In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Q: John Sutton Jr has spent the first Saturday of May the same way since he was 8 years old - on the sidelines of the Kentucky Derby. To commemorate his dedication to horse racing, Churchill Downs - the track that hosts the race every year - is inviting the 84-year-old man to attend his 76th-straight Kentucky Derby as their special guest on May 2. This week, Sutton invited a reporter from WAVE 3 into the Louisville home he shares with his wife of 61 years Doris, where she spoke about his very first Derby and showed off his impressive collection of racing memorabilia.John Sutton Jr was just 8 years old in 1940, when his blacksmith father took him to his first Kentucky DerbyThe 84-year-old Louisville native hasn't missed a race since, and has amassed an impressive collection of memorabilia over the past 76 racesChurchill Downs, the racing grounds that hosts the competition, has invited Sutton to watch the event for free as a special guest on May 2 
 Question:Through the years: The _ programs got more and more colorful over the years.

A: Kentucky Derby
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Q: The White House says President Obama will offer congratulations to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following his come-from-behind election victory, but not until after a coalition government is formed 'days' from now. The U-turn comes hours after Obama political strategy director David Simas added fuel to U.S.-Israeli tensions by stopping short of congratulating Netanyahu – and instead only patting Israelis on the back for voting. 'We want to congratulate the Israeli people for the democratic process – for the election that they just engaged in, with all the parties that engaged in that election,' Simas had said. Aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters that Obama plans to call Netanyahu 'in the coming days.'White House said Wednesday that John Kerry phoned the Israeli PM – from the scene of his Iran negotiations – on behalf of the State DepartmentObama plans to call him in the coming days, his press secretary said, but wouldn't give specificsOpposition leader immediately congratulated Netanyahu on his stunning win, but President Obama won't until Israel's president asks the PM to form a coalition governmentNetanyahu's Likud party earned 30 of the Knesset's 120 seats, enough to control a majority with help from other ring-wing and ultra-Orthodox partiesThe election was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu and a former senior Obama campaign elped organize opposition voters 
 Question:Pictured are _ supporters cheering as the results come in.

A: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Q: Holmy, near Ukraine-Russian border (CNN) -- A low hum rises high into the onion-shaped dome of a village church. The priest, shrouded in a gold cape, peers through steel-gray eyes at the small flock standing before him, intoning ancient religious chants. A few miles of forest, swampland and rolling potato fields is all that stands between this community of 2,500 people and Ukraine's eastern border with Russia. In the congregation, tears stream down one lady's face. Hard to tell whether she's moved by the power of prayer or whether she's just plain terrified of the prospect Russian troops could invade.Fear of Russian invasion is palpable in the border community of HolmyFather Mikhail Zorivchak: "I will preach to our people to defend our homeland"Border region was scene of guerrilla warfare vs. Germans during WWIIUkrainian officer claims big buildup of Russian troops, presence of offensive weapons 
 Question:But I think the _ will come in," she said.

A:
Russian
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