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(CNN) -- A sharp-witted impala in South Africa's Kruger National Park evaded almost certain death when it came up with a novel escape plan. In the midst of being hotly pursued by a pair of cheetahs, the impala leaped though the open window of an SUV filled with safari tourists. The thrilling chase and bold escape were captured on video by a South African tourist in a companion vehicle. "We started freaking out, going crazy; we couldn't believe it, we were absolutely dumbstruck," said 20-year-old Samantha Pittendrigh, who shot the video on July 5. "All of a sudden we saw the impala jump out of the bushes and then someone started screaming, 'It is in the car! It is in the car!'
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Quick-witted impala in South Africa evades cheetahs by leaping into an SUV full of tourists
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Event captured on video by safari tourist
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Tourist: "We saw the impala jump out of the bushes then someone started screaming, 'It is in the car!"
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@placeholder separated from their spouses are now able to prepare for their reunion.
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(CNN) -- A Hollywood genius might have been hard-pressed to produce a more perfect ending to Melanie Servetas' story. Servetas was marrying the love of her life Wednesday morning near a picturesque Rio de Janeiro beach. At the same time, the U.S. Supreme Court was striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, known as DOMA, the sole reason the couple was forced to start their life together thousands of miles away from America. Joy turned to joy times a million. Everything had changed. Servetas could now come home and, yes, live happily ever after with her wife. "This is the happiest day of our lives for so many reasons," she said by phone on the taxi ride home from her wedding. "The journey (to come home) is just beginning ... but at least we know we can make the journey now."
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Melanie Servetas married her love, Claudia Amaral, just as the court ruling came down
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It's the happiest day of her life, she says
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The court striking down DOMA opens immigration for binational couples
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A U.S. citizen can now sponsor his or her same-sex spouse for a green card
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Tragic: Visitors pray during a service for @placeholder, in which speakers revealed the Ebola victim's tragically unfulfilled last wish
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Thomas Eric Duncan’s dying wish was to see his son. That desire were the last words spoken by the first Ebola victim to die on American soil. And it was a desperate hope he did not live to fulfill. This tragic revelation has been shared now by Wilshire Baptist Church Senior Pastor George Mason. Mason was speaking at a prayer service on Wednesday evening - planned as a vigil of hope but transformed into one of remembrance by Mr Duncan’s passing at 7.51 this morning. Pastor Mason led prayers for the congregation that included community leaders and a small number of friends and family of Mr Duncan.
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Pastor George Mason led prayers at Wilshire Baptist in Dallas that included community leaders and a small number of friends and family of Mr Duncan
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Duncan's quarantined fiancee Louise Troh, 54, who Duncan and mother of his 19-year-old son, Karsiah, followed the service via a livestream
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"Those detainees, I found out, were former @placeholder officers -- they brought them after a fight inside the camps, they brought them because they were very well respected inside the camp, so they humiliated them and returned them to the camp as a message to the others."
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Ahmed says he was there: An Iraqi held prisoner at Abu Ghraib by the American military when inmates were abused. Abu Ahmed says he and other inmates were held naked and forced to stand in their cells. He says he was kept naked and saw other naked inmates stacked onto a pile while photos were taken, photos that would become public and bring shame to the United States. The pain of the past few years is clearly etched on the man's face and equally obvious as he talks. It began October 1, 2003, he says, when U.S. troops came to his home and detained him during a sweep of his neighborhood.
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Man says he was held naked in Abu Ghraib prison during 2003 abuse of inmates
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He says he saw guards stack naked prisoners in a pile and take photos
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The man also says he was held in an Iraqi jail where he was beaten, tortured
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(CNN) -- Victims' family members and advocates are grieving anew as the only man convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland -- which killed 270 people -- was released Thursday from a British prison. Victoria Cummock holds daughter Ashley during a 1995 memorial service. John Cummock died in the bombing. "I feel sick. I feel depressed and outraged. I mean, I am just heartbroken," said Susan Cohen, whose daughter Theodora, a 20-year-old Syracuse University music student, was killed in the bombing. Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, 57, sick with advanced prostate cancer, was released on compassionate grounds and sent home to Libya to die, Scottish authorities said. Megrahi, who prosecutors said was a Libyan intelligence agent, was convicted in 2001 of placing a bomb on the Boeing 747.
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Families appalled at release of Abdelbeset al Megrahi, who is dying of cancer
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Mother of victim "sick, depressed, outraged, heartbroken"
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"Governments do not act to protect the interests of the people," lawyer says
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"It sends an awful message" to terrorists, widow says
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"I have always considered @placeholder the Gen Y version of Jay Leno," Zandl said.
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(CNN) -- Remember that messiness when Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien were battling it out on air? Or when Leno and David Letterman used to trade jabs during their monologues? Neither do we. These days the late-night focus is on the Jimmys: Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. Fallon has managed to keep fans riveted with expectations over what musical guest might pop up next in a way that hasn't happened since Arsenio Hall left the air (admit it, you sang along when Mariah Carey did "All I Want For Christmas") and capitalized on the boyish charm that made him star of "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live."
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Jimmy Kimmel's Thursday night show won big ratings
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Actor Matt Damon "kidnapped" Kimmel and took over the show
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Kimmel has been challenging the late-night lead of Letterman and Leno
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Mrs Steer said: 'When she smiles her whole face smiles and I know @placeholder is with us'
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By Kelly Strange A woman gave birth to her first child two-and-a-half years after her husband died of cancer, fulfilling his dying wish. Beating odds of 100 to one, Karen Steer conceived her daughter using sperm harvested from her husband, John, when he was dying of the disease. Just days after he succumbed to lung cancer, Mrs Steer, 41, learned her first attempt at IVF had failed. But determined to fulfill her promise to make her husband a father, the widow vowed to keep trying. Karen Steer gave birth to a daughter, Johren, right, in May, two years after her husband John, left, died after being diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in 2010
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Karen Steer gave birth to a baby girl in May after four rounds of IVF
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The birth came two years after Mrs Steer's husband John died of cancer
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He was diagnosed with an inoperable lung tumour in 2010 and given between two and six months to live
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As Mr Steer received life-prolonging care his wife began fertility treatment
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The couple, who had been engaged for 15 years, hastily married
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A week later Mr Steer lost his battle with the disease at the age of 43
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Two days later Mrs Steer discovered their first IVF attempt had failed
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She named their daughter Johren - a combination of their names
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In August last year he declared the @placeholder would vote against the changes recommended by an independent commission.
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By James Chapman and Tim Shipman Nick Clegg delivered what was branded an ‘electoral suicide note’ last night as he boasted of blocking a string of 16 Tory policies. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out how he had prevented the Government from cutting inheritance tax, scrapping the Human Rights Act and reining in green energy. In an attempt to echo Margaret Thatcher’s famous declaration, Mr Clegg cried ‘no, no, no’ as he cast the Liberal Democrats as a perpetual brake on Conservative excess. Nick Clegg was accused of delivering an 'electoral suicide note' by boasting of blocking 16 Tory policies
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Nick Clegg told party conference he prevented Government from cutting inheritance tax and reining in green energy
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Start of two parties distancing themselves from each other before election
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Tory backbenchers ridiculed Clegg's claims in his speech
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@placeholder, who was only 17 when they met, is also heavily featured posing mostly in the nude
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By Eleanor Harding Updated: 12:52 EST, 29 November 2011 They document the love affair that was to define an artist's career. Now all 100 of Picasso's Vollard etchings are to be shown in London after being donated to the British Museum. The prints were created as a visual diary of the artist's life with his young mistress and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter. She became the inspiration for some of his most famous work -- and caused the downfall of his marriage. Minotaur caressing a sleeping woman (June 1933). The black-and-white prints show dream-like scenes where Picasso often depicts himself in his studio as a minotaur
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Etchings will be only complete set held by a public museum in the UK
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Prints are 'visual diary' of artist's life with his young mistress
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Vollard etchings donated by fund manager... via email message
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Mr @placeholder hit back, insisting Ukip's policy of engaging ‘sufficiently’
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg accuses Ukip of failing to stand up for Britain in Brussels Ukip politicians in Brussels are failing to stand up for Britain, Nick Clegg will claim today in an attack on the party’s MEPs for being lazy and ineffective. The Lib Dem leader will accuse Ukip MEPs of being ‘happy’ to claim generous taxpayer-funded salaries without bothering to turn up to vote. But Ukip leader Nigel Farage branded the Deputy Prime Minister a ‘hypocrite’, because he has missed four out of five votes in the Commons. Tensions between the Lib Dems and Ukip have grown as elections to the European Parliament loom in May.
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Lib Dem leader steps up his attack on Ukip ahead of Brussels elections
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Ukip opposed curbs on mobile phone roaming charges, Clegg says
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Nigel Farage accuses Deputy PM of being a 'hypocrite' for missed votes
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Clegg and Farage to go head-to-head in radio and TV debates
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A community mourns: Unidentified people gather during a news conference in suburban @placeholder
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A Utah couple and their three children who were discovered dead in their home last month were likely poisoned, it has emerged. The bodies of Benjamin Strack, 37, his wife Kristi, 36, and their children Benson, 14, Zion, 11, and 12-year-old Emery, were found in the locked master bedroom of their Springville home by their older son in September - and much mystery has since surrounded the cause of their deaths. Police are still not revealing exactly what they believed happened on September 27 - or who could be responsible for the deaths - but it has emerged that cups were found next to each of the bodies, while empty bottles of methadone and nighttime cold medicine were found dumped in a trash can.
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Police report showed that the family appeared to have been poisoned but authorities would not reveal who killed the family or if it was the parents
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Benjamin and Kristi Strack, 37 and 36, were found dead in Springville home along with sons Benson, 14, and Zion, 11, and daughter Emery, 12
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They were found under the covers in bed in the parents' locked bedroom and each had a cup beside them
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Empty bottles of methadone and nighttime cold medicine were found in a trash can and the mother had red liquid coming out of her mouth
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The couple's oldest son, 18, and his girlfriend found their bodies
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"@placeholder wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so," the president said.
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Washington (CNN) -- Amid criticism from his Republican opponent that his foreign policy "projects weakness," President Barack Obama confronted Iran and Syria on Tuesday and warned those who killed an American diplomat in Libya that they would be held accountable. "The attacks on our civilians in Benghazi were attacks on America," Obama told the United Nations General Assembly. "There should be no doubt that we will be relentless in tracking down the killers and bringing them to justice." Both GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running mate Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin have in recent days challenged Obama's foreign policy record, which is perceived to be a strength for the incumbent.
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NEW: Romney and Ryan campaign in Ohio on education and jobs
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Obama: "The attacks on our civilians in Benghazi were attacks on America"
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Obama: U.S. could survive Romney presidency, but wouldn't thrive
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Barack, Michelle Obama on 'The View": "Talk the big stuff but don't sweat the small stuff"
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VIDEO Scroll down to watch fans say @placeholder World Cup stadium 'resembles female genitalia'
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A number of people could face disciplinary action after FIFA's ethics investigator Michael Garcia delivered a 350-page report following his year-long investigation into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The report 'reaches conclusions concerning further action with respect to certain individuals' said a statement from the independent ethics committee, but it will be up to the adjudicatory chamber led by a German judge to decide on what action that will be. That decision by Hans-Joachim Eckert is unlikely to be made before the end of October, and Eckert will also decide if the report will be made public.
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Disciplinary action could be taken after FIFA's ethics investigator Michael Garcia delivered a 350-page report following his year-long investigation
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Garcia investigated into the bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were won by Russia and Qatar respectively
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The decision is to be made by Hans-Joachim Eckert towards end of October, and Eckert will also decide if the report will be made public
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Officials from England's unsuccessful bid for 2018 World Cup were among those who gave evidence to Garcia and deputy chairman Cornel Borbely
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Villager Chow Jen said she visited @placeholder and found her lying on a pile of straw before posting pictures online
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A Chinese woman was kept in a filthy shed and 'treated like an animal' after her parents locked her up because they did not approve of her boyfriend, it has been claimed. Zhang Qi, 24, was allegedly forced into the dilapidated building in Jingang in central China's Hubei province, after her mother and father ordered her to split up with her lover in 2009. Despite being told the relationship was over, she tried several times to run away - but her parents told everybody she was mentally ill and being locked up for her own protection, a villager said. Zhang Qi (pictured) was kept in a filthy shed and 'treated like an animal' after her parents locked her up because they did not approve of her boyfriend, it has been claimed
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Zhang Qi kept in shed in China's Hubei province since 2009, it is claimed
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Allegedly locked away after parents ordered her to split up with boyfriend
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The 24-year-old's parents 'told villagers that their daughter was mentally ill'
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Pictures exposed by villager who said Qi was being 'treated like an animal'
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Truth: But in August 1998, @placeholder confessed on television that he did have sexual relations with her
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Monica Lewinsky is reportedly set to write a tell-all book about her affair with Bill Clinton - including her intimate love letters to the ex-president and how he had an insatiable desire for threesomes. The former White House intern, 39, reportedly wants revenge on Clinton, who she believes escaped unscathed while she has never been able to shake the disgrace of their Oval Office trysts. Friends claim publishers are scrambling to get their hands on the book, and after holding meetings, she has learned she could get as much a $12 million if she recounts every tawdry detail. While she has not yet secured a book deal, her apparent attempts to cash in on the affair could rattle the Clinton marriage - and wreck Hillary's bid for the presidency in 2016.
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Former White House intern, now 39, 'will detail encounters in new book'
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She 'will describe how he went on about his desire for threesomes'
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Clinton 'said he thought Hillary was also looking for love outside marriage'
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Lewinsky will also detail pain of ending pregnancy during scandal
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She is 'writing book out of revenge as she has struggled with relationships and jobs after the scandal while Clinton escaped unscathed'
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@placeholder's three siblings were also in the home at the time of the incident along with some friends who were sleeping over.
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A Cincinnati man who pleaded guilty in the accidental shooting death of his 11-year-old daughter has been sentenced to six years in prison. Prosecutors say 34-year-old Deandre Kelley was drunk on January 12 when he fought with his longtime girlfriend and fired two gunshots into the air. One bullet hit their daughter Shanti Lanza, who had been hiding in an upstairs bedroom. Guilty: Deandre Kelley, the man accused of killing his 11-year-old daughter during a drunken shooting spree at their home will spend the next six years behind bars. Here he is pictured at a court appearance in January Jailed also: Tina Lanza (center), the victim's mother, was one of several people who physically erupted with emotion and vocal outbursts when the judge read the length of the prison sentence. Here she is pictured at a court appearance in January
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Deandre Kelley pleaded guilty to manslaughter over Shanti Lanza's death
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34-year-old fired four shots in the air during fight with girlfriend
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One bullet struck Shanti in the chest as she hid in her bedroom
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Her mother and aunt were also was jailed after she loudly objected to Kelley's six-year prison sentence as being too stiff
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Obama seemed open on Wednesday to engaging the GOP leaders through less combative means than has typically been employed by both political parties since @placeholder took control of the House in 2011.
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President Barack Obama has a veto pen, and he will use it to block GOP-passed legislation if necessary, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said on Thursday. But, Earnest, said, Obama would rather work with Republicans instead of against them. 'So if that means another round of golf with Speaker [John] Boehner....then he's willing to do that. If it means sittin' down at the table and enjoying some Kentucky bourbon with Mitch McConnell, if that's going to advance our ability to find common ground among' he said, then Obama's willing to do that, too. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Obama would rather work with Republicans instead of against them. 'So if that means another round of golf with Speaker [John] Boehner....then he's willing to do that. If it means sittin' down at the table and enjoying some Kentucky bourbon with Mitch McConnell' then Obama's willing to do that, too.
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Obama has a veto pen, and he will use it to block GOP-passed legislation if necessary, Josh Earnest said on Thursday
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But Obama would rather work to find 'common ground' with Republicans than fight with them
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'If it means sittin' down at the table and enjoying some Kentucky bourbon with Mitch McConnell' then Obama's willing to do that, Earnest said
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Obama said Wednesday he'd have a drink with McConnell if the GOP leader wanted to; joke goes back to jab Obama made at the senator in 2013
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A family won't have trouble remembering their children's birthdays - because all four siblings were born on the same day. Emily Scrugham and Peter Dunn were amazed when their newborn son arrived on January 12, the exact same date as his three elder brother and sisters. New baby Ryan shares his birthday with his five-year-old brother Sam, and his two-year-old twin sisters Brooke and Nicole. Emily Scrugham and Peter Dunn, from Cleator Moor, Cumbria, were amazed when their newborn son arrived on January 12, the exact same date as his three elder brother and sisters The couple from Cleator Moor, Cumbria, beat odds of a staggering 1/133225 in producing a quadruple birthday for their four children.
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Emily Scrugham and Peter Dunn, from Cumbria, call it a lucky coincidence
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New baby Ryan shares his birthday with his five-year-old brother Sam, and his two-year-old twin sisters Brooke and Nicole
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By Rachel Quigley PUBLISHED: 08:06 EST, 9 August 2012 | UPDATED: 11:36 EST, 9 August 2012 Sickening journal entries revealing Steven Powell's obsession with his missing daughter-in-law Susan have been released, providing a disturbing glimpse into his spiraling love and sexual fantasies for her. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office released almost 3,000 pages of evidence in the case against Steven Powell - who was sentenced to 30 months in prison in June on voyeurism charges for filming two of his neighbor's daughters. Utah mom Susan Cox Powell has been missing since December 2009. Her husband Josh killed himself and their two sons earlier this year after taking a hatchet to their sons, aged five and seven, and setting their Washington state home alight.
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Almost 3,000 pages of entries detailing his spiraling love for Susan Powell
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Stole her underwear and used wax strips
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Susan refused to speak to him when he confessed his love for her
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Court papers reveal police immediately started treating the case as a murder
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Blood found in family home and note from Susan saying she feared her husband would hurt her
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Steven Powell jailed for 30 months for voyeurism
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Not everyone has been a fan of the giveaway and @placeholder released instructions on how to delete the album.
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(CNN) -- Note to the Grammys: You may not want to seat Sharon Osbourne anywhere near U2 at the next awards show. "The Talk" co-host and wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne went on a Twitter rant about the group's recent free release of its new album on iTunes. "U2 you are business moguls not musicians anymore," she tweeted. "No wonder you have to give your mediocre music away for free cause no one wants to buy it." Ouch. In a deal that cost Apple a reported $100 million -- including fees to U2 and a marketing campaign for the album -- the Irish rockers released their first album in five years,"Songs of Innocence," through iTunes to every subscriber to the Apple service. The group announced the freebie at the Cupertino, Califonia, press conference for the new iPhone 6.
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Sharon Osbourne tweeted her feelings about the free U2 album
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(CNN) -- The United States and its allies are angrier at Russia now over Ukraine, but will they do anything more about it -- especially Europe? In solemn procession, wooden caskets carrying the remains of those killed in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine -- the majority of the dead were Dutch citizens -- have been arriving in the Netherlands. In all, the nearly 300 victims hailed from more than 10 countries, leaving nations mourning and politicians debating how to deal with Moscow, whose ties with the Ukrainian rebels suspected of downing the jet on July 17 are being cast in the most negative light.
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European leaders discuss further sanctions against Russia after downing of MH-17
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The day before the crash, the U.S. escalated its sanctions on Russia's financial sector
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A trained soldier with a @placeholder had an improved tactical repertoire, in that he could engage targets at longer ranges but still be effective in close combat, as well as providing covering fire like a light machine gun.
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A World War II assault rifle that belonged to an SS officer was handed in to a gun buy-back organised by police in Connecticut. The rare find, which is worth up to $40,000, would have been sent home by an American soldier who had taken it from a prisoner of war or a German he had killed. Officer Lewis Crabtree, of the Hartford Police Dept, said: 'The chance to see a piece of history - this - is absolutely unbelievable.' Piece of history: The storm rifle is thought to be a Sturmgewehr 44, made in 1944 and issued to SS troops
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Gun brought to the U.S. by American soldier and passed to his daughter
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The busted hose shot water high into the air, raining down on the @placeholder pitching staff and fans--many of them children on school field trips
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By Daily Mail Reporter Rain can often stop play during a baseball game. But at a recent game at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a water 'geyser' erupted on the pitch, forcing the game to be halted. The amusing incident occurred when in a sprint to catch a foul ball Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres affiliate) infielder Fernando Perez ran into a sprinkler during the game against the Great Lakes Loons (Los Angeles Dodgers affiliate). Scroll down for video Rain can often stop play during a baseball game. But at a recent game at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Ind., a water 'geyser' erupted on the pitch, forcing the game to be halted
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Water 'geyser' erupted on the pitch, forcing the game to be halted
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The amusing incident occurred at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana
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After receiving their degrees, more than 90% of our alumni returned home to become leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors in @placeholder, where they contributed to strengthening the foundation for African development.
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(CNN) -- Each year, bright, optimistic Africans leave home to earn an education or seek a better economic life abroad for themselves and their families. With fewer opportunities in their home country, many never return home. The African Diaspora is broadly defined by the African Union Commission as "peoples of African origin living outside the continent, irrespective of their citizenship and nationality and who are willing to contribute to the development of the continent and the building of the African Union." Globally, Africans in the diaspora are spread out across the continents. In North America, there are 39 million from the African Diaspora; 113 million in Latin America; 13.6 million in the Caribbean; and 3.5 million in Europe, the World Bank estimates.
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African Diaspora can boost continent's prosperity, says Amini Kajunju
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They can dispel myths about Africa and help shape foreign policy, she says
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Skilled diasporan professionals are investing in Africa
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A delegation led by Letta, a 46-year-old former deputy prime minister who belongs to the center-left @placeholder, met with Napolitano on Tuesday.
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Rome (CNN) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has asked center-left politician Enrico Letta to form a new government, the president's spokesman said Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to the country's political impasse. Speaking after their meeting, Letta told reporters he would consult with parties Thursday and then would return to the presidential palace to "fully accept" the mandate. The step comes four days after Napolitano, 87, was re-elected by Italy's Parliament on Saturday to an unprecedented second term. Italy has been locked in a political stalemate since February's general election left a three-way split between the right, the left and a wild-card party.
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President Giorgio Napolitano asks the center-left politician to form a government
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Letta, of the Democratic Party, says he will consult with political parties
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By Keith Gladdis PUBLISHED: 05:30 EST, 14 September 2012 | UPDATED: 19:27 EST, 14 September 2012 'Rogue trader': Former UBS banker Kweku Adoboli allegedly lost his bank £1.4 billion in Britain's biggest banking fraud A city trader who thought he had ‘the magic touch’ gambled away £1.4billion in Britain’s biggest banking fraud, a court heard. Kweku Adoboli, 32, is accused of acting as a ‘master fraudster’ to conceal the colossal losses he was making at the Swiss bank UBS. Southwark Crown Court heard how the former public school head boy was driven by ‘greed and ego’ on his reckless spree.
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UBS trader Kweku Adoboli, 32, allegedly invented fake deals to conceal his huge losses
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Adoboli 'gambled away' £1.4billion in two years - knocking 10 per cent, or £2.8billion off UBS's share price
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Southwark Crown Court heard the banker, charged with fraud and false accounting, hoped to increase his bonus and position within the company
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(CNN) -- For many families, the school year just started, but for Karen Suffern, it's not too early to start planning for Christmas. The financially struggling single mother of fraternal twins recently asked her 8-year-olds to write down a list of things they would like from Santa. Suffern, who works part time as an administrative assistant for a home health care company, wanted to start budgeting for the holidays. She knew her twins, who just began third grade, were at the age where they would start asking for electronics and other expensive gifts. Her son, Ryan's, letter to Santa started off normally:
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8-year-old Ryan wrote a letter to Santa after seeing his sister being bullied at school
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Ryan's sister Amber is bullied by her peers on the bus and during class because of her weight
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Mother shared story with blogger Tony Posnanski, who posted it on CNN iReport
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By Daily Mail Reporter Welcome to the New York rat-race, where actual rodents join the daily grind. Commuter Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader filmed the hilarious moment all hell broke loose when a rat boarded a Brooklyn-bound train at Fulton Street station in Manhattan yesterday morning. The footage, posted on YouTube, shows adults clambering on top of the seats and shrieking 'Oh my God' as the big rat darted through the car for more than two minutes before the doors re-opened. Scroll down for video The offender: YouTube footage shows this giant rat scampering through a Brooklyn-bound train car this morning
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Commuter Jinais Ponnampadikkal Kader filmed the giant rat scampering through the car from Fulton Street Station in Manhattan to Brooklyn
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The footage shows passengers standing on seats and shrieking
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'Homosexual behavior is incompatible with the principles enshrined in the @placeholder oath and Scout law.'
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By Associated Press PUBLISHED: 17:54 EST, 23 May 2013 | UPDATED: 19:57 EST, 24 May 2013 The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organisation and lead to mass defections of members and donors. Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council who cast ballots, 61 per cent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. The policy change is due to take effect on January 1 next year. 'While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting,' the BSA said after announcing the results at the council's annual meeting near Dallas.
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Backlash: Wilkerson, right, appeared on Ed Schultz's, left, MSNBC show to comment on a racially charged remark made by @placeholder's surrogate about his former boss' endorsement of Obama
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Colin Powell's former chief of staff publicly blasted the Republican Party and one of Mitt Romney’s top aide as racists over a controversial comment regarding Powell’s endorsement of President Obama. Appearing on Ed Schultz's MSNBC show Friday, retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson said, 'My party is full of racists' in response to John Sununu's remark that the only reason Powell, a Republican who served as secretary of state under George W. Bush, backed the Democratic incumbent is because both men are black. Wilkerson told Schultz that he respected Sununu 'as a Republican,' but did ‘not have any respect for the integrity of the position that [Sununu] seemed to codify.
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Retired Colonel John Wilkerson is a Republican who served as General Colin Powell's chief of staff
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(CNN) -- Forget the macho world of the standard shoot-'em up video game. Rather than relying on blood, gore and mayhem, a number of game developers are tapping into their inner emotions, inviting gamers along for adventures of the psyche. Recent releases "Tomb Raider" and "BioShock Infinite" evoked an emotional response by creating characters with which gamers could identify and empathize. Now "The Last of Us" ups the stakes with its story of two people surviving in a post-apocalyptic world -- Joel, a grizzled man who has seen too much, and Ellie, a young girl who could be the future of the world.
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LG said the the mini washer is perfect for items that need specific settings, and it can also be fitted to any of @placeholder's front loading machines
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The ultimate fridge for grazers has been unveiled by South Korean group LG. The 'Door-in-Door Mega-Capacity' refrigerator has shelves built into the first set of doors, which then open around a second set of doors, and the main fridge compartment. Called Model LPXS346C, the new Door-In-Door fridge model has 34 cubic feet of space, and LG claims it stops up to 47 per cent of cold air escaping each time the fridge is opened. The 'Door-in-Door Mega-Capacity' refrigerator has shelves built into the first set of doors, which then open around a second set of doors, and the main fridge compartment
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The Door-in-Door fridge has shelves built into the first set of doors
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As China's economy has boomed in recent years, many have left their villages to work in coastal factory towns and returned more at ease conversing in @placeholder than their native tongue.
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Dali, Guizhou, China (CNN) -- Shi Wenchang has been an elementary school teacher in this remote rural village for 39 years but he doesn't teach his mother tongue, even though it's used by almost three million people. His job is to get the village, home to members of the Dong ethnic group, chattering in Putonghua, also known as Mandarin -- China's national language -- although he can switch into the local language -- Dongyu -- in the early years to bridge any gaps. "When they start learning to write, they start learning the Han language," he says, referring to China's largest ethnic group, which makes up 90% of the population and is politically and culturally dominant.
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Yesterday Mrs @placeholder admitted failing to honour bookings but said she had refunded five brides.
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By Katy Winter PUBLISHED: 09:30 EST, 3 October 2013 | UPDATED: 09:55 EST, 3 October 2013 Hundreds of brides were left devastated yesterday following the collapse of a wedding company. Jenna Batty, 26, is among up to 170 brides who had their wedding plans thrown into disarray after booking A Little Bit of Bling to put the finishing touches to their venues. Some only realised the firm was not going to deliver on the morning of their wedding day while others claim they are owed thousands of pounds. Devastated: Jenna Batty and Ian King from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, saw their wedding plans left in tatters as a company they had paid to organise decorations folded on their big day - and left them to find out via a Facebook post
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Over 170 brides let down when A Little Bit of Bling failed to deliver goods
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By Dan Bloom and Damien Gayle PUBLISHED: 03:21 EST, 12 March 2014 | UPDATED: 06:17 EST, 12 March 2014 The Hollywood epic about Noah's ark has managed to unite Christians and Muslims. Members of the two religions - at odds for more than a thousand years - are singing with one voice to condemn the £75million film Noah for its take on the Biblical hero. The blockbuster has already been banned in three Arab countries after religious leaders complained that it depicted the Biblical figure - who is also a prophet in the Koran. Fatwa: Noah, a blockbuster starring Russell Crowe, pictured, has been banned in three Arab countries and three more could soon follow after a fatwa was issued against it by leading figures in Sunni Islam
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Brazilian great Pele, who is being treated for a urinary tract infection, is in good condition and is expected to leave the hospital in the next few days, his spokesman said Thursday. The Albert Einstein hospital released a statement saying the 74-year-old Pele was transferred to a 'special care' unit after his condition became unstable, but his spokesman and personal aide denied his health condition deteriorated. 'He is fine,' Jose Fornos Rodrigues, known as Pepito, said on Thursday. Brazil legend Pele has been admitted to hospital twice this month and is now a special care unit 'The problem was that he was receiving too many visitors and that wasn't helping, so they transferred him to a calmer area to continue receiving the proper treatment. He should be out of the hospital in a few days.'
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Pele admitted to special unit at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo
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TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Dancing in public is not allowed in Iran, but thousands could hardly contain themselves at a recent presidential campaign rally in the capital city, Tehran. Supporters hope Zahra Rahnavard will become Iran's future first lady. On this day, the deafening cheers were not for presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi, but rather for his wife -- a woman some are calling Iran's Michelle Obama. The comparisons to the first lady of the United States stem from the role Zahra Rahnavard is playing in her husband's quest for the presidency. Never in the history of Iranian presidential elections has a candidate put his wife in the forefront of his campaign.
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Wife of presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi generates huge crowds
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"This is the first time after the Revolution we see a lady behind the president"
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Claire Danes' hot streak at the Emmys is making her a bit bashful. The 34-year-old "Homeland" actress told CNN backstage that she was a bit overwhelmed to be this year's outstanding lead actress in a drama winner. "This is preposterous," Danes said. "It's wonderful, and I'm very, very grateful -- and it's a little hard to accept, you know?" Danes has played the troubled but brilliant intelligence officer Carrie Mathison on Showtime's "Homeland" since 2011, and Sunday night's win marked her second victory in a row as lead actress in a drama. "I get shy, but I don't mean to reject it any way. I'm so touched by it, so grateful for it," she said. "I'm going back to work, and this will be a lovely thing to pass around the crew, and people can take photos with it. The point is the work itself."
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Claire Danes admits to being "shy" about winning Emmy again
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David Cameron showed how deep his support for British Fashion goes – literally - last night at a reception to celebrate the start of the London Collections for Men at Downing Street. Tieless, in a Richard James suit, Charles Tyrwhitt shirt and Oliver Sweeney shoes, the patriotically attired PM also revealed he was wearing M&S pants. But it seems shopping is not his strong point, as he admits he instead of being allowed to browse freely, he is instead banished to the changing rooms. All together now: David Cameron was joined by Dylan Jones, Natalie Massenet, Tom Ford and key figures in the men's fashion world
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Prime Minister spoke at London Collections for Men fashion party at No.10
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By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:14 EST, 25 October 2013 | UPDATED: 12:49 EST, 25 October 2013 School got off to an early start in Lakewood, Colorado this morning as Katy Perry performed a birthday concert at Lakewood High School. Appearing in a cheerleader uniform, ponytail and sneakers – and with the band wearing school football jerseys, the singer took to a specially constructed stage in the school’s gym. The lucky Lakewood students won the Perry concert by making a lip-dub video of the singer's hit song 'Roar,' which they entered into a national contest on 'Good Morning America.'
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Katy Perry celebrated her 29th birthday by giving a private concert at Colorado high school
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School won competition by making their own video of her pop anthem 'Roar'
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So, Mark Zuckerberg apparently speaks Mandarin. The Facebook founder posted a video this week of himself participating in a 30-minute question-and-answer session, mostly in Chinese, at Beijing's Tsinghua University. And online writers -- especially the tech bloggers -- just freaking love this story. General reaction: Like OMG! Zuck speaks another language? ! "The crowd gasped and applauded as soon as he started speaking, and the good vibes appeared to last throughout the chat," wrote Marcus Wohlsen at Wired. "Out of nowhere, Mark Zuckerberg now speaks Mandarin," declared BuzzFeed. "Mark Zuckerberg just did a Q&A. In Chinese. In China. And slayed the crowd," wrote Greg Baumann, editor in chief of the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, shows off his Mandarin skills
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As a result of the on-going @placeholder financial crisis, many cities across Europe fell in the rankings.
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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Tokyo has overtaken Luanda, Angola, as the world's most expensive city for overseas staff after the cost of imported goods rose in the wake of last year's earthquake. An annual cost of living report, released Tuesday by U.S. consulting firm Mercer, showed several Japanese cities had moved up in the rankings after the yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar. Two other Japanese cities rank in the top ten: Osaka comes in third with Nagoya in 10th place. Elsewhere, Luanda drops to second, Moscow is forth, with Geneva in fifth place. Researchers looked at 214 cities around the world, analyzing data from March 2011 to March 2012.
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Tokyo moved up from No. 2 last year to become world's most expensive city
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But City made it 2-0 against the run of play as Reading lapsed at the back, allowing @placeholder to pick the ball up from deep and burst forward, firing home clinically from the edge of the area as the visitors backed off.
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Birmingham's renaissance under Gary Rowett got firmly back on track with a ruthless obliteration of shell-shocked Reading in the Sky Bet Championship. The wide margin was harsh on the Royals as Birmingham, who lost for the first time under Rowett at Blackpool last week, led 4-1 at half-time through Paul Caddis' opener and a slick Demarai Gray hat-trick. Glenn Murray had pulled it back to 2-1 earlier, but Rowett's side refused to let up and Andrew Shinnie and David Cotterill rounded off a clinical afternoon's work. Reading's Oliver Norwood (left) puts in a strong tackle on Birmingham City's Andrew Shinnie
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By Steph Cockroft A teenager broke down in tears after a dance instructor asked her to perform 'erotically' on stage to the controversial song Blurred Lines, her parents have claimed. Bella Hobbs, 14, was allegedly asked to push her cleavage out, pull her skirt up to her crotch and gyrate her hips during the lesson at The Castle School in Thornbury, near Bristol. When Bella refused, the Year 10 pupil was forced to argue with her Zumba instructor - who was an external teacher from outside the school - in front of friends, her parents say. Scroll down for video
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Bella Hobbs was allegedly asked to dance erotically during a Zumba class
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Appearing on @placeholder, one woman credited her son’s teacher at Briarwood Elementary School, with saving her son’s life.
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By Thomas Durante and Louise Boyle A family of four have been killed by the monster tornado that roared through Oklahoma on Monday, claiming 24 lives, with dozens still missing, feared dead and hundreds of people injured. The family, who have not yet been identified, were killed as they scrambled to seek shelter from the storm in a freezer, KFOR reported. It was one of many heartbreaking stories that emerged in the hours after a deadly tornado ripped through the town of Moore along with incredible tales of survival. Scroll down for video Devastation: Two girls stand in rubble after a two mile-wide tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma
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Hong Kong (CNN) -- Tsang Tsz-Kwan may look like an average student in Hong Kong with her standard-issue blue shift dress with a Chinese collar and sensible black shoes. But her ordinary appearance and shy manner mask a steely determination to triumph over tremendous odds. She recently scored within the top 5% for nearly all her subjects in the city's college entrance examination -- despite being blind and severely hearing-impaired from a young age. She also lacks sensitivity in her fingertips, which denies her the ability to feel the raised dots of Braille characters. Rather than admit defeat, the 20 year old found an alternative way to read Braille -- with her lips.
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TechCrunch said its report is based on interviews with three independent manufacturers of @placeholder accessories that said the new iPhone will include a 19-pin dock instead of the current 30-pin model.
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(CNN) -- The tiniest iPhone rumors can cause a big uproar. The latest: The blog TechCrunch on Wednesday published a story claiming the next-generation iPhone will have a new connection port that's about a third the size of the one on the current model. The reaction on blogs and on Twitter has been largely negative, with commenters saying the new port -- used to charge the phone and connect it to other devices -- would render obsolete existing chargers and accessories such as speaker sets. "Every other phone manufacturer decided back in 2008 to conform to the MicroUSB standard, and that's been wonderful," one commenter, identified as Scott Ableman, wrote on the TechCrunch story. "But Apple wants people to feel they have to buy proprietary accessories from them. Don't get me wrong. I respect them as marketers and profiteers. I just hate their contempt for me as a customer."
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(CNN) -- Iggy Pop invented punk rock. That's how cool he is. His songs have been covered by the likes of Guns N' Roses, REM, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Sex Pistols. Iggy Pop: The wildest man in rock music. He is the wildest wild man of rock and his four-decade career has been marked by drug addiction, self mutilation and onstage nudity -- and at 61 years old he is showing no signs of growing old gracefully. Born on April 21, 1947, in Muskegon, Michigan, James Newell Osterberg grew up in a trailer park. When he began learning the drums as a teenager his parents gave up their bedroom to house his drum kit. It wasn't long before he took his talent out of the bedroom, playing with high-school band The Iguanas, from which he later took his stage name.
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Iggy Pop and The Stooges produced three classic albums in the 60s and 70s
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Manuel Pellegrini has revealed the interests of Manchester City will come first when a decision is made about Frank Lampard's future. City's sister club New York City FC want Lampard to join them as planned in January for the new MLS season, no matter how well he plays while on loan in the Barclays Premier League club in the meantime. But City boss Pellegrini today underlined that the decision that is made will be motivated by his team's needs. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Manuel Pellegrini: I'll decide the future of Frank Lampard Frank Lampard is currently on loan at Manchester City from American franchise New York City FC
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Devoted: John Bayley and Iris Murdoch. The couple met while he was a young academic at Oxford The film Iris, about the novelist Iris Murdoch’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease, was directed by Richard Eyre — whose own mother suffered from this appalling form of dementia. It was, obviously, an extremely harrowing story, which touched the hearts of many. Audiences watched the young Iris (played by Kate Winslet), a tousled tomboy cycling round Oxford, her head full of philosophy and the fiction which would make her name. Then we saw Dame Judi Dench (as the older Iris) in a cardie, becoming at first muddled, and then more or less witless. Iris’s husband, John Bayley, in old age, was played by Jim Broadbent, an avuncular, gentle figure, whose devotion to his wife was saint-like.
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The airstrikes hit terrorists and destroyed or severely damaged several @placeholder vehicles and buildings, the command said in a news release.
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(CNN) -- A U.S. airstrike in Syria appears to have killed a key French jihadist who is part of the militant Khorasan Group, a U.S. defense official said Thursday morning. The strike happened overnight Wednesday near Idlib, according to the official, who has access to the latest information about the strikes. The U.S. military fired at a vehicle it believed carried David Drugeon, a skilled bomb-maker in his 20s who also has ties to core al Qaeda members in Pakistan, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The Khorasan Group is made up of senior al Qaeda leaders who have moved into Syria.
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(CNN) -- In nearly nine hours in detention at London's Heathrow Airport, David Miranda -- the partner of Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald -- said he didn't trust the British authorities questioning him, fearing they'd follow through on threats to throw him in jail, if not worse. "I have seen many stories that people are picked up in different countries ... and they are vanished, nobody sees them," Miranda said Tuesday in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper. "In that moment, I was really afraid what would happen to me." The Brazilian national said he didn't know what he might have done wrong, why the UK government's anti-terrorism laws applied to him, or why he couldn't have a lawyer of his choosing present.
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The @placeholder match is the players' last chance to impress upon Pochettino that they deserve a place in the side for the derby match at the weekend.
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Mauricio Pochettino is getting tough with his under-performing Tottenham squad and insists that player reputations mean nothing to him. The Spurs manager won his first four matches in charge at the club, after taking over in the summer, but has since lost two and drawn two. They now face a tricky tie against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday night in the Capital One Cup to turn that form around, where places for Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal are up for grabs. Mauricio Pochettino passes on instructions to his Tottenham side during the home defeat against Liverpool Pochettino expresses his frustration during Tottenham's defeat to West Brom on Sunday
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Mauricio Pochettino expects his under-performing Tottenham squad to raise their game after a poor run of form
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By Andrew Levy UPDATED: 08:48 EST, 11 October 2011 Given the scandal it caused, you might think his drunken antics with an old flame would be the last thing Mike Tindall would want to joke about. Yet as he boarded a plane home from New Zealand yesterday – after England were dumped out of the Rugby World Cup by France at the weekend – he was all smiles as team mate Manu Tuilagi re-enacted the notorious nightclub encounter. In fact, with their larking about at Auckland airport, the England players had the look of returning champions. They certainly didn’t look like a team ashamed of poor performances on the field and poor behaviour off it.
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By Mia De Graaf PUBLISHED: 06:48 EST, 24 December 2013 | UPDATED: 10:32 EST, 24 December 2013 Action: 7,500 workers will protest against a 1% below-inflation pay rise by walking out next Tuesday Thousands of police civilian staff, including 999 call handlers, will strike on New Year's Eve. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union today revealed 7,500 workers will walk out in protest against their one per cent pay rise, well below inflation. Timed to coincide with a walkout by London firefighters, the announcement has sparked fears for safety on one of the busiest days of the year.
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Washington (CNN) -- At the Council on Foreign relations this week, Sen. Marco Rubio talked tough on the international hotspot of the day, Syria. "It's time to act now. I don't want to score political points on this issue, I want to see it resolved," Rubio told Time Magazine's Rick Stengel, the event's moderator. Rubio says he doesn't want to score political points, but like it or not -- every move he makes these days is viewed through one prism: a potential vice presidential pick for Mitt Romney. For many Republicans, Rubio is prime running mate material -- a fresh-faced, telegenic tea party favorite from Florida, a key battleground state.
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(CNN) -- Greece may have given us the word democracy and many of the principles of civil society. But now it is "the sick man of Europe," and the people of other European democracies are asking whether it's worth saving with billions more dollars of their money. Put crudely, their argument is this: So what if Greece slides ignominiously out of the eurozone? Goodbye Greece... In continental terms, Greece is peripheral. It doesn't sit on reservoirs of oil, and it relies on agriculture and tourism as money-earners. It accounts for just 5% of the European Union's economic output. With the Cold War long over, its strategic position on the edge of the Balkans is not as important as it was.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday discussed a "general time horizon" for any American troop withdrawals from Iraq, al-Maliki's office said. Sen. Barack Obama rides in a helicopter Monday with Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, Iraq. Obama -- who has made ending the Iraq war a cornerstone of his run for office -- engaged in what were described as productive talks with al-Maliki during a trip to Iraq. The Iraqi government has been pushing for the United States to set a general timetable to spell out troop withdrawals. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi also met with Obama Monday and told reporters afterward they discussed the security agreement.
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Farms within a 16km radius of the @placeholder site have been told to refrain from hunting or exporting produce for 30 days.
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Dutch authorities have begun slaughtering 150,000 chickens after a highly contagious strain of bird flu was found at a huge poultry farm. The component, named H5N8, is the same strain discovered in Germany earlier this month which also led to mass poultry culls in Asia. Agricultural inspectors began destroying animals today at the farm in Hekendorp, Utrecht, following reports of an outbreak. Authorities have begun a mass poultry cull at a chicken farm in the village of Hekendorp, in the Dutch province Utrecht, following an outbreak of the highly contagious virus While the farm sells eggs rather than poultry, produce is sold across the Netherlands and in parts of Germany.
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Highly contagious strain of virus discovered at large poultry farm
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A study released last week found that @placeholder caring for aging and chronically ill relatives reported higher levels of stress, poorer health and a greater tendency to engage in unhealthy behaviors to alleviate stress than the population at large.
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(CNN) -- Whenever Felicia Hudson gets overwhelmed juggling a full-time job and caring for her ailing father, she finds solace in a piece of paper hanging in her office. "Circumstances do not cause anger, nervousness, worry or depression ... it is how we handle situations that allow these adverse moods," it says. "We actually choose our own attitudes. I choose to be calm, well-adjusted and happy!" She can't remember where she found the motto, but focusing on it is one of several coping mechanisms Hudson has developed since she took her father out of a nursing home in July 2008 and moved him into her two-bedroom apartment in San Diego.
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"Stress in America" report emphasizes toll of caring for chronically ill relatives
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By Hannah Roberts Last updated at 3:01 AM on 25th December 2011 Their politically correct holiday card was ridiculed for avoiding the Christmas theme altogether. But the President and First Lady have finally acknowledged the religious origins of the festival. Giving his weekly address from Hawaii where the first family are on holiday, the President was joined by Michelle Obama, as the couple wished America a Happy Christmas. Scroll down for video Holiday speech: The President and First Lady have finally acknowledged the religious origins of Christmas The Obamas were last week mocked for having sent out a Christmas card, featuring their dog Bo, containing no discernible mention of Christmas itself. They also sent out a secular card in 2009.
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President and First Lady used holiday speech to thank armed forces
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Michelle Obama mentioned the story that 'began 2000 years ago' -finally a reference to religious aspect of Christmas
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(CNN) -- While his comment about Anne Frank drew criticism from around the world, pop star Justin Bieber and his camp have remained silent on the issue -- and plan to keep it that way. There will be no official statement from Bieber or his representatives, a source close to the star told CNN on Monday. Bieber did not mention it to his millions of followers on Twitter and Facebook. The controversy stems from the 19-year-old's visit to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on Friday. In the site's guest book, he wrote, "Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber." The tourist site shared the message on its official Facebook page.
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(CNN) -- No issue has been hotter throughout the run-up to the election than jobs -- and both candidates took pains to tackle the issue during their first debate Wednesday at the University of Denver. "Over the last 30 months, we've seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created," Democratic incumbent Barack Obama said. The facts: In 2009, Obama's first full year in office, people in states across the country were losing their jobs at a startling clip. In Ohio, the unemployment rate was 10.6%. But over the next few years, the nation saw slow increases in employment in the retail, education and health care sectors. Today, most states are gaining jobs. The key swing state of Ohio now has a 7.2% unemployment rate.
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By Ryan Gorman Two young children were accidentally shot to death by similarly-aged relatives this weekend in Georgia, authorities said. Police say Montrez Burroughs, 11, of Jacksonville, was shot by a 12-year-old relative Friday night while visiting relatives in Savannah. Taylor Jowers, 10, of Waycross, Georgia, was reportedly shot dead at home by her brother. Both victims were shot in the chest. No adults were around in either instance, according to reports, but charges have been filed only in the Savannah shooting. Both gunned down: Montrez Burroughs (left) was shot dead by a young relative playing with a gun, police said. Taylor Jowers (right) died after her brother accidentally fired a shotgun into her chest, according to reports
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Our amendment is both simple and absolutely necessary: It ensures that every @placeholder citizen possesses the fundamental right to vote in any public election where he or she resides, and empowers Congress with the authority to protect this right.
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(CNN) -- That didn't take long. Just two weeks since the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, state legislatures are moving quickly on voter suppression measures. Already, six of the nine states that were previously covered by the requirement that changes in voting procedures be pre-cleared have started to bring up restrictive voter ID laws. If there is a glimmer of hope for voting rights advocates, however, it's that the court merely ruled that the formula was outdated, and that Congress "may draft another formula based on current conditions." I agree with the court that indeed, the previous formula included in the Voting Rights Act does not address today's attempts to restrict the right to vote. In fact, I think it underestimates them.
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The parents of an 18-year-old boy who suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage while diving for cray fish have hailed his recovery a ‘miracle’ after doctors told them their son would not survive and set the wheels in motion for his organs to be donated. Simon Phillips and his son Ben were out diving near their home at Geraldton’s Point Moore, WA, one Saturday morning when the experienced diver told his father he had a headache and was heading back to the boat. ‘I didn’t think too much of it because I thought it was shallow water blackout,’ Simon told Daily Mail Australia.
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By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 03:43 EST, 29 April 2013 | UPDATED: 03:59 EST, 29 April 2013 The ex-girlfriend of one of the Boston bombers has revealed that he tried to turn her against the U.S. and beat her if she wore Western clothing. Nadine Ascencao says that over the course of her relationship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev, he was transformed from a fun-loving student into an Islamic extremist who shunned American life. The 24-year-old lost her virginity to the Chechen immigrant and said she was besotted with him - but now she admits she had a 'lucky escape'. Extremist: Tamerlan Tsarnaev apparently tried to force his ex-girlfriend Nadine Ascencao to convert to Islam
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Nadine Ascencao, 24, dated Tamerlan Tsarnaev for three years
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Sunday's match was a replay of the 2012 final when Nishikori beat Raonic in three sets to become the first @placeholder man to win the event.
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US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori has beaten Milos Raonic of Canada 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 in the final of the Japan Open to win his fourth ATP Tour title of the season. With a typhoon bearing down on the Japanese capital, the fourth-seeded Nishikori won his second straight tournament and the seventh of his career with a hard-fought victory at Ariake Colosseum. The contest was a contrast in styles, with Raonic relying on his big serve and Nishikori utilising his speed and mobility to force his opponent into unforced errors. Kei Nishikori has won the ATP Japan Open after defeating fourth seed Milos Raonic 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-4
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Kei Nishikori wins Japan Open at Ariake Colosseum
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Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and his opponent former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have touted their records of hiring women while in office—but both candidates have a mixed record on equal hiring and closing the gender pay gap. Under the Obama administration, the median salary for female federal employees is nearly 93% of what men make, according to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, an agency that works to protect the rights of federal employees. That figure -- while up from just over 83% in 1991 -- does not represent complete pay parity. The Obama White House had women holding just under 40% of jobs paying $75,000 or more in 2011.
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Lionel Messi's remarkable La Liga scoring streak came to an end on Sunday as Barcelona celebrated reclaiming the Spanish title with a less than convincing 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid. Messi started his first domestic match since the end of March, but was taken off in the 68th minute having apparently failed to recover from the injury problems that have dogged the latter part of his season. It meant his run of having scored in 21 successive league matches came to a halt, but Barca did recover from 1-0 down when he left the pitch despite needing to complete the match with only 10 men having made all possible replacements.
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With Mayweather understood to have commanded the 60-40 split of the purse, the fight will occur – with an autumn rematch clause believed to have been written into the deal by @placeholder.
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The richest fight in history is officially on after Floyd Mayweather posted a signed copy of his contract with Manny Pacquiao on social media on Friday night, setting in motion the formal countdown to a $250million (£160m) blockbuster on May 2. A fight that has been five years in the making will be staged at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, pitting Mayweather's hyped unbeaten record against one of the most effective, exciting punchers of their generation. Feuds have dominated every stage of the stuttering discussions over the past years, with arguments over drug testing and financial splits. Floyd Mayweather has confirmed he will face Manny Pacquiao at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2
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The mega-fight will take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 2
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Dealings: Investigators claim Wills' former boss directed funds to a fake not-for-profit that Wills launched in 2006 and @placeholder has repeatedly refused to hand over forms accounting for where the money went
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By Meghan Keneally A New York City councilman has been arrested on corruption charges after investigators found that he has allegedly been misusing tens of thousands of dollars of public funds. Ruben Wills and his relative Jelani Mills were taken into custody in Queens on Wednesday morning and has being charged with grand larceny and other theft charges. The arrests come after an investigation that started in 2012 when it was reported by The New York Daily News that a $33,000 grant that had been awarded to a charity Wills was involved with went unaccounted for. In custody: Ruben Wills was arrested on Wednesday morning and will be charged with grand larceny and crimes related to the theft of about $30,000 in public and federal funds
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Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy? Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden defended his decision to leak documents about classified surveillance programs during an interview with NBC "Nightly News" broadcast Wednesday. "I think it's important to remember that people don't set their lives on fire," Snowden said. "They don't walk away from their extraordinarily, extraordinarily comfortable lives ... for no reason." Speaking to anchor Brian Williams in a Moscow hotel, Snowden said he considers himself a patriot, and he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to reveal secret U.S. government surveillance programs if he didn't have to.
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If @placeholder’s claims are true, though, Paris and Prince could have fathers among an assemblage of men.
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The suit against Michael Jackson’s concert promoter by the late singer’s family may soon reveal the biological father of his three young children after years of speculation. Filed against AEG, the company behind Jackson’s ill-fated ‘This Is It’ tour, the suit includes all three of the icon’s children as well as his mother Katherine and alleges the company contributed to Jackson’s death by pushing him to work too hard ahead of the tour and by hiring the doctor responsible for giving Jackson the drugs that killed him. As part of the trial’s potential award phase, AEG is prepared to present to the court evidence that, despite Jackson’s claims, only one of the children is the King of Pop’s biological child.
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A government of CDU and @placeholder, conservatives and liberal would probably be more business friendly than the current grand coalition.
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BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- As voting was taking place in the German general election Sunday, attention was already turning to what coalition will rule the country. Social Democrats handing out flowers hope their party will stay in the ruling coalition. Few doubt that Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, CDU, will win most votes. So, will Merkel continue the current center right-center left "grand coalition" with the Social Democrats or will the votes suffice for a coalition with the business liberal but centrist Liberal Democrats or the FDP, a constellation Germans refer to as "Black-Yellow." At a press conference ostensibly to outline Germany's position at this week's G-20 summit Merkel apparently let the cat out of the bag. "We are in a time of crisis," she said, "and I believe we can pull out of the crisis faster with a Black-Yellow government."
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The group accused Hamas of not being Islamic enough, saying Hamas cares more about pleasing "tyrants" than "obeying @placeholder."
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GAZA CITY (CNN) -- A radical Muslim sheikh called Friday for the creation of an Islamic emirate in Gaza, sparking clashes with Hamas forces that left 13 people dead, Hamas sources tell CNN. Armed members of the radical Islamist group Jund Ansar Allah surround a group representative in Rafah on Friday. The clashes ended after several hours, after Hamas forces blew up the home of Sheikh Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, leader of the Salafist jihadist group Jund Ansar Allah, or Soldiers of the Partisans of God, the sources said. Al-Maqdessi escaped, they said, and Hamas security forces were searching for him.
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Sheikh's call for creation of Gaza Islamic emirate sparked clashes with Hamas
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After the drugs made it through security, the suspect allegedly met the confidential source in an @placeholder restroom to receive $600 in cash, which was the second half of the agreed-upon $1,200 fee.
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Washington (CNN) -- Two current and two former TSA employees have been arrested in an alleged drug and bribery scheme by screeners who allowed large shipments of narcotics to pass through security at Los Angeles International Airport in exchange for cash, federal prosecutors said. Three other people, suspected drug couriers, are allegedly involved. One is in state custody. A second is expected to surrender on Thursday. Authorities are searching for a third. According to a 22-count grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday, the Transportation Security Administration employees took payments of as much as $2,400 to allow suitcases filled with cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to pass through X-ray machines at LAX while TSA screeners looked the other way.
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A British woman who travelled to Syria with her young son before escaping an ISIS stronghold has begged her father to take her home after describing life with the jihadists as 'hard'. Tareena Shakil, 25, ran away to the war-torn country last October after telling relatives she was going on holiday to Spain with her 17-month-old son Zaheem. However, the TOWIE fan said life in the ISIS-held city of Raqqa was 'hard' and she escaped back across the Turkish border after, she claims, the militants tried to force her into marrying a one-legged fighter. Now Shakil, from Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, has asked her father for forgiveness and begged him to 'please take me home,' after being told she could potentially be sent back to Syria and into the clutches of the terrorist group.
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(CNN) -- Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are expected to join a march on Pakistan's capital as the country celebrates its independence. The protest was called by former Pakistan cricket captain and leader of the Tehreek-e-insaaf (PTI) political party, Imran Khan, who declared it a "march of independence." He has demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif amid claims of vote rigging during last year's election. Another prominent opponent of the government, outspoken cleric Tahir ul Qadri, also called on his supporters to join what he described as a "revolution march," sparking fresh security fears. Last week, at least five of his supporters were killed during clashes with security forces in the country's northwestern Punjab province. Qadri, who led protests against Pakistan's government last year that brought the capital to a standstill, has accused the Sharif government of corruption.
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LONDON, England -- Extra-time goals from Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba gave Chelsea a 3-2 victory over Liverpool to send the London side into a Champions League final showdown against English Premier League rivals Manchester United, 4-3 on aggregate. Didier Drogba (right) and Frank Lampard both found the net as Chelsea secured their final place in Moscow. Lampard, playing his first game since the death of his mother last week, coolly slotted home a 98th-minute penalty and Drogba, who had opened the scoring in the first-half, sent Chelsea to the final in Moscow on May 21 with a timely second goal.
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(CNN) -- A satellite whose orbit is degrading is likely to crash back to Earth on Friday, and 26 pieces have a good chance of surviving the heat of re-entry, NASA said. Despite being pretty sure that the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, will re-enter the atmosphere sometime Friday afternoon, U.S. time, NASA says there is no way to know where it will fall. Because the satellite travels thousands of miles in a matter of minutes, even minutes before re-entry, it will be impossible to pinpoint an exact location, Mark Matney of NASA's Orbital Debris team said Wednesday. On top of that, he said, "part of the problem is the spacecraft is tumbling in unpredictable ways and it is very difficult to very precisely pinpoint where it's coming down even right before the re-entry."
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Bacary Sagna has thanked Arsenal and Arsene Wenger in another clear message that he is set to quit the club this summer. The defender, part of France's squad at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, is widely expected to join Manchester City in the next 48 hours despite previously being offered new terms by the Gunners. The 31-year-old took to his Twitter and Instagram pages to post the lengthy message which signal the end of a seven-season association with Arsenal during which he won the FA Cup. On his way: Bacary Sagna is expected to move to Manchester City from Arsenal this summer
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Arsenal defender is expected to join Manchester City this summer
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"I didn't set out to donate a kidney,'' said @placeholder, 48, the founder of a not-for-profit educational organization.
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- One morning a couple of months ago at Westchester Medical Center, Dawn Verdick gave Daniel Flood one of her kidneys. Daniel Flood received a kidney from Dawn Verdick. They were brought together through Craigslist. Verdick and Flood were not friends or family. In fact, they were total strangers from the East and West coasts. But that's not the most unusual aspect of this case. The patient and donor were brought together after Flood's three daughters placed an ad on Craigslist, the online classifieds site that offers everything from autos to real estate and guitar lessons to massage.
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@placeholder, assistant secretary of diplomatic security, resigned, effective immediately, Nuland said.
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Washington (CNN) -- Four State Department officials have been disciplined in the wake of a review of the security failures that led to the deaths of four Americans at the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, a department spokeswoman said Wednesday. One resigned, while three others have been placed on administrative leave and relieved of their duties, said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland. The independent review released Tuesday examining attacks that occurred last September 11 cites "systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies" at the State Department. The failures resulted in a security plan "that was inadequate for Benghazi and grossly inadequate to deal with the attack that took place," the 39-page unclassified version of the report concludes.
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Emails leaked in the Sony hack have revealed that Sony's Japanese CEO urged filmmakers to edit the death of Kim Jong-Un to make it less graphic in a bid to avoid a crisis. In The Interview, which is due to be released over Christmas, the North Korean dictator, played by Randall Park, is in a helicopter which is hit by a rocket. The footage of the dramatic scene, released as part of the cyberattack, shows the tyrant's face covered in burning embers and melting before the aircraft explodes. It is believed to be the final cut of his death, following a number of alterations discussed by Seth Rogan and the company's executives in both the United States and Asia.
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Scene shows tryant's face burning with embers following a rocket attack
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In back-and-forth emails, executives debated over the gory details
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Amy Pascal asks Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to change the scene
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They reply saying they have toned down the 'face-melting' and fire
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The company's CEO then asks for the dictator's death to be edited further
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During the correspondence, an angry Rogen states: 'This is now a story of Americans changing their movie to make North Koreans happy'
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(CNN) -- Aeromexico airline and an advertising company apologized for a commercial casting call that said "dark-skinned" people would not be allowed to audition. The casting call sought those with a "Polanco look," referring to a well-to-do white neighborhood in Mexico City. A photo of the casting e-mail was taken by Mexican blogger Tamara De Anda, who expressed her frustrations on how the representations of brown people in Mexican media largely do not exist outside of government program announcements. On Twitter, De Anda posted, "I received an email for a casting call from Aeromexico specifying that they don't want anyone dark-skinned. Tsss."
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Casting call for airline ad disallows dark-skinned participants
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Aeromexico and ad agency apologize
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Blow: @placeholder's Javier Martinez is being carried off on a stretcher after suffering a knee injury
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Borussia Dortmund offered reasons to suggest it won’t simply be another Bayern Munich procession in this season’s Bundesliga as they impressively beat their Bavarian rivals in the Super Cup. Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang secured victory in the curtain-raiser at Signal Iduna Park as Bayern were bossed from start to finish. But how much can we really read into this result? 12 months ago, Jurgen Klopp’s side beat Bayern 4-2 on this same ground in the same competition and duly went on to finish a distant 19 points behind, as well as losing to them in the Cup final.
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Hendrikh Mkhitaryan opened the scoring for Borussia Dortmund
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New signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang doubled lead with header
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Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Members of Latin America's largest guerrilla group declared Thursday they will ask for an immediate cease fire when they meet with Colombian government negotiators for peace talks next month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -- known by the Spanish acronym FARC -- have waged a bloody civil war for five decades with the Colombian government and right-wing paramilitary groups. The group is considered by the United States government to be a terrorist organization. The discussions will begin on October 8 in Oslo, Norway, six FARC members said during a news conference held in Havana on Thursday.
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An immediate cease fire will be on the agenda in talks next month, FARC members say
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have waged a civil war for five decades
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"We no longer have any captives," FARC commander Mauricio Jaramillo says
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Derby matches are great. They allow players and fans alike to have bragging rights for a period of time. They were the fixtures I looked forward to the most and I loved playing in them. But not in Scotland! When I was at Bath, the West Country derbies against Bristol and Gloucester were brilliant matches to be a part of. They were ferocious on and off the park especially at Kingsholm where I was made very welcome being captain of Bath and Scottish! They were the highlight of the season and, on many occasions, produced outstanding matches with both sides throwing everything at the opposition with the objective to score as many points as possible to humiliate your near neighbours.
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Derby matches allow players and teams to have bragging rights
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As a player, I used to love playing in derby matches... but not in Scotland
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The Edinburgh derby has turned into a turgid affair as both sides are paralysed by the fear of losing
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@placeholder sobbed and leaned on others as she walked toward the lone white casket holding her sons.
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By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 7:15 PM on 14th July 2011 A stripper who went on the run with her lesbian lover after the children she left home alone were killed in a fire has handed herself in. Police were hunting Kiaira Pollard, 27, whose sons KiDonn, seven, and KrisDon, four, perished in a blaze that tore through her Pittsburgh apartment while she was at work. They believed Pollard was with her 33-year-old girlfriend Dayna Kenney, who works as her personal security guard. At large: Stripper Kiaira Pollard, left, is on the run with her lesbian lover Dayna Kenney, right, after the children she left home alone were killed in a fire
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Kiaira Pollard left boys, aged four and seven, at house while she went to work
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Smoke alarm at blaze house disconnected 'on purpose'
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Mr Newman said he believed the desire for the trip came from the three years his father spent as an infantry officer in the @placeholder, but he said Merrill Newman never talked about his service.
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By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 19:07 EST, 20 November 2013 | UPDATED: 13:44 EST, 21 November 2013 Detainee: Merrill Newman, 85, was pulled off a flight back to the U.S. October 26 following 10-day guided tour in North Korea The family of an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from California who is detained in North Korea are fighting to get the beloved grandfather home by Thanksgiving. Merrill Newman, of Palo Alto, traveled to North Korea with a friend as part of a tour group based out of Beijing, China. But, as he was about to fly back to the U.S. on October 26, a uniformed North Korean officer came on the plane, asked to see his passport, and then requested he be removed from the flight, his son, Jeffrey Newman, said Wednesday.
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Merrill Newman, 85, was pulled off a flight back to U.S. on October 26 following a 9-day guided tour
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Newman, a retired finance executive for technology companies, lives in Palo Alto, California, with his wife, Lee
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State Department did not confirm Newman's detention but issued a revised travel warning for North Korea
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Newman is the sixth American to be detained in North Korea since 2009
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Kenneth Bae, Korean-American and Christian missionary, was detained last year and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor
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@placeholder was convicted of 10 murders in November 1995 and is still serving life in prison.
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The former nanny to Fred and Rose West has told of her ordeal at the hands of two of Britain's worst serial killers. Caroline Roberts was just 17 when, in 1972, she went to work at the Wests' infamous 25 Cromwell Street home in Gloucester, where nine bodies were discovered more than 20 years later. What she witnessed and went through at their hands was to serve as a chilling prelude to the series of at least 12 murders the couple would go on to commit. Ms Roberts - called Caroline Owens in 1972 - was abducted and raped by the Wests but managed to escape.
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Teenager was picked up by the couple while hitch-hiking in 1972
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They employed her to look after children but she was later abducted
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She was later tied up and raped but managed to escape the couple
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She did not want to face them in court and they got off with a fine
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Woman now tells how she wishes she had helped jail the couple
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Documentary into serial killings also hears from the Wests' lesbian lover
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The woman says Rose was the domineering one in the couple
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@placeholder could not be compared to an author or editor and the judge said he was also ‘very doubtful’ that it could be viewed as a ‘secondary publisher’, in a similar way to a libellous article ‘distributor’.
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By Mark Duell PUBLISHED: 10:25 EST, 14 February 2013 | UPDATED: 03:00 EST, 15 February 2013 Google was today facing the prospect of being forced to remove offending posts on the Blogger website after a judge ‘opened the door’ for the firm being required to monitor what users write. The California-based internet giant convinced London’s Court of Appeal in a libel case that Blogger is the equivalent of a blank wall and it cannot be held responsible for what is written there by people. But the court ruled in the case involving law student Payam Tamiz that it was arguable Google was a ‘publisher’ in defamation law, and therefore responsible for offending comments once told of them.
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Google says Blogger is blank wall and it isn't responsible for writings online
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Long-running case involves student Payam Tamiz who was vilified online
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A sharp, sudden snowstorm greeted both sets of players as they stepped out at Turf Moor and @placeholder treated Palace as southern softies in the first 18 minutes as they raced into a two-goal lead.
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Dwight Gayle maintained Alan Pardew's 100 per cent record as Crystal Palace manager with a dramatic late winner as Burnley threw away a 2-0 lead for the second time in four days. In a typical relegation dogfight that had everything including snowstorms and Pardew digging out referee Phil Dowd at half-time, Gayle fired home his second goal for the game after 87 minutes to break Burnley hearts. While the Londoners climbed to 12th place as a result, Burnley are now just a point outside the drop zone and will fall into the bottom three if Hull City get a draw or better against West Ham on Sunday.
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Dwight Gayle scored a late winner to cap a fine turnaround for Alan Pardew's Crystal Palace
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Ben Mee and Danny Ings had sent Burnley well on their way to victory with two early goals at Turf Moor
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Jason Puncheon equalised in the second-half to set up a grandstand finish to the game
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@placeholder thought he scored for Argentina in the first half, but he was yards offside
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The World Cup final can be the best occasion of a footballer's life, or the worst if they crumble under the pressure. Germany and Argentina contested the climax to the 2014 tournament, with Mario Gotze scoring a stunning late winner to win it for Joachim Low's side. Here, Sportsmail's Martin Keown, the ex-England and Arsenal defender, rates all of the players involved in the match. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Fans go wild in Berlin as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 Crucial: Mario Gotze celebrates scoring the goal that won Germany the World Cup against Argentina Leader: Jerome Boateng was superb in the World Cup final
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Jerome Boateng's pace at the back was crucial for Germans
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Mario Gotze scores winner with neat volley in 113th minute
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Germany win fourth World Cup at the Maracana
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Murdered baby: The two-month-old had been left in the back of his father's car as the man lit a fire to warm up his shop Millions of angry Chinese are demanding the death penalty for a thief who murdered a two-month-old baby he found in the back of a car he stole. The outrage threatens to upstage the ongoing National People’s Congress in which new Chinese leader Xi Jinping will officially take over the presidency. The thief, Zhou Xijun, jumped into the SUV parked outside a shop in the north-eastern city of Changchun on Monday and sped off. Police say that on hearing the cries of baby Haobo in the back seat, he panicked and strangled the boy then buried him in roadside snow.
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Outrage threatens to upstage ongoing National People's Congress
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Manhunt ended when 48-year-old ex-convict hands himself in
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The @placeholder predicted that an increase in spending on toys this Christmas would take annual sales to more than £3 billion, an increase of £166 million in one year.
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As if fraught parents didn't have enough to worry about, it has emerged that this Christmas is set to be the biggest year for toy sales in four years. 'Must-have' toys like loom bands, Panini stickers and Lego figures are set to send tills ringing as pleading children and competitive parents drive many to the toy aisles. Sales of toys in Britain are up 6 per cent on last year, according to analysts NPD Group - the best result for the industry since 2010. Scroll down for video The Disney Frozen Snow Glow Elsa doll £34.99 is in the top 12 toys to buy your little one this Christmas
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Sales of toys in Britain are up 6 per cent on last year
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This is the best result for the industry since 2010
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Toy Retailers Association has released its annual DreamToys list
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Features toys like Disney's Frozenmerchandise, Bop It! Beats and Lego
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All seven daily flights between JFK and @placeholder will offer Mint service by year's end, a company spokeswoman said.
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(CNN) -- Come Sunday, every customer won't be equal at JetBlue. That's when the airline launches its "Mint" business class service for customers willing to pay more for flights between New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. JetBlue has won over many fliers with its newer planes and egalitarian model of nice coach seats, video programming and snacks for everyone. There was no first- or business-class seating, but that changes June 15. It remains to be seen if Mint -- which offers fully flat beds, some private suites, dual power outlets with USB ports, amenity kits and a tapas menu -- will change perceptions of the airline.
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Pakistani civil society organizations matched the @placeholder's signature drive with a petition of their own, signed by 1.2 million Pakistanis supporting Malala's cause.
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Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Malala Yousefzai now has a day named after her and more than two million people from around the world pledging to carry on her fight for girls' education. The United Nations has declared November 10 as Malala day to honor the 15 year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head one month ago by the Taliban, which wanted to silence her campaign for education. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown marked the occasion here on Friday by delivering a petition to the Pakistani government with one million signatures calling on Islamabad to enroll every Pakistani boy and girl in primary school.
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Brown: The march for the right to girls' education cannot be stopped
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U.N.: Pakistan spends seven times more on military than on primary education
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Court documents reveal that Hooten arrived in @placeholder last week and had a pre-booked flight home this Friday.
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By Emily Crane and Richard Shears A laptop helped save a 56-year-old man's life after an arrow was fired at him outside his NSW home allegedly by his wife's ex-partner who flew from America with the crossbow to kill him. Greg Williams was carrying the laptop on his driveway at Somersby on the Central Coast when he was shot at with the loaded crossbow on Tuesday afternoon. The arrow fired by Texas man Jeffrey Hooten, 49, struck the lid of the laptop computer Mr Williams was holding instead of directly piercing his skin. Scroll down for video Greg Williams was carrying the laptop on his driveway at Somersby on the Central Coast when he was shot at with a loaded crossbow on Tuesday afternoon
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Greg Williams, 56, was holding the laptop on his Central Coast driveway
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Court heard Texas man Jefrey Hooten flew to Australia with the crossbow last week with the intent of hurting Mr Williams
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Mr Williams suffered a head wound after he was allegedly hit with an axe
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Hooten appeared in court on Wednesday charged with attempted murder
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