all of them. On Monday, the Anti-Defamation League warned Jewish institutions to step up security in light of violence and anti-Semitic expressions at what it described as anti-Israel rallies across the United States and around the world. An ADL website tracking recent protests listed events in New York; Washington; Dallas; Portland; and Tempe, Arizona.
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While missiles fly in Mideast, tensions soar outside the region
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Hatred, even violence, erupts at demonstrations in France and United States
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People on both sides of the issue talk of death threats
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The battle is also being waged in venomous words on social media

Question: Across the street, she said, there were two men with @placeholder flags who discharged pepper spray toward the crowd.


Ottawa (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William and his wife, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrived Thursday in Canada on their first official foreign trip since their wedding in April. The royal couple landed aboard a Royal Canadian Air Force jet during the afternoon in Ottawa, the Canadian capital. "Merci beaucoup," William told a throng of well-wishers. "Catherine and I are so delighted to be here in Canada. Instilled in us by our parents and grandparents, we love this country. We have been looking forward to this moment for a very long time. And before we were married, we had a longing to come here together. The geography of Canada is unsurpassed and is famous for being matched only by the hospitality of its people."
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NEW: "We have been looking forward to this moment for a very long time," Prince William says
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Prince William and Catherine arrive in Ottawa, the first stop on their tour
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The 9-day visit includes stops in Ontario, Quebec, the Northwest Territories, and Alberta
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It is the couple's first official trip since their wedding in April

Question: Royal enthusiasts can buy a wide range of souvenir merchandise, such as "I love Kate and @placeholder" T-shirts featuring the Canadian flag.


By Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor Labour's rising star Chuka Umunna has declared that he has no problem with people making 'a lot of money'. The shadow business secretary, tipped as a future party leader, even said Labour wanted to help people become millionaires. Mr Umunna's remarks echo former Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson - who famously said that Labour under Tony Blair was 'intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich'. Chuka Umunna, tipped as a future Prime Minister, is known to speak regularly with Blairite heavyweight Lord Mandelson Mr Blair himself said he did not go into politics 'to make sure that David Beckham earns less money'.
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Shadow business secretary says Labour wants to see more millionaires
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Claims making a fortune is 'good for the economy' - if taxes are paid
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Mandelson said he was 'intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich'

Question: After winning the Labour leadership in 2010 he said equality was 'at the very heart of why we need to move on from @placeholder'.


Jackson Hole, China (CNN) -- Looking for a weekend escape from the city, Annie Liu and her husband fell in love at first sight with a log home in Jackson Hole and bought it for less than $300,000. Five years on, a weekly 90-minute drive from their downtown apartment to the house has long been the norm. They enjoy gardening, barbecuing or simply relaxing in their getaway surrounded by mountains -- but often shrouded in Beijing's infamous smog. Yes, the couple's three-bedroom weekend home lies on the outskirts of the Chinese capital -- thousands of miles away from the original Jackson Hole valley in the U.S. state of Wyoming, which is known for its breathtaking natural beauty.
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A Chinese developer has built an American-themed town 90 minutes from Beijing
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The settlement is named after Jackson Hole, a scenic valley in Wyoming
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He has sold almost all the houses, with the bigger homes now fetching $1M each
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Richer, educated, urban Chinese express more positive view of aspects of America's image

Question: "This is an '@placeholder' community so it's a necessary element here," said Liu as she walked out of the soon-to-open Jackson Hole church.


(CNN) -- David Moyes has been appointed as the new manager of Manchester United after agreeing a six-year deal. The 50-year-old, who will replace Alex Ferguson on July 1, revealed his desire to leave current club Everton earlier Thursday. Moyes, who has been in charge at Goodison Park since 2002, will take charge of the club's final two Premier League games of the season before making the move to Old Trafford. "It's a great honor to be asked to be the next manager of Manchester United," Moyes told United's official website. "I am delighted that Sir Alex saw fit to recommend me for the job. I have great respect for everything he has done and for the football club.
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David Moyes will take over at Manchester United on July 1st
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Moyes has never won a trophy with Everton
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Everton finished outside the Premier League's top-10 only three times in 11 years
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United had put a Facebook page inviting fans to send their welcome messages to Moyes

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Question: This month @placeholder reported record third-quarter earnings of £91.7 million ($142 million) but an 18% increase in operating expenses plus payments on a gross debt that has fallen to £367.6 million ($572 million) meant a pre-tax loss of £3.15 million ($4.9 million) for the period.


At least 400 British Muslims have joined the jihadist fanatics bringing terror to Iraq and Syria, William Hague warned last night. In his first statement to MPs since the crisis in Iraq erupted more than a week ago, the Foreign Secretary said security chiefs were becoming increasingly alarmed at the prospect that British extremists waging jihad in the region could bring their murderous philosophy and methods to the streets of the UK. He said some were 'inevitably fighting with ISIS' - the extremist group whose barbaric tactics and seizure of a huge swathes of Iraq have provoked international outrage. Mr Hague also revealed Britain was on the brink of an astonishing diplomatic U-turn over Iran, in the hope that Tehran may be able to help prevent the total collapse of its neighbour.
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Hague holds talks with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
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Comes as the US considers working with Iran to tackle growing crisis
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British government rules out military intervention but offers technical advice
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Nick Clegg says UK will offer 'passive assistance' and back 'targeted action'
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Hague says it is 'inevitable' that Britons are fighting with extremists in Iraq

Question: The Deputy Prime Minister suggested the UK could allow its bases to be used to launch attacks on @placeholder forces.


(CNN) -- Forget the 4G marketing hype. Which U.S. carriers really offer the fastest mobile-data networks? According to a new report from RootMetrics (a company which conducts its own field tests of wireless networks), Verizon Wireless currently offers the nation's fastest 4G -- by far. RootMetrics recently compared 4G networks from the four major U.S. carriers in 27 cities. Across all cities, Verizon performed at 4G speeds in 66% of tests. What qualifies as 4G speed? According to RootMetrics, that's a download speed of at least three megabits per second -- fast enough to download a 30-minute standard-definition TV episode in less than 10 minutes.
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Verizon performed at 4G speeds in 66% of tests -- better than AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile
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4G speed means a download speed of at least three megabits per second
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RootMetrics compared 4G networks from the four major U.S. carriers in 27 cities

Question: In several markets, @placeholder's average download speeds actually exceeded the maximum speeds of the other carriers," the report said.


Makhachkala, Dagestan (CNN) -- At least four people are dead and 44 are injured after two bombs exploded Monday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, the Ministry of Health's website says. Thirty-one of the injured were hospitalized, it says. The incident -- which occurred in Makhachkala, capital of the semi-autonomous republic of Dagestan -- also caused significant damage. Security officials say they believe law enforcement officers may have been the target because the explosion occurred outside a local marshal's building. One car bomb was discovered by a police patrol, who called in a unit to defuse it. Before that could be done, the bomb went off, but the explosion was minor, security officials said. Then, as a crowd of people gathered, a second, more powerful device detonated, causing the casualties.
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Two bombs exploded outside a local marshal's building, the Ministry of Health says
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The first explosion was minor; the second went off as a crowd gathered
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The Boston Marathon bombing suspects hail from the North Caucasus
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In Moscow, security forces say a terror plot is foiled

Question: Russia has been on edge over militant activity and its security forces announced on Monday that they foiled a terror attack planned for @placeholder.


By Bianca London In an age where going to the gym is akin to strutting down the catwalk (thanks, Miranda Kerr), fitness brands are cashing in on us working out. One company who are dominating the market in America and count Kim Kardashian, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Cameron Diaz as fans has just landed in the UK in the hope of giving British fitness fanatics a high fashion makeover. lululemon, a Canadian-born company, last night celebrated the opening of its first European shop - a 3,100 square foot yoga emporium in Covent Garden and the great and THE glamorous turned out to celebrate in style.
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lululemon athletica is loved by US celebrities
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25% of women in London's yoga classes now wearing it
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Covent Garden store just opened doors
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Will host self-defence, goal-setting workshops and complimentary yoga classes

Question: The yoga wear chain even launched a leather leggings collection on its @placeholder website, designed to be as comfortable in the gym as it is chic in the office or a cocktail bar.


LONDON, England (CNN) -- His life has never been easy. Born into poverty and war, his ears and tail were chopped off when he was just a few months old in preparation for dog-fighting. He escaped to find a better life, only to be trapped in lonely, sterile quarantine for six months. Bear plays for the first time out of quarantine after coming to Britain from Afghanistan. But all that changed Monday when Bear the dog stepped out of British quarantine and through the doors of a London animal shelter. "He's absolutely a loving dog," said former British Royal Marine Paul "Penny" Farthing, who helped bring Bear to England. "He just loves people. It's a good thing he was brought back to the U.K. when he was quite young, so he's never gone through having to fend for himself in the street and be made to dogfight."
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Bear the dog was born into poverty, had ears and tail chopped off for dogfighting
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Unknown soldier in Afghanistan first found Bear last year
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Royal Marines made preparations with company and locals to transport dogs
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Marine: "It shows that the people of Afghanistan and us, we can work together"

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Question: Instead, the dogs had to be tied with ropes, the @placeholder way, and the puppies had to be stashed in small crates -- in this case, a bird cage.


By Ellie Zolfagharifard PUBLISHED: 09:17 EST, 27 January 2014 | UPDATED: 10:34 EST, 27 January 2014 When the Colorado River snaked its way through Arizona, it sliced its way through ancient canyons, at least one of which was 70 million years old. This is according to a new U.S. study which claims that while parts of the gorge are ancient, the river only carved the present form of the Grand Canyon less than 6 million years ago. The makes the world famous landmark relatively young in geological terms, and 65 million years younger than previously believed.
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Geologists dated sections of canyon by measuring temperature of rocks
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Found that Grand Canyon is a series of smaller canyons and that it only formed as it looks today six million years ago
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Hurricane segment and Eastern Grand Canyon, formed between 70 and 50 million years ago and between 25 and 15 million years ago, respectively
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Two end segments, Marble Canyon and the Westernmost Grand Canyon, are both young and were carved in the past five to six million years

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Nick Clegg and Lib Dem  Cabinet ministers are today accused of plotting to persuade business leaders to undermine David Cameron’s historic stand against a new EU treaty. In an email leaked to the Mail, the heads of blue chip firms are asked to sign up to a letter demanding that the Government ‘re-engages’ with Brussels. It is being circulated by leading City lobbyist Roland Rudd following a meeting with Mr Clegg, Vince Cable, Danny Alexander and Chris Huhne. It says it is ‘imperative’ that Britain is not left on the ‘outside’ when important  decisions are taken on the future of Europe.
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Leaked email told business leaders to back party's position on Europe
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Ministers attended meeting to discuss plan

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