In this task, you will be shown a passage. You need to write a fill-in-the-gap question based on your understanding of the events that might be inferred from the passage. Your question should be answerable based on the passage and only have one correct answer. Show the gap in your question with a _ .
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Question: (CNN) A Mississippi man was sentenced to 49 years in prison Monday and fined $20,000 for killing his ex-girlfriend because she was transgender, the US Justice Department said. Joshua Vallum, 29, of Lucedale is the first person prosecuted for a federal hate crime in which the victim was targeted for being transgender, the Justice Department said in a news release. Vallum knew Mercedes Williamson was a transgender teenage girl when they began dating, but kept her gender identity secret, prosecutors said. They broke up in 2014 but Vallum decided to kill her in May 2015 because a friend had discovered she was transgender, the Justice Department said.Joshua Vallum pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriendJustice Department: He killed because she was transgender

Answer: He would not have killed _ if she was not transgender, he said.


Question: A five-year-old boy has undergone extensive plastic surgery after his ear was bitten off when his neighbour's dog viciously mauled him a day before his birthday. Kellen Cormie's ear was bitten off in the attack outside his Gold Coast home on Saturday and he suffered puncture wounds to his shoulder and abdomen where the dog latched on. The large blue staffy that savaged the little boy was put down on Monday afternoon after its owners surrendered it to Gold Coast City Council. Scroll down for video Kellen Cormie (right) celebrated his birthday in hospital with his twin Jake after he was savagely mauled by his neighbour's dog on SaturdayKellen Cormie, 5, was attacked outside his Gold Coast home on SaturdayHe suffered severe injuries to his ear and puncture wounds to shoulderStaffordshire terrier that savaged him was put down on MondayDog mauled him when he went to thank his neighbour for mowing lawnFamily have to wait three weeks to find out if surgery was successful

Answer: 'When my wife turned around _'s hand was already on the door.


Question: (CNN) -- The Florida Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Rick Scott can reject $2.4 billion in federal money that would have funded a proposed high-speed rail system in the state. The governor had made clear that he would reject the money, but two state senators -- a Democrat and Republican -- took him to court over that decision. They argued that he would overstep his executive authority and violate Florida's constitution if he did not accept the money, but the state's high court disagreed. The court decision clears the way for Scott's administration to focus on projects other than high-speed rail, the governor's spokesman, Brian Burgess said.Florida Supreme Court rules that Gov. Rick Scott can reject federal fundingU.S. Transportation Secretary said he knows other states want the extra fundsFlorida's governor says the $2.4 billion could be better used for other projectsGov. Rick Scott says cost overruns are a major concern, along with operating costs

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"Our taxpayers aren't going to take the risk of the cost overrun of building it," according to _, who said the tab for the project could total $3 billion.