question: DirecTV (stylized as DIRECTV or simply DTV) is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider based in El Segundo, California and is a subsidiary of AT&T. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Its primary competitors are Dish Network and cable television providers. On July 24, 2015, after receiving approval from the United States Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice, AT&T acquired DirecTV in a transaction valued at $48.5 billion.

DirecTV provides television and audio services to subscribers through satellite transmissions. Services include the equivalent of many local television stations, broadcast television networks, subscription television services, satellite radio services, and private video services. Subscribers have access to hundreds of channels, so its competitors are cable television service and other satellite-based services.

Most subscribers use reception antennas which are much smaller than the first generation antennas, which were typically a few yards (meters) across. Advances in antenna technology, including fractal antennas, have allowed a general reduction in antenna size across all industries and applications. Receiving equipment includes a satellite dish, an integrated receiver/decoder and a DirecTV access card, which is necessary to operate the receiver/decoder.
1. how are the services in the article provided?
2. who provides them?
3. are they called anything else?
4. what?
5. where are they headquartered?
6. are they owned by a larger company?
7. who?
8. when did they buy them?
9. did someone have to approve the purchase?
10. more than one entity?
11. who were they?
12. how much did AT&T pay?
13. what kind of service does the company provide?
14. to everyone?
15. who do they provide service to?
16. does it say what types of services are available?
17. what one is first?
18. is there a large channel selection?
19. how many?
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answer: 1. through satellite transmissions
2. DirecTV
3. yes
4. DIRECTV or DTV
5. El Segundo, California
6. yes
7. AT&T
8. On July 24, 2015
9. yes
10. yes
11. the United States Federal Communications Commission and United States Department of Justice
12. $48.5 billion
13. television and audio
14. no
15. subscribers
16. yes
17. television
18. yes
19. hundreds

question: (CNN) -- The United States breached international law by executing a Mexican national without having granted him consular access, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday.

Navi Pillay, in a statement, said she deeply regrets the execution of Humberto Leal Garcia, after a 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court denied him a stay of execution Thursday night.

"The execution of Mr. Leal Garcia places the U.S. in breach of international law," said Pillay, who is on an official mission in Mexico. "What the state of Texas has done in this case is imputable in law to the U.S. and engages the United States' international responsibility."

Pillay said Leal was not granted consular access, which -- as a foreign national -- was his right under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

The denial of access raises concerns about whether Leal got a fair trial, Pillay said.

Leal, who was convicted for the 1994 rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, was executed Thursday evening by lethal injection in Texas.

Federal officials, including the Obama administration, had tried to persuade Texas Gov. Rick Perry to delay the execution. "The secretary herself is quite disappointed in the outcome in this case," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Neuland about Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"The U.S. government sought a stay of Leal's execution in order to give the Congress time to act on the Consular Notification Compliance Act, which would have provided Leal the judicial review required by international law."
1. Who was killed?
2. What country was he from?
3. In which state did the issue occur?
4. What did Garcia have a right to under an article of the Vienna Convention?
5. What number article details this right?
6. What was it about Garcia that entitled him to this right?
7. What crime did Garcia commit?
8. And what else?
9. Of whom?
10. How was he put to death?
11. True or False: Pillay upholds the decision to execute Garcia.
12. What did she say she feels about it?
13. What body refused to grant a stay of execution?
14. How many voted in support of granting the stay?
15. When was the decision made?
16. What is Pillay doing in Mexico?
17. Who did officials fail to get to delay the execution?
18. Who was dissappointed by what happened?
19. Who is the Secretary?
20. Hillary who?
21. Who was her spokesperson?
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answer: 1. Garcia
2. Mexico
3. Texas
4. consular access
5. 36
6. oreign national
7. rape
8. murder
9. 16-year-old girl
10. lethal injection
11. false
12. regrets
13. U.S. Supreme Court
14. Nine
15. Thursday
16. official mission
17. Federal
18. secretary
19. Hillary
20. Clinton
21. Victoria

question: JACKSON HEIGHTS, New York (CNN) -- Every day, unemployed men gather under the elevated 7 train in Jackson Heights, Queens. Many of them are homeless. All of them are hungry.

Jorge Munoz estimates he has served more than 70,000 free meals since 2004.

At around 9:30 each night, relief comes in the form of Jorge Munoz's white pickup truck, filled with hot food, coffee and hot chocolate.

The men eagerly accept containers of chicken and rice from Munoz, devouring the food on the spot. Quiet gratitude radiates from the crowd.

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"I thank God for touching that man's heart," says Eduardo, one of the regulars.

Watching Munoz, 44, distribute meals and offer extra cups of coffee, it's clear he's passionate about bringing food to hungry people. For more than four years, Munoz and his family have been feeding those in need seven nights a week, 365 days a year. To date, he estimates he's served more than 70,000 meals. Watch Munoz describe how his work is a family affair "

Word of his mobile soup kitchen has spread, and people of all backgrounds and status now join the largely-Hispanic crowd surrounding his truck -- Egyptians, Chinese, Ethiopians, South Asians, white and black Americans and a British man who lost his job.

"I'll help anyone who needs to eat. Just line up," Munoz says.
1. Who delivers meals to the homeless?
2. What time does he arrive?
3. What does he drive?
4. How old is he?
5. How long has he been doing this?
6. How often does he serve?
7. year-round?
8. How many total meals has he served?
9. Does he charge for his delivery?
10. Does he discriminate when he serves?
11. What ethnicity of people frequent his truck?
12. Which group is the most prominent?
13. What kind of food does he serve?
14. Is it boisterous and noisy?
15. Does he offer beverages?
16. Which ones?
17. What location does he serve his food?
18. In what city?
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answer:
1. Jorge Munoz
2. around 9:30
3. white pickup truck
4. 44
5. more than four years
6. daily
7. yes
8. more than 70,000
9. no
10. no
11. Hispanic, Egyptians, Chinese, Ethiopians, South Asians, white and black Americans and a British man
12. Hispanic
13. chicken and rice
14. no
15. yes
16. coffee and hot chocolate
17. under the elevated 7 train
18. Jackson Heights, Queens