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: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray defended his appellate lawyer from "a slew of disparaging remarks" just days before she files the appeal of the doctor's involuntary manslaughter conviction in Michael Jackson's death. CNN has obtained sections of that 300-page appeal, including the defense argument that the trial judge erred by not allowing the testimony of Dr. Arnold Klein, a dermatologist the defense contended addicted Jackson to Demerol in his last weeks. Murray's appeal, which will be filed Monday, also argues that prosecutors never proved Jackson was hooked up to an IV drip of the drug that killed him. The defense theory was that Jackson had administered the fatal dosage himself while the doctor was away.Murray calls from jail citing "injustice" done to appeal lawyerAppeal lawyer Valerie Wass " took a personal hit for me," Murray tells CNNMurray witnessed Wass and trial lawyer Michael Flanagan argue at the jailWass will file Murray's appeal on Monday 
 Question:"The evidence is consistent with a scenario in which _ quickly self-injected the lethal bolus dose of propofol while appellant was outside the bedroom," the appeal contends.

A: Michael Jackson
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Q: (CNN) -- A federal court on Monday sentenced a Somali man to 30 years in prison for acts related to high-seas piracy, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia. "Today marks the first sentencing in Norfolk for acts of piracy in more than 150 years," U.S. Attorney MacBride said in the statement. "Piracy is a growing threat throughout the world, and today's sentence ... demonstrates that the United States will hold modern-day pirates accountable in U.S. courtrooms." Jama Idle Ibrahim pleaded guilty in federal court in August, admitting he had intended to seize a U.S. merchant vessel on April 10 and hold it for ransom.NEW: A Somali man is sentenced to 30 years in prison in high-seas piracy attemptJama Idle Ibrahim is one of a group of would-be pirates who were capturedHe has admitted to trying to seize a U.S. merchant vessel and hold it for ransomUntil this year, the last piracy-related conviction in the United States was in 1861 
 Question:Ibrahim and five other would-be pirates learned too late that they had instead pulled alongside a _.

A: U.S.
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Q: A Shuttle America flight attendant 'will no longer serve United customers' following an investigation into a Muslim chaplain's complaint of discriminatory treatment during a flight, an airline spokesman said Wednesday. In an email to The Associated Press, United spokesman Charles Hobart said the airline 'does not tolerate behavior that is discriminatory — or that appears to be discriminatory — against our customers or employees.' The statement came five days after Northwestern University chaplain Tahera Ahmad said a flight attendant declined her request for an unopened can of Diet Coke because it could be used as a weapon. The flight was operated by Shuttle America for United.Tahera Ahmad published a Facebook post May 29 detailing her experience on a flight that day from Chicago to Washington, D.C.The flight was operated by Shuttle America for UnitedAhmad's post said a flight attendant gave another passenger an unopened beer can but told her that people weren't allowed to have unopened cansThe flight attendant said unopened cans could be used as weapons, according to AhmadAhmad has claimed she asked other passengers if they saw what happened, and one man swore at herA Shuttle America flight attendant 'will no longer serve United customers' following an investigation, a United spokesman said 
 Question:'While _ did not operate the flight, Ms. Ahmad was our customer and we apologize to her for what occurred on the flight,' Hobart said.

A:
United
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