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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The dead were a mix of Afghans and foreigners, children and adults, according to Gen Mohammad Ayoub Salangi the deputy interior minister." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Six people were also injured." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "This is latest attack to claim the lives of foreigners in the Afghan capital." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "In January, a bomb and gun attack by The Taliban on a restaurant in Kabul killed 21 people, most of 21 people foreigners." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "At least 11 people were killed and 22 were injured at a police station in Jalalabad, and at least six attackers were killed, according to a doctor at the hospital." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "This came as the militant group threatened to carry out attacks before next month's presidential election." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Foreigners also died in attacks earlier this month and in January .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "The nine dead are civlians -- a mix of Afghans and foreigners .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Gunmen were all under 18 and considered \"government opponents\" " } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Nine civilians died in an attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital, a government official said Friday." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "The incident began when four teenagers entered the Serena Hotel in central Kabul on Thursday and started shooting randomly, police said." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Afghan security forces killed the four gunmen, who police said were all under 18 and were \"government opponents." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Police said Police believe Four gunmen entered the Serena Hotel by smuggling small pistols in Four gunmen shoes, then hid in the bathroom for several hours before launching an attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "the Serena Hotel also was the site of a shooting, in January 2008, that killed seven people." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Earlier this month, gunmen shot and killed a Swedish journalist in broad daylight." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Earlier, in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants stormed a police station in Jalalabad, and a deadly gunbattle ensued, the country's Interior Ministry said." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Four gunmen shot dead by security forces in Kabul hotel attack .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed the action to CNN." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said fighters will \"continue to attack the pro-U.S. Afghan establishment." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Canada pulls out of Kabul as NATO winds down Afghan operations ." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Suicide blast rips through bazaar in northern Afghanistan ." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Journalists Zahir Shah Sherazi in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Qadir Sediqui in Kabul contributed to this report." } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Venice Municipal Airport officials reported a plane in distress Sunday afternoon, sheriff's spokeswoman Wendy Rose said." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "The pilot of a 1972 Piper Cherokee radioed that The pilot of a 1972 Piper Cherokee would be unable to make it back to Venice Municipal Airport and that The pilot of a 1972 Piper Cherokee was instead going to attempt a landing on Caspersen Beach, just to the south." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The pilot, Karl Kokomoor, and his passenger, David Theen, were uninjured." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "The pilot, Karl Kokomoor, and his passenger, David Theen are from Englewood, Florida." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "It was only after I landed" }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "and we exited the plane that I realized that there were people on Caspersen Beach." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Pilot says Pilot never saw victims on the beach .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Miami (CNN) -- The 9-year-old girl critically injured when an airplane struck The 9-year-old girl on Caspersen Beach last weekend has died, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "A 9-year-old girl and her father were struck Sunday afternoon by a plane making an emergency landing, the Federal Aviation Administration said." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "her father died at the scene, and The 9-year-old girl was rushed to a hospital." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "A 9-year-old girl and Pilot father were struck by a plane walking along a Florida beach .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "a plane walking along a Florida beach was making an emergency landing when a plane walking along a Florida beach hit A 9-year-old girl and her father .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "her father died at the scene, her father died at the hospital ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "Kokomoor -- the president and CEO of local engineering firm -- is \"emotionally distraught and devastated,\" his pastor, Victor Willis, said Tuesday." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Never saw them' Kokomoor said that Kokomoor was losing altitude fast and had little time to make a decision." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Kokomoor said Kokomoor aimed for an area on the water's edge that appeared to be remote." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "I never saw them,\" Kokomoor said." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "The investigation into the crash will determine if Kokomoor will face any charges, said Rose." } ]
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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Words cannot express the sorrow I feel,\" said a statement that was read by Willis. '" }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "I send my heartfelt apologies to the Irizarry family for my role in this tragic accident,\" a statement that was read by Willis read." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Family was celebrating wedding anniversary ." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "On the same day Family died, Ommy Irizarry posted a love message on Facebook to Family wife, as they were celebrating they ." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "Thank you for being with me through thick and thin." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "I love you with all my heart, mi Roma." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "I am very happy and can't wait to see what the next 100 have in store for we,\" Ommy Irizarry wrote." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "According to his Facebook page, Ommy Irizarry was originally from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "This is a heart-wrenching situation, especially losing loved ones while on vacation to celebrate a family milestone,\" said Maj." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "we thoughts and prayers are with the Irizarry family." } ]
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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "The investigation into the crash is being conducted by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "I will fully cooperate with the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board in the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board investigations." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "CNN's Kevin Conlon and Javier De Diego contributed to this report ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 24, "sent": "Ommy Irizarry was an Army sergeant first class stationed at Fort Stewart, Georgia." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Ommy Irizarry was a platoon sergeant assigned to Fort Stewart's Warrior Transition Battalion, Army said." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Ommy Irizarry twice deployed to Iraq since joining Army in 2002." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Gen. Mike Murray, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division and Stewart-Hunter." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "But a trio of old friends from Baghdad have sought to change that, by distilling the jokey banter of a trio of old friends from Baghdad late-night drinking sessions into a controversial talk show." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Hosted by Yasser Sami and Walid Monam, and produced by Yasser Sami and Walid Monam friend Ghazwan Al-Shawi, a controversial talk show is called \"Akou Fad Wahad\" --" } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "A trio of old friends from Baghdad have started a controversial talk show .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "a controversial talk show's proved a hit with A trio of old friends from Baghdad predominantly male audience .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Beset by war and sectarian violence, Iraq has not had a lot to laugh about in recent years." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "But while it's proved a hit with their predominantly male audience, not everyone appreciates their sense of humor." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "It got We into a lot of trouble because there was sexual and pornographic innuendos, so it was like a shock for all Iraqis,\" Yasser Sami laughs." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Since then, a controversial talk show has routinely offended the conservative sectors of Iraqi society with a controversial talk show discussion of taboo topics including relationships and sex." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "The jokes might not be considered particularly edgy to non-Iraqis -- or even necessarily that funny." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "But although the humor may seem mild, Iraq is not yet ready for \"Akou Wad Fahad." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Even in the new Iraq, said Monam, there are still many \"red lines\" that cannot be crossed in entertainment." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "But not everyone appreciates the humor, which often involves sexual innuendo .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 10, "sent": "A religious group staged a demonstration outside a controversial talk show's studio last year, and government censors complained about the content." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "A religious group staged a demonstration outside a controversial talk show's studio last year ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "\"There is this guy\" -- the typical setup for one of Yasser Sami and Walid Monam anecdotes." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Yasser Sami describes the first episode, broadcast in the summer of 2011, as \"very bold.\"" }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Yasser Sami said a gang even turned up at Yasser Sami house, threatening Yasser Sami." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Yasser Sami says the team has had to modify the team approach in order to continue broadcasting." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "We changed things in the show,\" Yasser Sami said." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "But We have to live with social taboos,\" Yasser Sami said." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Challenging this, Yasser Sami says, is \"impossible,\" at least for now." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "But as frustrating as it might be, Yasser Sami and Yasser Sami friends are content to tone down" } ]
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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "The aim behind the production, says Al-Shawi, \"was to make people smile." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "\"We wanted to do anything to make miserable and sad people happy,\" Al-Shawi said." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "he and his friends act, if their act means bringing a smile to people's faces." } ]
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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "Read more: Arab female film directors find acclaim ." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "We used to have a female DJ, but We were asked to remove a female DJ from the show, and We did." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "\"Were it not for the limitations that are imposed on We, it would be a much better show." } ]
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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "I can't tell you (who) because this means I will give them another chance to come to me again,\" he laughs." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "A typical gag goes like this: \"A stoned guy bought two birds for A stoned guy mother, one tweeting and the other silent." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "She asks, 'Son, why is it that only one of two birds that is tweeting?' '" }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Mother, the other one is the composer,' A stoned guy replied." } ]
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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "Around Turkey in 12 days ." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "The real St. Nick hailed from Anatolia, the Asian portion of modern-day Turkey, which is nothing at all like the North Pole." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The Christmas Turkey tour drops in on the saint's home town as well as some of Turkey's biggest draws, including the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, the \"fairy chimneys\" of Cappadocia and the shores of Gallipoli." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "The Best of The Christmas Turkey tour visits the exotic cities of Fez and Marrakech, as well as Roman ruins at Volubilis." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "If you could go anywhere this December holiday season, where would you go and why?" } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Visit the real St. Nick's hometown in Anatolia, Turkey .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 47, "sent": "Hit the ground -- or rather, rapids -- running with a whitewater rafting trip, followed up by rainforest hikes and kayaking through mangroves." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "For a truly epic voyage, splurge on the Snows of Climb Kilimanjaro tour, an ascent of the highest peak in Africa." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "Your first day will be spent acclimatizing in Arusha National Park; from there Your first day's four to six hours of hiking a day, with arrival at the summit timed for sunrise where possible." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "Though the climb is tough, groups have often included septuagenarians, and tour operators boast a 97% summit success rate." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "And with some serious hiking involved, this trip may leave you breathless in more ways than one -- this trip's recommended for the physically fit." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Trek the national parks of the Western United States .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Spend your Christmas holiday hiking up Mount Kilimanjaro .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 35, "sent": "The Harbin Ice Festival in northeast China gives a tour that meanders from San Francisco's Coit Tower to the towering sequoias of Yosemite a dazzling, color-saturated twist." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "After taking in sights like the Great Wall, Beijing's Forbidden City and the terra-cotta warriors of Xi'an, you'll fly to Harbin and ring in 2014 with a view of The Harbin Ice Festival in northeast China's gorgeous ice sculptures, illuminated with a rainbow of lights and traditional paper lanterns." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "The next day, try the ice luge or other amusements at Ice and Snow World, The Harbin Ice Festival in northeast China's theme park." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Ring in the New Year at the Harbin Ice Festival in Northeast China ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "\"It's the most wonderful time of the year." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "For others, left cold by carols and gift wrap, urgings to \"be of good cheer\" can be devilishly hard to escape." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Hard, that is, if you stick to your holiday routine." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Whether you're constitutionally immune to the holiday spirit, or just not feeling you're constitutionally immune to the holiday spirit this year, a few new faces and jingle-bell-free surroundings are bound to give you a boost." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "That's what Andy Williams sang 50 years ago, and for some, the song rings true." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "But what if you leave it all behind?" }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Ready for a change of pace?" }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Why choose between these experiences?" }, { "ord": 64, "sent": "Please share your thoughts in the comments section below." } ]
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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Plenty of small-group escorted tours are still taking bookings for December, and if you're a solo traveler it's especially easy to snap up an available spot." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Here's a sampling of tours with open spaces for 2013, as of this writing -- some with last-minute deals for travel in the coming weeks." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "This Alpine ski and snowboarding getaway run by Topdeck Travel, which specializes in tours for adults under 40, lets you learn some downhill skills or practice those you've got." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "Get cozy in the Austrian village of Kirchdorf, where the day's outdoor activities end with the tradition of après-ski, also known as nightlife." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "During Christmas week, day trips to the Christmas markets of Salzburg and Innsbruck are optional at additional cost." } ]
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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "From $1,899, not including international airfare, visa, entrance fees, and tips." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "From $1,279, not including international airfare, visa, departure transfer, most lunches and dinners, and tips." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "$2,874 with promo code (given on website); does not include international flights, visa, meals other than breakfast, or tips." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "From $1,799; does not include international flights, dinners, some lunches, or tips." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "$2,999; does not include transport to California, most meals, or tips." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "From $2,299, not including international airfare, visa, entrance fees and tips." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "$749; does not include international airfare, transfers from airport, ski pass, equipment rental, or meals other than breakfast and two dinners." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "$2098; does not include international airfare, some meals, or tips." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "$6,495; does not include international flights, some tips or a sleeping bag, which is recommended." }, { "ord": 62, "sent": "$3,863; does not include international airfare, some lunches and dinners, or tips." } ]
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[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "December 18-29; 1-866-377-6147." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "December 23-January 6;1-855-444-9110." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "December 21-January 3; 1-800-663-5132." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "December 21-30; 1-888-800-4100." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "December 21-January 4; 1-888-800-4100." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "December 23-January 2; 1-866-377-6147." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "December 21-28 or December 28-January 4; 1-800-607-1399." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "December 28-January 4; 1-800-488-8483." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "December 19-28; 1-800-554-7016." } ]
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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "Sand, Sea and Souks ." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Wonders of the West ." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "the West boasts majestic scenery and remarkable cities." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "Instead take a tour that meanders from San Francisco's Coit Tower to the towering sequoias of Yosemite; from the bright lights of Las Vegas to the shimmering sunsets of the Grand Canyon." }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "Snow-capped mountains, glaciers and sparkling lakes" } ]
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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "Here, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic, you'll trade bargain-hunting in a crowded mall for haggling at a busy souk (marketplace)." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "The Best of Morocco tour will also have you trekking by camel to stay in a Berber desert camp and admiring the ocean in Essaouira." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "In addition to exploring Mayan ruins at Uxmal and Chichén Itzá, your agenda includes the museums of Mérida and a once-functioning hacienda." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "You'll also hit the beaches in Tulúm and Playa del Carmen." } ]
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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "You'll find it in more ways than one on the Laos & Cambodia Explorer tour floating slowly down the Mekong River." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Witness daily life in Laos' Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that blends traditional Lao and colonial French architecture; fly on to Cambodia to tour the legendary Angkor temples." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "the Laos & Cambodia Explorer tour floating slowly down the Mekong River starts and ends in Cancún, but the Laos & Cambodia Explorer tour floating slowly down the Mekong River focus lies in culture, not cabanas." } ]
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[ { "ord": 45, "sent": "Costa Rica on the go ." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "Trekking in Patagonia ." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": ": Patagonia is a breathtaking wilderness at the southern tip of the world." }, { "ord": 61, "sent": "Your outdoors time is bookended with stays in Santiago, Chile, and Buenos Aires, and this trip mixes basic camping with hotel stays." } ]
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[ { "ord": 46, "sent": "You might not need a New Year's gym membership after this active tropical getaway." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "Then enjoy well-earned relaxation in hot springs and mud baths." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "Plus you'll travel in relative comfort with private igloos and porters to carry all but your day pack." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- Federal civil rights investigators have found \"reasonable cause\" to believe that police in Portland, Oregon, use \"unnecessary or unreasonable force\" with persons who have mental illness, the U.S. Justice Department said." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Investigators found cause to believe that the Portland Police Bureau engages in \"a pattern or practice of using excessive force in encounters involving people with actual or perceived mental illness." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "\" \"the Portland Police Bureau found instances that support a pattern of dangerous uses of force against persons who posed little or no threat and who could not, as a result of little or no threat mental illness, comply with officers' commands,\" said the letter, which was signed by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "We also found that PPB employs practices that escalate the use of force where there were clear earlier junctures when force could have been avoided or minimized." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "One incident in December 2010 involved several officers who used \"repeated closed-fist punches and repeated shocking of a subject who was to be placed on a mental health hold,\" the letter, which was signed by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez and U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall said." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Civil rights investigators say Portland Police engage in a pattern of excessive force .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "-- The city will revise The city use-of-force policies -- particularly those regarding the use of stun guns -- \"to ensure that officers have necessary guidance when encountering someone with mental illness or perceived to have mental illness." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "-- The police will expand The police Mobile Crisis Unit -- composed of an officer and a mental health worker -- \"to ensure availability at all times and enhance non-law enforcement capacity to respond to persons in crisis that do not pose a public safety threat." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "-- The city will establish a mental health desk at The city 911 calling center to ensure calls are properly dispatched." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "-- The city will lead efforts to boost community mental health treatment options, such as establishing a 24-hour secure drop-off and walk-in center, \"that will provide police officers more options when assisting persons experiencing a mental health crisis." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "-- The city will use an early intervention system to identify officers, supervisors and units \"for non-punitive corrective action, and to assess gaps in policy, training, supervision and accountability." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "A community body composed of representatives of a variety of groups will assess how well the agreement is being implemented, offer recommendations on additional steps, and advise the police chief and Adams on how to improve community relations." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Victims are persons who have or are perceived to have mental illness .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights division and U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon issued a letter to Portland Mayor Sam Adams stating that local and federal authorities will \"continue our collaborative relationship to craft sustainable remedies." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "In a letter to Portland Mayor Sam Adams stating that local and federal authorities will \"continue our collaborative relationship to craft sustainable remedies, federal officials outline remedies that include training and new policies to investigate alleged police misconduct." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Adams, in a posting on Adams web page, vowed that the city and his web page Police Bureau would improve quickly, and listed a series of changes: ." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "\" -- The city will move to speed investigations of complaints about possible officer misconduct." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Portland mayor vows to institute changes -- quickly ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 16, "sent": "She added: \"Temporary field hospital ... needs supplies, pain meds, bandages." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Temporary field hospital ... needs supplies, pain meds, bandages,\" doctor writes .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Aid organizations have deployed emergency response teams to Haiti and appealed for donations after the United States was was struck by a devastating earthquake described by local officials as a \"catastrophe of major proportions." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Oxfam said Wednesday Oxfam was rushing rescue teams to the United States from around the region to provide clean water, sanitation, shelter and emergency supplies and called for donations to fund Oxfam efforts." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said volunteers in Haiti were assisting the injured and supporting hospitals which had been overwhelmed by the disaster." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies had enough supplies in Haiti for 3,000 families." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Experts in disaster response are due to arrive in the United States later Wednesday to coordinate international relief efforts, The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "The most urgent needs at this time are search and rescue, field hospitals, emergency health, water purification, emergency shelter, logistics and telecommunications,\" the group said in a statement." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "us're going to need immediate aid,\" Jean told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on CNN." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "us're going to need the United States and the international community to react immediately." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "At the Pentagon, the U.S. military said humanitarian aid was being prepared for shipping, but it was not yet clear where or how it would be sent." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "The United States's need for aid will range from water and food to medical and building supplies." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "U.S. military says humanitarian aid was being prepared for shipping .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "a devastating earthquake described by local officials as a \"catastrophe of major proportions struck Haiti Haiti on Tuesday, knocking down buildings and inflicting a new catastrophe on the United States." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "At this stage it is too early to tell the severity of the earthquake in Haiti, but the early signs are not good with communications down across the United States,\" said Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of OxfamOxfam , said the situation in the Haitian capital" }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "The aftershocks are ongoing and making people very nervous,\" Jane Cocking, humanitarian director of Oxfam said." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "Jean, stressed the need for help for what is considered among the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "That has led to severe erosion and left Haitians vulnerable to massive landslides when heavy rains fall." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "Jean described the situation in The United States as \"a total disaster,\" said Robyn Fieser, regional information officer for the aid group Catholic Relief Services in Haiti." }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Haiti's dense population will increase the risk to Haiti's dense population people, Jean said." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "This is the worst devastation that we as Haitian people have faced,\" Jean said." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "According to the U.N. Office for the Special Envoy for Haiti, unemployment reaches 70 percent nationally, and 78 percent of Haitians live on less than $2 a day." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "the Children describes \"worst day\" in Haitian history .\n" }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Catholic Relief Services describes situation as \"a total disaster\" " } ]
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[ { "ord": 38, "sent": "Roads in Haiti were unsafe to travel on because of a lack of lighting and because many buildings along transportation routes had collapsed or were not deemed safe, said Ian Rodgers of the relief organization Save the Children." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Save the Children: Lack of lighting, collapsed routes render roads unsafe .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Your World: How you can help ." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "We can hear people calling for help from every corner." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": ",\" wrote Louise Ivers, the clinical director of medical charity Partners In Health, in an e-mail to the group's offices in Boston, Massachusetts." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "The only thing I can do now is pray and hope for the best." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "What I can hear is very distressed people,\" Rogers said." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "There is a lot of distress and wailing of people trying to find loved ones." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "CNN's Edvige Jean-Francois, Shasta Darlington, Deb Feyerick, Matt Smith, Mike Mount and Pierre Meilhan contributed to this report." } ]
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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "Port-au-Prince was \"very chaotic\" with many buildings reduced to rubble." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "the disaster struck about 15 km (10 miles) southwest of Port-au-Prince shortly before 5 p.m. local time, cutting off communications across much of the United States." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Prince is devastated, lot of deaths." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "A U.S. aviation source said the control tower at the Port-au-Prince international airport collapsed, possibly hindering efforts to fly relief supplies into the country." } ]
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[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the U.S., told CNN's Wolf Blitzer by telephone that the United States was going throug ." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "I'm calling on all friends of Haiti and people who are listening to me to please come to our aid,\" said Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the U.S." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Haitithe U.S. told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Wolf Blitzer by telephone." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "\"Today as Haiti is going through the worst day in its history I am calling for all others who got help from us in the beginning to help in support,\" Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the U.S. said." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "In Washington U.S. President Barack Obama said Washington would \"stand ready to assist the people of Haiti." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters that Washington is offering \"our full assistance\" to Haiti." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "And our prayers are with the people who have suffered, our prayers families and our prayers loved ones,\" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "The deputy chief of the U.S. mission in Haiti, David Lindwall, told Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saw \"significant damage\" from the quake and said U.S. officials there expect \"serious loss of life,\" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton -- now the U.N. special envoy for Haiti -- said the world body was \"committed to do whatever Clinton's husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton -- now the U.N. special envoy for Haiti -- can to assist the people of Haiti in the people of Haiti relief, rebuilding and recovery efforts." } ]
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[ { "ord": 25, "sent": "He founded Yele Haiti, whose community service programs include food distribution and emergency relief." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Haiti's government is backed by a U.N. peacekeeping mission established after the ouster of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "The United States has been heavily involved in Haiti commercially, politically and militarily for most of the last century." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "U.S. intervention under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton restored Aristide to power in 1994 after a 1991 coup, and a U.S. jet hustled Aristide out of The United States again in 2004 following a rapidly spreading uprising against Aristide ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 36, "sent": "With people stripping the trees for fuel and to clear land for agriculture, the mountainous countryside has been heavily deforested." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "Hurricane Gordon killed more than 1,000 people in 1994, while Hurricane Georges killed more than 400 and destroyed the majority of the country's crops in 1998." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "And in 2004, Hurricane Gordon killed more than 3,000 people even as it passed north of Haiti, with most of the deaths in Gonaives." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "Gonaives was hit heavily again in 2008 when four tropical systems passed through." } ]
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[ { "ord": 11, "sent": "The Constitution was written 222 years ago by men who didn't trust government." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "men who didn't trust government had just waged a revolution against a king." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "To the founders of the American republic, strong government meant despotism." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "So strong government set up a system with an elaborate separation of powers." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "The idea was to ensure weak government." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "The dirty little secret of American government is that it was designed not to work very well." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "But here's another dirty little secret of American government: it often does work." }, { "ord": 45, "sent": "Because there is yet another dirty little secret of American government: the U.S. is the most populist democracy in the world." }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "Here, the people rule." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Because the people won't use the people." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "American government is not an efficient, well-oiled machine." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "American government was never designed to be." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Three secrets behind the way U.S. government works .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "U.S. government was designed to ensure weak government .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 10, "sent": "It is set up to make it difficult to get things done." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Under the right conditions, barriers fall away and things get done, sometimes with amazing speed and efficiency." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "What are the right conditions?" } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "In times of crisis usual barriers fall away .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 41, "sent": "If the public urgency is not authentic, however, opponents won't have much trouble stopping things from happening." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "When the people want something, the people will get it, whether it's the death penalty or gun rights or lower taxes." }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "If the people are shouting \"Do something!'' -- as the people are right now -- then something will happen." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "Even if it means a lot more spending and a lot more government." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "The people reserve one key right: The people will let American government know, rather quickly, whether or not it's working." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "If voters want something done, voters will get done somehow ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Barack Obama wants to do just that." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Barack Obama's popularity with voters will win Barack Obama influence with political opponents." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Barack Obama's got a mandate." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "What's to stop Barack Obama?" }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Obama certainly takes office at a time of crisis, just as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt did." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Like just as Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt did, Obama has the opportunity to transform American government." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "Obama's popularity is soaring right now." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "When a president is popular, a president has clout." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "An $800 billion economic stimulus plan." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "A restructured automobile industry." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Just this: the U.S. system of government." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "Why doesn't the U.S. have a metric system or dollar coins like other countries?" } ]
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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Barack Obama won the biggest Democratic majority for president in 44 years." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Barack Obama made big gains in Congress." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Democrats now have a majority of nearly 60 percent in both the House and Senate." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "How many votes will Republicans have in Senate?" }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "41 or 42, depending on the outcome in Minnesota where ballots are still being counted." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "When Bill Clinton first became president, Bill Clinton had a solid Democratic majority in Congress." } ]
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[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "As president after president has discovered, there are innumerable ways opponents can stop measures from getting passed, even if the president's party holds a majority in Congress." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Senate has Senate own rule that's not in The Constitution requiring a super-majority of 60 Senate votes to control the agenda." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "A minority of 41 senators can \"filibuster'' a measure and prevent ' a measure from coming up for a vote." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "Members of Congress who try to block Obama's program may find Members of Congress who try to block President Obama's program in political trouble." } ]
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[ { "ord": 22, "sent": "Presidents often have problems holding Presidents own party together." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "But Bill Clinton could not get Bill Clinton health care reform plan passed." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "his health care reform plan failed, and within two years, Democrats lost Democrats majority in Congress." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "One-party control didn't work any better for George W. Bush." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "George W. Bush had trouble getting what George W. Bush wanted -- notably, immigration reform -- from a Republican Congress." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "Republicans lost Republicans in 2006." } ]
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[ { "ord": 23, "sent": "That's because members of Congress are elected by local constituencies and local constituencies are expected to represent local interests." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "American politicians are independent political entrepreneurs." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "American politicians are not foot-soldiers of a party." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "Everyone wants to be on a president side, even members of the opposition party." }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "even members of the opposition party're in business for even members of the opposition party, and supporting a popular president is good for business." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "Standing in a president way could drive even members of the opposition party out of business." } ]
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[ { "ord": 28, "sent": "After an intense advertising campaign by opponents, many Americans were worried that the Clintons were planning a government takeover of the health care system." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "An overwhelming sense of public urgency." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "An overwhelming sense of public urgency certainly existed after 9/11, when Congress quickly passed the Patriot Act." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Getting anything big done in American government requires a sense of crisis." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "That's why politicians in the U.S. are always declaring crises -- a drug crisis, an education crisis, an environmental crisis." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Or politicians in the U.S.'re trying to rally the U.S. to fight a war on something -- a war on poverty, a war on crime." }, { "ord": 57, "sent": "American government has to be lubricated by public pressure." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "In CNN's documentary \"Gary and Tony Have a Baby,\" Soledad O'Brien follows a gay couple in a gay couple struggle through the legal and personal obstacles to become parents." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "CNN's \"Gary and Tony Have a Baby\"" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "followed gay couple's struggle to become parents .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Whether they are gay as a couple, or gay as a single parent -- as long as they love and nourish that child it will make absolutely no difference." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Compared to the atrocious things that we read here on CNN about what parents do to parents children, being raised by a gay parent will be a blessing,\" says one reader." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Others said that while Others were against same-sex marriage, Others saw no reason for sexual orientation to prevent having children through adoption or other means." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "That being said, children do need someone to love and if that person is psychologically sound, physically fit and has the wherewithal to create a supportive and loving environment for the child, it would [be] hard for me to say no way." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Some said having same-sex parents would harm the child." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "Children being raised by gay couples can easily be targeted by bullies,\" said one reader." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Children will go through a great suffering because Children will be confused as to why Children don't [have] a daddy or a mommy." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "It's a shame that Children are being exposed to something that God is against." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Another wrote: \"If there is a mother and father possibility, [a child] should always go in the favor of the normal mother and father situation." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "I am not against gays, but I do think there is a reality that one gender of parents is not the norm." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Reader: \"As long as they love and nourish that child it will make ... no difference\"\nSome argued having same-sex parents would harm a child .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- From personal stories of growing up with gay parents to challenges of what defines a family, the public's comments on same-sex couples having families was supportive and critical, calm and heated -- sometimes all in one conversation thread." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "We asked readers and viewers what readers and viewers thought about gay couples having families." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "I work in a medical clinic and believe me, the large number of gay people/couples that we see are a helluva lot more 'normal' (and pleasant) than the straight people/couples!\"" }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "[But] I don't mind gays adopting." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "It is the responsibility of those in charge to give those in charge the best chance to survive in a culture that is normally straight." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Other readers shared Other readers stories of growing up with same-sex parents or being a gay parent themselves." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "As a gay single man, it has been my honor to adopt four wonderful children,\" one reader wrote." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "we only outward difference is that I am Caucasian and my children are African-American." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Others shared stories of growing up with same-sex parents or being gay parents ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "My morals and my religion agree that marriage is between a man and a woman,\" says one reader." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Another said: \"Marriage is an institution created by God to join a man and a women." } ]
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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "Over the years we have encountered the typical family pressures as everyone else." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "My kids know about my life and were told when My kids were young." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Parenting means being there for your child." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "It mean participating in My kids lives." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "Listening to My kids goals, biting your tongue when necessary and losing your mind when needed." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Another said, \"My parents love me, that's all that matters." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "What makes you a better parent then mine?" }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Isn't that what being a parent is, loving you for who you are?" } ]
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[ { "ord": 22, "sent": "Two of my four boys are now 18 and 19." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Both are headed to college." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "My younger two are 15 and 16 now." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "Both successful high school students, happy and well adjusted (well as adjusted as a teenager can be!)." } ]
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[ { "ord": 27, "sent": "I have kept no secrets. ..." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Because you're a Christian?" }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Because you are straight?" }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "and that's all that matters." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "you are straight push me to succeed, and make me the best person I can be." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Barack Obama wants the people of France to know America \"stands with you today, stands with you tomorrow\" in the wake of this week's terror attacks." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Barack Obama told the audience in Knoxville \"we stand for freedom, and hope, and dignity of all human beings,\" adding, \"that's what Paris stands for.\"" }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "The Charlie Hebdo attack:" }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "Charlie Hebdo signed a book of condolences for the victims of The Charlie Hebdo attack shortly after returning from a trip to Arizona for a speech previewing Charlie Hebdo State of the Union address." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "On behalf of all Americans, I extend our deepest sympathy and solidarity to the people of France following The Charlie Hebdo attack,\" the President wrote." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "As allies across the centuries, we stand united with we French brothers to ensure that justice is done and we way of life is defended." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "vowed to \"hunt down\" the perpetrators of the \"cowardly, evil attacks,\" and the United States is supporting the French government in the French government investigation into The Charlie Hebdo attack." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "President Barack Obama says America \"stands with\" France following the terrorist attacks this week .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "President Barack Obama offered America's \"deepest sympathy and solidarity\" to America .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "America is supporting America in America investigation ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama on Thursday said" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Barack Obama made the remarks during an appearance in Knoxville, Tenn. to announce a new higher education initiative." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "Barack Obama comments follow a tumultuous few days for France, where two hostage situations and a shooting at a French satirical paper erupted in two days, resulting in numerous deaths." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "Barack Obama made a visit to the French Embassy on Thursday to offer CNN)President Barack Obama condolences following Wednesday's attack by three gunment on journalists at Charlie Hebdo, which resulted in 12 deaths." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Obama also met with the French Ambassador, Gérard Araud, who called the visit \"a moving and highly significant gesture\" in a tweet." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "French are grateful,\" the French Ambassador, Gérard Araud, who called the visit \"a moving and highly significant gesture\" in a tweet said." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "On the President flight back from Arizona, the President spoke with the President national security team about the latest developments." } ]
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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "That spirit will endure forever," }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "\" CNN)President Barack Obama added, \"long after terrorism is banished from this world." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "What we know and don't know ." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "we go forward together knowing that terror is no match for freedom and ideals we stand for -- ideals that light the world." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- The label on package claimed that it contained T-shirts and baby toys." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "When customs officials in Sydney scanned The parcel, customs officials in Sydney found five pythons and two venomous tarantulas." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "But when customs officials in Sydney X-ray scanned The parcel, customs officials in Sydney X-ray found instead five pythons and two venomous tarantulas." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Importing live animals without a permit is illegal in Australia and can yield a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars ($92,000 U.S.)." }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "The snakes were wrapped within white calico bags and the spiders were packed in clear plastic containers, the customs agency said." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "\"Spiders and snakes on a plane." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Customs officials in Australia find pythons and tarantulas in package .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "On Tuesday, authorities raided the house in Sydney to which The parcel had been addressed." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Officials seized evidence but expect to file charges later, the customs agency said." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "The parcel was sent from the United States last week, but officials would not say specifically where The parcel had been mailed from." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "the customs agency titled a press release:" } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "The parcel had been sent from the United States .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 8, "sent": "The creatures were later killed because The creatures posed a quarantine risk, the customs agency said in a press release." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The creatures were later killed because The creatures posed a quarantine risk ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager says the economic downturn is an opportunity for people to simplify people lives and be content with less." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "The savings don't necessarily require sacrifices, Author Jeff Yeager says, but rather choices that can lead to greater happiness." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "what I write about is, maybe there's a silver lining to this economic downturn." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Maybe we can simplify we lives, be content with less and actually enjoy life more." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "I talk about a life of choices and how, in many instances, less can be more. " }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "The secret to the time is being content with less." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "It's about changing your life and maybe in the end being happier." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager says radical changes can lead to big savings .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 32, "sent": "First thing you say, give up your cell phone." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "I've never owned a cell phone, and nothing awful has ever happened." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "I've got to push back for a second, because a lot of people will tell you you can be happier with a cell phone because you're out of the office" }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Average cell phone plan costs about $100 a month." }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "There's an interesting article in the recent Christian Science Monitor that shows the actual cost of using a cell phone" }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "could be more than $3 a minute by time you factor in unused minutes and so on." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Lose your cell phone and give up second or third car, Author Jeff Yeager says .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "More than 40 percent of the average household food budget is spent on eating out, says Author Jeff Yeager." }, { "ord": 51, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: More than 40 percent of the average American family household food budget is spent on meals prepared outside the home." }, { "ord": 56, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: We're too busy to cook because We're too busy earning the money to spend it by dining out." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Families spend more than 40% of budget on eating out, so cook at home, Author Jeff Yeager says .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 67, "sent": "You want the kids to live at home forever?" }, { "ord": 69, "sent": "Back in my day, if you have a child in school, consider having you have a child in school live at home while you have a child in school go to school." }, { "ord": 71, "sent": "Back in my days, lots of people, including myself, lived at home when we went to college." }, { "ord": 72, "sent": "Therefore, we didn't take out any college student loans." }, { "ord": 73, "sent": "Now, of course, most kids go away to school, take out student loans." }, { "ord": 74, "sent": "When most kids graduate, what do most kids do?" }, { "ord": 75, "sent": "most kids move back home with mom and dad!" } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Quit shopping for new clothes, and have kids live at home while at college, Author Jeff Yeager says ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "The author of \"The Ultimate Cheapskate's Road Map to True Riches\" has some ideas for saving $20,000 to $30,000 a year." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "You know, in this economy, we hear a lot of stories about how to get more stuff for 20 percent less." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "And again, this is in order to save 20,000 to $30,000 a year." }, { "ord": 52, "sent": "You can cut that by 80 percent by cooking those same meals at home" }, { "ord": 58, "sent": "Here again, it's what's good for your pocketbook and good for the environment." }, { "ord": 65, "sent": "That's a waste of the Earth's resources." } ]
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[ { "ord": 4, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager talked with Heidi Collins on Tuesday on \"CNN Newsroom." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: You know, a lot more people are." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager explain Author Jeff Yeager savings suggestions » ." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: If these things apply to your family." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: Give up the cellulite life." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: We can debate all that, but 10 or 15 years ago, none of We had it, and nothing awful happened." } ]
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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "A transcript of their conversation follows." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "I like the way you talk." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "All right, so let's get to these five things, because that's what everybody really wants to hear about." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Specifically, what they can do." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": ": And these things apply to your family are -- let me say in advance -- these are some fairly radical changes." }, { "ord": 70, "sent": "It's been a huge generational shift." } ]
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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": ": How did you become a cheapskate, if you will?" }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "I grew up in the Midwest, and back then, spending money was really a last resort." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "As a fellow Midwesterner, I share your cheapskate thoughts already." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": ": You are a sister of the cheaphood." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "I do wonder, though, as you've gone through this process, if you will, if you become the ultimate cheapskate, are you noticing now a lot more people kind of joining your club?" } ]
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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": ": Well, you know, I'm about 50 years old." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": ": Now, wait a minute." }, { "ord": 68, "sent": ": This is a big one, you know?" } ]
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[ { "ord": 9, "sent": "We led sort of a simpler life, and I think, in a lot of ways, happier, Heidi Collins." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "I knew it, Heidi Collins." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "We were really quite happy." } ]
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[ { "ord": 17, "sent": "And again, I don't really talk about a life of sacrifice." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "I'm not saying that's unimportant." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "But maybe we're missing the real point." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "But, again, it's probably not about sacrifice." }, { "ord": 54, "sent": "Yes, there would be people who would argue with Heidi Collins about that, though, too, because our culture is just so socially oriented to food." } ]
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[ { "ord": 34, "sent": "I will use myself as a poster child." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "You know, I have a fairly successful career, a very happy life." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "and you're with your family more, still able to still do business." }, { "ord": 49, "sent": "Give up meals prepared outside your home." }, { "ord": 50, "sent": "Quit going out for meals no matter what, if it's just a salad or a fancy fancy dinner?" }, { "ord": 53, "sent": "and you know, maybe recapture some family time around the dinner table." }, { "ord": 55, "sent": "Every dinner, every business meeting, every lunch." }, { "ord": 66, "sent": "And finally, give up college room and board." }, { "ord": 76, "sent": "Let's skip the money step!" } ]
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[ { "ord": 45, "sent": "You say you might not need that second car and certainly not the third?" }, { "ord": 46, "sent": "Author Jeff Yeager: Americans own about 2½ cars per family." }, { "ord": 47, "sent": "The Auto Club says The Auto Club costs about, on average, $1 a mile to drive a car by the time you factor in the cost of the car, depreciation and so on." }, { "ord": 48, "sent": "So, you could easily be talking about $5,000 to $10,000 savings by sharing the remaining car that you have, using public transportation and so on." } ]
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[ { "ord": 57, "sent": "All right, you also say quit shopping for new clothes." }, { "ord": 59, "sent": "Less than 2 percent of clothes that we throw away in America are worn out." }, { "ord": 60, "sent": "The average family spends about $1,800 on clothing." }, { "ord": 61, "sent": "Certainly most of we have more than enough stuff in we closet that we could go six months, even a year without buying new clothes." }, { "ord": 64, "sent": "And again, less than 2 percent of the clothes we throw away are worn out." } ]
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[ { "ord": 62, "sent": "Yes, and then maybe just get it tailored or updated or something." }, { "ord": 63, "sent": "Accessorize, I don't know, right?" } ]
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[ { "ord": 5, "sent": "Is it possible that the gunman who shot and killed one TSA officer and injured two of one TSA officer colleagues may have made it through LAX security with a high-powered rifle?" }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "And is it time to start arming Transportation Security Administration officials?" }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "But arming screeners at checkpoints well away from the airfield wouldn't be just another of the many precautions the airlines have taken to avert large-scale terrorism." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "It would simply be about protecting people from something that is everywhere in America: gun violence -- yes, at airports, and also at schools, at movie theaters, and malls." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "If you're the kind of person who thinks that every teacher and hall monitor and mall cop and cinema usher should be armed, then you'll probably feel safer if we give guns to TSA officers." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Even before 9/11, it made me nervous that as airline workers, we skipped security entirely, simply hopping off the employee bus and entering a back door, bags and bodies unscreened." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "Of course, I was wrong, and thankfully employees' bags are now screened, but giving guns to airline and airport workers is still a disquieting idea." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "I was never a fan of armed pilots, even in the nightmarish days after 9/11." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "And a couple of chilling mishaps -- an inadvertent discharge in the cockpit of a US Airways plane and an incident where a JetBlue pilot lost a JetBlue pilot gun in an airport -- demonstrate the potential dangers of even a best-case-scenario arming of the nation's nearly 50,000 TSA agents." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Unquestionably, terrorism is a real concern for airlines, but like terrorism or not, as Americans, we have also have to worry just as much about angry neighbors with guns." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Tiffany Hawk: 9/11 left a legacy of security measures by airlines and airports .\n" }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Arming airline workers -- often underpaid and over-stressed -- is a bad idea, Tiffany Hawk says ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "-- We don't know much about the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport just yet, but the shooting at Los Angeles International Airport has clearly jangled We collective nerves, dredging up the fear and shock and pain of 9/11 -- the wellspring of our modern airport security process -- reminding our that more than a decade later, flying is still a fraught experience." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "So, reports of today's airport shooting raise new fears about weaknesses in this system." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "LAX shooting delays flights nationwide ." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Chaos, terror unfold inside LAX Terminal 3 ." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Friday's shooting at LAX raises new security concerns, Tiffany Hawk says .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "For those of us who were working for United or American, that day in 2001 changed everything." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "September 11, 2001, still hurts, but most of our public killings have been at the hands of angry or disturbed co-workers, students, neighbors, family members -- not terrorists." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "Do you really want to start handing out guns to the people you work with?" }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "To fight our justified fear, some will undoubtedly push for more guns and others for fewer." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "Violence in schools, malls and cinemas is more prevalent than terrorism .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "When We finally got back onboard, We workplace now included air marshals, armed pilots, martial arts lessons, tasers, fortified cockpit doors, and a new focus on vigilance, not warmth and customer service." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "Welcome aboard\" was less a greeting and more an opportunity to size you up." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "I can understand the urge to react, to grasp at anything that might protect travelers." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "I too want air travel to be safe; hell, my husband is a pilot." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Probably not if you work for an airline where people are often underpaid, overworked, sometimes inhumanely exhausted and locked, perennially, in famously contentious relationships with management." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "I feared that the next air disaster would be caused by a colleague with a bone to pick." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Another flight attendant might have felt reassured but, when I once walked into the cockpit of a 757 to find a pilot with a gun resting on Another flight attendant lap, I was most decidedly rattled." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "I hadn't met Another flight attendant before and had no reason to distrust Another flight attendant, but even the thought of an accident was enough to make me question my safety (turbulence anyone?)." } ]
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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "(As of this writing, that is not yet clear.)" }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "One thing is for certain -- our will continually be forced to debate this." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "I only hope that our can find some common ground before the next reminder." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Tiffany Hawk." } ]
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[ { "ord": 13, "sent": "And maybe flight attendants and customer service reps and baggage handlers." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "And probably bus drivers and ballpark ticket takers, and hospital staff." } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Having established Amazon as Apple's top tablet competitor by going smaller and cheaper, Amazon will now go head to head with the category-defining iPad on Amazon own turf." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "No tablet that has tried to match the iPad feature-for-feature has gained more than a token foothold in the market." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "So, how do the latest version of the iPad and the Kindle Fire HD stack up?" }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "the Kindle Fire comes out way ahead on this one, as is to be expected from Amazon, which has targeted customers looking for the basic features of a tablet but not willing to pay Apple's heftier price tag." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "But competition between Apple and Amazon could heat up on another front if rumors that Apple plans to release an \"iPad Mini\" turn out to be true." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Amazon's Kindle Fire HD goes head-to-head with the iPad .\n" }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "Amazon's Kindle Fire HD wins on price, coming in $200 less than Apple's cheapest tablet .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 31, "sent": "Apps's hard to compete with Apple's App Store." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "There are more than 225,000 apps designed specifically for the iPad." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "Many work to take advantage of the iPad display and screen size." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Add the more than a half-million apps that run on mobile devices and you've got a lot from which to choose." }, { "ord": 37, "sent": "Bezos showcased a few, nice-looking new apps." }, { "ord": 39, "sent": "That cuts the number available down to several thousand -- more than enough for many users, but nowhere near what the iPad offers." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "But there are 225,000 apps designed for the iPad, a dominating number .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 12, "sent": "That's less than the difference between the screen sizes on the iPhone 4S and the larger Samsung Galaxy S III smartphones." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "(There's speculation the iPhone 5 will have a larger screen)." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "Both tablets feature high-definition screens, although the details vary." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Display featured a total of 3.1 million pixels, with a resolution of 2,048 by 1,536." }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Both Apple and Amazon boast that the resolution on Apple and Amazon tablet is so sharp that their tablet's impossible for the human eye to discern individual pixels." } ]
[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "Both tablets offer high-definition displays ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Even as Google's new Nexus 7 challenges the Kindle Fire for dominance in the small-tablet category, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday introduced a new, 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD." }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "For $499, the cost of the lowest-end iPad (the 16GB, WiFi-only model), a buyer can get a 32GB version of the Fire HD with a 4G LTE connection on an upgraded cellular network." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "a 32GB version of the Fire HD comes in at $299, or $200 less than the comparable iPad." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "While Amazon obviously closed the gap significantly, the comparable iPad still has a bigger screen than the Kindle Fire." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Apple's iPad screen measures 9.7 inches diagonally, while the Kindle Fire is at 8.9 inches." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "By contrast, the Fire HD measures 1,920 x 1,200 pixels, with custom features designed to reduce glare and improve color saturation." }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "Until now, the Kindle Fire has been a WiFi-only device, and some of the Kindle Fire new models remain that way." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "But Bezos announced that the top-end version of the Fire HD is available in 4G." }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "Amazon, of course, likes to play up the movies and books that make up Amazon universe of content (and the sale of which make Kindle prices possible)." }, { "ord": 36, "sent": "Bezos lumped together more than 22 million movies, TV shows, songs, apps, games, books, audiobooks and magazines available from Amazon's store." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "But while the Kindle Fire runs a modified version of Google's Android operating system, Amazon only runs apps available from Amazon." } ]
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[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "That pits the new device, which will ship in late November, against a device with which Apple has, thus far, squashed all direct competition." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "Because only a few people have gotten only a few people hands on the new device, some questions can't be answered yet." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "But here's a look at what we do know so far: ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 21, "sent": "The plan is offered at an attractive price of $50 a year." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "But an attractive price of $50 a year gets you 250 MB of data per month -- not a lot for a device designed in large part to stream movies and other media." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "It was unclear Thursday what the charges will be for going over the allotted data." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "The $50 is well under what AT&T and Verizon charge for a year of data on the iPad." }, { "ord": 25, "sent": "When the iPad launched, AT&T offered data plans starting at $15 per month, or $180 per year, for 250 megabytes of data." }, { "ord": 26, "sent": "Currently, Verizon offers a variety of plans, from 1GB of data per month for $20 (or $240 per year) all the way up to a massive 8GB per month for $80 ($960)." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "AT&T offers a 250MB per month plan (the same as the Fire) for $15, or $180 per year." }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "For $5 more, customers can get up to 2GB per month." }, { "ord": 29, "sent": "There are obviously lots of permutations of plans customers can seek out for iPads, based on carrier and special offers." }, { "ord": 30, "sent": "It's safe to say Amazon's is going to be less expensive, although Amazon offers a minimal amount of data." } ]
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[ { "ord": 20, "sent": "Pinsky, who has been a physician for 30 years, opened the show with an answer to critics who say his father who he said died in the back of a police car.\"Because of my father can't diagnose at a distance." }, { "ord": 21, "sent": "I have studied thousands of cases ..." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "his father who he said died in the back of a police car.\"Because of my father said his father who he said died in the back of a police car.\"Because of my father work includes family issues, sex, addiction and other aspects of the \"human experience." } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Dr. Drew\" debuts on HLN .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Rock singer Sammy Hagar, a little older since his Van Halen days but still featuring bountiful blond curls, touted single moms, family and sex Monday night on the premiere of HLN's \"Dr. Drew." }, { "ord": 1, "sent": "But for Van Halen fans, Hagar's memories of the band and how Van Halen would like to regain a friendship with Van Halen may have been the biggest draw." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "The greatest part of my musical career was being in Van Halen,\" said Hagar, who described to Dr. Drew Pinsky the alcoholism in Dr. Drew Pinsky father and former bandmates." }, { "ord": 3, "sent": "One of the band members, Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar among the guests .\n said, went into rehab and got clean, but \"Eddie keeps falling down and would be in denial." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "Hagar, 63, claims Eddie Van Halen, who \"Eddie says is doing better these days, is perhaps jealous of \"Eddie success since leaving the band, a power hard rock mainstay of the 1980s and 1990s." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "They threw me out of the band, and They haven't done anything since 18 years later,\" said Hagar, author of a bestseller \"Red:" }, { "ord": 7, "sent": "He's got the biggest heart in the world,\" Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar among the guests .\n " }, { "ord": 8, "sent": "In other comments, Hagar: ." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "I am very sensitive to the back of a police car.\"Because of my father,Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar among the guests .\n " }, { "ord": 19, "sent": "I was willing to work my butt off for anything I could achieve,\" Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar among the guests .\n said." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Former Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar among the guests .\n" }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "Hagar talks about tough childhood and aliens ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 6, "sent": "My Uncensored Life in Rock." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "Recalled dreaming as a young man about an alien encounter, with blue beings and beams of light." }, { "ord": 12, "sent": "\" -- Admitted to many sexual consorts during his days on the road and between marriages." }, { "ord": 13, "sent": "Now, \"I chase my wife around the house.\" --" }, { "ord": 18, "sent": "Touted old-fashioned hard work." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Why we do what we do." } ]
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[ { "ord": 10, "sent": "You can call me crazy all you want." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "Anyone who says we are the only life in this whole vast universe, Anyone who says we are the only life in this whole vast universe are crazy." } ]
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[ { "ord": 14, "sent": "Talked about being raised by a single mother in an abusive marriage." }, { "ord": 15, "sent": "a single mother made me feel love." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "-- being raised by a single mother in an abusive marriage also spoke about being raised by a single mother in an abusive marriage father who being raised by a single mother in an abusive marriage said died in the back of a police car.\"Because of my father" } ]
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[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa anticipated a struggle when Naif Al-Mutawa launched an Islam-inspired comic book series that Naif Al-Mutawa hoped would become a symbol of tolerance." }, { "ord": 2, "sent": "But it wasn't an Islamic cleric that stalled the series, called \"The 99,\" after the 99 attributes of Allah, which the superheroes are supposed to embody." }, { "ord": 4, "sent": "In 2010, President Barack Obama called the comic books, which debuted in 2006, \"the most innovative response\" to America's expanding dialogue with the Muslim world, which President Barack Obama has encouraged." }, { "ord": 5, "sent": "The series features 99 superheroes from across the globe who team up to combat villains and who embody what Naif Al-Mutawa calls basic human values like trust and generosity." }, { "ord": 9, "sent": "The first issue was released during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in 2006." }, { "ord": 14, "sent": "Pamela Geller, founder of the Atlas Shrugs blog, called the series, part of the \"ongoing onslaught of cultural jihad,\" and created a counter-comic strip that made the 19 hijackers behind the September 11, 2001 attacks the superheroes." }, { "ord": 16, "sent": "Coming soon to a TV in your child's bedroom is a posse of righteous, Sharia-compliant Muslim superheroes - including one who fights crime hidden head-to-toe by a burqa.\"" } ]
[ { "ord": 0, "sent": "Creator of Islam-inspired comic series hoped would become a symbol of tolerance .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa worried about the comics being banned in Saudi Arabia - which wound up happening, briefly -- and Naif Al-Mutawa expected to be challenged by conservatives in Islam, since Naif Al-Mutawa wanted to buck the trend of Islamic culture being directly tied to the Koran." }, { "ord": 10, "sent": "The comic book was quickly banned in Saudi Arabia and Naif Al-Mutawa received threats of fatwas against Naif Al-Mutawa and Naif Al-Mutawa project from clerics." }, { "ord": 17, "sent": "According to Naif Al-Mutawa, the criticism spooked The Hub." }, { "ord": 20, "sent": "and we have been,\" Naif Al-Mutawa said." }, { "ord": 23, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa isn't shy about responding to the criticism Naif Al-Mutawa comics have received in the U.S." }, { "ord": 24, "sent": "There is nothing different from them and the extremists in my country,\" Naif Al-Mutawa says." }, { "ord": 27, "sent": "Geller \"Stop the Islamization of America,\" called Naif Al-Mutawa statement \"ridiculous victimhood rhetoric.\"" }, { "ord": 28, "sent": "\"Naif Al-Mutawa is the one mainstreaming oppression and discrimination,\" Geller says." }, { "ord": 31, "sent": "Geller also takes issue with Naif Al-Mutawa assertion that \"The 99\" exemplifies \"moderation\" and \"toleration,\" pointing to a \"burqa-wearing superhero." }, { "ord": 32, "sent": "But Naif Al-Mutawa says criticisms of burqas are evidence that, \"for some people anything to do with Islam is bad." }, { "ord": 33, "sent": "\"How cliché is it that characters created to promote tolerance are getting shot down by extremists,\" Naif Al-Mutawa says." }, { "ord": 38, "sent": "Echoing Naif Al-Mutawa, Solotaroff calls Solotaroff a case of the tail wagging the dog." } ]
[ { "ord": 1, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa says Naif Al-Mutawa expected outcry from conservatives within Islam .\n" } ]
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[ { "ord": 3, "sent": "It is the American market, and the voices of Islam's Western critics, that have caused the most problems for \"The 99,\" says Al-Mutawa, who is the focus of a PBS documentary airing next week." }, { "ord": 6, "sent": "But Al-Mutawa, who is the focus of a PBS documentary airing next week, says a vocal minority have raised surprising questions about American tolerance of Islam." }, { "ord": 34, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa frustrations are chronicled in the new documentary \"Wham!" }, { "ord": 35, "sent": "Islam!,\" which will air on PBS on October 13 as part of the Independent Lens series." }, { "ord": 41, "sent": "\"Realizing that The 99 will not survive if focused solely on the Middle East, Naif Al-Mutawa must now target an international and predominantly non-Muslim market,\" reads the website for \"Wham!" }, { "ord": 43, "sent": "Naif Al-Mutawa is also trying to gain distribution for Naif Al-Mutawa TV series in France and other countries, but Naif Al-Mutawa main focus remains the United States." } ]
[ { "ord": 2, "sent": "When a TV series in Middle East was financed, Naif Al-Mutawa sought to get a TV series in Middle East aired in U.S.\nConservative bloggers in the U.S. spooked TV deal, Naif Al-Mutawa says ." } ]
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[ { "ord": 7, "sent": "The idea for \"The 99\" started during a conversation in a London cab between Naif Al-Mutawa and Naif Al-Mutawa sister." }, { "ord": 11, "sent": "But Saudi Arabia eventually lifted the ban and the television adaptation of \"The 99\" will be aired there this year." }, { "ord": 22, "sent": "A spokesperson for The Hub told CNN that \"'The 99' is one of the many shows we have on the possible schedule, but at this time, no decisions have been made about scheduling." }, { "ord": 40, "sent": "We were waiting for a fatwa from a cleric in Saudi Arabia, Solotaroff says,\" when Solotaroff ended up being the U.S. market that has been resistant to \"The 99.\"" }, { "ord": 42, "sent": "Citing The Hub holdup, Solotaroff says the project is now stuck in the most important market\" for \"The 99." }, { "ord": 44, "sent": "One way or the other,\" Naif Al-Mutawa says, \"'The 99' will get on air in the United States\"" } ]
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