In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.

Q: LONDON, England -- American basketball is planning to create up to five new European franchises who would compete for the NBA Championship, according to a report by Sports Illustrated. NBA stars such as Kobe Bryant may soon be seen on a regular basis in Europe. The astonishing claims come hard on the heels of plans by the football's English Premier League to play matches overseas and underline the growing trend of globalization in major sports leagues. This was further evidenced by Super Bowl champions New York Giants playing a regular NFL season game against the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium in London, but the NBA's leaked plans go far beyond that.The NBA is planning a European division of up to five teams claims a reportSports Illustrated say commissioner David Stern will announce expansion planNBA has previously played exhibition games in overseas countries 
 Questions:_ sat out the fourth quarter and had the finger X-rayed after the game. (A) LONDON (B) England (C) American (D) European (E) NBA Championship (F) Sports Illustrated (G) NBA (H) Kobe Bryant (I) Europe (J) English Premier League (K) Super Bowl (L) New York Giants (M) NFL (N) Miami Dolphins (O) Wembley Stadium (P) London (Q) David Stern

A: (H)
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Q: New York (CNN) -- New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday fired back at the president of Yale University and others who have suggested city police went too far in their surveillance of Muslims. "We have to keep this country safe," the mayor told reporters, addressing questions about an Associated Press report that said the NYPD was closely monitoring Muslim student associations in schools across the Northeastern United States. "If people put things on websites and make them available to everybody, of course the NYPD is going to look at anything that's publicly available in the public domain," Bloomberg said. "And given we've had a dozen people arrested or convicted of terrorist acts who've come from similar organizations, we have an obligation to do so."The mayor addresses an AP report that said police monitored Muslims at various schoolsYale's president describes the program as "antithetical to the values" of the university"We have to keep this country safe," Bloomberg tells reporters 
 Questions:"We are concerned that news reports about _'s presence on our campus have a chilling effect on the intellectual freedom necessary for a vibrant academic community," it read. (A) New York (B) CNN (C) Michael Bloomberg (D) Yale University (E) Muslims (F) Associated Press (G) NYPD (H) Muslim (I) Northeastern United States (J) Bloomberg (K) AP (L) Yale

A: (G)
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Q: The gunman who killed nine people last week at an Oregon college shot himself in front of his classmates after being wounded by two hero cops. Also revealed on Wednesday was that Umpqua Community College shooter Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, was discharged from the Army after attempting to commit suicide. Harper-Mercer was discharged after one month of basic training at Fort Jackson, in South Carolina, in 2008. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Army wouldn't disclose details of the 2008 suicide attempt but that it indicates Harper-Mercer was deeply troubled long before he opened fire on his classmates last Thursday.Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, shot himself in a classroom after being wounded by two hero cops who opened fireHarper-Mercer was discharged from the Army in 2008 for trying to commit suicideTodd Spingath was one of two officers to take down Oregon shooterHis partner and fellow vet, Joe Kaney, was identified earlier this weekThe pair have been hailed for preventing further potential devastationThey rushed into Umpqua Community College five minutes after alert 
 Questions:At a Wednesday news conference, authorities said that two police officers in plainclothes were the first to confront Harper-_ after he began shooting at his morning writing class. (A) Oregon (B) Umpqua Community College (C) Christopher Harper (D) Mercer (E) Army (F) Harper (G) Fort Jackson (H) South Carolina (I) The Wall Street Journal (J) Todd Spingath (K) Joe Kaney

A:
(D)
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