Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: Rabies is a viral disease of mammals and is transmitted primarily through bites. Annually, 7,000 to 8,000 rabid animals are detected in the United States, with more than 90 percent of the cases in wild animals.
Hypothesis: Rabies is fatal in humans.
Premise: A bouncer at the Irish Pub in Atlantic City, New Jersey was stabbed to death Saturday morning while trying to break up a fight. Luis Martinez, 25, of Newark, was arrested on two charges of aggravated assault for the brawl that left 27-year-old Richard Rivera dead.
Hypothesis: Richard Rivera caused the death of Luis Martinez.
Premise: Guerrillas killed a peasant in the city of Flores.
Hypothesis: Guerrillas killed a civilian
Premise: I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. -- Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain, giving meaning to his "Teen Spirit" coda "a denial".
Hypothesis: Smells Like Teen Spirit is a song by Nirvana.
Premise: Budapest consists of two parts, Buda and Pest, which are situated on opposite sides of the river and connected by a series of bridges.
Hypothesis: Pest is on the opposite, east bank.
Premise: On December 6 2008, Adela Lupse, presenting the call-in quiz Telepremii on National TV on Romanian television, had what The Daily Telegraph described as a "tantrum on air". As the final prize became available, Ms Lupse's show had no callers. Already excited, she began to shout. Throwing the telephone down on the studio floor and stomping on it, she admonished her viewers, "I want the telephone to ring now. Now. Call me now!".
Hypothesis: Ms Lupse is a TV presenter.
Premise: WASHINGTON - The world's governments raced to avoid both a pandemic and global hysteria Sunday as more possible swine flu cases surfaced from Canada to New Zealand and the United States declared a public health emergency. "It's not a time to panic," the White House said. Mexico, the outbreak's epicenter with up to 103 suspected deaths, canceled some church services and closed markets and restaurants. Few people ventured onto the streets, and some wore face masks. Canada became the third country to confirm cases, in six people, including some students who — like some New York City spring-breakers — got mildly ill in Mexico. Countries across Asia promised to quarantine feverish travelers returning from flu-affected areas.
Hypothesis: As many as 103 people in Mexico have died of swine flu.
Premise: In a move reminiscent for some of another actor, Ronald Reagan, who was twice elected governor of California, Schwarzenegger said he would be putting his movie career on hold so he can devote his time to running for governor.
Hypothesis: Ronald Regan was elected governor of California.
Premise: JOHANNESBURG: Organizers of a peace conference that was to have been attended by five Nobel laureates in Johannesburg this week said Tuesday that they had canceled it after the South African government denied a visa to the Dalai Lama. Two of South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize laureates, the retired Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President F.W. de Klerk, condemned the government for giving in to pressure from China to block the Tibetan spiritual leader's entry into the country and said they would refuse to participate in the conference if he was not there. The executive director of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Geir Lundestad, also said he would stay away.
Hypothesis: The Peace Conference in South Africa has been canceled, giving support to the Dalai Lama.
Premise: Brought under Ottoman rule in the 16th century, Jordan has been led only since the 1920s by Hashemite rulers, a family whose roots are in present-day Saudi Arabia.
Hypothesis: The Hashemite dynasty rules Jordan.
Premise: Definitely do not lift the ban on ivory, it will drive the species to near extinction again. Elephant numbers should be controlled but what has ivory got to do with it? It is a barbaric trade and should be banned permanently.
Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Premise: The Kalido Technical Advisory Board members include Boris Evelson, founder and managing partner, Textra Group, Inc., and Bill Inmon, president, Inmon Data Systems.
Hypothesis: Boris Evelson founded the Kalido Technical Advisory Board.
Premise: Edison decided to call "his" invention the Kinetoscope, combining the Greek root words "kineto" (movement), and "scopos" ("to view").
Hypothesis: Edison invented the Kinetoscope.
Premise: Mohamed al-Sumaidaie, Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, accused U.S. marines of murdering his cousin's 21-year-old son, Mohammed Sumaidaie, who was studying engineering at the University of Technology in Baghdad. "All indications point to a killing of an unarmed innocent civilian - a cold-blooded murder," said Sumaidaie. "The Marines were smiling at each other as they were leaving.".
Hypothesis: Mohamed al-Sumaidaie is related by blood to the United Nations.
Premise: A 55-year-old orangutan named Nonja, who was believed to be the oldest living orangutan in the world both in captivity and the wild, has died at the Miami MetroZoo in Miami, Florida. "Everybody's very sad, especially with an animal like an orangutan. You see a lot of yourself in these animals. The great apes are our closest relatives. She was really a grand old dame," said zoo spokesman Ron Magill.
Hypothesis: A 45-year-old orangutan died in Florida.
Premise: These days are special for St Petersburg - on January 18, 1943 the siege of Leningrad was broken.
Hypothesis: The siege of Leningrad was broken on January 18, 1943.
Premise: Carelessness by contractors is a common cause of fire, including many fires that result in serious financial loss. It has been estimated that perhaps 20-25% of all non-domestic fires result from 'on-going work', such as refurbishment, repair and construction.
Hypothesis: Domestic fires are the major cause of fire death.
Premise: Saginaw police responded to a domestic violence complaint at the wrong house and ended up shooting the owners' dog.
Hypothesis: Saginaw police mistakenly went to the wrong house in response to a complaint.
Premise: In the gas explosion disaster, the towing vessel Miss Megan, which was of specifications that did not require inspection by the United States Coast Guard, was being operated in the West Cote Blanche Bay oil field in Louisiana by Central Boat Rentals on behalf of Athena Construction on October 12, 2006. The Miss Megan was pushing barge IBR 234, which was tied along the starboard side of barge Athena 106, en route to a pile-driving location. Athena Construction did not require its crews to pin mooring spuds (vertical steel shafts extending through wells in the bottom of the boat and used for mooring) securely in place on its barges and consequently this had not been done. During the journey, the aft spud on the Athena 106 released from its fully raised position. The spud dropped into the water and struck a submerged, high-pressure natural gas pipeline. The resulting gas released ignited and created a fireball that engulfed the towing vessel and both barges. The master of the towing vessel and four barge workers were killed. The Miss Megan deckhand and one barge worker survived. One barge worker is officially listed as missing.
Hypothesis: NTSB is responsible for investigating transportation accidents in the United States.
Premise: I recently took a round trip from Abuja to Yola, the capital of Adamawa State and back to Abuja, with a fourteen-seater bus.
Hypothesis: Abuja is located in Adamawa State.
Premise: Southwest Airlines on Thursday said rebuilding service at New Orleans was its number one priority as it unveiled its 58th consecutive quarterly profit and enhanced fuel hedges to extend its competitive advantage over rivals.
Hypothesis: Southwest Airlines operates in New Orleans.
Premise: A statement issued by Royal Moroccan Airlines, a copy of which was received by Agence France Presse today, said that the company decided to start two flights a week between Casablanca and Gaza as soon as the Palestinian airport is opened there.
Hypothesis: With the opening of the Palestinian airport, Royal Moroccan Airlines will fly between Casablanca and Gaza.
Premise: Although they were born on different planets, Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage's new son and Superman have something in common - both were named Kal-el.
Hypothesis: Nicolas Cage's new son was awarded an Oscar.
Premise: When the African Union summit elected Colonel Muammar Gaddafi as its chairman at the beginning of February, many delegates predicted a bumpy year ahead. To start with all went well. But now he finds himself at odds with the AU's Peace and Security Council over its policy on Mauritania, which has been suspended since a coup d'etat last August. On a visit to the Mauritanian capital earlier this month, the Libyan leader announced that since the current military leadership had promised to organise elections in June, everything was fine and the file was now closed.
Hypothesis: Gaddafi is the chairman of the African Union.
Premise: Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29 were found dead in Donerson's home on October 24 and the body of Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, Julian King was found four days later in a stolen SUV. A handgun police say is tied to the case was found nearby, but Reuters reports that Bond did not comment on any evidence in the case.
Hypothesis: Jason Hudson was Jennifer's brother.
Premise: The word in the galley food queues is that we could do with more men, and the kit does keep wearing out, but that's due to the conditions here, said Corporal Martin Page.
Hypothesis: Martin Page was sent on a mission to Afghanistan.
Premise: Japan's Toshiba Corp. announced Tuesday that it has developed the first laptop computer with its new HD DVD drive: a next-generation disc format it is promoting over a rival standard pushed by Sony Corp.
Hypothesis: Toshiba Corp.'s headquarters is in Japan.
Premise: Akmal's colleague, Walter Murray of the Gulf Intelligence Monitor agreed, saying it would be foolish for the group to alienate potential supporters in the West and endanger the fruits of years of lobbying western governments with such attacks. Murray felt the bombers were more likely "...loose cannons..." in Iran's military or intelligence services. According to Iranian top national security official Ali Agha Mohammadi, "[t]he terrorists of Ahvaz infiltrated Iran from the region of Basra" in southern Iraq." He added that "[t]hese terrorists have been trained under the umbrella of the Americans in Iraq."
Hypothesis: Walter Murray works with Akmal.
Premise: While the total population for Missouri increased by 2.8 percent, the Hispanic population shows a 24.9 percent increase between 2000 and 2004.
Hypothesis: Missouri's population is 2.8 million.
Premise: BEA Arthur seemed the very definition of a tough showbiz broad. Tall, astringent, imperious -- she looked like someone who didn't suffer fools and could cut them down with a withering look or a well-aimed barb, delivered in that famous contralto. And it was, for the most part, all an act, says her close friend of more than 40 years, Angela Lansbury. "Bea was absolutely the antithesis of the characters she portrayed," Lansbury says. "She was sensitive -- really, really sensitive -- and self-conscious. But she covered it up by becoming this deep-voiced comic.
Hypothesis: Angela Lansbury is an actress.
Premise: Sirhan Sirhan, a Jordanian immigrant, was convicted of murdering Kennedy and is serving a life term at Soledad Prison.
Hypothesis: Sirhan Sirhan killed Kennedy.
Premise: The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Mohammad Said Al-Sahaf, met today with the new ambassadors and briefed them "on the Iraqi diplomacy directives of escalating the move toward lifting the blockade imposed on Iraq and developing relations with various countries of the world."
Hypothesis: Mohammed Said AL-SAHAF met with the ambassadors and briefed them on Iraq's diplomacy directives.
Premise: Slavkov, accused in the Salt Lake scandal but later cleared, said he had been approached by Takatch.
Hypothesis: Slavkov, defendant in the scandal of Salt Lake but that later was exculpated, in fact said that Takatch.
Premise: IT must rate as the literary snub of the 20th century. T S Eliot, one of Britain's greatest poets, rejected George Orwell's Animal Farm for publication on the grounds of its unconvincing Trotskyite politics. Eliot, a former director of Faber and Faber, the publisher, wrote his rejection in a highly critical letter in 1944, one of many private papers made available for the first time by his widow Valerie for a BBC documentary. When Orwell submitted his novel, an allegory on Stalin's dictatorship, Eliot praised its "good writing" and "fundamental integrity".
Hypothesis: T.S. Eliot wrote "Animal Farm".
Premise: With the arrival of the torch to Rome, it begins the ritual of the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin. The torch will travel across Italy transported by more than 10'000 carriers and it will arrive in Turin on February 9, 2006, where the Winter Olympics will be inaugurated, after 11'000 km (6,835 miles) of travel. On November 27 the flame was burned on the altar of Hestia in Olympia, in Greece, and delivered to the first torch carrier, pole vaulter Kostas Fidippidis. The first Italian to carry the olympic flame is the marathoner Stefano Baldini, winner of gold medal at the Olympics in Athens. He received the torch from the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.
Hypothesis: The Winter Olympics will be inaugurated in Turin.
Premise: Neverland Valley Ranch, owned by Michael Jackson, is to be sold at auction on March 19, 2008, unless Jackson pays over US$24 million. Financial Title Company, the trustee of his Santa Barbara County, California, home and amusement park, has foreclosed on the property. They notified Jackson of the foreclosure and sale on Monday. Jackson had only just recently paid an overdue property tax bill of $600,000.
Hypothesis: Michael Jackson is the owner of Neverland.
Premise: Picture a Janis Joplin robot sitting on a park bench talking about the Summer of Love, singing "Me and Bobby McGee" and introducing a David Bowie robot.
Hypothesis: Robots serve as wax singers in the Rock Hall of Fame.
Premise: A car bomb exploded outside a U.S. military base near Baji.
Hypothesis: A car bomb exploded outside a U.S. military base near Beiji.
Premise: Russia doesn't excel in auto manufacturing, but it is tops in other areas. The country's great wealth in oil, natural gas, and metals, in addition to generating revenue for the government, is creating a new middle class that craves European, Japanese and American cars.
Hypothesis: European cars sell in Russia.
Premise: Not counting the 1986 catastrophe at Chernobyl, where the nuclear reactors are of a different design, the industry has so far succeeded.
Hypothesis: The catastrophe at Chernobyl happened in 1986.
Premise: A doctor from Michigan helped an Oregon woman with Alzheimer's disease commit suicide.
Hypothesis: Dr. Kevorkian assisted Janet Adkins to use his suicide device.
Premise: Al-Jazeera broadcasts to millions of Arab viewers from headquarters in Doha, Qatar.
Hypothesis: Al-Jazeera has occasionally run into problems with authorities in other Arab countries.
Premise: Diana, Princess of Wales died on Sunday, 31 August 1997 following a car crash in Paris. There was widespread public mourning at the death of this popular figure, culminating with her funeral at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 September 1997.
Hypothesis: Lady Diana died in Paris.
Premise: UK foreign secretary Douglas Hurd will meet President Carlos Menem in Argentina next week.
Hypothesis: Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd visited Argentina.
Premise: That natural increase accounted for 56 percent of Missouri population growth during the past four years.
Hypothesis: Missouri's population is 56.
Premise: Police have arrested the owner of a mattress factory in Hay Hassini, Casablanca, Morocco which burned down in a disaster that claimed 55 lives. His son, who was the factory's manager, was also arrested. Those killed ―35 of whom were women ―were trapped inside by locked fire exits, which were barricaded to stop theft during working hours. "The people who died were either asphyxiated or burned," commented a firefighter. 17 were wounded. Moustapha Taouil of the Casablanca civil protection service said the blaze was triggered by an inadequatly maintained electric saw on the ground floor. The initial fire quickly engulfed all four storeys of the building.
Hypothesis: Casablanca is a Moroccan city.
Premise: The hurdler suspended in 1993 for taking the anabolic steroid Nandrolone was cleared after a three judge arbitration panel ruled that the case against her could not be proved beyond reasonable doubt .
Hypothesis: Nandrolone is a steroid.
Premise: The International Olympic Committee has leapt to the defence of the drug-testing lab at the centre of the Merlene Ottey doping case. Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, last week cleared Ottey of accusations of steroid use and lifted a two-year ban after their arbitration panel said the IOC-accredited lab in Lausanne improperly tested Ottey's urine sample.
Hypothesis: Sportswomen have been accused of doping.
Premise: The kidnappers want the Kuwaiti firm that employs the men to stop doing business in Iraq and to pay compensation to the victims of U.S. strikes in Falluja.
Hypothesis: The kidnappers paid compensation to the victims of the U.S.
Premise: The British government did not initially purchase the weapon and civilian sales were modest. However the U.S. Civil War began in 1860 and the governments of both the United States and the Confederacy began purchasing arms in Britain.
Hypothesis: During the Civil War the government of the United States bought arms from Britain.
Premise: Rehnquist, appointed to the court in 1972 and promoted to chief justice in 1986, was the longest-serving chief justice since 1910 and among the longest-serving jurists in the court's history.
Hypothesis: Rehnquist served the second-longest tenure, as chief justice, in US history.
Premise: I want to go back again. But I am afraid, honestly, I am afraid. Propaganda against me made people think I am terrorist., said el-Nashar.
Hypothesis: El-Nashar is accused of terrorism.
Premise: On June 29, 1995, the Space Shuttle Atlantis made history when it docked with the Russian Mir space station, as shown in this photograph.
Hypothesis: US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station.
Premise: Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist John Updike has died of lung cancer at a hospice near his home in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. He was 76. Born John Hoyer Updike in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1932, he documented ordinary ―if highly sexualized ―American life in around 50 works, beginning with The Poorhouse Fair in 1959. He once said that his books were about "the American small town, Protestant middle class".
Hypothesis: John Updike won the Pulitzer Prize.
Premise: The participation of women in parliament in Mauritius is expected to increase as more female candidates have contested Monday's election.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: CNET reporter James Kim has been found dead in the southwestern Oregon wilderness after getting lost with his family on November 25. Kim, 35, was found at 12:00 noon Wednesday, half a mile away from the Rogue River. His wife Kati Kim, 30-years-old, and her two young children were found alive on December 4 after they waved an umbrella to a private helicopter. Kati and her two children were airlifted out of the area and transferred by ambulance to Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass. Kati suffered frostbite on two toes, but it is expected that she will be in good condition.
Hypothesis: James Kim worked for CNET.
Premise: Figures released today show that the number of organs donated by New Zealanders in 2006 has decreased by four to a new record low of 25. In 2005 the number of organs donated equalled 29, a previous record low in New Zealand. Before 2005 the number of organ donations averaged 40, an already low number by international standards.
Hypothesis: Organ transplant saves lives.
Premise: British newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky gave birth to a baby boy earlier this morning at around 08:30 BST. She had been on maternity leave since August 21. Kaplinsky had only been working with Five News just over a month when she announced she was pregnant. Her husband of three years, investment banker Justin Bower announced "We're absolutely thrilled." Kaplinsky first started to work for the BBC in 2002 after a two year tenure with Sky News. She started on the BBC Breakfast show but later moved onto the BBC Six O'Clock News and later became only the third woman to present the BBC Ten O'Clock News. She left the BBC in October 2007. She also spent a short time with ITV News. Five News released a statement saying "Her colleagues here at Five News are delighted too - and we've sent our best wishes." They also said both Kaplinsky and the baby are doing fine.
Hypothesis: Natasha Kaplinsky and Justin Bower  got married three years ago.
Premise: Mark Allen, the company's president and chief operating officer, will become the new CEO.
Hypothesis: Mark Allen is appointed as chief operating officer.
Premise: Oqueli was to fly to Nicaragua to join an international Socialist delegation, which will observe the Nicaraguan electoral campaign.
Hypothesis: Oqueli was a member of the Socialist party.
Premise: In 1927 Harnold Lamb wrote a biography of Genghis Khan, and following on its success turned more and more to the writing of non-fiction, penning numerous biographies and history books until his death in 1962.
Hypothesis: Harnold Lamb authored many biographies.
Premise: U.S. officials said they hope to install Aristide presidential palace in Port-au-Prince about 10 days after U.S. troops land in Haiti, a schedule that an Aristide aide said is acceptable to the ousted president
Hypothesis: Port-au-Prince is in Haiti.
Premise: US-based News Corporation (formerly based in Australia) has announced its purchase of IGN Entertainment, a US-based online media group, for US$650 million. IGN's assets include popular video game sites IGN.com and GameSpy.com, as well as movie and game review site Rotten Tomatoes. IGN will become part of the News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media division, which will expand the company's online presence to become the fourth largest online media company, with over 70 million individual users and 12 billion page views per month when the takeover is complete.
Hypothesis: News Corporation is located in Australia.
Premise: Macedonian Milcho Manchevski's "Before the Rain" and Taiwanese Tsai Ming-liang's "Aiqing Wansui/Vive L'Amour" shared the Golden Lion award for best film.
Hypothesis: Before the Rain and "Vive L'Amour" won the Golden Lion.
Premise: Nonetheless, a literacy rate of 96 percent put Cuba on a par with such highly developed countries as Japan, France, the Soviet Union, Switzerland and Italy, Campo said.
Hypothesis: The literacy rate in Cuba is 96%.
Premise: At least eight people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on Sri Lanka's army headquarters, while the head of the army has been seriously injured. Lt Gen Sarath Fonseka is said to be in a stable condition after surgery in Colombo, where the attack happened. The military has blamed Tamil Tiger rebels for the attack and launched air strikes on their positions in the east.
Hypothesis: People were killed in suicide attacks.
Premise: There are many Baroque churches of the Counter-Reformation period, including the Jesuit Church next to the cathedral and the Church of the Holy Cross, which contains Chopin's heart.
Hypothesis: Sigismund made Warsaw the capital of Poland in 1611.
Premise: The public phase of a capital campaign to raise money for the Kroc Center at the Mid-South Fairgrounds has begun. The goal is to raise $3.9 million for the facility located just south of Central on East Parkway. Once the money is raised, construction on the 15-acre, 100,000-square-foot facility can begin. The campaign has already raised more than $21.1 million. Once the funding is raised, the center will receive a $50 million gift from the Kroc Trust, which was created by McDonald's Corp. founder Ray Kroc and his wife, Joan. A gift of $1.5 billion was given to the Salvation Army to build 25 Kroc Centers across the country. Kroc Centers are designed to serve the needs of families in the neighborhoods surrounding the facilities.
Hypothesis: Ray Kroc is the founder of McDonalds.
Premise: The results of numerous epidemiological studies and recent clinical trials provide consistent evidence that diets rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of chronic disease.
Hypothesis: Fruits and vegetables prevent osteoporosis.
Premise: Capital punishment is a catalyst for more crime.
Hypothesis: Capital punishment is a deterrent to crime.
Premise: Iraq would have been an unsafe, unsecure country that did pose a threat to the world.
Hypothesis: A threat to the world would have arisen from Iraq.
Premise: Scientists and engineers in the APL Space Department have contributed to ocean remote sensing science and technology for more than a quarter century.
Hypothesis: Ocean remote sensing is developed.
Premise: The relocation has enabled the company to eliminate the use of cyanide and chrome in its plating work replacing it with a soaplike solution.
Hypothesis: Soap-like alternatives exist.
Premise: With its headquarters in Madrid, Spain, WTO is an inter-governmental body entrusted by the United Nations to promote and develop tourism.
Hypothesis: The WTO headquarters is located in Madrid, Spain.
Premise: The news comes as the owners of Kilroot announced plans to install clean-up equipment at the plant near Carrickfergus at a cost of Â£35 million.
Hypothesis: Owners announced plans to sell clean-up equipment.
Premise: The increased amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the primary causes of the human-induced component of global warming.
Hypothesis: Greenhouse effect changes global climate.
Premise: The poll also showed that a higher percentage of Americans (65%) believe that even if the investigation proceedings actually began, Clinton ought not to be removed.
Hypothesis: According to the poll, 65% of Americans believe that Clinton should be removed from office.
Premise: I've been trying to keep 'Office actions' to a minimum (partly in reaction to some fairly heavy-handed WP:OFFICE stuff in the past), and it would be helpful to be able to say that any given action was taken by the community, not by the Foundation, said Godwin on Wikipedia's Administrators' noticeboard on May 2, the same day of the EFF's press release. 'Office actions' are changes directly authorized by the Foundation which are made to content on any of the Wikimedia projects. The edits are made by staff members working for the Foundation's head office located in San Francisco, California. Edits of this nature are generally "removals of questionable or illegal Wikimedia content following complaints," according to Wikipedia's policy on 'Office Actions.'.
Hypothesis: California includes the city of San Francisco.
Premise: A number of undergraduate schools and colleges have also received it, as has the French Red-Cross, the abbey of Notre-Dame des Dombes, and the French railway company SNCF.
Hypothesis: The French railway company is called SNCF.
Premise: Preliminary tests identified the source of the outbreak as the highly contagious norovirus, which had struck several guests just before they boarded the cruise Nov. 3 in Rome, Carnival officials said.
Hypothesis: Norovirus is the source of the outbreak on the ship.
Premise: Gross domestic product, a measure of total output within the nation's borders, climbed at a 3% annual pace in the April-June period.
Hypothesis: Annual rate increase of 3% in second quarter much lower than forecasts.
Premise: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Friday signed five bills into law that allow California to receive more than $17.5 billion in federal economic stimulus aid, but the funding will not be enough for the state to avoid $3 billion in tax increases and cuts to services to balance its budget, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The legislation changes eligibility reporting requirements for children enrolled in Medi-Cal and allows more people to qualify for unemployment insurance and extends the benefit by 20 weeks. Medi-Cal is the state's Medicaid program.
Hypothesis: Arnold Schwarzenegger is Austrian.
Premise: A.C. Milan is in second place with 13 points, after two first-half goals from captain Paolo Maldini earned them a 2-1 victory over Reggina.
Hypothesis: Paolo Maldini plays for Reggina.
Premise: Banning ivory is the surest road to extinction for the African elephant, argue leaders in those countries.
Hypothesis: The ban on ivory trade has been effective in protecting the elephant from extinction.
Premise: The two suspects belong to the 30th Street gang, which became embroiled in one of the most notorious recent crimes in Mexico: a shootout at the Guadalajara airport in May, 1993, that killed Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo and six others.
Hypothesis: Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo died in 1993.
Premise: How come a country (Vatican City), a so-called country, that is in essence 800 square acres of office space in the middle of Rome, that has a citizenry that excludes women and children, seems to attract the most attention in talking about public policy that deals with women and children? she demanded.
Hypothesis: The Vatican City is in Rome.
Premise: The greatest threat to life and property associated with a hurricane and tropical storm is storm surge.
Hypothesis: A tropical storm has caused significant property damage or loss of life.
Premise: Thus, China's President repeatedly sent letters and envoys to the Dalai Lama and to the Tibetan Government asking that Tibet "join" the Republic of China.
Hypothesis: Dalai Lama and the government of the People's Republic of China are in dispute over Panchen Lama's reincarnation.
Premise: Ralph Fiennes, who has played memorable villains in such films as 'Red Dragon' and 'Schindler's List,' is to portray Voldemort, the wicked warlock, in the next Harry Potter movie.
Hypothesis: Ralph Fiennes will play Harry Potter in the next movie.
Premise: In 1955, the Aurora Borealis, a coating applied to crystal stones to produce a "rainbow of colors" effect was introduced.
Hypothesis: The Aurora Borealis was discovered in 1995.
Premise: Meanwhile, thousands of soldiers from the first Gulf War are still suffering from severe symptoms that have been linked to what is now known as Gulf War illness, say veterans advocates.
Hypothesis: Many US soldiers developed Gulf War illness after the Gulf War.
Premise: These new results from Cassini may be the first evidence of gases originating either from the surface or possibly from the interior of Enceladus, said Dr. Michele Dougherty, principal investigator for the Cassini magnetometer and professor at Imperial College in London. Scientists have suspected Enceladus as geologically active and a possible source of Saturn's icy E ring. Enceladus is the most reflective object in the solar system, reflecting about 90 percent of the sunlight that hits it.
Hypothesis: Titan is the fifteenth of Saturn's known satellites.
Premise: San Salvador, Jan. 13, '90 (Acan-Efe) -The bodies of Hector Oqueli and Gilda Flores, who had been kidnapped yesterday, were found in Cuilapa, Guatemala, near the border with El Salvador, the relatives of one of the victims have reported.
Hypothesis: Gilda Flores was kidnapped on the 13th of January 1990.
Premise: The US state of Kansas has ruled that science classes in public schools should include the teaching of intelligent design and the doubts it casts on Darwinian evolution.
Hypothesis: Intelligent design supports Darwinian evolution.
Premise: Once on the train (according to what the channel said was a leaked police statement, aired Tuesday night) a police officer pinned de Menezes down when another officer shot him.
Hypothesis: The leaked version said Mr. de Menezes was being restrained by an officer when he was shot by armed police.
Premise: The extraditables today claimed responsibility for the murder of Antioquia police commander colonel Waldemar Franklin Quintero, which occurred this morning in Medellin.
Hypothesis: police officer killed
Premise: Hughes loved his wife, Gracia, and was absolutely obsessed with his little daughter Elicia.
Hypothesis: Hughes was married to Gracia.
Premise: Three leading Japanese banks have announced an alliance forming the world's largest financial group. Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo and the Industrial Bank of Japan say their operations will be integrated by the spring of 2002.
Hypothesis: Merger of Japanese Banks creates the world's biggest bank.
Premise: There is 'no indication of any security related event' that brought the plane down, said FBI spokesman Richard Kolko. Conditions of freezing drizzle, known as hard rime, were the most likely cause of the tragedy. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has announced that they would send a team to the crash site on Friday to begin the investigation. Lorenda Ward will serve as chief investigator with the assistance of NTSB Commissioner Steven Chealander and public affairs officer Keith Holloway. Ward has investigated several other plane crashes ―including the 2006 New York City plane crash that claimed the life of New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle.
Hypothesis: Corey Lidle was a resident of New York City.
Premise: The spread of AIDS in Africa is driven not by unsafe sex but by unsafe medical practice, according to research published last week.
Hypothesis: AIDS spreads in Africa.
Premise: Begun in 1989 with generous annual support from Lutheran Brotherhood (now Thrivent Financial for Lutherans), the Nobel Peace Prize Forum's stimulating array of programs has involved more than 21,000 participants and reached a much broader audience through national and regional media coverage.
Hypothesis: Lutheran Brotherhood received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
Premise: A small bronze bust of Spencer Tracy sold for £174,000.
Hypothesis: A small bronze bust of Spencer Tracy made £180,447.
Premise: As an active member of the National Guard, he was called to duty in 1941. Although Kennon did not see active combat, he did not return home from World War II until May of 1945.
Hypothesis: Kennon was part of the National Guard.
Premise: Other wildlife, such as gemsbok, zebras and springbok, are also dependent on the Ugab wetlands.
Hypothesis: Zebras depend on the Ugab wetlands.
Premise: LONDON (Reuters) - Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has presented the struggling Formula One champions with a penitent's hood while warning them not to become a laughing stock. "It would be a euphemism to say people here were very angry, but these same people are also very determined to react," the team quoted him as saying after a 2-1/2 hour crisis meeting in Maranello on Tuesday afternoon. "I brought with me a monk's hood to make everyone understand that we have to tackle this season with humility, and made the point that I don't want to find us on some sort of TV comedy video programme after each race," he added.
Hypothesis: Montezemolo is the president of Ferrari and Fiat.
Premise: Evans Paul, the pro-Aristide mayor of Port-au-Prince, said he had been told that the money will go to American lobbyists, politicians and journalists to campaign against the return of Aristide, Haiti's first democratically elected president
Hypothesis: Aristide is the mayor of Port-au-Prince.
Premise: The settlement must be approved by Citigroup's board of directors and the board of Regents of the University of California, the lead plaintiff for investors in the case.
Hypothesis: The University of California's board of Regents still needs to ratify the settlement - as does Citigroup's board of directors.
Premise: Prices hit their lowest levels in five weeks Friday, with light, sweet crude for October closing at $63 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the lowest settlement price since Aug. 5.
Hypothesis: Crude oil costs $63.
Premise: By clicking here, you can return to the login page.
Hypothesis: Click here to go back to the login page.
Premise: When she was barely 20 years old, Dutch singer Edsilia Rombley got her first large taste of international acclaim. Already a winner of the smaller imitation contest Soundmix Show, she decided to shoot higher. With a great deal of determination, she performed in front of hundreds of millions of television viewers at the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Her song, the R&B flavored "Hemel en aarde" (Heaven and earth), placed fourth and gave her country their highest placing at Eurovision since their last win in 1975. No Dutch contestant after her has been able to place similarly.
Hypothesis: Edsilia Rombley is a Dutch singer.
Premise: Two midsummer cruises aboard Clipper Adventure Cruises' 140-passenger World Discoverer (July 8 and Aug. 9) will take you to the wind-swept cliffs of the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea, where cartoon-faced horned and tufted puffins stare.
Hypothesis: The Pribilof Islands are located in the Bering Sea.
Premise: The three drive-ins nearest to Madison, all less than an hour's drive, are: Big Sky Twin Drive-In Theatres in Wisconsin Dells, Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre, near Jefferson, and Sky-Vu Drive-In, near Monroe.
Hypothesis: Highway 18 Outdoor Theatre is located in Wisconsin Dells.
Premise: Then came the dozens of protesters who started camping out near Bush's ranch this month, led by a California mother who lost her son in the war and insists on speaking to the president.
Hypothesis: FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley has also arrived in Texas, as has Becky Lourey, another mother who has lost her son in Iraq and a state senator in Minnesota
Premise: Morton's book was published January 15, and hit number one on Amazon.com's Top Sellers list on January 18. Yesterday, the book hit the number one spot on The New York Times Best Sellers list. The book is not for sale in Britain or Ireland, and the New York Post has reported that British tourists to the United States are buying copies of the book to bring back home. Morton makes some controversial assertions in the book, including that Cruise is second in command at the Church of Scientology, and that Scientology was the cause of Cruise and Nicole Kidman's separation.
Hypothesis: Tom Cruise is married to Katie Holmes.
Premise: The CBS Evening News commentary segment "Free Speech" , which made its debut with Katie Couric this month, was accused last Friday by Bill Maher of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" of being "anything but free speech". Maher said he was asked by CBS News to appear on the segment. But when he asked if he could talk about religion, "that was a dealbreaker from the start". Instead, he said they would send over a list of "acceptable topics". CBS News executive producer Rome Hartman has since responded in an e-mail to TVNewser saying that, "Bill Maher was never told that he couldn't discuss religion in a Free Speech segment," and added, "In fact, Free Speech has already addressed religion and we expect others will in the future."
Hypothesis: Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.
Premise: South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun Thursday asked the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) to investigate questions arising about the Foreign Ministry's response to the kidnapping of a South Korean in Iraq who was later killed by Muslim militants, according to Yonhap.
Hypothesis: Roh Moo-hyun asked the BAI to kidnap a South Korean in Iraq.
Premise: Besides producing this riverine sea, the deluge also nourishes the largest stretch of rain forest left on Earth. One-third of the remaining rain forest was in the Amazon basin and fires had consumed about 10% of it, an area twice the size of California.
Hypothesis: The Amazon rain forest is a vast area in South America.
Premise: The city continued to grow through much of the 20th century.
Hypothesis: The city continued to grow, but its services deteriorated.
Premise: Jahche Broughton, 15, was sentenced to life imprisonment and ordered to serve at least 12-and-a-half years behind bars for the murder on January 17 last year.  Miss Aim, 26, from Orkney, was killed as she made her way home from a night out with friends in the North Island resort of Taupo.   She suffered serious head injuries and later died in hospital.  A judge at the High Court in Rotorua told Broughton that the sentence took into account his age and guilty plea.  The teenager was 14 when he carried out the murder and is believed to be one of the youngest convicted criminals in New Zealand to be given a life sentence.
Hypothesis: Jahche Broughton is the murderer of Miss Aim.
Premise: Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, an event that wouldn't have been possible without the Liberty ships. The volunteers hope to raise enough money to sail the O'Brien to France for the big D-Day celebration.
Hypothesis: 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year.
Premise: A 15ft (4.5 meter) northern bottle-nosed whale has been spotted swimming in the river Thames in Central London, UK. The "Thames whale" managed to swim up past the Thames barrier and under many bridges, reaching as far as Chelsea before it turned around just before Albert Bridge. TV news helicopters scrambled to provide live TV footage of the whale, and many spectators lined the banks of the river. The whale is said to be looking healthy, although some fear that the whale may beach itself as it tried to do before rescuers forced it back into the middle of the river. Normally found in the North Atlantic, there have been sightings of a second whale near Southend.
Hypothesis: The River Thames flows through London.
Premise: PST Chittagong, Bangladesh-- Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh's "Banker to the Poor" who provides loans to help millions of people fight poverty by starting businesses, has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Hypothesis: Muhammad Yunus won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Premise: Saint John's Cathedral is the oldest church in Warsaw.
Hypothesis: In the Old Town, the Gothic St . John's Cathedral and the red-brick fortifications known as the Barbican remain from the medieval period.
Premise: As a late September report by the Democrats points out, Republicans have done a poor job at getting their own small business bills through Congress even though they control both Houses and the White House.
Hypothesis: Republicans control both Houses and the White House.
Premise: U.S. Embassy spokesman Stanley Shrager said that the Americans hope to help Port-au-Prince's elected mayor, Evans Paul, return from hiding and resume his post as mayor of the city.
Hypothesis: Americans hope to help Evans Paul in the election for mayor of Port-au-Prince.
Premise: All U.S Embassy personnel in non-emergency positions and family members of U.S Embassy personnel who were evacuated as a result of the initial conflict have been authorized to return to Eritrea.
Hypothesis: U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: The Extra Girl (1923) is a story of a small-town girl, Sue Graham (played by Mabel Normand) who comes to Hollywood to be in the pictures. This Mabel Normand vehicle, produced by Mack Sennett, followed earlier films about the film industry and also paved the way for later films about Hollywood, such as King Vidor's "Show People" (1928).
Hypothesis: The Extra Girl was produced by Sennett.
Premise: GUS on Friday disposed of its remaining home shopping business and last non-UK retail operation with the €390m (£265m) sale of the Dutch home shopping company, Wehkamp, to Industri Kapital, a private equity firm.
Hypothesis: Wehkamp cost €390m.
Premise: The outlawed Basque political party in Spain, Batasuna, called, on Monday, parties in the Basque Autonomous Government to boycott the parliament decision to ban it.
Hypothesis: Spain's Basque party calls for the boycott of a parliament decision.
Premise: The Bills will announce the release of  12-year veteran Drew Bledsoe on Wednesday afternoon, leaving J.P. Losman as the No. 1 QB.
Hypothesis: The Bills announced that they will release the 33-year-old Bledsoe.
Premise: February 4, 2005, Iraq. With more than two-thirds of the 3.3 million votes counted in the Iraqi legislative election , the United Iraqi Alliance has a considerable lead over interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's Iraqi List which trails with approximately 17% of the current tally.
Hypothesis: The first free elections in Iraq were held in January 2005.
Premise: Jennifer Hawkins is the 21-year-old beauty queen from Australia.
Hypothesis: Jennifer Hawkins is Australia's 21-year-old  beauty queen.
Premise: Access to the underground workings at the La Camorra mine is via a ramp from the surface, excavated at a -15% grade and connecting numerous levels.
Hypothesis: La Camorra is a mine.
Premise: Chicago-based Boeing has already scrubbed three delivery slots in 2006 that had been booked by Air Canada.
Hypothesis: Boeing's headquarters is in Canada.
Premise: I will take a brief vacation with some priest friends after Christmas and then I will go on retreat at a monastery, Law, reading from a brief statement, told reporters.
Hypothesis: Law said he plans to take a brief vacation after Christmas and later retreat to a monastery.
Premise: Hippos do come into conflict with people quite often.
Hypothesis: Hippopotamus attacks human.
Premise: However, market players were more inclined towards weakening yen, as the yen plunged to its lowest levels since October 1998, after foreign exchange markets interpreted comments made by visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill to mean that Washington is not opposed to a weak Japanese currency.
Hypothesis: The introduction of the euro has been opposed.
Premise: UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Iraqis had "shown again their determination to defy the terrorists and take part in the democratic process".
Hypothesis: Jack Straw holds the position of UK Foreign Secretary.
Premise: Ahern, who was travelling to Tokyo for an EU-Japan summit yesterday, will consult with other EU leaders by telephone later this week in an effort to find an agreed candidate to presidency of the European commission.
Hypothesis: EU leaders found an agreement about a candidate to the post of European commission president.
Premise: Twenty-two other miners were working at the nearby Kangjiayao mine at the time of the accident, although it is unclear if any of those miners were affected. Thousands of miners die in mining accidents each year in China. Today's accident comes just one day after 19 coal miners were killed in a mining accident in the Sulongsi mine in Chongqing, and one month after the largest accident in recent history killed 214 miners, in Fuxin, Liaoning Province.
Hypothesis: Liaoning Province is in China.
Premise: Chancellor Schroeder has presided over three years of almost zero growth in the economy and an unemployment rate that has remained stubbornly above four million people.
Hypothesis: More than four million people have remained stubbornly unemployed in the last three years.
Premise: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are to let Getty Images sell photos of their new baby Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt - and  have asked the proceeds go to charity. Angelina Jolie"While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that 2 million babies born  every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority," the couple said, in a joint statement.
Hypothesis: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a daughter.
Premise: Hepburn, a four-time Academy Award winner, died last June in Connecticut at age 96.
Hypothesis: Hepburn, who won four Oscars, died last June aged 96.
Premise: DAYTON, Ohio. A cargo plane bound for Montreal with a small quantity of hazardous chemicals crashed and exploded shortly after takeoff.
Hypothesis: Dayton is located in Ohio.
Premise: On February 1, 1990, during a spacewalk, Alexander Serebrov dons an experimental flying armchair that had been delivered to Mir with Kvant 2. Unlike U.S. astronauts, who flew untethered flights with a similar device, the Soviet cosmonaut remains attached to the station with a safety tether, since there is no space shuttle to pick him up in case of an emergency.
Hypothesis: US shuttle Atlantis docks with the Mir space station.
Premise: Six hostages in Iraq were freed.
Hypothesis: The four Jordanian hostages, kidnapped about a week ago, were freed.