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Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- It's been more than 180 years since Venezuelans saw Simon Bolivar's face. But the revolutionary leader's thick sideburns, bushy eyebrows and steely gaze popped out from behind picture frames Tuesday in new 3-D images unveiled by President Hugo Chavez. Researchers used several software programs to reconstruct the face of the man who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela from the Spanish crown. Scans of Bolivar's skeletal remains, which investigators exhumed two years ago, factored into their calculations. So did historical paintings, photos of restored uniforms Bolivar wore and images of middle-aged Venezuelans, officials said. @highlight Researchers use computer programs to reconstruct Simon Bolivar's face @highlight Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unveils new, 3-D portraits of Bolivar @highlight Researchers use data from skeletal remains exhumed two years ago @highlight An investigation into Bolivar's 1830 death has been inconclusive, the government says

In 1819, @placeholder founded Gran Colombia, a federation of what is now Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.

Bolivar

Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- It's been more than 180 years since Venezuelans saw Simon Bolivar's face. But the revolutionary leader's thick sideburns, bushy eyebrows and steely gaze popped out from behind picture frames Tuesday in new 3-D images unveiled by President Hugo Chavez. Researchers used several software programs to reconstruct the face of the man who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela from the Spanish crown. Scans of Bolivar's skeletal remains, which investigators exhumed two years ago, factored into their calculations. So did historical paintings, photos of restored uniforms Bolivar wore and images of middle-aged Venezuelans, officials said. @highlight Researchers use computer programs to reconstruct Simon Bolivar's face @highlight Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unveils new, 3-D portraits of Bolivar @highlight Researchers use data from skeletal remains exhumed two years ago @highlight An investigation into Bolivar's 1830 death has been inconclusive, the government says

In 1819, Bolivar founded Gran Colombia, a federation of what is now @placeholder, Colombia, Panama and Ecuador.

Venezuela

Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- It's been more than 180 years since Venezuelans saw Simon Bolivar's face. But the revolutionary leader's thick sideburns, bushy eyebrows and steely gaze popped out from behind picture frames Tuesday in new 3-D images unveiled by President Hugo Chavez. Researchers used several software programs to reconstruct the face of the man who liberated Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela from the Spanish crown. Scans of Bolivar's skeletal remains, which investigators exhumed two years ago, factored into their calculations. So did historical paintings, photos of restored uniforms Bolivar wore and images of middle-aged Venezuelans, officials said. @highlight Researchers use computer programs to reconstruct Simon Bolivar's face @highlight Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez unveils new, 3-D portraits of Bolivar @highlight Researchers use data from skeletal remains exhumed two years ago @highlight An investigation into Bolivar's 1830 death has been inconclusive, the government says

A new $116 million mausoleum to house Bolivar's remains is under construction in Caracas, @placeholder's government said in a statement Tuesday.

Venezuela

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered contingency plans drawn up nearly 40 years ago to attack Cuba, incensed over the small island's deployment of troops to Angola, according to declassified government documents posted online Wednesday. In several White House meetings, Kissinger advocated for strong action to stop Castro, fearful that his incursion in Africa was making the U.S. look weak. He argued that Cuba's actions were driving fears around the world of a wider race war that could spill over into Latin America and even destabilize the Middle East. In a series of contingency plans that followed, options ranged from a military blockade to airstrikes and mining of Cuban ports. @highlight Then-U.S. Secretary of State angered by Fidel Castro's decision to send troops into Angola in 1975 @highlight Kissinger feared it would ruin his plans for Africa and wanted to retaliate @highlight Drew up plans in 1976 to attack ports and military installations in Cuba @highlight 'I would be in favor of clobbering them,' Kissinger said, according to the documents @highlight Plans never eventuated as Jimmy Carter was elected

The contingency plans outlined military options from blocking outgoing Cuban ships carrying troops and war material to airstrikes against @placeholder bases and airfields.

Cuba

(CNN) -- The father of a 6-year-old girl, one of four relatives who police say were killed by another family member on Thanksgiving Day, said it was "unbelievable" how a tip from a television viewer brought about the arrest of the suspect. "Before the show even came on, Paul was being surrounded by the people behind me," Jim Sitton said Tuesday in Jupiter, Florida, standing in front of police officers. Paul M. Merhige is accused of fatally shooting his twin sisters, Sitton's 6-year-old daughter Makayla -- Merhige's cousin -- and a 79-year-old aunt at a family home in Jupiter, Florida, on November 26. @highlight Dad of slain girl, 6, says arrest of relative is first step towards justice @highlight Viewer tip led to arrest of suspect in fatal Thanksgiving shooting @highlight Paul Michael Merhige was arrested Saturday at motel in Florida Keys @highlight Couple who called police lifted tarp to check license plate on Merhige's car

He said Sitton's home had been under police protection and @placeholder had patrolled his home nights with a shotgun since the incident.

Jim Sitton

(CNN) -- During a 1996 interview with television talk show host Charlie Rose, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs took exception to Rose's characterization of him as "a guy who founds high-tech companies and tries to make another billion." "Yeah, well, I don't think of myself that way," Jobs said. "The things that I have done in my life, I think the things we do now at Pixar [the animation company he bought in 1986], these are team sports. They are not something one person does." If pop culture were a team sport, Jobs would have certainly played quarterback. From the invention of iTunes, which completely changed the business of music, to offering the world its first completely full-length computer-generated animated film with Pixar's "Toy Story" in 1995, Jobs left his indelible fingerprints on the entertainment industry. @highlight Steve Jobs pioneered inventions that changed the way the world consumed media @highlight Pixar made the first fully computer-generated animated film @highlight Billboard editor says Jobs brillance made buying music easy and fun

@placeholder was a major influence on portable media, which paved the way for gamers to be able to engage in their favorite past time via handheld devices and film fans to be able to stream movies almost anywhere.

Jobs

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The commander of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan apologized Wednesday after an investigation concluded that coalition troops accidentally killed nine civilians -- including some children -- in a strike Tuesday. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said he would personally apologize to Afghan President Hamid Karzai after Karzai returns from a trip to London this week. "We are deeply sorry for this tragedy and apologize to the members of the Afghan government, the people of Afghanistan, and, most importantly, the surviving family members of those killed by our actions," Petraeus said in a statement Wednesday. @highlight NEW: Karzai condemns the incident @highlight Helicopters attacked after insurgents fired rockets at coalition troops @highlight 9 civilians were killed, including some children @highlight Gen. David Petraeus apologizes

@placeholder emphasized Wednesday that "NATO needs to focus on the safe havens of terrorists," adding that killing innocent civilians will create "huge problems."

Hamid Karzai

Washington (CNN) -- When Chris Christie praises President Barack Obama as "outstanding" and "incredibly supportive," you know something extraordinary has occurred. Obama updated on Sandy; praised by Christie In this case, it was once-in-a-lifetime Superstorm Sandy, which caused the outspoken Republican governor of New Jersey to declare a state of emergency and seek federal help for widespread devastation. Interviewed Tuesday on NBC, Christie described Obama's response as "outstanding," and he told CNN that the president had been "incredibly supportive and helpful to our state." "This is much more important than any election," Christie told CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight." Obama has "been outstanding to deal with on this and I look forward to seeing him tomorrow so he can see for himself what this hurricane has done to my state," Christie said Tuesday night. @highlight Mitt Romney surrogate Chris Christie praises President Barack Obama's response to Sandy @highlight The superstorm focuses attention on the role of government in disaster relief @highlight Romney advocates a state-led approach, but his campaign promises enough funding @highlight Obama emphasizes federal, state and local cooperation

@placeholder reminds us of climate change and other forgotten campaign issues

Sandy

Mr Rowe has been advocating for the AFL to be broadcast in HD for two years An avid AFL fan has accused the Seven Network of 'backflipping' on a promise to broadcast the 2014 grand final on it's high definition channel. Josh Rowe, a passionate AFL follower, has been advocating for the broadcast of AFL in HD for over two years, with his webite 'AFL in HD Please' having nearly 80,000 followers on Twitter. Rowe went public with emails on Tuesday which detail communication between himself and Seven Melbourne managing director Lewis Martin, which indicate that the network made a commitment to show the AFL grand final on their HD broadcast channel, 7Mate. @highlight Was promised by Seven Melbourne that the AFL grand final would be broadcast in high definition @highlight Managing director Lewis Martin asked him to keep the commitment confidential @highlight Seven Network did a 'gold medal winning back flip' on promise @highlight Claims Martin did this to sabotage campaign for the AFL in HD @highlight Claims Seven is choosing monetary gains over the desires of fans

@placeholder is now campaigning for awareness, calling for a boycott of sponsors of the AFL and deliberately spreading information about HD options.

Josh Rowe

By Toby Harnden PUBLISHED: 10:25 EST, 10 October 2012 | UPDATED: 07:52 EST, 11 October 2012 Paul Ryan hopes to deliver a knockout blow to President Barack Obama's hopes of re-election if he prevails in tonight's debate in Kentucky. While the Romney campaign has been publicly playing down the chances of Representative Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, scoring a major victory in the vice-presidential debate, privately hopes are high that he could do very well. And if the pictures in the next edition of TIME magazine of the vice-presidential candidate working out in December 2011 are anything to go by, he's pumped up for the 'Thrill in the Ville', in Danville. @highlight Expectations are high that Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan will win the debate against Vice President Joe Biden @highlight Biden, a senator for 36 years, is a far more experienced debater than Ryan, who is 27 years younger than Biden @highlight Republican nominee Mitt Romney is tamping down expectations that Ryan will win the debate to avoid negative fallout if his running mate fails to impress

By a 40 per cent to a 34 per cent margin, voters expect Ryan to beat @placeholder at their Thursday debate in Danville, Kentucky.

Biden

The Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt has released a video purporting to show the beheading of eight Bedouin men it accused of working for the Egyptian and Israeli armies. The video, posted on the group's Twitter account late on Monday, also showed what it said were victims of Egyptian military operations in the restive Sinai Peninsula. An insurgency there has killed scores of policemen and soldiers. The Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis has released a video purporting to show the beheading of eight men it accused of working for the Egyptian and Israeli armies. The group last year posted a similar video (above) in which four men, accused of being Israeli Mossad spies, were executed @highlight Footage also shows alleged victims of Egyptian military operations in Sinai @highlight ISIS Insurgency has killed scores of policemen and soldiers on peninsula

The men were first made to confess they worked for the armies of Egypt and Israel, which borders the @placeholder and have been attacked by militants from the peninsula several times over the past three years.

Sinai

By Daniel Miller and Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 17:44 EST, 9 December 2013 | UPDATED: 18:30 EST, 9 December 2013 Dropped charges: George Zimmerman's girlfriend has dropped charges against him just weeks after she claimed the volatile man, pictured in July, pointed a shotgun at her and smashed her stuff, and now she even wants him back George Zimmerman's girlfriend has dropped charges against him just weeks after she claimed he pointed a shotgun at her and smashed her stuff, and now she even wants him back, it has emerged. Samantha Scheibe called 911 in November, telling operators Zimmerman was brandishing a weapon during an argument and that she feared for her life. He was charged with felony aggravated assault among other lesser charges. @highlight Samantha Scheibe, 27, called 911 in November, telling operators Zimmerman was brandishing a weapon during an argument at their Florida home @highlight He was charged with felony aggravated assault but she now says she doesn't want to press charges, despite earlier detailing his intense depression and how she feared him @highlight In a December 6 affidavit, filed in court by Zimmerman's attorney, Scheibe writes how she felt 'very intimidated' by police and that they may have 'misinterpreted me' @highlight However, a 911 call has her clearly describing the gun-toting incident @highlight She also states in the new affidavit, 'I want to be with George'

called the emergency line and clearly told a dispatcher @placeholder was

George

By Daniel Miller and Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 17:44 EST, 9 December 2013 | UPDATED: 18:30 EST, 9 December 2013 Dropped charges: George Zimmerman's girlfriend has dropped charges against him just weeks after she claimed the volatile man, pictured in July, pointed a shotgun at her and smashed her stuff, and now she even wants him back George Zimmerman's girlfriend has dropped charges against him just weeks after she claimed he pointed a shotgun at her and smashed her stuff, and now she even wants him back, it has emerged. Samantha Scheibe called 911 in November, telling operators Zimmerman was brandishing a weapon during an argument and that she feared for her life. He was charged with felony aggravated assault among other lesser charges. @highlight Samantha Scheibe, 27, called 911 in November, telling operators Zimmerman was brandishing a weapon during an argument at their Florida home @highlight He was charged with felony aggravated assault but she now says she doesn't want to press charges, despite earlier detailing his intense depression and how she feared him @highlight In a December 6 affidavit, filed in court by Zimmerman's attorney, Scheibe writes how she felt 'very intimidated' by police and that they may have 'misinterpreted me' @highlight However, a 911 call has her clearly describing the gun-toting incident @highlight She also states in the new affidavit, 'I want to be with George'

stay 1,500 feet away from @placeholder at all times and hand over his array of

Samantha Scheibe

By Mail On Sunday Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:04 EST, 11 May 2013 | UPDATED: 01:58 EST, 13 May 2013 As the liveried helicopter touches down in the Palace grounds, highly trained professionals act swiftly but discreetly to unload its precious Royal cargo . . . Prince Charles’s favourite embroidered silk cushion. It took two unofficial Protectors Of The Privy Bottom to attend to the VIP – Very Important Pillow – when the Prince’s maroon twin-engine Sikorsky landed in Kensington Palace last week. After the 64-year-old walked to his waiting car, one of his Scotland Yard bodyguards could be seen bringing up the rear with the red and gold cushion. @highlight Pampered prince helicoptered into Kensington Palace last week

of Royal-watchers, as well as the @placeholder’s own staff, some of whom could

Charles

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (CNN) -- It was expected to be a court date like no other, with Spaniards riveted to a financial corruption case that involves members of the royal family. But on Saturday, when Princess Cristina arrived at the courthouse here just before 10 a.m., she offered them little. "Buenos dias," she told reporters. "Buenos dias." With that, she entered the building for a proceeding that was closed to the public in a courtroom where a photograph of her father, King Juan Carlos, hangs on a wall. As head of state, his photograph hangs at many courts. Outside, several hundred anti-monarchy and pro-republic demonstrators chanted noisily. @highlight Princess Cristina of Spain appears Saturday in a private proceeding @highlight "Buenos dias," she says upon entering; "Hasta luego," she says upon departure @highlight Cristina and husband are accused in corruption case @highlight The princess maintained her innocence, lawyers at the hearing tell CNN

Her appearance marked the first time a direct member of @placeholder's royal family was to testify in court while facing preliminary charges for a crime, according to Spain's royal household.

Spain

There was a time when a cosmonaut returning to Earth would be feted as a national hero and showered with medals. These days, however, it seems the reward is something rather more modest... a watermelon. Russia's Oleg Artemyev was presented with the fruit yesterday after returning from a six-month posting aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Scroll down for video Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev clutching the watermelon he requested for his return to earth The crew had reportedly developed a craving for apples and watermelons, which they hoped would help quench their thirst upon landing. By contrast Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, was given numerous honours and treated to a huge reception in Red Square after touching down in 1961. @highlight Two Russian cosmonauts and NASA astronaut touch down in Kazakhstan @highlight The trio had spent six months conducting research aboard space station @highlight They were given watermelons and apples as soon as they exited the capsule @highlight The fruit was specifically requested as they hoped it would re-hydrate them

Mr Artemyev looks out of the @placeholder capsule the three returned to earth in immediately after his landing

Russia

(CNN) -- Anthony Sullivan was a young Australian with Robert Redford looks. Richard Adams emigrated from the Philippines as a child and became an American citizen. The two met in Los Angeles, fell in love and got married in Boulder, Colorado -- long before any state legalized same-sex marriage. County Clerk Clela Rorex issued the gay couple a marriage license at 11 a.m., April 21, 1975. Nothing in the Colorado marriage code mentioned same-sex marriage, and Rorex signed licenses for six couples before the district attorney advised her to end to them. But the licenses were never rescinded. Sullivan and Adams believed their marriage was legal and embarked on a decades-long struggle to attain permanent resident status for Sullivan. @highlight Australian Tony Sullivan married Richard Adams, a U.S. citizen, in 1975 @highlight No country in the world recognized same-sex marriage then @highlight Sullivan overstayed his tourist visa and lived under the radar in order to be with his love @highlight One year after DOMA was struck down, Sullivan is trying again for permanent residence

Federal immigration law says a U.S. citizen or green card holder can sponsor a spouse so that they can remain together in @placeholder.

American

By Aladair Glennie British television is being bought wholesale by greedy American corporations, the head of Channel 4 has warned. The channel's chief executive David Abraham said billionaire media tycoons and production companies want to invest in this country to avoid tax in the US. ITV could one day be owned entirely by shareholders based across the Atlantic while our favourite shows could be produced by internet giants such as Netflix and Google, he said. Giving the annual MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, Mr Abraham called on politicians to do more to protect the UK television industry from overseas interference. @highlight David Abraham said ITV could be owned entirely by US shareholders @highlight He claimed our favourite shows could be produced by Netflix and Google @highlight Abraham was giving the annual MacTaggart lecture in Edinburgh

He added: '@placeholder media companies [are] eager to stay ahead of each other by internationalising their revenues…and shielding their tax exposure.'

American

Washington (CNN) -- Top congressional Republicans on Friday used a new dismal jobs report to blast Democrats' push for more tax revenue in the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, arguing that such a move would derail an already shaky economic recovery. Federal officials reported Friday that the economy added only 18,000 jobs in June -- far below the number predicted by most economists. Unemployment inched up another tenth of a point to 9.2%. "Today's report is more evidence that the misguided 'stimulus' spending binge, excessive regulations, and an overwhelming national debt continue to hold back private-sector job creation in our country," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "A debt limit increase that raises taxes or fails to make serious spending cuts won't pass the House." @highlight GOP leaders say Friday's poor jobs report is more evidence tax hikes can't be part of a deal @highlight Democrats and Republicans are trying to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling by August 2 @highlight Boehner says that Democrats' insistence on tax hikes jeopardizes any long-term deal @highlight White House source says Obama will insist on a long-term deal in talks Sunday evening

Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, are wrestling with rising anger among liberal @placeholder members in the wake of news that the president might agree to entitlement cuts.

House

Washington (CNN) -- Top congressional Republicans on Friday used a new dismal jobs report to blast Democrats' push for more tax revenue in the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, arguing that such a move would derail an already shaky economic recovery. Federal officials reported Friday that the economy added only 18,000 jobs in June -- far below the number predicted by most economists. Unemployment inched up another tenth of a point to 9.2%. "Today's report is more evidence that the misguided 'stimulus' spending binge, excessive regulations, and an overwhelming national debt continue to hold back private-sector job creation in our country," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "A debt limit increase that raises taxes or fails to make serious spending cuts won't pass the House." @highlight GOP leaders say Friday's poor jobs report is more evidence tax hikes can't be part of a deal @highlight Democrats and Republicans are trying to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling by August 2 @highlight Boehner says that Democrats' insistence on tax hikes jeopardizes any long-term deal @highlight White House source says Obama will insist on a long-term deal in talks Sunday evening

The aide, however, insisted the only real talks going on are between Obama and @placeholder, who are holding discussions "in good faith."

Boehner

Washington (CNN) -- Top congressional Republicans on Friday used a new dismal jobs report to blast Democrats' push for more tax revenue in the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, arguing that such a move would derail an already shaky economic recovery. Federal officials reported Friday that the economy added only 18,000 jobs in June -- far below the number predicted by most economists. Unemployment inched up another tenth of a point to 9.2%. "Today's report is more evidence that the misguided 'stimulus' spending binge, excessive regulations, and an overwhelming national debt continue to hold back private-sector job creation in our country," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio. "A debt limit increase that raises taxes or fails to make serious spending cuts won't pass the House." @highlight GOP leaders say Friday's poor jobs report is more evidence tax hikes can't be part of a deal @highlight Democrats and Republicans are trying to reach a deal to raise the debt ceiling by August 2 @highlight Boehner says that Democrats' insistence on tax hikes jeopardizes any long-term deal @highlight White House source says Obama will insist on a long-term deal in talks Sunday evening

Democrats are confident @placeholder will ultimately agree to some revenue changes -- such as a hike in some fees and the closing of some unpopular tax loopholes.

GOP

Leeds denied Middlesbrough both their pizzas and a point on Saturday as debutant Billy Sharp answered Massimo Cellino's call to score some quick goals. Boro's request for the Italian dish to be left in their dressing room at full-time was turned down by Leeds - surprising considering they are heavily under the Sardinian influence of owner Cellino - but they had more to worry about than pizza as Sharp's 88th-minute debut goal condemned them to a 1-0 loss. Sharp signed from Southampton on Wednesday as Cellino responded to Leeds' opening-day defeat at Millwall and was immediately told by the former Cagliari owner to 'hurry up and score some goals'. @highlight Billy Sharp scored in the 88th minute to secure the win for Leeds @highlight The striker only joined from Southampton on Wednesday @highlight It was the Elland Road club's first win in the Championship this season @highlight Leeds owner Massimo Cellino celebrated the win in the stands

Unfortunate: @placeholder were unlucky to have a goal chalked off before falling behind late on

Boro

(CNN) -- The powerful Service Employees International Union has decided that, because of the $700 billion financial-system bailout, it wants to organize bank workers. Banks that get taxpayer money need to "ensure their workers have a voice," a union spokeswoman says. In an e-mail dated November 12 and obtained exclusively by CNN, a member of SEIU's Private Equity Project outlined initial discussions to organize bank workers "since the banking industry is now being infused with billions of taxpayer dollars." The e-mail was written by SEIU's Inga Skippings to the director of the Washington office of the Association of Community Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN), a longtime ally and partner of the union. @highlight Union says it is considering targeting banks for unionizing @highlight E-mail from union lists the banks it's "most concerned" about @highlight E-mail cites $700 billion financial-system bailout as reason for move @highlight Spokeswoman: Bailed-out banks have responsibility to ensure workers have voice

One labor professor said @placeholder's timing in trying to unionize bank workers may be on target "because financial institutions are at a moment of weakness."

SEIU

By Hamish Mackay Gary Lineker has accused Premier League clubs of being greedy over ticket prices, saying there is no need for them to charge as much as they do. As Sportsmail revealed on Sunday, more than half of all top-flight English clubs have raised their prices for the coming season - despite new TV deals bringing in £5.5billion over a three year period. And Lineker tweeted: 'There is absolutely no need for Premier league clubs to charge what they do given TV revenues these days. It's pure avarice!' VIDEO Scroll down to watch much happier Coventry fans pitch invading in a crazy storm @highlight More than 50% of Premier League clubs raise season-ticket prices @highlight This is despite new TV deals worth £5.5billion over three years @highlight Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) planning a protest march @highlight Lineker says clubs have no right to charge the prices they do

Hike: @placeholder fans are set to face price rises yet again

Premier League

By Mia De Graaf A secret 'Cuban Twitter' that swept the communist country was set up and funded by the White House to 'inspire dissent', it has emerged. ZunZuneo, local slang for 'tweet', drew in more than 40,000 users in just two years as the nation continues to limit free internet use. Today it has emerged the project, launched in 2009, was covertly funded by the US Agency for International Development - and American contractors were gathering subscribers' personal data for political purposes. Scroll down for video Revelation: More than 40,000 Cubans were using ZunZuneo, a secret Twitter created for the communist country, without knowing it was funded and monitored by the US, gathering their information @highlight ZunZuneo 'funded by US' and designed to 'trigger mass gatherings' @highlight Amassed more than 40,000 users in 2 years before it abruptly disappeared @highlight Documents reveal network was used to gather information for political use @highlight Also show creators were banned from revealing White House involvement @highlight Cuba's leaders view internet as 'wild colt' that 'should be tamed' @highlight 2009 launch followed arrest of US contractor on secret mission to provide internet for Cubans using technology only available to government officials

leaders planned to push @placeholder 'out of a stalemate through tactical and

Cuba

Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus honored a Nevada teacher killed by a 12-year-old student in a schoolyard shooting last year, calling him a 'true American hero.' Cyrus praised Michael Landsberry and presented a memorial plaque to his widow, Sharon, during a concert Saturday night in Incline Village, a Nevada community on north shore of Lake Tahoe. Police say Landsberry, a 45-year-old ex-Marine, tried to talk the shooter, 12-year-old Jose Reyes, into turning over the handgun before he was shot in the chest Oct. 21 at a middle school in the Reno suburb of Sparks. The student wounded two classmates before taking his life. @highlight Michael Landsberry was fatally shot by a 12-year-old student at Sparks High School in Nevada on October 21, 2013 @highlight The boy, Jose Reyes, also shot two other students, both of whom survived @highlight Reyes then turned the gun on himself @highlight Landsberry was trying to talk Reyes into dropping the gun when he shot him @highlight The hero teacher served three tours in Afghanistan while in the Marine Corps. @highlight Billy Ray Cyrus lauded Landsberry as a hero and presented his widow with a memorial plaque during a concert in Nevada on Saturday

Cyrus said he was moved by the story of @placeholder's actions in the school shooting and decided to recognize him when offered a chance to perform at Lake Tahoe.

Landsberry

By Associated Press and James Rush Father Robert Cormier, of Jersey City, died after falling about 1,000ft from the top of Oregon's tallest peak, it has been reported A Catholic priest from New Jersey died after falling about 1,000ft from the top of Oregon's tallest peak. Father Robert Cormier, 57, of Jersey City, ascended Mount Hood's south side with two others but continued alone when one of his companions suffered a leg cramp, Hood River County sheriff's spokesman Pete Hughes said. Father Cormier appeared to reach the summit before he fell near Eliot Glacier at the volcanic peak 50 miles east of Portland. @highlight Father Robert Cormier ascended Mount Hood's south side with two others @highlight But he continued alone when one of his companions suffered leg cramp @highlight He appeared to reach the summit before he fell near Eliot Glacier at the volcanic peak, investigators have said

week to recover @placeholder, when colder temperatures would afford them

Cormier

Manchester City midfielder Frank Lampard touchingly swapped shirts with Stoke City teenager Oliver Shenton following their Premier League clash on Wednesday night after learning from Peter Crouch that the youngster had recently lost his mother to cancer. Upon hearing the news from his former England team-mate, Lampard approached 17-year-old Shenton after Manchester City's 4-1 win at The Britannia and the pair agreed to swap shirts. Lampard had to suffer the bereavement of his own mum Pat in 2008, a tragedy he later admitted left him 'in a daze' and almost unable to remember his performances at Chelsea that season. Manchester City's Frank Lampard traded shirts with Stoke City teenager Oliver Shenton on Wednesday @highlight Frank Lampard traded shirts with Stoke City teenager Oliver Shenton @highlight Peter Crouch told Lampard that Shenton had lost his mother to cancer @highlight The 17-year-old was making his first-team league debut @highlight The game was played two days after his mother's funeral @highlight The former Chelsea midfielder approached the youngster to trade shirts @highlight Lampard's own mother, Pat, passed away in 2008 @highlight Lampard's Manchester City beat Stoke 4-1 at the Britannia on Wednesday

History: @placeholder's debut made him the third youngest player to ever appear for Stoke

Oliver Shenton

By Emily Anne Epstein PUBLISHED: 11:46 EST, 4 October 2012 | UPDATED: 15:37 EST, 4 October 2012 An Oakland Athletics pitcher has gone from the joy of welcoming his first son into the world to mourning his tragic death in just 23 short hours, sharing every moment of his emotional journey with his fans. Gehrig John Neshek was born weighing 8lbs, 5oz, to parents Pat Neshek, 32, and wife Stephanee on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, but the boy did not make it through the night, passing away in his mother's arms of an unknown condition. 'Please pray for my family,' Mr Neshek tweeted yesterday evening. 'Tonight my wife & I lost our first & only son 23 hours after he was born with no explanation.' @highlight Gehrig John Neshek was born weighing 8lbs, 5oz, to parents Pat Neshek, 32, and wife Stephanee @highlight Named after baseball legend Lou Gehrig on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 @highlight Died inexplicably while sleeping in his mother's arms

'made her heart feel better' so many people were affected by @placeholder's

Gehrig

(CNN) -- For the better part of four years, voters have said the No. 1 issue is the economy. For the past year, the economy has been the GOP's primary point of attack against President Obama. For months, the economy and job creation has been Mitt Romney's calling card. So now that the president has stepped out and voiced support for marriage equality, we're going to see if the economy and jobs remain the top issue or if the direction of this election has been permanently altered by Obama's historic remarks. Remember, Republicans characterized the war on women as a Democratic strategy to divert attention from the "real issue" of the economy. Over the next couple of days, we'll see if the GOP will be as dismissive with gay rights. Or will the fact that in 2004, George W. Bush successfully used discrimination against the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender (GLBT) community to motivate his base be too juicy a strategy for Romney and the gang to pass up? @highlight LZ Granderson: For years, the economy has been seen as the dominant issue @highlight He asks if Obama's support for gay marriage will change the Romney camp's direction @highlight LZ: Obama showed he is no coward; he didn't have to address the issue before election @highlight He says the move separates Obama from Romney, whose flip flops have been an issue

So whether or not @placeholder actually stays focused on the economy is anyone's guess.

Mitt Romney

(CNN) -- For the better part of four years, voters have said the No. 1 issue is the economy. For the past year, the economy has been the GOP's primary point of attack against President Obama. For months, the economy and job creation has been Mitt Romney's calling card. So now that the president has stepped out and voiced support for marriage equality, we're going to see if the economy and jobs remain the top issue or if the direction of this election has been permanently altered by Obama's historic remarks. Remember, Republicans characterized the war on women as a Democratic strategy to divert attention from the "real issue" of the economy. Over the next couple of days, we'll see if the GOP will be as dismissive with gay rights. Or will the fact that in 2004, George W. Bush successfully used discrimination against the gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender (GLBT) community to motivate his base be too juicy a strategy for Romney and the gang to pass up? @highlight LZ Granderson: For years, the economy has been seen as the dominant issue @highlight He asks if Obama's support for gay marriage will change the Romney camp's direction @highlight LZ: Obama showed he is no coward; he didn't have to address the issue before election @highlight He says the move separates Obama from Romney, whose flip flops have been an issue

Even in the one area where on paper @placeholder has significant credibility -- the economy -- 44% of voters believe the president will do a better job, while 42% prefer Romney, according to a CNN poll.

Mitt Romney

Every day, millions of people like 16-year-old Celeste live their lives shouldering a huge emotional weight forged by fear, uncertainty and separation. She was only 10 years old when the reality of her family's desperate situation hit her in the face. Rolando Zenteno has lived more than half his 18 years in the United States, yet he still feels like an outsider. Another undocumented immigrant -- Prerna Lal -- is fighting to stay in her adopted homeland and dreaming of becoming an immigration lawyer. As Washington lawmakers try to hammer out an immigration reform plan while avoiding political gridlock, millions of people find themselves caught in the middle -- suspended between two worlds -- while not really belonging to either. @highlight With talk of reform, undocumented immigrants reveal their fears and hopes @highlight Immigrant: "I identify with American culture," but he hears "you're not part of us."

Time and time again, he says, @placeholder has shown him kindness and opportunity.

American

MATT LAWTON: Malky Mackay and Iain Moody investigated by FA over 'sexist, racist and homophobic' text messages during time at Cardiff Wigan Athletic boss Malky Mackay has taken charge of his first training session since his appointment at the Championship outfit. Mackay, who was confirmed as the new manager of Wigan on Wednesday, will be hoping his side can bounce back from two consecutive defeats on Saturday. The Latics take on Middlesbrough at the DW Stadium in what will be Mackay’s first game in management since it was exclusively revealed by Sportsmail that he was being investigated by the FA over ‘sexist, racist and homophobic’ text messages. @highlight Malky Mackay was appointed new manager of Wigan on Wednesday @highlight The Scotsman is preparing his side for match against Middlesbrough @highlight Mackay is being investigated by the FA over 'sexist, racist and homophobic' text messages @highlight QPR boss Harry Redknapp insists Mackay deserves a second chance

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Malky Mackay takes his first @placeholder training session

Wigan

(CNN) -- She was sitting across from me on the bus in Odessa when we struck up a conversation. Her daughter, maybe 2 years old, was playing with her cell phone. Dressed casually in jeans and a shirt, she told me she had finished university and was entering law school. Her husband was a linguist. They lived in Kiev, but had come to the coastal town of Odessa for vacation. She asked what I do. This was midway through my four years of living in Odessa. I told her about my organization, This Child Here, and how we work with orphanages and shelters to help Ukrainian children. Aside from spending on what you would expect on the kids -- clothes, food and medicine -- I told her that I've paid for horse therapy, sailing lessons, martial arts, English and math lessons, dance classes and more. She listened patiently. @highlight Pro-Russian protesters are calling for independence in eastern Ukrainian cities @highlight Robert Gamble: Vladimir Putin thinks Russia is the parent and Ukraine is a child @highlight He says Ukraine isn't interested in hearing that narrative any more @highlight Gamble: In Ukraine, Russians and Ukrainians have lived peacefully until now

@placeholder warns of civil war if Ukraine uses force to quell eastern revolts

Russia

(CNN) -- She was sitting across from me on the bus in Odessa when we struck up a conversation. Her daughter, maybe 2 years old, was playing with her cell phone. Dressed casually in jeans and a shirt, she told me she had finished university and was entering law school. Her husband was a linguist. They lived in Kiev, but had come to the coastal town of Odessa for vacation. She asked what I do. This was midway through my four years of living in Odessa. I told her about my organization, This Child Here, and how we work with orphanages and shelters to help Ukrainian children. Aside from spending on what you would expect on the kids -- clothes, food and medicine -- I told her that I've paid for horse therapy, sailing lessons, martial arts, English and math lessons, dance classes and more. She listened patiently. @highlight Pro-Russian protesters are calling for independence in eastern Ukrainian cities @highlight Robert Gamble: Vladimir Putin thinks Russia is the parent and Ukraine is a child @highlight He says Ukraine isn't interested in hearing that narrative any more @highlight Gamble: In Ukraine, Russians and Ukrainians have lived peacefully until now

I say it to @placeholder so engaged in this struggle, "You were meant to be here.

Ukraine

By Ruth Styles PUBLISHED: 04:19 EST, 20 September 2013 | UPDATED: 04:19 EST, 20 September 2013 From pop art prints at Prada to luxe minimalism at MaxMara and big blooms galore at Just Cavalli, Milan Fashion Week has gotten off to a typically stylish start. Gucci kicked things off on day one with creative director Frida Giannini offering up a typically glamorous collection that pivoted around a succession of sleek silk dresses worn with fishnet bras followed by a rainbow of block colour separates. Print also made its presence felt on Giannini's catwalk with luxe tunics in inky black emblazoned with exotic florals in suitably tropical hues. And Giannini wasn't the only one to embrace print. Kicking off day two was the flamboyant Roberto Cavalli, showing his diffusion line, Just Cavalli. @highlight Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week with a typically slick effort from creative director Frida Giannini @highlight Day two's highlights included a strong showing from Karl Lagerfeld at Fendi and pop art prints at Prada @highlight Watching from the front row was Anna Wintour, Franca Sozzani, Anna Dello Russo and Cate Blanchett

Exuberant: @placeholder unveiled a typically flamboyant new collection at Just Cavalli - complete with the designer's trademark prints, in floral and in check

Just Cavalli

By Chris Parsons PUBLISHED: 11:06 EST, 26 July 2012 | UPDATED: 20:00 EST, 26 July 2012 When medal winner David Bond scooped gold at the last London Olympics over half a century ago, the event was a far cry from the all-encompassing, multi-billion pound 'Greatest Show on Earth' it is today. Now 64 years after the capital last hosted the Games, Britain's only surviving gold medal winner has described how it felt competing in the first post-war Olympics in 1948. Sporting hero Mr Bond, now 90, claimed gold as one half of the Swallow class sailing team - having taken unpaid leave from work to compete in the Games his bosses barely cared about. @highlight David Bond, 90, was one half of medal-winning sailing team 64 years ago @highlight He tells how holidaymakers in Britain did not even know 1948 Games were going on

David is now preparing to watch the Great British hopefuls at the @placeholder gets into full flow this weekend.

London Olympics

By Chris Parsons PUBLISHED: 11:06 EST, 26 July 2012 | UPDATED: 20:00 EST, 26 July 2012 When medal winner David Bond scooped gold at the last London Olympics over half a century ago, the event was a far cry from the all-encompassing, multi-billion pound 'Greatest Show on Earth' it is today. Now 64 years after the capital last hosted the Games, Britain's only surviving gold medal winner has described how it felt competing in the first post-war Olympics in 1948. Sporting hero Mr Bond, now 90, claimed gold as one half of the Swallow class sailing team - having taken unpaid leave from work to compete in the Games his bosses barely cared about. @highlight David Bond, 90, was one half of medal-winning sailing team 64 years ago @highlight He tells how holidaymakers in Britain did not even know 1948 Games were going on

'There were a number of battleships manning the harbour and the @placeholder were such an under reported local story that holidaymakers on the seaside were heard to ask: 'Who are all these young people from different countries and why are they here?'

London Olympics

By Freya Noble Sydney's extravagant VIVID light festival hit the harbour city with a bang during its Friday night debut. The Opera House was lit up in galactic-inspired designs, surreal snakeskin and multi-coloured digital patterns, with one stage of the sequence looking as though Jackson Pollock has taken to the landmark with his famous abstract paintbrush. Cars with 'feelings', large inflatable animals and an interactive xylophone are just some of the weird and wonderful light displays at this year's festival. Festival of colour: Sydney's iconic Opera House is transformed by projections of butterfly wings on the first night of the Vivid Festival which attracts tens of thousands of people @highlight The sails of the Opera House have been illuminated with multicoloured digital, floral and out of this world designs @highlight The festival opened at 6pm, and an indigenous smoking ceremony was held aboard a ferry to cleanse the harbour @highlight Vivid runs until June 9

Crowd pleaser: @placeholder attracted masses of people on it's debut night

VIVID

(CNN) -- You insisted the first Jeff Gordon wild-driving viral video was a fake. What do you think of the second one, Travis Okulski? Oh, this one is "unequivocally, one hundred percent, totally, absolutely real," he says. How would he know? Because he's in it, the victim of a prank and Gordon's revenge. A year ago, Okulski called out Gordon on the Jalopnik auto blog after the millions of views for a video in which Gordon dons a disguise and takes a supposedly unsuspecting car salesman for a high-speed test drive. It's one of those commercials masking itself as a video that begs the question: Is it fake? @highlight Auto blogger Travis Okulski made Jeff Gordon mad when he said a popular video was fake @highlight Gordon decided to take the blogger on a wild ride of his own @highlight Okulski swears his panicked screams are real, that he thought he might die @highlight A few conspiracists don't buy it; they think there are clues that this one is fake, too

Then they dressed Gordon up in a new disguise with a neck tattoo, sideburns, mullet covered by a camouflage hat and sent him over in a fake cab (with real markings) to pick @placeholder up at the hotel.

Okulski

(CNN) -- You insisted the first Jeff Gordon wild-driving viral video was a fake. What do you think of the second one, Travis Okulski? Oh, this one is "unequivocally, one hundred percent, totally, absolutely real," he says. How would he know? Because he's in it, the victim of a prank and Gordon's revenge. A year ago, Okulski called out Gordon on the Jalopnik auto blog after the millions of views for a video in which Gordon dons a disguise and takes a supposedly unsuspecting car salesman for a high-speed test drive. It's one of those commercials masking itself as a video that begs the question: Is it fake? @highlight Auto blogger Travis Okulski made Jeff Gordon mad when he said a popular video was fake @highlight Gordon decided to take the blogger on a wild ride of his own @highlight Okulski swears his panicked screams are real, that he thought he might die @highlight A few conspiracists don't buy it; they think there are clues that this one is fake, too

And, despite the protests of @placeholder, the chase is on.

Okulski

(CNN) -- You insisted the first Jeff Gordon wild-driving viral video was a fake. What do you think of the second one, Travis Okulski? Oh, this one is "unequivocally, one hundred percent, totally, absolutely real," he says. How would he know? Because he's in it, the victim of a prank and Gordon's revenge. A year ago, Okulski called out Gordon on the Jalopnik auto blog after the millions of views for a video in which Gordon dons a disguise and takes a supposedly unsuspecting car salesman for a high-speed test drive. It's one of those commercials masking itself as a video that begs the question: Is it fake? @highlight Auto blogger Travis Okulski made Jeff Gordon mad when he said a popular video was fake @highlight Gordon decided to take the blogger on a wild ride of his own @highlight Okulski swears his panicked screams are real, that he thought he might die @highlight A few conspiracists don't buy it; they think there are clues that this one is fake, too

"I'm gonna lose this guy," @placeholder says as he winds and slides over asphalt.

Gordon

Police took away a mother's panic alarm in a 'huge catalogue' of failings just months before she was strangled by her ex partner - who had already killed before. Marc Chivers - who had been convicted of murdering another woman in 1992 - used a dog lead to kill Maria Stubbings at her home in Great Baddow, Essex in December 2008. A four-week inquest into the death has revealed a series of failures by Essex Police in 'almost every part of its investigation'. Marc Chivers, right, used a dog lead to kill Maria Stubbings, left, at her home in Great Baddow, Essex in December 2008 @highlight Marc Chivers used a dog lead to murder Maria Stubbings at her home @highlight He had already been convicted of killing another former partner in 1992 @highlight Police gave Ms Stubbings panic alarm after she reported assault by Chivers @highlight But they took it away from her when he was arrested the next day and he was later released, inquest told @highlight Despite repeated 999 calls after the release, police did not go to her house for a week @highlight Chivers told officers Ms Stubbings had gone away, but her body was found a day later under a pile of clothes in her bedroom @highlight After inquest, family hit out at Essex Police for 'huge catalogue' of failures @highlight Police admit they did not protect Ms Stubbings and apologised to her family @highlight Essex Coroner is sending a report about the case to the Government

'They assessed Maria as being at high risk of death or serious harm from @placeholder.

Chivers

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:41 AM on 30th October 2011 Book: Jeremy Clarkson's ex-wife Alex Hall wants to write about the details of her marriage to the Top Gear star The first wife of TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson labelled him a 'bully and a hypocrite' as she lifted the lid on their alleged clandestine 10-year affair today. In a revealing interview, Alex Hall claimed she 'still loved' Top Gear presenter Clarkson, but that she'd had enough of being portrayed as a 'blackmailer' for wanting to write a book about their marriage. The mother-of-two said she felt forced to defend herself after revelations about their alleged affair, which purportedly happened while he was married to second wife Francie, were made public this week. @highlight Hall claims she was a 'discreet, decent, loyal ex-wife' @highlight She claims she had 'loved and honoured' Clarkson for 28 years

@placeholder has denied the affair and, according to her, she has come under heavy criticism from her ex-husband's supporters, it has been reported.

Clarkson

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:41 AM on 30th October 2011 Book: Jeremy Clarkson's ex-wife Alex Hall wants to write about the details of her marriage to the Top Gear star The first wife of TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson labelled him a 'bully and a hypocrite' as she lifted the lid on their alleged clandestine 10-year affair today. In a revealing interview, Alex Hall claimed she 'still loved' Top Gear presenter Clarkson, but that she'd had enough of being portrayed as a 'blackmailer' for wanting to write a book about their marriage. The mother-of-two said she felt forced to defend herself after revelations about their alleged affair, which purportedly happened while he was married to second wife Francie, were made public this week. @highlight Hall claims she was a 'discreet, decent, loyal ex-wife' @highlight She claims she had 'loved and honoured' Clarkson for 28 years

@placeholder, 51, said he had regretted it from the day it was granted and

Clarkson

(CNN) -- Five people were killed Thursday after a man tried to attack the Dutch royal family during a Queen's Day celebration by crashing his car near the royal family's bus, Dutch police said. A car is pictured after crashing into the crowd waiting for the visit of the royal family in Apeldoorn. Authorities are not releasing the name of the man, but said they have charged him with with trying to attack the royal family. Twelve people were injured in the incident in the Dutch town of Apeldoorn, about 45 miles east of Amsterdam, police spokeswoman Esther Naber told CNN. @highlight NEW: Five people killed and five badly injured in incident in Dutch town of Apeldoorn @highlight Car hit crowd near open-top bus carrying Queen Beatrix of Netherlands @highlight Driver, among the badly hurt, is charged with trying to attack Dutch royal family

Crowds had lined the streets to see Queen Beatrix and her family ride by in an open-top bus during the @placeholder' annual holiday.

Dutch

Less than 24 hours before one of the biggest-ever FA Cup giant-killings, Bradford's players are sitting in Kensington's Marriott Hotel watching Celebrity Big Brother. There are more enthralling ways to spend Friday night in London, but for these players the excitement is all to come. Two down against Chelsea on Saturday, the League One side mustered a glorious comeback, scoring four times to leave Jose Mourinho's hopes of an historic quadruple in tatters and the Chelsea boss talking of being 'ashamed'. But how did this team of free transfers pull it off? Bradford's players celebrate in front of their travelling supporters at Stamford Bridge after beating Chelsea @highlight Bradford City came from behind to beat Chelsea 4-2 at Stamford Bridge @highlight The League One side went for a walk around Kensington before the match @highlight Manager Phil Parkinson told his players they were fitter than the Blues @highlight Filipe Morais says he was inspired by Cambridge's draw with Man United @highlight The Bantams could 'smell' the tide changing at 2-2, admits Morais

And then came the moment that will remain with @placeholder for the rest of his life.

Filipe Morais

(CNN) -- On Saturday, the "let's make ourselves feel better" club will convene in Geneva to try to figure out what to do about Syria. The motives of those gathering in Geneva at the invitation of U.N. Special Envoy Kofi Annan -- the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (United States, France, China, Britain and Russia), plus Turkey and a number of Arab league members including Iraq and Qatar -- are well-intentioned. Their concern over the continued killing, more than 12,000 dead with thousands more wounded and imprisoned, is understandable. But sadly, the results of the Geneva meeting, even with some added wind at its back (the Turks are madder than ever at Syria for downing a Turkish reconnaissance plane earlier this week), are not likely to produce much new. @highlight Aaron Miller: World leaders will meet in Geneva to discuss what to do about Syria conflict @highlight He says plan is to agree on plan for unity government, ending violence. Expect little else @highlight He says involved powers want al-Assad out, but have different, often conflicting agendas @highlight Miller: Al-Assad will inevitably go, powers must prepare to step in with costly help

But here's what the three main players -- the United States, Russia and @placeholder -- are really thinking.

Turkey

PUBLISHED: 15:10 EST, 26 June 2013 | UPDATED: 15:11 EST, 26 June 2013 Police have charged Aaron Hernandez with murder and weapons counts in connection with the slaying of a semi-pro American football player whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's home. Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs on Wednesday morning and, less than two hours after his arrest, the New England Patriots announced they had cut him from their team. He is being held without bail. The investigation started more than a week ago after semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd was found slain in an industrial park in North Attleboro, on the Rhode Island line not far from where the Patriots play. @highlight Hernandez charged with one count of murder and five weapons violations @highlight American football star taken from his house in handcuffs on Wednesday @highlight New England Patriots release Hernandez

Lucrative: @placeholder awarded Hernandez five-year contract worth $40 million last year

New England Patriots

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (CNN) -- Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist. Army Spc. Jeremy Hall, who was raised Baptist but is now an atheist, says the military violated his religious freedom. Like many Christians, he said grace before dinner and read the Bible before bed. Four years ago when he was deployed to Iraq, he packed his Bible so he would feel closer to God. He served two tours of duty in Iraq and has a near perfect record. But somewhere between the tours, something changed. Hall, now 23, said he no longer believes in God, fate, luck or anything supernatural. @highlight Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist but is now an atheist @highlight His sudden lack of faith cost him his military career and put his life at risk, he says @highlight Hall sued the Defense Department; claims military is a Christian organization @highlight Pentagon official: Complaints about evangelizing are "relatively rare"

He also said the @placeholder is not pushing one faith among troops.

Defense Department

(CNN) -- The attorney for an Indian diplomat whose arrest and detention in New York sparked an international controversy on visa fraud charges said Thursday the allegations are baseless. And he accused U.S. authorities of deliberately mishandling her arrest. "They were trying to humiliate her and flex their muscle, and they succeeded in doing that," Dan Arshack, lawyer for Devyani Khobragade, told CNN's "New Day." But the attorney for a housekeeper at the center of allegations that Khobragade violated an agreement in a visa document by underpaying her said Arshack is the one who doesn't have the facts straight. The salvos came a day after the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, lashed out at those questioning the legitimacy of the case, which has infuriated Indian society and led to repercussions from the Indian government. @highlight Housekeeper's attorney says diplomat's attorney's "story keeps changing" @highlight Diplomat's attorney accuses U.S. authorities of "trying to humiliate" @highlight India's external affairs minister plans to talk to John Kerry on Thursday @highlight Prosecutors say diplomat lied to authorities about working conditions of her housekeeper

The second contract, which was not to be revealed to the U.S. government, "deleted the required language protecting the victim from other forms of exploitation and abuse" and also deleted language that said @placeholder agreed to abide by U.S. laws, Bharara said Wednesday.

Devyani Khobragade

(CNN) -- The attorney for an Indian diplomat whose arrest and detention in New York sparked an international controversy on visa fraud charges said Thursday the allegations are baseless. And he accused U.S. authorities of deliberately mishandling her arrest. "They were trying to humiliate her and flex their muscle, and they succeeded in doing that," Dan Arshack, lawyer for Devyani Khobragade, told CNN's "New Day." But the attorney for a housekeeper at the center of allegations that Khobragade violated an agreement in a visa document by underpaying her said Arshack is the one who doesn't have the facts straight. The salvos came a day after the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, lashed out at those questioning the legitimacy of the case, which has infuriated Indian society and led to repercussions from the Indian government. @highlight Housekeeper's attorney says diplomat's attorney's "story keeps changing" @highlight Diplomat's attorney accuses U.S. authorities of "trying to humiliate" @highlight India's external affairs minister plans to talk to John Kerry on Thursday @highlight Prosecutors say diplomat lied to authorities about working conditions of her housekeeper

U.S. authorities should have handled the case differently, @placeholder argued.

Arshack

By Leon Watson Last updated at 5:52 PM on 16th September 2011 Rebel fighters are near to capturing Colonel Gaddafi's last two strongholds as the final assault on the remnants of his regime was launched today. National Transitional Council forces claim to have punched their way into Libya's coastal city of Sirte, where Gaddafi was born. Truckloads of fighters are also hurtling towards Gaddafi's other last bastion of support, the desert enclave of Bani Walid. Fighting rages: Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire a 130mm missile at pro-Gaddafi forces near east of Sirte Advancing: Libyan NTC fighters fire rockets on the outskirts of Sirte @highlight Anti-Gaddafi forces take control of old airport @highlight Loyalists hit back with sniper and rocket attacks @highlight Fierce fighting in Bani Walid as rebels a launch second offensive @highlight Civilians told to flee ahead of a full-out onslaught

How @placeholder stands: An outline of who controls where in the war-torn country

Libya

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government Tuesday, amid a political crisis fired by violent protests on the country's streets. Azarov and his Cabinet will continue in their roles until a new government is formed, a notice on the presidential website said. Yanukovych's announcement comes only hours after Azarov submitted his resignation and as the national parliament met in an emergency session aimed at ending the crisis. In a first step, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered anti-government demonstrators. The special parliamentary session also looked at legislation that might provide amnesty for more than 200 people arrested since the demonstrations began in late November. It's been adjourned until Wednesday, when lawmakers will continue the debate, state news agency Ukrinform said. @highlight Senior European official urges restraint, dialogue between parties in Ukraine @highlight President Viktor Yanukovych accepts resignation of Prime Minister and Cabinet @highlight Parliament debates legislation that might give amnesty to arrested protesters @highlight Lawmakers vote by an overwhelming majority to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws

In a statement posted on the government's website, @placeholder said that by quitting he intended to "create more opportunities for social and political compromise for a peaceful settlement of the conflict."

Azarov

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government Tuesday, amid a political crisis fired by violent protests on the country's streets. Azarov and his Cabinet will continue in their roles until a new government is formed, a notice on the presidential website said. Yanukovych's announcement comes only hours after Azarov submitted his resignation and as the national parliament met in an emergency session aimed at ending the crisis. In a first step, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered anti-government demonstrators. The special parliamentary session also looked at legislation that might provide amnesty for more than 200 people arrested since the demonstrations began in late November. It's been adjourned until Wednesday, when lawmakers will continue the debate, state news agency Ukrinform said. @highlight Senior European official urges restraint, dialogue between parties in Ukraine @highlight President Viktor Yanukovych accepts resignation of Prime Minister and Cabinet @highlight Parliament debates legislation that might give amnesty to arrested protesters @highlight Lawmakers vote by an overwhelming majority to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws

@placeholder's resignation may have been a case of jumping before he was pushed.

Azarov

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Mykola Azarov and his government Tuesday, amid a political crisis fired by violent protests on the country's streets. Azarov and his Cabinet will continue in their roles until a new government is formed, a notice on the presidential website said. Yanukovych's announcement comes only hours after Azarov submitted his resignation and as the national parliament met in an emergency session aimed at ending the crisis. In a first step, lawmakers voted overwhelmingly to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws whose passage this month angered anti-government demonstrators. The special parliamentary session also looked at legislation that might provide amnesty for more than 200 people arrested since the demonstrations began in late November. It's been adjourned until Wednesday, when lawmakers will continue the debate, state news agency Ukrinform said. @highlight Senior European official urges restraint, dialogue between parties in Ukraine @highlight President Viktor Yanukovych accepts resignation of Prime Minister and Cabinet @highlight Parliament debates legislation that might give amnesty to arrested protesters @highlight Lawmakers vote by an overwhelming majority to repeal sweeping anti-protest laws

"I'm asking @placeholder to immediately sign a law for which the parliament has just voted," he said.

Viktor Yanukovych

(Mental Floss) -- Work hard, get promoted, succeed in your new post, and eventually you'll start earning the big money. This progression seems like a firmly ingrained part of the American Dream, and it's certainly worked for a lot of people. Michael Ovitz spent $6 million on office renovations, Lakers tickets, and a BMW, among other expenses. However, these steps aren't absolutely necessary to fatten your bank account, as Washington Mutual CEO Alan Fishman learned last week. When WaMu failed and was seized by government regulators, Fishman had been on the job for just 17 days. However, he was contractually guaranteed $11.6 million in cash severance on top of the $7.5 million signing bonus he got for taking the job. @highlight Washington Mutual's Alan Fishman got about $20 million for 17 days of work @highlight Disney dumped Michael Ovitz after only 16 months and paid him $100 million @highlight Actor Billy Dee Williams' "pay-or-play" clause paid him money for not acting @highlight Yankees paid Carl Pavano $39.9 million to start only 26 baseball games in 4 years

(In Fishman's defense, it's tough to blame @placeholder's failure on his leadership alone; it seems highly unlikely that any CEO, however determined, could crash such a large thrift in just two weeks.)

WaMu

(CNN) -- The six-point peace plan for Syria proposed by Kofi Annan is doomed to fail for one simple reason: Neither President Bashar al-Assad nor the government opposition is interested in making it work. For al-Assad, full implementation of the plan, which includes a political settlement through dialogue and respect for the rights of citizens to demonstrate peacefully, will bring an end to his regime. From the onset of the uprisings, his government knew that a repeat of the protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square or Bahrain's Pearl Square in Damascus or Aleppo will mean regime change. Al-Assad and his inner circle are not about to create conditions that are conducive for such sit-ins just because the Annan plan calls on them to do so. @highlight Randa Slim: The peace plan for Syria proposed by Kofi Annan is doomed to fail @highlight Slim: After more than a year of uprisings, Syria is still stuck in a violent stalemate @highlight She says one possible game changer is if the protests in Syria become more widespread @highlight Slim: Members in local councils are Syria's best hope for future leadership

Al-Assad has not been able to crush the opposition, and opposition seems nowhere near to dislodging @placeholder.

Bashar al-Assad

(CNN) -- Mitt Romney hates apologies. That's why he leaped to the conclusion that, in the wake of the killing of Libya Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other State Department employees, the Obama administration had issued an apology for America's actions. "It's a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values," Romney declared. "It's disgraceful that the Obama administration's first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks." What Romney called a disgraceful response by the Obama administration to the Libyan killings was in fact a statement issued before the killings by America's Cairo Embassy condemning an anti-Islam film that portrays the Prophet Mohammed as a child molester. @highlight Nicolaus Mills: Romney's hatred of apologies shows in his book's title: "No Apology" @highlight Mills: Romney slammed Obama "apology" that was never made; but he forgets history @highlight Mills: Clinton apologized for Rwanda, Reagan apologized for WWII Japanese internments @highlight Mills: Even George W. Bush said he was sorry for sniper using Quran for target practice

What @placeholder, who after disparaging 47% of Americans for being dependents has insisted there was nothing wrong in what he said, fails to understand is that presidential apologies are nothing new.

Mitt Romney

By Ian Parkes, Press Association Lewis Hamilton heads into Formula One's summer break with a smile on his face after believing he has proven himself in times of adversity. Hamilton could have been cut severely adrift of Mercedes team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg in the championship standings following disastrous qualifying sessions in the last two races. But from 20th on the grid in the German Grand Prix following a brake disc failure, and a pit-lane start in Hungary on Sunday in the wake of a fire sparked by a fuel leak, Hamilton battled through to third on both occasions. @highlight Lewis Hamilton just 11 points behind Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg @highlight British driver finished third in Hungarian Grand Prix last Sunday @highlight Comfortable in car, insists he can push on to win championship @highlight Felipe Massa believes Williams will be competitive again upon restart

'We've had some difficult weekends throughout this season, but if I'm honest, looking back at it now, I wouldn't want it any other way,' said @placeholder on the team's official website.

Hamilton

Preston North End 1-3 Manchester United. It wasn't pretty, and it was far from easy. What Louis van Gaal could have done with, was a striker on top form. Preston aren't a bad side - they're fourth in League One and real contenders for promotion to the second tier of English football - but the might of Manchester United should have brushed them aside with ease. Radamel Falcao should have brushed them aside with ease. Preston took the lead just after half-time, and they were in with a real chance of progressing to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup until Ander Herrera got the ball rolling, and Marouane Fellaini put them ahead. No Falcao in sight. @highlight Radamel Falcao played an hour against Preston, but didn't have a shot @highlight He was substituted after failing to make an impact in the FA Cup match @highlight Louis van Gaal has a big decision to make over the Colombian's future @highlight It will cost £43million if they decide to keep him, and it is a huge gamble

Radamel Falcao has abuse hurled at him by @placeholder fans as he makes his way off the pitch to be substituted

Preston

By Chris Pleasance Shelly Sterling will accept offers this week to buy the LA Clippers after meeting with potential buyer Steve Ballmer on Sunday, it has been claimed. Ballmer, a former Microsoft CEO thought to be worth $20billion (£11.8billion), is leading a group of investors looking to buy the sports franchise and reportedly spoke with Sterling on Sunday in a meeting overseen by the NBA. Shelly has committed to offloading the team, which could be worth $1.5billion, after her husband Donald was recorded making racist remarks leading to the NBA banning him from the league. Shelly Sterling is looking to do a deal over the LA Clippers this week, it has been reported. She was handed control of the franchise after husband Donald was banned from the NBA @highlight Shelly Sterling reportedly looking to do deal over LA Clippers this week @highlight Frontrunner is former Microsoft CEO and multi-billionaire Steve Ballmer @highlight Magic Johnson, Daivd Geffen and Larry Ellison thought to be interested @highlight Shelly handed control of team after husband Donald was banned from NBA

Previously, the league stated a sale would only be considered if @placeholder chose to sell it in its entirety.

Shelly

By Tom Worden Last updated at 1:34 PM on 29th February 2012 'Falklands should be Argentinean': Roger Waters, 68, said he was ashamed of Britain's colonial past Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has entered the debate over the Falkland Islands, declaring that they ‘should be Argentinian’. In an interview with Chilean television, the 68-year-old said he was happy to say so as an Englishman because he was ashamed of Britain’s colonial past, ‘when we were out raping and plundering and stealing’. Asked about the rights of the residents to decide their future, he conceded: ‘The Falkland Islanders are British ... so they have a point of view.’ @highlight Comments come after Sean Penn accused Britain of 'ludicrous and archaic colonialism' over the islands

@placeholder-owned cruise liners from docking as they arrived from the

Britain

By Lydia Warren Duck Dynasty star Alan Robertson has come to his homophobic father's defense in an impassioned speech, branding him a '21st Century prophet' who is being punished for speaking 'truths'. Following in the footsteps of his father's religious rants, Alan, the oldest son of Phil Robertson, made the comments in an address at the Watchmen on the Wall conference in Washington D.C. last week. He explained that the outcry at his father's December interview in GQ magazine - in which he likened homosexuality to bestiality - had not changed his views. 'It hasn't changed us one bit, who we are, what we believe and what we teach other people. And it won't,' he told the audience in a video of the speech. @highlight Alan Robertson, a former pastor, spoke in Washington D.C. last week and said outcry at his dad's homophobic comments had not affected his views @highlight 'He has the heart and mindset of a prophet,' he said @highlight Phil Robertson was briefly dropped from A&E show Ducky Dynasty last year after he compared homosexuality to bestiality in an interview @highlight He was also filmed expressing the same beliefs in a sermon last month

announced that @placeholder would be included when they began filming

Alan

New Delhi (CNN) -- An Indian cartoonist charged with sedition over images critical of the government has been released on bail, his lawyer said Wednesday. Aseem Trivedi had originally refused to seek bail and wanted the charges dropped, but changed his mind after receiving assurances from authorities that they would be reviewed, Vijay Hiremath said. In comments after his release, televised from outside the jailhouse, the satirist vowed to continue his campaign against the country's colonial-era law on sedition. "This fight will continue until 124A is repealed," he said, holding a microphone. Arrest of 'toilet' cartoonist triggers free speech debate in India @highlight NEW: Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi leaves jail on bail @highlight Trivedi had originally refused to apply for bail, wanted sedition charge dropped @highlight Cartoons attacked perceived corruption in India's political system @highlight HRW urged authorities to drop the charges and repeal the law

"The obvious abuse of the sedition law to silence @placeholder should be the case that prompts the abolition of this law."

Aseem Trivedi

Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Farrah Fawcett's death a year ago was the top story for only a few hours, quickly eclipsed by shocking news that Michael Jackson had died. Jackson arrived in an ambulance at UCLA Medical Center three miles away and just three hours after Fawcett was pronounced dead at another hospital on June 25, 2009. "It was such an odd coincidence that she and Michael Jackson should die just within hours of each other," Fawcett's closest friend, Alana Stewart, said. "It's just amazing that something like that could happen." Fawcett might have "gotten a smile about the attention being off her," Stewart said @highlight Michael Jackson's death hours later overshadowed Fawcett's @highlight Friend said Farrah would have smiled about coincidence @highlight Farrah Fawcett Foundation supports alternative cancer treatments @highlight Actress hoped her cancer battle would inspire others

Fawcett's story -- which Stewart also chronicled in her book "My Journey With @placeholder" -- is about a woman fighting to live against mounting odds of a spreading cancer.

Farrah

(CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world. Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The Innocence of Muslims" mocks the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. Belief: Controversy shines light on Coptic Christianity "Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. @highlight NEW: Head of Media for Christ said he was duped by filmmaker @highlight U.S., Libyan officials discuss what happened in Benghazi @highlight Egypt charges maker of anti-Islamic film, seven others @highlight Al Qaeda urges killing of U.S. government representatives across Muslim lands

Some of the @placeholder officials had flown in for the meetings, which included security experts.

Americans

(CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world. Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The Innocence of Muslims" mocks the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. Belief: Controversy shines light on Coptic Christianity "Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. @highlight NEW: Head of Media for Christ said he was duped by filmmaker @highlight U.S., Libyan officials discuss what happened in Benghazi @highlight Egypt charges maker of anti-Islamic film, seven others @highlight Al Qaeda urges killing of U.S. government representatives across Muslim lands

"They (the United States) are losing @placeholder, if they lose Libya ... they and we cannot afford to lose our partnership."

Egypt

(CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world. Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The Innocence of Muslims" mocks the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. Belief: Controversy shines light on Coptic Christianity "Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. @highlight NEW: Head of Media for Christ said he was duped by filmmaker @highlight U.S., Libyan officials discuss what happened in Benghazi @highlight Egypt charges maker of anti-Islamic film, seven others @highlight Al Qaeda urges killing of U.S. government representatives across Muslim lands

"They (the United States) are losing Egypt, if they lose @placeholder ... they and we cannot afford to lose our partnership."

Libya

(CNN) -- Egyptian authorities have charged seven Coptic Christians living in the United States and a Florida pastor with insulting Islam and inciting sectarian strife for their alleged links to an online video that has enraged much of the Muslim world. Egypt's public prosecutor announced the charges Tuesday, the latest development in the deadly backlash against the low-budget, amateurish 14-minute movie trailer produced privately in the United States and posted on YouTube. The clip from "The Innocence of Muslims" mocks the Muslim Prophet Mohammed as a womanizer, child molester and killer. Belief: Controversy shines light on Coptic Christianity "Innocence of Muslims" was an obscure Internet video until September 11, when rioters, seizing on it, breached the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. Protesters also attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. @highlight NEW: Head of Media for Christ said he was duped by filmmaker @highlight U.S., Libyan officials discuss what happened in Benghazi @highlight Egypt charges maker of anti-Islamic film, seven others @highlight Al Qaeda urges killing of U.S. government representatives across Muslim lands

@placeholder has taken steps to arrest those responsible for last week's deadly consulate attack, bringing in dozens for questioning over the weekend, Libyan officials said.

Libya

Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea's neighbors have condemned the secretive nation's launch of a long-range rocket, with Seoul calling the launch a "challenge and threat" to stability on the Korean peninsula and the world at large. The rocket passed close to the territory of Japan and South Korea, but both have refrained from any retaliation. Japan said it did not take any action to destroy what it termed "a missile," which passed over its territory near the island of Okinawa, and had not seen any signs of damage. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the launch was "extremely regrettable." @highlight Japan and South Korea decry North Korean rocket launch @highlight NEW: China regrets launch and urges calm @highlight Beijing seen as having most leverage over North Korea @highlight How China responds to new initiatives will be key

"@placeholder will be further isolated from the international community after this launch," a statement from the presidential Blue House said.

North Korea

Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea's neighbors have condemned the secretive nation's launch of a long-range rocket, with Seoul calling the launch a "challenge and threat" to stability on the Korean peninsula and the world at large. The rocket passed close to the territory of Japan and South Korea, but both have refrained from any retaliation. Japan said it did not take any action to destroy what it termed "a missile," which passed over its territory near the island of Okinawa, and had not seen any signs of damage. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the launch was "extremely regrettable." @highlight Japan and South Korea decry North Korean rocket launch @highlight NEW: China regrets launch and urges calm @highlight Beijing seen as having most leverage over North Korea @highlight How China responds to new initiatives will be key

They could hurt @placeholder by shutting down all economic relations and trade, but that would likely generate a large number of refugees, something the Chinese aren't interested in."

North Korea

Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea's neighbors have condemned the secretive nation's launch of a long-range rocket, with Seoul calling the launch a "challenge and threat" to stability on the Korean peninsula and the world at large. The rocket passed close to the territory of Japan and South Korea, but both have refrained from any retaliation. Japan said it did not take any action to destroy what it termed "a missile," which passed over its territory near the island of Okinawa, and had not seen any signs of damage. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said the launch was "extremely regrettable." @highlight Japan and South Korea decry North Korean rocket launch @highlight NEW: China regrets launch and urges calm @highlight Beijing seen as having most leverage over North Korea @highlight How China responds to new initiatives will be key

@placeholder claims the rocket tests will enable it to launch a satellite but many nations consider the launches a cover for testing ballistic missiles.

North Korea

White House officials are scratching their heads over the decision by Republicans to sue President Barack Obama over his decision to delay a requirement in the health care law for businesses to provide coverage to employees. That's because, as one senior administration official pointed out on Friday, those same lawmakers voted to do the exact same thing at virtually the exact same time -- defer until 2015 the part of Obamacare known as the employer mandate. House Speaker John Boehner justified last July's vote, held days after the Obama administration action, as a repudiation of the executive decision to alter a major part of the politically-charged law just months before it was put into practice. @highlight The White House is puzzled by the focus of a GOP lawsuit against President Obama @highlight The challenge centers on the Obamacare employer mandate delay @highlight Obama acted on his own last summer, but House Republicans also voted to defer it for a year @highlight So do they have a case? House Speaker John Boehner says they do, despite the House vote

The reference to last year's vote by the Republican-led House signals @placeholder confidence that Boehner's lawsuit announced on Thursday night will fail in court.

House

White House officials are scratching their heads over the decision by Republicans to sue President Barack Obama over his decision to delay a requirement in the health care law for businesses to provide coverage to employees. That's because, as one senior administration official pointed out on Friday, those same lawmakers voted to do the exact same thing at virtually the exact same time -- defer until 2015 the part of Obamacare known as the employer mandate. House Speaker John Boehner justified last July's vote, held days after the Obama administration action, as a repudiation of the executive decision to alter a major part of the politically-charged law just months before it was put into practice. @highlight The White House is puzzled by the focus of a GOP lawsuit against President Obama @highlight The challenge centers on the Obamacare employer mandate delay @highlight Obama acted on his own last summer, but House Republicans also voted to defer it for a year @highlight So do they have a case? House Speaker John Boehner says they do, despite the House vote

House Republicans tried to use their constitutional powers to delay the mandate but failed, the @placeholder thinking goes.

House

White House officials are scratching their heads over the decision by Republicans to sue President Barack Obama over his decision to delay a requirement in the health care law for businesses to provide coverage to employees. That's because, as one senior administration official pointed out on Friday, those same lawmakers voted to do the exact same thing at virtually the exact same time -- defer until 2015 the part of Obamacare known as the employer mandate. House Speaker John Boehner justified last July's vote, held days after the Obama administration action, as a repudiation of the executive decision to alter a major part of the politically-charged law just months before it was put into practice. @highlight The White House is puzzled by the focus of a GOP lawsuit against President Obama @highlight The challenge centers on the Obamacare employer mandate delay @highlight Obama acted on his own last summer, but House Republicans also voted to defer it for a year @highlight So do they have a case? House Speaker John Boehner says they do, despite the House vote

Obama defiantly challenged @placeholder last week, saying he would continue to take steps he felt were necessary with or without the support of congressional Republicans.

GOP

The 40-year-old man accused of attacking V.Stiviano in a racist assault which left her face severely bruised intends to deny the charges, his lawyer has said. Dominick Diorio made a brief court appearance on Wednesday and was released without bail. He did not speak to waiting reporters but his attorney David Scott Smith said he expects the allegations to 'begin to fail' as soon as they are examined with more scrutiny. He went on to accuse Stiviano of inventing the attack in order to gain publicity or to 'keep her name in the spotlight'. 'Simply put, a credible victim of a crime does not have her attorney call the press before she calls the police,' said Smith. @highlight Dominick Diorio, 40, was celebrating his birthday with friends when V.Stiviano claims he attacked her @highlight It allegedly happened outside Manhattan's Gansevoort Hotel on Sunday @highlight He was arrested and charged with assault and a hate crime but the charges were reduced to third-degree assault on Wednesday @highlight He faces a year in jail over the clash @highlight V. Stiviano's lawyers claim Diorio called Stiviano a 'n***** b****' and repeatedly punched her in the face as she got into a taxi @highlight MailOnline yesterday published exclusive photographs of V.Stiviano's bruised face after the attack @highlight Diorio's lawyer denied the allegations and said that Stiviano only made the claims to keep her name in the spotlight

the other, which was presumably taken the day after, @placeholder's face

Stiviano

The 40-year-old man accused of attacking V.Stiviano in a racist assault which left her face severely bruised intends to deny the charges, his lawyer has said. Dominick Diorio made a brief court appearance on Wednesday and was released without bail. He did not speak to waiting reporters but his attorney David Scott Smith said he expects the allegations to 'begin to fail' as soon as they are examined with more scrutiny. He went on to accuse Stiviano of inventing the attack in order to gain publicity or to 'keep her name in the spotlight'. 'Simply put, a credible victim of a crime does not have her attorney call the press before she calls the police,' said Smith. @highlight Dominick Diorio, 40, was celebrating his birthday with friends when V.Stiviano claims he attacked her @highlight It allegedly happened outside Manhattan's Gansevoort Hotel on Sunday @highlight He was arrested and charged with assault and a hate crime but the charges were reduced to third-degree assault on Wednesday @highlight He faces a year in jail over the clash @highlight V. Stiviano's lawyers claim Diorio called Stiviano a 'n***** b****' and repeatedly punched her in the face as she got into a taxi @highlight MailOnline yesterday published exclusive photographs of V.Stiviano's bruised face after the attack @highlight Diorio's lawyer denied the allegations and said that Stiviano only made the claims to keep her name in the spotlight

'I’m confident that as this case goes forward and the investigation continues, that Miss @placeholder’s allegations will likewise begin to fail and at the end of the day, the assault charge will be dismissed as well.'

Stiviano

(CNN) -- Michael Douglas made news recently by discussing, rather candidly, the possible cause of his throat cancer. Specifically, he told The Guardian that his disease could be caused by oral sex, which could have exposed him to human papillomavirus. Douglas clarified his comments later. But it is inevitable that debate would follow: HPV -- and the vaccine that is meant to prevent infection -- are surprisingly controversial. Human papillomavirus is the main cause of cervical cancer in women. Such cancer still causes the death of 4,000 women each year in the United States. It's estimated that about 15,000 HPV-associated cancers could be prevented each year by the vaccine. HPV is, unfortunately, often transmitted through sexual activity. It's the cause of genital warts, and it's an extremely common sexually transmitted infection. @highlight Aaron Carroll: In interview, Michael Douglas says throat cancer may be linked to oral sex @highlight Carroll: Whether or not it was the cause, story points up need for boys also to get HPV vaccine @highlight He says a slew of cancers affecting men, women are linked to sexually transmitted HPV @highlight Carroll: Kids have sex younger, and vaccine can help protect them from cancer

Even, perhaps, the cancer that has caused @placeholder so much grief.

Douglas

BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China in 1978 was stranded at a political crossroad. It was just emerging from the chaos of the Cultural Revolution and the death of Chairman Mao. Deng Xiaoping had emerged as the new leader, but Mao's dogma remained deep-rooted and seemingly immutable. In and outside the Communist Party, a debate raged: Where to, China? CNN Beijing Bureau Chief Jaime FlorCruz worked on a farm in China's Hunan province during the 1970s. On December 18, 1978, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping gave his answer. In a Communist Party meeting in Beijing that day, the political elite adopted Deng's pragmatic program and launched economic reforms. New China was born. @highlight China has undergone a radical makeover in the 30 years since Deng's reforms @highlight CNN's Jaime FlorCruz remembers China as being poor and isolated @highlight Beijing has transformed from quiet neighborhoods to a city of skyscrapers @highlight Deng disbanded communes, opened Special Economic Zones, touted capitalism

@placeholder's reforms set off a series of seismic changes, starting in the countryside with the disbanding of the people's communes.

Deng

(CNN) -- Maria Sharapova was forced to call on all her resilience to ensure her place in the semifinals of the French Open Tuesday. The World No.8 endured a nightmare opening set, losing it 6-1 to Spain's Garbine Muguruza, before launching an impressive fightback. Sharapova, who was beaten in last year's final, won the second set 7-5 before taking the decider 6-1. The Russian, who won at Roland Garros in 2012, will now face Canada's rising star Eugenie Bouchard. "I came across a player playing with such confidence and I knew it was going to be a tough match," Sharapova told the WTA website. @highlight Maria Sharapova through to semifinals of French Open @highlight Sharapova defeated Garbine Muguruza 1-6 7-5 6-1 @highlight Russian will face Eugenie Bouchard in last four @highlight Novak Djokovic to take on Ernests Gulbis

@placeholder, seeded seventh, made a dreadful start to the contest and fell 4-0 behind before finally winning a game.

Maria Sharapova

The Transportation Security Administration is unveiling new technology this month at several airports aimed at verifying boarding passes and IDs of passengers. A total of 30 machines from three different companies will be tested at Dulles International Airport near Washington, George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and the San Juan airport in Puerto Rico. Dulles received the first of the machines and began rolling them out Wednesday. "We feel that this technology is a step up from the current technology we are using today," said Domenic Bianchini, director of TSA's checkpoint technology. Each company's machine looks different, has different software and uses different algorithms, but for passengers they all operate in a similar way. @highlight The pilot program is aimed at verifying boarding passes and IDs of passengers @highlight Dulles airport is the first of three airports to get the machines @highlight The program will also be tested in Houston and San Juan @highlight The devices are designed to check documents in a "matter of seconds," TSA official says

CNN timed a handful of passengers going through one machine at the @placeholder checkpoint Friday.

Dulles International Airport

By Aaron Sharp and Snejana Farberov and Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 23:00 EST, 8 December 2013 | UPDATED: 04:18 EST, 9 December 2013 The Pennsylvania man who was lured on Craigslist by a young couple who wanted to commit a murder together, was still alive as they searched for a place to dump his body. Miranda Barbour, 18, told police that Troy LaFerrara, a 42-year-old married man, was still alive - 'choking and gasping for air' - after she stabbed him 20 times. Initially, Miranda told police that she killed La Ferrara in self-defense after he started to grope her. But her 22-year-old husband Elytte Barbour gave police a different story, saying they conspired to kill a stranger together, and he helped hold La Ferrara down while his wife wielded the knife. @highlight Miranda Barbour, 18, arranged to meet married engineer Troy LaFerrara in parking lot for sex @highlight Her husband, 22-year-old Elytte Barbour, was hiding under blanket in backseat and waiting for a signal @highlight Police say Elytte strangled LaFerrara with a cord while his wife repeatedly knifed him @highlight But LaFerrara was still alive as the couple drove around searching for a place to dump his body @highlight Couple later washed blood from the car and drive to a strip club to celebrate Elytte Barbour's birthday

'Natural born killers': Miranda Barbour (left), 18, and her 22-year-old husband, Elytte (right) are seen in handcuffs after being arrested in connection to the 'thrill killing' of @placeholder last month

LaFerrara

(CNN) -- Lionel Messi scored twice as European champions Barcelona secured the Club World Cup with a 4-0 rout of Brazil's Santos in Yokohama Sunday. Messi opened Barcelona's account and added their fourth and final goal in a one-sided match against their South American counterparts. Xavi and Cesc Fabregas scored their other goals in a first-half which saw Pep Guardiola's men 3-0 ahead and in total control. It is their second Club World Cup title after 2009 and the 13th trophy won since Guardiola took charge at the Camp Nou in 2008. "We've got a core of very talented players and the secret of our success is simple," he told the official FIFA website. @highlight Barcelona beat Santos 4-0 in Club World Cup final in Japan @highlight Lionel Messi scores twice for European champions @highlight Xavi and Cesc Fabregas also on target in one-sided final @highlight Al Sadd beat Kashiwa Reysol in third-place playoff

By contrast, @placeholder was at his irrepressible best, and set up by Xavi on 17 minutes made no mistake with a chipped finish.

Lionel Messi

By David Mccormack and Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 19:43 EST, 24 May 2013 | UPDATED: 23:00 EST, 24 May 2013 Jimmy Kimmel has denied spending nearly $2million on a topless painting of the late Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur after his comedian friend posted a picture of himself holding the portrait and thanking Kimmel for the 'generous' gift. 'Biggest surprise of my life. Thank you @jimmykimmel - the most generous guy in the world! #BeaArthur,' comedian Jeffrey Ross wrote as the picture caption. While he did not formally confirm that he was the one to pay the pricey sum for the picture, Kimmel's response comes as a certain declaration- one that he ultimately overturned. @highlight The painting of the former 'Golden Girl' was called sexist and misogynistic when first unveiled in the early 90s @highlight Christie's had hoped the painting might sell for as much as $2.5m in auction @highlight Kimmel outed as buyer after he gave it to his friend, comedian Jeff Ross, who posted a 'thank you' shout out on Twitter

@placeholder posed for a picture with 'the biggest surprise of his life', the nude portrait of Bea Arthur that he said Jimmy Kimmel bought for him as a surprise

Jeff Ross

West Ham manager Sam Allardyce passed up the opportunity to sign Swansea forward Wilfried Bony - with Andy Carroll brought in instead. Allardyce revealed he had been scouting Bony when the Ivory Coast international was in prolific form at Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem in 2013 but a move never materialised as he was able to strike a deal with Liverpool to sign Carroll on a permanent basis instead. Bony completed a move to the Swans and has been in scintillating form, scoring more Premier League goals in the calender year than any other player. West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said the club turned down the chance to sign Wilfried Bony (above) @highlight Sam Allardyce admitted he was interested in signing Wilfried Bony @highlight West Ham boss said club couldn't afford deal after signing Andy Carroll @highlight Swansea face West Ham on Sunday in Barclays Premier League @highlight Bony is the top scorer in the Premier League in 2014

@placeholder may have been one striker to pass Allardyce by but the Hammers have their own prolific forward back for this weekend.

Bony

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Just days after the U.S. military formally handed authority of Baghdad's "Green Zone" over to the Iraqis, the new American Embassy opened in Baghdad. The American flag is raised at Monday's dedication ceremony for the new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Situated on the banks of the Tigris river, one mile south of Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace -- U.S. headquarters in Baghdad since 2003 -- the new embassy opened early Monday afternoon in a closely controlled ceremony that included Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker, and Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. "The return of the Republican Palace to the government of Iraq last Thursday and the raising of the flag over a new embassy four days later are potent symbols of this record of achievement," Negroponte said during his opening ceremony speech Monday. @highlight New U.S. Embassy in Baghdad opens days after "Green Zone" control given to Iraqis @highlight New embassy covers 104 acres and is the largest in the world @highlight As U.S. military presence ramps down, other aspects will ramp up, envoy says @highlight Price tag for 27-building complex is at least $592 million

There were at least five separate attacks in the Iraqi capital, with one, the roadside bombing of an @placeholder police patrol, resulting in the death of two people.

Iraq

The crucial role played by Pope Francis in bringing Cuba and the United States together signals that history's first Latin American pope has no qualms about putting the Holy See on the front lines of diplomacy, especially for a cause it has long championed. The Vatican said on Wednesday that Francis wrote to President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in recent months and invited them to resolve their differences over humanitarian issues, including prisoners. In addition, the Vatican hosted U.S. and Cuban delegations in October 'and provided its good offices to facilitate a constructive dialogue on delicate matters, resulting in solutions acceptable to both parties,' the Vatican said. @highlight Pope Francis wrote to President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in recent months and invited them to resolve their differences @highlight The Vatican hosted U.S. and Cuban delegations in October 'and provided its good offices to facilitate a constructive dialogue on delicate matters' @highlight Perhaps coincidentally, the announcement was made on Francis' 78th birthday, and Vatican officials had said to expect a 'surprise' later in the day

She said it was widely understood that @placeholder and Obama spoke about Cuba when they met March 27 at the Vatican.

Francis

Islambad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Two prominent Pakistani Muslim leaders threatened Wednesday to call for nationwide protests if the president pardons a Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Muslim prophet Mohammed. "If the president pardons Asia Bibi, we will raise our voices across the country until he is forced to take his decision back," nationally known mufti Muneer Ur Rehman said. Hafiz Ibtisam Elahi Zaheer, a leading cleric in Lahore, said pardoning the woman would be "criminal negligence" and would cause inter-religious tension. Punjab Gov. Salman Taseer told CNN Tuesday that President Asif Ali Zardari would pardon Bibi if the High Court did not grant her request for mercy. @highlight NEW: Two Muslim leaders warn of protests if President Zardari frees Asia Bibi @highlight She was sentenced to death for insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed @highlight Presidential spokeswoman: Pakistan is committed to protecting religious minorities @highlight A provincial governor has said the president is expected to pardon Bibi

Prosecutors say Bibi, a 45-year-old field worker, insulted the @placeholder after she got into a heated argument with Muslim co-workers who refused to drink from a bucket of water she had touched because she is not Muslim.

Mohammed

(CNN) -- On Monday, the world's leading technology companies, including Google and Microsoft, published an open letter to President Obama and Congress demanding reform of U.S. privacy laws to restore the public's "trust in the Internet." This comes after what seems like an endless series of revelations about government surveillance from the secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden. Let's start with the latest: American and British spies have gone into online fantasy games to snoop on players, and to see if any militants are communicating with each other dressed as elves or gnomes. Last week, the Washington Post reported that the National Security Agency is "collecting billions of records a day to track the location of mobile phone users around the world." And we learned recently that the NSA hacked fiber-optic cables and infected 50,000 networks with malware. @highlight The world's leading tech companies asked President Obama to reform privacy laws @highlight Casey Oppenheim: The scale of Big Brother spying is beyond our imagination @highlight He says even those who have nothing to hide want to regain some control of their privacy @highlight Oppenheim: In this atmosphere of anxiety, more people are trying to find privacy solutions

Revelations of @placeholder spying even contributed to President Obama's approval rating sinking to a new low.

NSA

A woman who had a five-month-old baby die in her care has given a tearful apology to the girl's parents in a Brisbane courtroom. Emma Hicks dropped off her daughter Indianna at the home of Tracey Cross, who provided services for the Sunshine Coast Family Day Care Scheme, on the morning of July 20, 2012. That afternoon, Ms Cross checked on Indianna to find her laying face down, limp and pale. Attempts to revive her on the kitchen floor were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at Caloundra Hospital, a coronial inquest on Brisbane heard on Monday. Scroll down for video @highlight Mother Emma Hicks dropped off her baby Indianna at home of carer Tracey Cross on July 20, 2012 @highlight That afternoon Ms Cross found the baby girl laying face down on the kitchen floor, a Brisbane court was told @highlight Attempts to revive her were unsuccessful and she was pronounced dead at hospital @highlight During the coronial inquest on Monday, Ms Cross said she thought she had been responsible @highlight This was until she was told months later that Indianna died of SIDS @highlight Ms Hicks says she was reluctant to leave her in Ms Cross' care as she could smell cigarette smoke and the carer recently had a cold @highlight Ms Cross rejected these claims and the two-day inquest continues

'I knew @placeholder was going to turn up and I was worried about who was going to tell her.

Emma Hicks

Four bronze angels which were built for Cardinal Wolsey's tomb but vanished into obscurity for nearly 500 years are being bought for the nation - at a price of £2.8million. The opulent metre-high statues were made for Henry VIII's chief adviser in 1524 but disappeared after he fell out of the king's favour, at one point adorning the gateposts of a country manor. Now the popularity of BBC drama Wolf Hall, based on Hilary Mantel's double Booker Prize-winning book series, has helped thrust the sculptures into the limelight - and raised £87,000 from the public. Scroll down for video Preserved: Originally designed for Cardinal Wolsey's tomb, these bronze angels will be preserved permanently in Victoria & Albert Museum in London after chiefs raised £2.8million to but them for the nation @highlight Metre-high works made in 1524 to show wealth of Henry VIII's adviser @highlight He died in 1530 after falling out of favour and tomb was never finished @highlight Angels vanished into obscurity until resurfacing in 1994 and 2008 @highlight All four had perched atop gateposts of a Northamptonshire country home @highlight Popularity of BBC's Wolf Hall has helped public campaign raise £87,000 @highlight The rest of the cash comes from national art funds and Friends of V&A

'We are very grateful to everyone who contributed to our fundraising appeal to ensure these outstanding sculptures, which were thought to be lost, are reunited and preserved at the @placeholder for future generations.'

V&A

A couple who began their relationship after 'meeting' on Facebook have discovered that they have known each other since primary school and had even visited each other's houses as children. Saidee Bailey and Beau Samuelson were two years apart at Westbrook Hay Prep School in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, where they sat for a group photo in 2001. They barely knew each other and went on to separate secondary schools before starting their careers. Newly-engaged Beau Samuelson (left) and Saidee Bailey (right) discovered that they have known each other since childhood after reconnecting on Facebook When Saidee, 24, joined Facebook as a teenager she added lots of people from her primary school as 'friends' including her future husband. @highlight Saidee Bailey and Beau Samuelson reconnected on Facebook @highlight When Saidee first visited Beau's house she realised she had been there before, recognising a rocking horse she had played on as a child @highlight The couple got engaged in December last year

In 2013 out of the blue @placeholder, 25, asked her for a date after telling her he found her Facebook updates interesting.

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A couple who began their relationship after 'meeting' on Facebook have discovered that they have known each other since primary school and had even visited each other's houses as children. Saidee Bailey and Beau Samuelson were two years apart at Westbrook Hay Prep School in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, where they sat for a group photo in 2001. They barely knew each other and went on to separate secondary schools before starting their careers. Newly-engaged Beau Samuelson (left) and Saidee Bailey (right) discovered that they have known each other since childhood after reconnecting on Facebook When Saidee, 24, joined Facebook as a teenager she added lots of people from her primary school as 'friends' including her future husband. @highlight Saidee Bailey and Beau Samuelson reconnected on Facebook @highlight When Saidee first visited Beau's house she realised she had been there before, recognising a rocking horse she had played on as a child @highlight The couple got engaged in December last year

Construction worker Beau said that he was instantly attracted to @placeholder and their joint past was just added bonus.

Saidee

(CNN) -- Ernie Bender was lean and athletic; he skied and walked a lot, and would go snowshoeing every Wednesday with his friends. A golf course superintendent, he lived in Vail, Colorado, with his wife and three sons. One evening in 2000, he and his buddies decided to snowshoe up Vail Mountain and ride the gondola down. Bender complained of indigestion on the way up, which was odd because his last meal had been lunch. He told his friends he needed to sit down before getting on the gondola. After the group got in the cable car, he lost consciousness. @highlight Heart attack risk goes up in men over 45 and women over 55 @highlight It can happen even earlier: Sage Stallone died at age 36 @highlight Maintaining good blood pressure and normal weight can help reduce risk

But despite appearing healthy, @placeholder died of a heart attack at age 47.

Bender

(CNN) -- Ernie Bender was lean and athletic; he skied and walked a lot, and would go snowshoeing every Wednesday with his friends. A golf course superintendent, he lived in Vail, Colorado, with his wife and three sons. One evening in 2000, he and his buddies decided to snowshoe up Vail Mountain and ride the gondola down. Bender complained of indigestion on the way up, which was odd because his last meal had been lunch. He told his friends he needed to sit down before getting on the gondola. After the group got in the cable car, he lost consciousness. @highlight Heart attack risk goes up in men over 45 and women over 55 @highlight It can happen even earlier: Sage Stallone died at age 36 @highlight Maintaining good blood pressure and normal weight can help reduce risk

@placeholder's father had a triple bypass surgery more than a year before Bender's death, Tofferi said.

Bender

(CNN) -- Ernie Bender was lean and athletic; he skied and walked a lot, and would go snowshoeing every Wednesday with his friends. A golf course superintendent, he lived in Vail, Colorado, with his wife and three sons. One evening in 2000, he and his buddies decided to snowshoe up Vail Mountain and ride the gondola down. Bender complained of indigestion on the way up, which was odd because his last meal had been lunch. He told his friends he needed to sit down before getting on the gondola. After the group got in the cable car, he lost consciousness. @highlight Heart attack risk goes up in men over 45 and women over 55 @highlight It can happen even earlier: Sage Stallone died at age 36 @highlight Maintaining good blood pressure and normal weight can help reduce risk

Bender's father had a triple bypass surgery more than a year before @placeholder's death, Tofferi said.

Bender

Newcastle head coach John Carver insists he is relaxed about three of his players attending the BRIT Awards after-show party. Tim Krul, Jack Colback and Steven Taylor were pictured in London in the early hours of Thursday morning having been at the late-night bash in Covent Garden, along with the likes of Ant n Dec, Ed Sheeran and Rita Ora. Goalkeeper Krul and midfielder Colback, however, were back on Tyneside later in the day. Taylor, meanwhile, is out injured with a ruptured Achilles. Jack Colback made it into training on Thursday despite attending the BRIT Awards after-show party Steven Taylor looked like he'd had a long night as he got into a taxi after attending the Warner after-party @highlight Newcastle's Steven Taylor, Tim Krul and Jack Colback attended the BRITs @highlight They later went to the Warner Music after-party near Covent Garden @highlight Head coach John Carver has said he is relaxed about the situation @highlight Krul and Taylor both turned up to training on Thursday @highlight Taylor is expected to be out for rest of the season with a ruptured Achilles @highlight Newcastle are in Premier League action against Aston Villa on Saturday

Newcastle boss John Carver revealed both @placeholder and Colback turned up for training on Thursday

Krul

(CNN) -- Reaction was swift when the website TMZ released an audio recording in which a man purported to be Donald Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers pro basketball team, made racist remarks. The n-word wasn't used, but the male voice on the audio recording complained that his girlfriend posted Instagram photos of herself with black men, including former pro basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson. "Don't bring him to my games," the male voice commanded. Current and former players castigated Sterling. Talking heads called for the National Basketball Association to kick him out of the game. Then another website posted another, similar audio recording. More angry words. This uproar won't die down any time soon. @highlight Kevin Johnson, mayor of Sacramento, now speaks for the players union @highlight Clippers player Chris Paul is in an uncomfortable spotlight @highlight Adam Silver faces his first test as NBA commissioner @highlight Donald Sterling has made millions off the Clippers

Sterling hasn't commented extensively since the audio recordings were released, but a @placeholder official said Sterling is "emphatic that what is reflected on that recording is not consistent with, nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feelings."

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- When Danish auteur Lars von Trier presented his gothic thriller, "Antichrist" at Cannes Film Festival last month, it was greeted with cat-calls, jeers and, at times, disbelieving laughter. Danish auteur Lars von Trier has been making films that shock, provoke and impress for over 40 years. Filmmakers are expected to give audiences a hard time at Cannes and the two-hander starring Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg as a couple grieving the loss of a child is no exception. But it was the level of pornographic sex and visceral brutality that outraged some and astonished many. Von Trier was labeled a woman-hater for the wince-inducingly horrific final scene in which female lead Charlotte Gainsbourg takes a pair of rusty scissors to her genitals and performs a DIY clitoridectomy right to camera. @highlight Pornographic sex and visceral violence in "Antichrist" shocked early audiences @highlight Von Trier was accused of misogyny but claims to identify with the female character @highlight "Antichrist" stars Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe as a bereaved couple @highlight Von Trier's "The Idiots" (1998) was first mainstream film to show non-simulated sex

Misogyny couldn't be further from the truth, according to Von Trier, who says he sees himself up there on the screen: "I mostly see myself as the female character," the 53-year-old director told CNN in @placeholder.

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