Hyukkyu/superglue huggingface dataset:
Premise: Scientists had thought all gamma-ray bursts had a standard energy.
Hypothesis: The scientists had thought that all explosions gamma the ray have a standard energy.
Premise: An explosion, followed by a raging fire, demolished a plastics factory, killing at least three people and injuring at least 37.
Hypothesis: A massive blast at a plastics factory killed at least two people.
Premise: Global markets should be "quite strong enough to absorb it without lasting damage", he said . "I would stress that these circumstances are unique to Barings and should not apply to other banks operating in London." Barings faced losses of at least 600m in contracts on three stock exchanges in Singapore , Osaka and Tokyo , he said , but 'further unquantifiable losses' were expected .
Hypothesis: The banking firm Barings collapsed due to speculations made by Nick Leeson.
Premise: Geithner criticized the report's findings on the World Bank, including a commission recommendation that the Bank stop lending to emerging market economies, concentrate its resources on the poorest countries and shift the IFI's concessional assistance from loans to grants.
Hypothesis: The World Bank is criticized for activities.
Premise: The richest provinces, Ontario, Alberta and B.C, have spent billions on tax cuts and slashing services while at the same time howling for Ottawa to give them more money for medicare.
Hypothesis: Ottawa promises more money to upgrade the literacy levels and skills of natives and high school dropouts.
Premise: If you have an immediate problem with ice dams, you should remove the snow from the part of the roof directly above the ice dam. This limits the amount of water that can collect behind the dam.
Hypothesis: Dam building prevents life-threatening situations.
Premise: Victor Emmanuel III, 1869-1947, king of Italy (1900-1946), emperor of Ethiopia (1936-43), king of Albania (1939-43), son and successor of Humbert I.
Hypothesis: Victor Emmanuel III was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946.
Premise: Around this time, White decided that he would not accept any more prizes for his work. He declined both the $10,000 Britannia Award and another Miles Franklin Award.
Hypothesis: White got the $10,000 Britannia Award.
Premise: C&D Technologies announced that it has closed the acquisition of Datel, Inc.
Hypothesis: Datel acquired C&D Technologies
Premise: Legalization would eliminate the harms caused by prohibition, but it would not eliminate the harms caused by drug use.
Hypothesis: Drug legalization has benefits.
Premise: The expulsion of Albanians, which has distracted NATO with a parallel relief operation, has only served to harden the resolve of NATO's 19 members, who are now willing to approve attacks on more sensitive targets, like Milosevic's homes and Yugoslavia's state-run television.
Hypothesis: NATO has 16 members.
Premise: Taliban have started to pull out of the Buner district in northwestern Pakistan in the light of successful talks among all stakeholders, local newspaper The News reported on Saturday. The administration of North West Frontier Province, Taliban and an outlawed group Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) Friday held successful talks in Batkhela to stave off a looming military operation, said the report. The Taliban holding Buner district eventually agreed to vacate the area along with their arms. Soon after the talks, the administration and Taliban representatives accompanied Maulana Sufi Muhammad, founding chief of TNSM to evict the militants from Buner in their presence.
Hypothesis: Maulana Sufi Muhammad is the leader of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi.
Premise: Recent Dakosaurus research comes from a complete skull found in Argentina in 1996, studied by Diego Pol of Ohio State University, Zulma Gasparini of Argentinas National University of La Plata, and their colleagues.
Hypothesis: A complete Dakosaurus was discovered by Diego Pol.
Premise: Take consumer products giant Procter and Gamble. Even with a $1.8 billion Research and Development budget, it still manages 500 active partnerships each year, many of them with small companies.
Hypothesis: 500 small companies are partners of Procter and Gamble.
Premise: Evan Wolfson, the founder of the modern gay marriage movement, tells the waiter he would like an iced decaf and "the usual." Wolfson, one of Time Magazine's Most Influential People in the World, is a man who unflinchingly knows what he wants and stays his course, whether it be in his choice of restaurant or in his choice of battle. And others always know when they see Evan coming what it is that he wants.
Hypothesis: Time Magazine was created by Evan Wolfson.
Premise: Increased storage isn't all Microsoft will be offering its Hotmail users--they can also look forward to free anti-virus protection.
Hypothesis: Microsoft will provide free anti-virus protection.
Premise: The Pharos, a monumental lighthouse built around 280 BC and standing 330 ft high, lit the entrance to Alexandria harbour for centuries, but archeologists have never been able to identify positively any remains.
Hypothesis: The Pharos Lighthouse was located in Alexandria.
Premise: Critics said the National Certificate of Educational Achievement or NCEA, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text-speak use in exams.
Hypothesis: The NCEA has been degraded by the authority.
Premise: Prior to that, Andy Sipowicz began to date Assistant District Attorney Sylvia Costas. They got married in 1995 and had a son Theo in 1996.
Hypothesis: Sylvia Costas is the wife of Andy Sipowicz.
Premise: Two British destroyers struck Albanian-laid mines while exercising their rights passing through the Corfu Channel.
Hypothesis: The Corfu Channel incident was about a British destroyer sunk by Albania in the Corfu Channel.
Premise: Airbus could site a design engineering centre in the Midlands region of the UK to take advantage of the availability of skilled engineering staff following the demise of MG Rover, the collapsed UK carmaker.
Hypothesis: MG Rover has been bought by Airbus.
Premise: Her husband, political novice Juan Carlos Lecompte, scrambles to preserve Betancourt's dream and sustain the Oxygen Green Party, the political party she founded.
Hypothesis: Juan Carlos Lecompte is the founder of the Green Oxygen Party.
Premise: The human rights promotion and protection secretariat of the FMLN strongly condemns the massacre of five Spanish-born Jesuit priests, and three Salvadoran citizens, carried out by the Salvadoran Armed Forces Soldiers.
Hypothesis: The Salvadoran Armed Forces Soldiers murdered three Salvadoran citizens.
Premise: The longest mission which these Salyuts supported was 63 days. The second generation Salyuts would fly missions much longer and would need to be resupplied from time to time; therefore, a supply ferry was mandatory to maintain a fully operational Salyut for two years with 40,000 pounds of fuel, food, clothing and water.
Hypothesis: Russians hold record for longest stay in space.
Premise: Oil prices, notoriously vulnerable to political events, spiked as high as $40 a barrel during the Gulf War in 1991.
Hypothesis: The Gulf War was fought in 1991.
Premise: Elizabeth Alexandra Mary was born on April 21, 1926 in London, England. Her father, Prince Albert, Duke of York, was the second son of King George V. Her mother, the former Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, was the daughter of a Scottish earl. Princess Elizabeth was their first child. Her only sibling, Margaret Rose, was born in 1930.
Hypothesis: Elizabeth the Second's father was George VI.
Premise: Co-author Dr Zita Martins, a chemist and astrobiologist from Imperial College London, believes their findings suggest that some of the chemicals that generated life on Earth came from meteorite bombardments. "We are not saying that only meteorites contributed to the building blocks of life," she said, "but it's a very great contribution." Other scientists, however, do not believe that meteoritic chemicals played such a significant role. According to Emeritus Professor Robert Shapiro of New York University, "They're a subunit of a subunit of DNA. My opinion is that their amounts were utterly unimportant and insignificant." Wikinews contacted Professor Paul Davies, a physicist and astrobiologist presently at Arizona State University, about the recent findings. While he agreed with the findings, he said that he thinks such discoveries are "a red herring in the origin of life story - a hangover from the Miller-Urey experiment. Life is all about information - its replication and processing."
Hypothesis: Shapiro teaches at NY University.
Premise: In 1869 Sumner resigned his see, but continued to live at the official residence at Farnham until his death on the 15th of August 1874.
Hypothesis: Sumner died at Farnham.
Premise: Three Democrats joined the committee's 10 majority Republicans in a 13-5 vote to advance the conservative judge's nomination to the full Senate. Five Democrats opposed Roberts.
Hypothesis: The Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday, approved Judge John Roberts' nomination as the next Supreme Court Chief Justice, virtually assuring his confirmation by the Senate next week.
Premise: As a real native Detroiter, I want to remind everyone that Madonna is from Bay City, Mich., a nice place in the thumb of the state's lower peninsula.
Hypothesis: Madonna was born in Bay City, Mich.
Premise: The total estimated project cost including financing, inflation and interest during construction, is approximately US$1.1 billion.
Hypothesis: A hydroelectric project is proposed or is under construction.
Premise: Nevertheless, Salesforce.com's stock--which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CRM"--got a Wall Street reception in line with that of other recent successful tech IPOs.
Hypothesis: Salesforce.com started trading under the symbol "CRM."
Premise: Clinton informed the two parties that in the absence of an agreement, a public announcement would be made, with the apparent objective of applying pressure to both sides, particularly the Israelis.
Hypothesis: Clinton told the two sides that he would publicly announce their failure to agree, thereby pressurising them.
Premise: The policy focused on coca eradication from the territories of Peru and Bolivia. During the years of 1996 and 2000, much of the resources of "Andean Initiative" where utilized in intense aerial fumigation in coca producing areas.
Hypothesis: Peru debates border region with Ecuador.
Premise: The man known as just the "Piano Man" has left the hospital and has returned home to his native Germany. According to British tabloids, the man, after losing his job in Paris, travelled to the UK through the Channel Tunnel.
Hypothesis: The "Piano Man" came from Germany.
Premise: French police recovered five masterpieces stolen from Paris Museum last Summer including a small work by Renoir.
Hypothesis: Five masterpieces, including a Renoir, were recovered when the thief confessed.
Premise: On November 17, 2007, at the 2007 Trophée Eric Bompard competition in Paris, France, American pair skaters Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent, a mirror pair team, became the first pair skaters in the world to land a throw quadruple salchow jump. The jump was ratified as clean by Technical Controller Ann Hardy-Thomas, and the International Skating Union officially proclaimed it the first in international competition on Monday, November 19th.
Hypothesis: Tiffany Vise and Derek Trent are the first pair of skaters to land a triple salchow jump.
Premise: iTunes software has seen strong sales in Europe.
Hypothesis: Strong sales for iTunes in Europe.
Premise: PARIS — Julius Meinl V, the scion of a Viennese business dynasty whose name has been synonymous since the days of the Hapsburgs with luxuries like exotic coffee, handmade tortes and discreet private banking, has been jailed on suspicion of fraud at a company linked to the family. Prosecutors accused Mr. Meinl of artificially bolstering shares of the real estate company Meinl European Land on the Vienna stock exchange, even as its investments in real estate across Eastern and Central Europe cratered.
Hypothesis: Julius Meinl V is the chairman of Austria's closely-held Meinl Bank.
Premise: Loraine besides participating in Broadway's Dreamgirls, also participated in the Off-Broadway production of "Does A Tiger Have A Necktie". In 1999, Loraine went to London, United Kingdom. There she participated in the production of "RENT" where she was cast as "Mimi" the understudy.
Hypothesis: Does A Tiger Have A Necktie was produced in London.
Premise: The program will include Falla's "Night in the Gardens of Spain," Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, Berlioz's Overture to "Beatrice and Benedict," and Roy Harris' Symphony No. 3.
Hypothesis: Beatrice and Benedict is an overture by Berlioz.
Premise: Speaking outside the hospital moments after getting her child back, Ciancio said she was confident all along that the baby would be found.
Hypothesis: Ciancio was hospitalized for speaking to the baby.
Premise: Fast forward a decade or two and scientists began to notice antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.
Hypothesis: Bacteria is winning the war against antibiotics.
Premise: At the Amman Summit of Arab Women in Jordan last month, Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa said womens' advancement in the Arab world will be hobbled as long as they are so poorly represented in parliaments.
Hypothesis: Women are poorly represented in parliament.
Premise: Albert Sabin developed an oral, attenuated (live) vaccine, which, with Salk's discovery, brought polio under control.
Hypothesis: Polio is under control in the world.
Premise: Nokia, Texas Instruments and other leading makers of mobile phones have formally complained to Brussels that Qualcomm, the US mobile chipmaker, has unfairly used its patents on 3G technologies.
Hypothesis: Nokia produces mobile chips.
Premise: The fifth World Social Forum (WSF) has kicked off in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.
Hypothesis: The WSF takes place in Brazil.
Premise: Gemayel's assassination is almost certain to deepen the political crisis in Lebanon, which started after the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers, two from Hezbollah, hours after all-party round table talks collapsed.
Hypothesis: After the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers a deep political crises started in Lebanon.
Premise: The scientific community now generally agrees that between 5 and 8 million years ago, there lived in Africa a hominid which would ultimately give rise to the first hominids and later the members of the genus Homo.
Hypothesis: Humans existed 10,000 years ago.
Premise: Tropical Storm Debby is blamed for several deaths across the Caribbean.
Hypothesis: A tropical storm has caused loss of life.
Premise: A suicide attack is an attack in which the attacker or attackers intend to kill others and intend to die in the process (see suicide). In a suicide attack in the strict sense the attacker dies by the attack itself, for example in an explosion or crash caused by the attacker.
Hypothesis: People were killed in Tamil suicide attacks.
Premise: Critics said the National Certificate of Educational Achievement or NCEA, the main qualification for high school students, would be degraded by the authority allowing text speak use in exams.
Hypothesis: NCEA is the main qualification for high school students.
Premise: Climatologists believe artificially induced climate change is the reason Australia is destined for the warmest year on record. Temperatures so far this year have averaged one degree above the 30-year average, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) told the Greenhouse 2005 - Action in Climate Change Conference being held in Melbourne this week. The head of the National Climate Centre, Michael Coughlan, says Australia has had the warmest ever first 10 months of 2005, and seems likely to be a record-breaking year.
Hypothesis: Bad weather creates problems.
Premise: While the Baltic countries are set to join the European Union soon, their economies are already in good shape. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania boast the fastest economic growth in the entire Baltic Sea region, for example.
Hypothesis: The Baltic Countries will join the EU.
Premise: The seven refineries located in Lake Charles, La., and the Texas cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur, appear to be the ones hardest hit by the water and wind that accompanied Rita.
Hypothesis: Rita caused damages to seven refineries located in Lake Charles, La.
Premise: The Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Office had earlier purposely asserted that the case is strictly in the jurisdiction of the police and the justice system.
Hypothesis: The jurisdiction of the case was queried by the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Premise: Reward offers have led to recovery of stolen art.
Hypothesis: Some stolen art is recovered through offered rewards.
Premise: Someone said to be an informant within Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's trusted circle told Coalition forces the insurgent leader was going to have a meeting, it has emerged. This information appears to have led US F-16Cs to a safehouse in the Iraqi town of Hibhid, where the Jordanian and five others, including a child, were killed on Wednesday.
Hypothesis: Al-Zarquawi is dead.
Premise: The attacker wore a bullet-proof vest under his clothes and a backpack containing a knife, an axe and a fake pistol. Two other knives were found near the crime scene. The prosecutor confirmed that the man's face was painted white with blackened eyes as he committed the crime, which led international media to make comparisons to the Joker, the villain from the Batman series. "I have a question," the killer told the first employee he encountered, after which he immediately stabbed her, and started his rampage. One female day care worker attempted to disarm the killer while others locked the doors. The killer stabbed employees trying to carry children to safety.
Hypothesis: Joker appears in the Batman series.
Premise: International observers are surprised at the attack, given the recent advances that the Sri Lanka army has made, driving the LTTE from their former territories. "It is very significant that the rebels have carried out such an audacious attack when the government say that they are all but finished," opined BBC's Sinhala Editor, Priyath Liyanage. "It confirms what many of us already knew ―the rebels may be experiencing reverses on the battle field but they are not simply just going to disappear."
Hypothesis: LTTE stands for Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Premise: The main library at 101 E. Franklin St. changes its solo and group exhibitions monthly in the Gellman Room, the Second Floor Gallery, the Dooley Foyer and the Dooley Hall.
Hypothesis: Dooley Foyer is located in Dooley Hall.
Premise: Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer who lived from 1811 to 1886 was the equivalent of a rock star in his day. His piano compositions were extremely popular and he often gave concerts to his multitude of fans. Liszt was also the pioneer of many musical techniques, including the symphonic poem and the technique of transforming themes.
Hypothesis: Franz Liszt lived from 1811 to 1886.
Premise: Mr Gregory's conclusion in 1994 was that the ceremony, transferred to the more convenient nearest Sunday, was dying out. However, that year the Conservative government proclaimed "festivities" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
Hypothesis: 50th Anniversary of Normandy Landings lasts a year.
Premise: Zhao was removed from his position as secretary general of the Communist Party of China and placed under house arrest in 1989 after denouncing the use of force against student protesters in Tiananmen Square.
Hypothesis: Zhao was a member of the Communist Party.
Premise: The two attacks last week by the Islamic Resistance Movement, as Hamas is formally known, dramatized for both Israelis and Palestinians the dangers they face in pursuing peaceful coexistence.
Hypothesis: The Islamic Resistance Movement is also known as Hamas.
Premise: Dr Wood led a courageous and committed team in the fight to save 28 patients suffering from between two and 92 per cent body burns, deadly infections and delayed shock. As well as receiving much praise from both her own patients and the media, she also attracted controversy among other burns surgeons due to the fact that spray-on skin had not yet been subjected to clinical trials.
Hypothesis: Burns surgeons approve Dr Wood's spray-on skin.
Premise: The Dalai Lama has offered to send 50 trained teachers from the exile community to help the educational development of Tibet.
Hypothesis: The Dalai Lama has been living in exile since 1950.
Premise: World health officials warned yesterday that West Africa and Central Africa were on the verge of the worst polio outbreak in years, stemming from the refusal of a single state in northern Nigeria to vaccinate children against the disease.
Hypothesis: African polio outbreak feared
Premise: A Continental Connection flight from Newark to Buffalo crashed into a house about four to six miles from Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Thursday night, killing 50 people, officials said. Continental Airlines Flight 3407 is a daily commuter flight from Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York, operated under the Continental Connection brand by Virginia-based regional airline Colgan Air.
Hypothesis: A daily commuter flight crashed in New York.
Premise: The 60,000 customers, less than 10% of Telecom's subscribers, who subscribed to Go Large, which boasts full speeds and no data cap, since December 8, 2006 till late February, 2007 will receive up to NZ$160 in credit. Telecom has temporarily stopped either new or existing customers from signing up to the new plan, and will also ask existing customers in the next couple of weeks if they wish to change plans, stay on the same plan with a changed traffic management policy, or cancel their service.
Hypothesis: The number of internet users in New Zealand has increased.
Premise: The Prince of Wales and  Bowles will marry on Friday, April 8, at Windsor Castle, said Clarence House, Charles' residence and office.
Hypothesis: The Prince of Wales and Bowles will marry in a civil ceremony at Windsor Castle.
Premise: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement in order to spend time with her ill husband.
Hypothesis: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement.
Premise: SHIMOGA: The health condition of Shivu, the oldest elephant at the Sakrebylu Elephant Camp, about 15 km from here, has become a matter of concern to its maintenance staff. The elephant, which is said to be suffering from acute pain in the stomach, is refusing to take any hard food since the last one week. It has been kept on supportive medicinal system. According to sources in the wildlife section of the Department of Forests, the 85-year-old elephant is suffering from age-related weakness. Its health condition has made officials of the department and mahouts anxious.
Hypothesis: An elephant can reach the age of 85.
Premise: Local media reported on Tuesday that a gold mine collapsed in northwestern Tanzania on Sunday, killing at least twenty people. According to reports, the incident occurred at Geita region when the 100-metre-deep shaft the miners were working in collapsed after being flooded by heavy seasonal rains. Some media reports say that thirty people might have been killed by the accident.  "I know there is no hope of finding anybody alive," said Kelega Chacha, a miner who left the site soon before the mine's collapse. "We will just have to look for the bodies to give them a decent burial."
Hypothesis: Kelega Chacha died in the Geita region.
Premise: It would help the economy by putting people back to work and more money in the hands of consumers.
Hypothesis: More money in the hands of consumers means more money can be spent to get the economy going.
Premise: Even though the rug was ripped out from under Lollapalooza this week, Jane's Addiction frontman Perry Farrell is optimistic that the eclectic music festival he co-founded in 1991 will resurface and it might be sooner than you think.
Hypothesis: Perry Farrel hopes to found another music festival.
Premise: Paul Watson, the founder of Greenpeace, will speak on campus Wednesday, March 3.
Hypothesis: Paul Watson is the founder of Greenpeace.
Premise: Organic fertilizer slowly enriches and feeds the soil. Fast acting synthetic fertilizers harm soil life.
Hypothesis: Organic fertilizers are used as soil enhancers.
Premise: In the very same room in fall, 1992, George Bush prepped to debate Clinton and Ross Perot in practice sessions with Chief of Staff John H. Sununu.
Hypothesis: Ross Perot ran for president in 1992.
Premise: The Hercules transporter plane which flew straight here from the first round of the trip in Pakistan, touched down and it was just a brisk 100m stroll to the handshakes.
Hypothesis: The Hercules transporter plane made a flight to Pakistan.
Premise: Oqueli was to fly to Nicaragua to join an international Socialist delegation, which will observe the Nicaraguan electoral campaign.
Hypothesis: Oqueli was taking part in the Nicaraguan electoral campaign.
Premise: An audience of 8.3 million people watched rural soap, "Emmerdale", on Thursday, while a live episode of "The Bill" got 7.9 million viewers.
Hypothesis: Hour-long special episodes of ITV soaps, "Emmerdale" and "The Bill", were the top-rated UK TV shows on the commercial channel's 50th anniversary.
Premise: In India, carpets are made mostly in Uttar Pradesh, which adopted a "Child Labour Abolition and Regulation Act" in 1986.
Hypothesis: The Child Labour Abolition and Regulation Act was adopted in 1986.
Premise: Expert examination of the vehicle after the crash confirmed that the braking system was flawed. Volvo had known there was a potential issue with the brakes but had not issued a recall of the affected cars for modifications. The court confirmed Volvo should pay a 200,000 euro fine. The court also confirmed that Kohtz should pay a 300 euro fine and receive a six-month suspended sentence and temporary revocation of her driving license for failure to control the Volvo.
Hypothesis: Volvo is a car manufacturer from Finland.
Premise: A plating company that dumped thousands of gallons of cyanide-laced waste water into the Los Angeles sewer system pleaded guilty.
Hypothesis: A plating company dumped cyanide-laced waste water into the Los Angeles sewer system.
Premise: The original owner, Henry Borski, opened his tavern in 1945. He later passed it on to his son Jake Borski, then it was owned by Phylis Roberts for approximately 23 years after that.
Hypothesis: Henry Borski and Jake Borski are relatives.
Premise: Controversy and discussion erupted on internet forums on 28 February 2007, when publicity was given to Essjay, a prominent Wikipedia administrator and editor, having claimed false credentials which were published in a magazine. Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales was travelling in India, and at 06:42 on March 3 he issued a statement that further information had come to his attention and he had asked the editor to resign his positions of trust within the community. At 03:17 on March 4 Essjay announced on his user talk page that he had retired and was no longer active on Wikipedia.
Hypothesis: Wikipedia was launched by Jimbo Wales.
Premise: From a research point of view, this is the first time we could identify what appears to be typical Parkinson's disease cases before people develop symptoms, says Mayo Clinic neuroscientist Matthew Farrer. "We know if someone inherits the mutation they are going to get Parkinson's disease." The mutation was discovered by sequencing the LRRK2 gene in families with Parkinson's from the US, Norway, Ireland and Poland.
Hypothesis: A genetic mutation has been linked with Parkinson's disease.
Premise: In 1997, Tyson bit off part of one of Evander Holyfield's ears in their rematch that led to Tyson's disqualification and suspension. In 2002, at a melee at a news conference in New York, Tyson bit champion Lennox Lewis' leg.
Hypothesis: Tyson bit off part of one of Evander Holyfield's ears in 2002.
Premise: As the storm passed, a celebratory mood took over the city until early Sunday morning, when rap mogul, Suge Knight, was targeted by gunfire at a Kanye West party.
Hypothesis: The most notable happening occurred early Sunday morning, when rap-label owner, Marion "Suge" Knight, was shot in the leg at a Kanye West party.
Premise: On Friday, James appeared in a Santa Barbara, California court for arraignment on charges of kidnapping and murdering a 15-year-old boy. James will plead not guilty, according to his attorney, James E. Blatt. Blatt also criticized the portrait prosecutors had painted of his client. "Have you ever seen a 20 year-old mastermind? He was not the shooter. He was not at the scene," said Blatt.
Hypothesis: James E. Blatt killed a 15-year-old-boy in California.
Premise: ASCAP is a membership association of more than 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers of every kind of music.
Hypothesis: More than 200,000 U.S. composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers are members of ASCAP.
Premise: The blast observed on Dec. 27 came from a neutron star: a collapsed dead star with a sun-like mass squeezed into a sphere, just 15 miles across, in the constellation Sagittarius (the Archer).
Hypothesis: The December burst came from a neutron star in the constellation Sagittarius.
Premise: In a separate mass shooting on Saturday in Pittsburgh, a man donned a bulletproof vest and killed three police officers after he had been driven into a murderous rage by an argument with his mother over a dog.  According to court papers, Richard Poplawski — who had recently been dishonourably discharged from the US Marines — had been arguing with his mother about the dog urinating inside their home early on Saturday morning when she threatened to evict him. When the argument escalated, she called the police. By the time a patrol car turned up at after 7am, Mr Poplawski, 23, had armed himself with an assault rifle, a long-arm rifle, a pistol and several rounds of ammunition.
Hypothesis: In Pittsburgh a man shot 3 policemen.
Premise: The organisation reports that it has recently seen a significant rise in the number of complaints and some of these involve modem connections being redirected, unbeknown to the users.
Hypothesis: Users were unaware of the modem connections' redirection.
Premise: During a IRS raid in Spring 2006, the government confiscated records, $42,000 in cash was seized, and that day Kent Hovind withdrew $70,000 from the Creation Science Evangelism account, half in a check; the other in cash. At the November trial, the young Earth creationist chose not to present a defense case. While the prosecution noted Hovind never filed income taxes with the government, others testified Hovind claimed he had "beat" the tax system, and employees said Hovind's evangelism was a business not a ministry.
Hypothesis: Hovind  was found guilty on 59 federal counts.
Premise: A small bronze bust of Spencer Tracy sold for £174,000.
Hypothesis: A small bronze bust of Spencer Tracy made £174,000.
Premise: During the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, Chinese student demonstrators in Beijing built a 10-meter version of the Statue of Liberty to symbolize their struggle.
Hypothesis: The Statue of Liberty was built in 1989.
Premise: Boris Becker is a former professional tennis player for Germany.
Hypothesis: Boris Becker is a Wimbledon champion.
Premise: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 The Suns had been on fire for the entire month of January. Unfortunately for them, Kevin Garnett was holding the extinguisher when the Suns came into the Target Center on Monday night. Garnett posted a double-double, scoring 44 points and snaring 11 rebounds, as the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-112. The loss prevented the Suns from posting a perfect record in the month of January, and ended the Suns' season-high 17-game winning streak. The Suns had problems answering Garnett's scoring prowess, but it was the Minnesota defense that doomed the Suns, limiting them to 17 points in the final quarter after allowing 95 from Phoenix in the first three periods. Steve Nash had 20 points and 18 assists, but in the fourth quarter he was only able to score 3 points and provide one assist.
Hypothesis: Kevin Garnett was born in Minnesota.
Premise: A referendum in Ireland proposing the country's ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon has been rejected by the electorate despite near universal support from the country's political establishment. Although in most states the issue has been (or will be) decided through parliamentary vote, Ireland was obliged to hold a referendum by its constitution. Ireland is the first state to reject the treaty which came about as a reworking of the E.U. Constitution, rejected by referenda in France and the Netherlands in 2005.
Hypothesis: European nations have signed the Treaty of Lisbon.
Premise: Lawyer David Gibbs pleaded with the appeals court to order Schiavo's feeding tube reinserted to give her parents a chance to make a complete argument before a federal court that her rights are being violated.
Hypothesis: The appeals court was their last best chance to get that feeding tube reinserted into their daughter.
Premise: Reagan was seriously wounded by a bullet fired by John Hinckley Jr. in an attempted assassination on March 30, 1981.
Hypothesis: Reagan almost died on March 30, 1981, when would-be assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. shot him.
Premise: The crisis took a sharp turn for the worse after the cabinet, without the Syrian-backed ministers, approved the UN draft document for creation of an international tribunal in the case of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri's killing.
Hypothesis: The crisis worsened after the UN draft document for the creation of an international tribunal was approved.
Premise: At eurodisney, once upon a time is now in this magical kingdom where childhood fantasies and make-believe come to life.
Hypothesis: EuroDisney is located in this magical kingdom.
Premise: Recently of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), where he worked in media and public relations, Mr. Jay Walsh was announced as the replacement for Sandy Ordonez as the communications officer for the Wikimedia Foundation on an internal mailing list on Tuesday, 8 January. "I'm extremely grateful for [Sandy Ordonez's] hard work and excellent judgement," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of Wikimedia Foundation, in her announcement. Ordonez managed the WMF's public and media relations from January 2007, and will stay on in Florida until the end of the month when the Tampa office is closed.
Hypothesis: Sandy Ordonez was replaced by Jay Walsh.
Premise: The cost for some 30 million sheets of paper used each year by Cal State Long Beach colleges and departments went up Wednesday for the first time in four years.
Hypothesis: The cost of paper is rising.
Premise: Earlier this year reporter Judith Miller was jailed for refusing to name the US-government source who identified a member of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Valerie Plame.
Hypothesis: Judith Miller works for the US Government.
Premise: A former philosophy teacher whose best-known novel, Sophie's World, was a surprise international best-seller.
Hypothesis: Sophie's World is a best seller.
Premise: Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, left Lillehammer for Sarajevo to pay tribute to the besieged host city of the 1984 Winter Games
Hypothesis: The International Olympic Commitee's head office is in Lillehammer.
Premise: The lion's share of this traffic comes from Angola, where diamonds from the area controlled by UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola) rebels are subject to an embargo.
Hypothesis: Angola was subject to an embargo on the export of diamonds.
Premise: Pollner, they say, began trading with Iraq before the 1991 Persian Gulf War and continued after a U.N. embargo. For his part, Chalmers had loaned money to Iraq since the 1980s and received repayment in oil, according to industry experts.
Hypothesis: Persia bought oil from Iraq during the embargo.
Premise: Following the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty of 1979, Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula, in exchange for peace with its neighbor. For over two decades, the Sinai Peninsula was home to about 7,000 Israelis.
Hypothesis: The Israel-Egypt Peace Agreement was signed in 1979.
Premise: Crude oil dips below $43 on news that Russia's justice ministry will not force Yukos to halt sales.
Hypothesis: Crude oil rises.
Premise: The widow of John Lennon, Yoko Ono, may take legal action against a new breakfast cereal called "Strawberry Fields," which she believes is too close in name to Lennon's song.
Hypothesis: Yoko Ono is John Lennon's widow.
Premise: Tom Cruise has returned to The Oprah Winfrey Show and talked about his love for Katie Holmes, but this time he was denying marital problems instead of jumping on the couch to prove his passion for the young actress. "That's laughable to me," Cruise said when Winfrey told him there was speculation that "what you and Katie have is not real". It was the first time Cruise appeared on the show since his couch-hopping stunt three years ago drew a flood of satire and ridicule. "It was something that I just felt that way, and I feel that way about her. That's just how I felt," he said in the interview, which aired on Friday in the US.
Hypothesis: Tom Cruise is married to Oprah Winfrey.
Premise: President Ford reported that a force of 70 evacuation helicopters and 865 Marines had evacuated about 1,400 U.S. citizens and 5,500 third country nationals and South Vietnamese from landing zones near the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Airfield.
Hypothesis: U.S. Military evacuated U.S. citizens.
Premise: On Feb. 1, 1945, the Polish government made Warsaw its capital, and an office for urban reconstruction was set up.
Hypothesis: Warsaw remained Poland's capital after the war.
Premise: The city retains its spotless streets, immaculate shops and nonexistent crime rate. Since the slowdown, only one manufacturing company has gone bankrupt, says the city's Chamber of Commerce and Industry, because Toyota spread out orders among many of the more than 400 auto parts factories in the city, to keep them afloat through hard times. Nonetheless, Toyota's downturn has rippled through the city's economy, idling many smaller auto-related suppliers, which also cut payrolls, mainly by refusing to renew the contracts of short-term workers. After losing their jobs, many of the city's 16,400 foreign residents, mostly ethnic Japanese from Brazil and Latin America, packed up and left, residents and city officials said.
Hypothesis: Toyota Motor is located in Toyota City.
Premise: On the morning of 1 June, there was a blackout throughout most of the capital caused by urban commandos of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN).
Hypothesis: FMLN caused a blackout in the capital.
Premise: Oil prices eased back from record high levels after Russia's justice ministry said embattled oil giant Yukos can continue oil production and sales.
Hypothesis: Oil prices rise.
Premise: A variety of devices could be powered selectively from a single-power source carried on the body via multiple power supply signals at different frequencies, according to the patent abstract.
Hypothesis: The patent abstract shows a number of devices using a single source.
Premise: Shelby Foote, author of the acclaimed three volume history of the American Civil War, The Civil War: A Narrative, died in Memphis on June 27 at age 88. Foote also wrote historical fiction, including Follow Me Down and Shiloh. He may be best known for his appearance in filmmaker Ken Burns' PBS documentary, The Civil War. The Modern Library ranked Foote's The Civil War: A Narrative as number 15 on its list of 100 best non-fiction books. He was commissioned to write a short history of the Civil War by Random House and spent more than 20 years on the work eventually producing the three volumes.
Hypothesis: The Civil War: A Narrative is a book written by Shelby Foote.
Premise: Drew Barrymore and Justin Long have been cast in a romantic comedy called Going the Distance. The New Line Cinema film is to be directed by documentary filmmaker Nanette Burstein, who made the films The Kid Stays in the Picture and American Teen. It will be Burstein's feature film debut. Going the Distance, written by New Line staffer Geoff LaTulippe, will focus on a couple dealing with challenges arising from a cross-country romance. Media reports did not indicate a release date had been determined.
Hypothesis: Drew Barrymore is in a relationship with Justin Long.
Premise: As late as 1799, priests were still being imprisoned or deported to penal colonies and persecution only worsened after the French army led by General Louis Alexandre Berthier captured Rome and imprisoned Pope Pius VI, who would die in captivity in Valence, Drôme, France in August of 1799.
Hypothesis: Pope Pius VI died in France.
Premise: Rana told a delegation of the Nepal Trans-Himanlyan Trade Association, the only non-governmental organization which has trade relations with China, who informed the minister of the problems existing in the bilateral trade sector.
Hypothesis: Rana is the Trade Minister in China.
Premise: Last week, saw the fall of the Dutch right wing coalition government, made up of the Christian-democrats (CDA) led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the right wing liberal party (VVD) and the so-called left-liberal D66.
Hypothesis: Three parties form a Dutch coalition government.
Premise: An official of the International Special Commission in charge of disarming Iraqi weapons (UNSCOM) announced yesterday, Saturday, that the Commission will keep its inspectors in Iraq despite Baghdad's decision to stop its cooperation with them.
Hypothesis: UNSCOM is to stay in Iraq.
Premise: Toshiba, the world's third-largest notebook computer maker behind Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., said the PC would be introduced in Japan in early 2006.
Hypothesis: Toshiba produces notebook computers.
Premise: Tintin, the Smurfs, Boule et Bill, Astérix, Natacha, Spirou and other legendary characters were created by talented artists like Hergé, Morris, Franquin and Walthéry.
Hypothesis: Spirou was created by Rob-Vel.
Premise: With oil prices at $90 a barrel and fear of recession in the UK and many other European economies, the current outlook for the coming fiscal year is poor. While it is impossible to accurately forecast full year fuel prices and yields this far in advance, there is now a significant chance that profits may decline next year, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary cautioned. Ryanair said that it is not hedged against oil price increases for the next fiscal year. However, Ryanair is not the only airline to suffer from the economic downturn. Aer Lingus shares are down 3% to €1722.30. Easyjet has declined 11%. However shrewd, Mr. O'Leary has plans to spend up to 200 million purchasing back shares in the company, which equates to 3% of the company share capital.
Hypothesis: Ryanair shares suffered a 3% decrease.
Premise: Pakistani officials announced that two South African men in their custody had confessed to planning attacks at popular tourist spots in their home country.
Hypothesis: Two South Africans were arrested in Pakistan in the past week after a shoot-out at a house between al-Qaeda operatives and security forces.
Premise: A charity today joined forces with Glasgow's new Lord Provost to launch a campaign to help the Russian city's twin. A convoy of aid is being sent to Rostov-on-Don next month by The Caring City Organisation.
Hypothesis: Rostov-on-Don is a Russian city whose twin is Glasgow.
Premise: He'll teach the new environmental engineering classes at Carroll as a full-time professor. The school said his position will be funded by a two-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. While Weight couldn't be reached by phone this week, past studies have taken him to Lake Titicaca in Peru, where he studied mercury levels in the lake's fish. He authored the "Hydrology Field Manual," along with other professional journals. In the fall semester, Weight will begin teaching water quality, as well as a hands-on class in stream restoration. The following spring, he'll teach new classes in air quality and groundwater flow modeling.
Hypothesis: Lake Titicaca is located in Peru.
Premise: Jyestadeva (1500-1610), was an astronomer of the Kerala school founded by Madhava of Sangamagrama and a student of Damodara. He is most known for writing the first calculus text, the Yuktibhasa . He also authored the Drk-karana on astronomical observations.
Hypothesis: Jyestadeva invented calculus.
Premise: ET confirms that actor Bruce Willis has married his girlfriend of a year, model/actress Emma Heming.  A small, private wedding ceremony took place on Saturday at Willis' home in Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos, a rep said.  In attendance were the 54-year-old actor's first wife, Demi Moore, and her husband Ashton Kutcher, as well as his daughters Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah Belle. The couple plans to hold a civil ceremony when they return to California.
Hypothesis: Bruce Willis' wife is from California.
Premise: Bush and his wife, Laura, departed the White House on Thursday afternoon to spend four days at the wooded presidential retreat of rustic cabins in the Maryland mountains. Along with the first lady's mother, Jenna Welch, the weekend gathering includes the president's parents, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara; his sister Doro Koch and her husband, Bobby; and his brother, Marvin, and his wife, Margaret.
Hypothesis: The name of George H.W. Bush's wife is Barbara.
Premise: Merseyside Police concluded after a brief inspection that the controversial blog Liverpool Evil Cabal does not break criminal law. However the council officers continue to search for the editor. The blog has been blocked on computers controlled by Liverpool Direct Ltd, a company jointly owned by Liverpool City Council and British Telecom. The council's elected officials have denied ordering the block and are currently investigating its origin.
Hypothesis: Liverpool Evil Cabal is the name of an online blog.
Premise: Kasyanov was sacked by Putin in February 2004, after he had become critical of the Kremlin's politically motivated legal attack on the Yukos oil giant and its owner, billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Hypothesis: The Kremlin is owned by Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Premise: In June 1971 cosmonauts Georgi Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev occupied Salyut for 23 days, setting a new record for the longest human spaceflight.
Hypothesis: 23 days is the record for the longest stay in space by a human.
Premise: The galaxy, measuring just 2,000 light-years across, is a fraction of the size of our own Milky Way, which stretches 100,000 light-years in diameter.
Hypothesis: The Milky Way measures 2,000 light-years across.
Premise: Martin was given water to drink, then taken to New Orleans Ochsner Foundation Hospital, where nurse Jinny Resor said he was treated for dehydration.
Hypothesis: Ochsner Foundation Hospital is located in New Orleans.
Premise: India, an enchanting country situated in the southern central peninsula of the Asian continent, covers over 3.28 million square kilometers.
Hypothesis: India is on the Asian continent.
Premise: Former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, also a prominent anti-Syria political figure, was killed in a suicide bombing in February last year, which led to rising anti-Syrian waves and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon.
Hypothesis: Syrian troops have been withdrawn from Lebanon after the murder of Rafik Hariri.
Premise: Heemeyer equipped an old bulldozer with three television cameras and monitors so he could see to steer.
Hypothesis: Heemeyer had installed television cameras connected to three monitors so he could see where he was going.
Premise: A series of projects with the objective of finding solutions to some of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident have been carried out within the framework of the UNESCO Chernobyl Programme. The IHP organized a workshop to review and compare present knowledge of radionuclide transfer in the hydrological cycle.
Hypothesis: The Chernobyl disaster had repercussions outside the ex-USSR.